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The best bit would surely be having the correct size & shape to fit the apertures in rear bumpers without hacking the hell out of them.

Hehe; glad you didn't get too close Nick! It was more of a light brown, after too many days of bloody rain...

The Mishimoto would be good investment at your current power level IMO.

Good find; you'd be happy with that!

Looks like a proper beast, all hunkered down in the corner!

Awesome stuff! Congratulations/commiserations to all the drivers, and their cars; some awesome runs, and epic sounds I've seen so far.

Sure will Raj, thanks! I was at The Bunker on Friday; had a brilliant American Cheeseburger with fries & aioli, and a couple of lazy ales. Dericious! What are you saying Luke?

Hi Raj, please put me down for a spot? I can't very well miss a cruise/catchup basically on my doorstep!

No; just paint the dented areas. In pink. It will blend in over the courser of a week or so. Also; the bullshit is yours, not someone elses. Just because there is wood on the road; doesn't meant you have to run over it.

Ok, met the assessor today; the car is confirmed as a total loss. Insured value is $3860, repairs were a minimum of $5000. Interesting information; ​The car will not be de-registered, and we'll be getting a buy back figure from Shannon's fairly shortly. If it is less than $500; I'll buy it back and keep driving it, while we look for something to replace it with. Once our claim is settled; the car will no longer qualify for Full Comp insurance with Shannon's Cars over 15 years old DO NOT go on the WOVR. Cars over 15 years old are not declared as Hail Damaged to RMS They basically couldn't care less about cars over 15 years old; which is good news as our favourite cars get on in age. If it was younger than 15 years, it would be on the WOVR, and listed as a hail damaged vehicle. It would be de-registered. As far as I can ascertain; it would not qualify to be re-registered.

Thanks so much Adrian; really appreciate that.

Sounds like we might be better off having a proper chat once we know which way we're going Adrian. I know my Missus likes the XT Forester around 2007ish, and I might be able to get her in a Mazda 3, but I'm not sure what we'll be looking to spend ATM.

Yeah, I guess we'll see tomorrow, but all my dealings with them thus far have been pretty hassle free and accommodating. We're going to upgrade, but I'd rather do it in my own timeframe. The car is worth peanuts as a trade really, so it just pushes the process forward.

I realise this; it would be a shame for a perfectly safe, driveable car to be scrapped because the roof has a couple of dents. Just because they don't want to repair it doesn't make the car a statutory write off I guess we'll see when the Shannon's assessor looks at it tomorrow. Really don't want to have to buy a new car next week. Edit; http://www.rms.nsw.gov.au/documents/roads/registration/get-nsw-registration/written-off-vehicles-assessment-guide.pdf Relevant info; Page 30. Hail damaged vehicles are treated differently to accident damaged vehicle.

I have a tuner mate in Sydney who does some pretty special stuff with those TT BMW motors. I'd love a 335 wagon...

Got a call from my repairer today, at $5000 in repairs; it appears that the $4000 Mazda may have sung it's last hurrah. Will wait until Shannon's get in touch and see what their view on retention/re-registration of the wreck is. It is only a write-off on monetary value; not on structural damage. I'm hopeful that they would pay out, and allow us to retain the wreck (with/without a fee) and not make the car a statutory write off, which means I don't have to find a new car for the missus immediately. Not fussed if it can no longer have comprehensive insurance.

Who have you had quotes by Adrian?

I'm not surprised by the damage to the Mazda Terry; it's comparable to the last time Shell's car was damaged by similar sized hail. Interesting how much less pdr is required on the XC60; clearly a lot more high tensile steel panelwork on it. I agree regarding scratches from hail; the car MUST be returned to it's pre-hail damaged condition, for the repairs to be considered complete. If the roof required replacement; they couldn't just hand it back in guide coat. Hope you have a good outcome Adrian! Still waiting for am answer on ours, Shannon's rang yesterday to ask when the car was going to be presented for assessment; it's already been viewed and photographed, our repairer had obviously neglected to submit his quote. I'm wondering whether he is the right man for the job...

I kinda like it with the less aggressive kit.

Amish you already bro...

It can be done, but requires extruded aluminium rails to be fitted to the roof. This means holes in the roof, etc. Most owners don't want to go this far, but a roof rack/towbar fitter can easily do this.

The problem is, as you know Cam; everyone is keen on a group buy, or a discount, as long as someone else (not them) is doing allllllll the legwork. Once you have a product or a service organised; that's when the excuses start. "I've got rego due", I need new tyres", " I have to buy pingers for soundwave"; the list goes on and on and on...

Yes, it definitely will.

I'm betting that they'll write it off; it's only insured for $4k, and this is the last year we were going to fully comp insure it. Because it's with Shannon's; I'm hoping that they'll pay it out, let me retain the "wreck" and then simply restrict us to 3rd party property insurance in future. With Shannon's I have first refusal for the wreck; but my repairer reckons that they'll probably just let me have it with a slightly reduced payout, to account for the buy back value.

Yeah, just the weight and the fact that it pitches back & forth due to the short wheelbase. I reckon it weighs more than 1200kg too.