Took the wife's car in for a warrant yesterday. Not warrantable...
At some point in the last year of ownership, some dickhead has put it on a hoist and failed to use the correct load points.
Result - crushed sills on both sides. Damage is about 500mm long and the sills have been distorted inward.
Taking it to a chassis straightening outfit today to see if they can pull it out. There's a big seam to grab onto.
The setup on this thing is that there is side trim which makes looking at the sills a down on your knees job so it's been hidden.
It's been to a painter for a touchup and a tyre place for rears in the last year. The painter is actually part of a dealership for this brand so I'd doubt it was them...
So beware of cowboy tyre outfits.
It's going to have to be an insurance claim - so there goes the excess. I'd doubt if the insurance co will be able to pin it on anyone as it will be denial all round.
At some point in the last year of ownership, some dickhead has put it on a hoist and failed to use the correct load points.
Result - crushed sills on both sides. Damage is about 500mm long and the sills have been distorted inward.
Taking it to a chassis straightening outfit today to see if they can pull it out. There's a big seam to grab onto.
The setup on this thing is that there is side trim which makes looking at the sills a down on your knees job so it's been hidden.
It's been to a painter for a touchup and a tyre place for rears in the last year. The painter is actually part of a dealership for this brand so I'd doubt it was them...
So beware of cowboy tyre outfits.
It's going to have to be an insurance claim - so there goes the excess. I'd doubt if the insurance co will be able to pin it on anyone as it will be denial all round.
A lesson to learn from
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