Pranged my Furby this morning. :'( Got distracted looking at roadsigns having gone past my exit on a roundabout and continued down the wrong road and gone smack big glancing blow off a middle carriageway dividing kerb, limped round the next roundabout but she felt very very wrong indeed. Quick look, no flat tyre which is what I though but the steering felt terrible and the wheel was bent badly. Got recovered (after an 1hr 45min wait goodbye RAC come renewal, priority case my arse) and taken to local independant. Looks like two kerbed alloys, bent wishbone, bent steering arm, possible steering rack damage, buckled wheel, buckled brake disc, rear suspension out of alignment. No bodywork though surprisingly.

Anyway, gonna claim on insurance as it's so bad - I was really hoping to use the indie for the work but my insurers quoted a 3-5day waiting time for damage inspection and work agreement, plus I don't think I'd get a loan car from the indie, and the insurers crash damage repairer is all 100% warrantied.

Just want to get it sorted and back on the road as quick as possible, but do you think I should have stuck to my guns and insisted on my own trusted garage doing work. I can imagine these mass crash repair places as being a bit hit and miss quality of work wise?

Can't comment on the insurance, but sorry to hear about your prang. I'd be gutted.

Gutted for you :( is quite a list of damage mate. Hope it gets sorted quickly for you

Thanks, was so annoyed with myself. I've just rang insurers back after reading up on loads of complaints about the crash repair place, it's staying firmly at the indie, just prob won't get a loand car but can work around that...

For "roadsigns", read "sexy ladies"

For "roadsigns", read "sexy ladies"

Been there, done that. Drove up the arse of a transit

Been there, done that. Drove up the arse of a transit

LMAO

I pranged a kerb on Friday after loosing all traction in the snow, bent my front drivers wheel (saying bent, the outer rim has split away from the wheel) and snapped a steering arm. Fixed/replaced those and I've had a good check of everything else and that looks to be the extent of the damage but I'll find out tonight when I drive her on a small industrial estate. Fingers crossed theres nothing else...

I'm the kerb club too!

Bent wishbone, tracking arm, crunchy CV joint, both CV boots. sheered bolts off the console, dead bushes, so far back it de-formed the wing a little but 95% of that pulled out. And now, 12 months on, I think the bearings on its way out.

Mine came in at £1300, I paid it though as I had only had my license 2 years last Feb and would have got done for the cash either way so decided to look after the NCB that time.

It had to go to get aligned 3 times before it was all pulling straight again.

If your NCB is protected then not so bad, but you'll go down as having had a self claim accident (which is what I was avoiding) of at least £1000 which will bite you in the arse come renewal.

I'm the kerb club too!

Bent wishbone, tracking arm, crunchy CV joint, both CV boots. sheered bolts off the console, dead bushes, so far back it de-formed the wing a little but 95% of that pulled out. And now, 12 months on, I think the bearings on its way out.

Mine came in at £1300, I paid it though as I had only had my license 2 years last Feb and would have got done for the cash either way so decided to look after the NCB that time.

It had to go to get aligned 3 times before it was all pulling straight again.

If your NCB is protected then not so bad, but you'll go down as having had a self claim accident (which is what I was avoiding) of at least £1000 which will bite you in the arse come renewal.

Well I have a feeling the damage is worse than yours so I am certain that insurance, despite the self-claim hike come renewal, is the way to go

Unlucky mate... Some years back I did something similar in Oxford Street W1.

I was looking at crumpet though... Oh... And I was driving a double decker bus

full of passengers at the time. Only mounted the kerb momentarilly and thankfully

did no damage to my bus.It was a hell of a bang though! I gave the stock excuse

to my passengers that I sneezed and jerked the wheel by accident during my sneeze.

My Bus driving instructor told me that little gem... Handy advice...

I waited for a complaint to come in to the garage for a few weeks after but nobody complained. Result!!

Potentially if I'd driven approx 15 tonnes of bus and passengers through the front

window of Debenhams you'd all know about it cos that sort of thing makes national news

Sorry to hear about your car man...

If it was mine I'd be in tears mate. Hope you get it sorted agreeably.

Edited 24 February, 201016 yr by grr666