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Old 3rd July 2021, 10:57
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Finally finished what I need to do. Paint and detailing complete. Just need to decide on wheels now.
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Old 4th July 2021, 19:42
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Well that lasted long. Some just drove in her today! Drunk driver piled into my side.
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Old 4th July 2021, 19:48
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A nice drive out cut short
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Old 4th July 2021, 19:49
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Terrible!
Is it repairable?
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Old 5th July 2021, 08:30
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Morning are you OK? Geoff .
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Old 5th July 2021, 20:40
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Sorry about the prang

Hope you ok physically. Fricken drunk ? Throw the bloody book at them.

Hope car is repairable. It looks like the door took nearly all the impact.

Best wishes

Dave
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Old 5th July 2021, 21:50
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I was ok just a bit whiplash. Totally gutted about my little Kate though. Literally just finished the body work days earlier. Not sure if she’s repairable yet. Just waiting to find out. 😢
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Old 5th July 2021, 21:54
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We were very luck to be honest. I was the third car, the cause of it hit another car first and they t-boned me! If they’d hit me first it would be a different story!
No idea how they will value the car though!
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Old 6th July 2021, 09:43
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Don't accept the first offer the insurance company offers you, they will try and screw you, they are all the same.
If they do write it off which they almost certainly will, try and get the salvage car in the settlement you can then swap the undamaged parts over to a new donor.
Always worth getting an agreed valuation.
Main thing is you walked away.
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Old 6th July 2021, 17:27
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Totally agree with the above.
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Old 7th July 2021, 12:52
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Will keep you updated
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Old 7th July 2021, 12:53
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Do we know how many mx250c have been sold? I know they are discontinued now. Last time I asked it was only something like 12 but that was a couple of years ago
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Old 9th July 2021, 15:46
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daveytz - I saw this photo the other day and though I must post a reply.



Can’t believe that by the time I get around to it, this has happened.



Glad to hear you are OK, but gutted that you didn’t get a chance to enjoy your build.

Take care, Paul.
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Old 9th July 2021, 19:06
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I got my Z300S out of paint about a week before the Stoneleigh show one year and one the drive back a woman drove pulled out of a side road and cracked the rear section. I was stationary with the hand brake on when she hit me.

It needed a new rear end and the insurance company originally wanted to write it off. A phone call and some photo's changed that thankfully.

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Old 13th July 2021, 16:50
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Positive update. An assessor visited me and agreed the car could be repaired. I think partly because they couldn’t effectively value it. She is now sitting in a repair shop awaiting the work.
Thanks for all the well wishes 👍
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Old 13th July 2021, 16:53
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Out of curiosity why were they discontinued? Do we know?
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I believe the original car makers were threatening to sue for either copyright infringement or damages to the brand, because people kept sticking a black horse on them (or possibly both). Less headache for Tribute to focus on other builds which dont have the threat of legal action hanging over them.
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