Well, here we are SEVEN weeks on from the accident and I've just got the car back from the repair centre. I think they finished the physical repairs over a week ago, but the car had to go to Skoda for a whole load of electronic resets and then a final wheel alignment/quality control assessment/valet session before it was released to me.

The car looks fab, but then again so it should - side panel replaced, new rear door, new rear valance, new rear torsion beam, new wheel/tyre/shock absorber on the right rear corner, new driver's seat, new headlining etc. The initial estimate was £7k of work, so I suspect the car escaped a write-off by the skin of its teeth.

All I'm left with now is the medical stuff. I'm still in physio for damage to my shoulder and will be until probably the end of August. I won't know about compensation until September.

Heroes? Enterprise Rentacar, who were brilliant throughtout. Gave me a Corsa to start off with, changed it without quibble to a Mondeo when it was obvious the Corsa wasn't big enough. Always good to deal with. Zeroes? Just about everyone else involved, especially the insurance company and Skoda Finance, who nearly managed to turn a drama into a crisis (see previous posts).

So that's it. One moment's inattention by another driver, a no-fault accident on my part, and two months of my life properly messed up.

 

Enterprise were also fantastic in sorting out a rental car when my Dad had a non-fault accident. Fingers crossed you recover soon.

Scrub this, I posted before the end of the thread.

Glad to see it has been sorted (on the car front at least).

Edited 2 August, 20169 yr by cheezemonkhai