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RIP TJ
Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2005 3:59 pm
by TUFFRANGIE
Some bloke in a ford ute pulled out in front of my girlfriend in her TJ the other day. She got him good wrote both cars off so the beloved car that she only had for 2 months is gone now.
Snapped the leading arm off the front diff and bent the diff like a banana. Airbags went off (the expensive bit $6000 just for parts)
But good news is we have already found a new one for her its yellow
'01 model
Air con
Hard and soft top (and she has a halftop already)
63,500km
Excellent cond
$18500
Bargain i think
Pics of the old and new one:
Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2005 4:03 pm
by TUFFRANGIE
more:
Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2005 4:12 pm
by stu
did / could you salvage all possible mods, tyres etc.
Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2005 4:20 pm
by TUFFRANGIE
Took off everything we could but the mags/tires were listed on the policy so couldn't take them. The bloke at the panel beaters was a prick and wouldn't let us take any stuff off it like the sound bar etc. RACV said they could cancel our policy and give her no money because the tires were too wide and stuck out of the guards by about 5mm! Lucky she got her $15500 in the end
Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2005 5:50 pm
by franco
shit mate, thats no good...glad no one was seriously hurt...ive seen the yellow TJ (its near where i live), its clean, dont think its even been driven through a puddle.
spewin about the insurance...would they let you buy parts back?...what do they usually do with that stuff? sell at auctions?
Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2005 7:34 am
by Wooders
That doesn't look too bad.....considering....looks like it won't be THAT hard to repair.....
But at least she's gotten a new shiny new one to play with
Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2005 9:23 am
by andy_noble
Who needs Air bags when you are only going to use it in comps eh????
Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2005 12:21 pm
by Ben
TUFFRANGIE wrote:RACV said they could cancel our policy and give her no money because the tires were too wide and stuck out of the guards by about 5mm! Lucky she got her $15500 in the end
Sure...if they could have proved it contributed to the accident....
Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2005 2:58 pm
by AussieCJ7
Ben wrote:TUFFRANGIE wrote:RACV said they could cancel our policy and give her no money because the tires were too wide and stuck out of the guards by about 5mm! Lucky she got her $15500 in the end
Sure...if they could have proved it contributed to the accident....
drecrease in braking capcity ??? how to quantify that is another question