Green GTSR W1 Damaged

[CLUBRED]

Oops

https://www.facebook.com/australiastoughestcars.com.au/posts/2053712234905929

[Wonky]

For the few not on FB these days...............

Apparently test drive gone wrong. :bawl: Lots of money, lack of talent?

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[Xjas]

Saw that on FB today, what I cant get over is all the haters in the comments, what a sad society we've become, someone obviously had a bad day and its one thing to have a laugh at someone else's misfortune but a lot of the comments were downright vicious.

[mjrandom]

Definitely a W1? No farcebook for me...

[Maccas]

Yeah definitely a W1, yeah some of the comments are damn harsh and very uneducated to say the least. If hes given it some without the tyres being warmed properly they are apparently a real handful. Those tyres need a lot of heat before they have any grip, which always suprised me you didnt get a 2nd set of wheels with a more usable compound

[Smitty]

For the few not on FB these days...............

Apparently test drive gone wrong. :bawl: Lots of money, lack of talent?

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more on this... NOT pretty

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y233/smitty1955/Car%20Stuff%20not%20VK/28870925_1226333134168101_582031816660444945_n_zps 7o9jj2lx.jpg~original (http://s6.photobucket.com/user/smitty1955/media/Car%20Stuff%20not%20VK/28870925_1226333134168101_582031816660444945_n_zps 7o9jj2lx.jpg.html)

[jaykay]

In a school zone too....oh dear :doh::driving:

Does anyone know what happened because the pic of the drivers side looks like it may have been hit by a car?

[Jag530G]

The front guards are plastic so thats no drama, new door. Is there any near side damage that would write the car off? Rear suspension looks crook.

A black W1 was stolen and recovered in Adelaide a few months ago, now this one crashed.

[Jason01]

In a school zone too....oh dear :doh::driving:

Does anyone know what happened because the pic of the drivers side looks like it may have been hit by a car?

It looks like the drivers A pillar and side has glanced that pole and flipped the car back around, look at the skid marks towards the pole in the first photo, the damage at the bottom of the windscreen and scuff plate hanging out of the door in the bottom photo.

Plus there's something hanging down from the roof inside the car, either the hood lining or air bag, I wouldn't rule out a write off, particularly if that A pillar and sill is damaged.

[Micks]

Depending on the insurer I'd say it would be fixed.

[CLUBRED]

Where's Cobalt, W1 wagon please....

[whitels1ss]

Depending on the insurer I'd say it would be fixed.

Can't tell these days.


AFAIK there are some structural sections that are not allowed to repaired or replaced,
if damaged the vehicle gets written off. Simple, end of story!

Have seen a couple of cars with very minor looking damage get written off because of that before
& some looking far worse getting repaired.



There were a couple of threads on the forum about a W427 a few years ago for sale which had been repaired but was never allowed to be registered in Australia again. :doh:

http://www.ls1.com.au/forum/showthread.php?155303-Cheap-W427-Statutory-Write-Off&highlight=w427+statutory+write

&

http://www.ls1.com.au/forum/showthread.php?169706-W427-Stat-rightoff&highlight=w427+statutory+write

[whitels1ss]

Then again maybe the driver had been drinking, on some substance or for some other reason was not covered by insurance?

In that case it might be just be sold off as a damaged vehicle & won't be flagged as a statutory write off by any insurance company.

[CLUBRED]

I don't think this is a dealers car, all the ones I've seen in showrooms have all the pre-delivery stickers, door bumps etc removed.

Example with all the stickers etc - https://www.carsales.com.au/private/details/Holden-Special-Vehicles-GTS-2017/SSE-AD-5010737/?Cr=8

[Jason01]

Can't tell these days.


AFAIK there are some structural sections that are not allowed to repaired or replaced,
if damaged the vehicle gets written off. Simple, end of story!

Have seen a couple of cars with very minor looking damage get written off because of that before
& some looking far worse getting repaired.



There were a couple of threads on the forum about a W427 a few years ago for sale which had been repaired but was never allowed to be registered in Australia again. :doh:

http://www.ls1.com.au/forum/showthread.php?155303-Cheap-W427-Statutory-Write-Off&highlight=w427+statutory+write

&

http://www.ls1.com.au/forum/showthread.php?169706-W427-Stat-rightoff&highlight=w427+statutory+write


You beat me to it sir, that was exactly what I had in mind when I mentioned a possible write off. I was actually going to mention that W427 when I replied to Mick but you've already covered it.

[Micks]

Where's Cobalt, W1 wagon please....

Yes! Chad did what HSV wouldn't do!!

[jaykay]

Another pic..sorry for the crap quality...

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[JJW501]

Might be an interesting insurance claim with these pics floating around the Internet!

[jaykay]

Found this comment about the incident on Facebook...

He owned it, had just sold it for $275K and was taking it for one last joy ride before the new owner came and picked it up. :nopity:

[Smitty]

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He owned it, had just sold it for $275K and was taking it for one last joy ride before the new owner came and picked it up. :nopity:

no joy in that ..... :doh:

[Pickles]

Found this comment about the incident on Facebook...

He owned it, had just sold it for $275K and was taking it for one last joy ride before the new owner came and picked it up. :nopity:
I hope the new owner hadn't paid for it?
Pickles.

[jaykay]

I hope the new owner hadn't paid for it?
Pickles.

I hope so too.....:doh: but it came from Facebook so who knows how true it is....

How's the new car ?

[Micks]

Yeah Martin if you have No pics you don't have one! :nono:

[CLUBRED]

I don't think this is a dealers car, all the ones I've seen in showrooms have all the pre-delivery stickers, door bumps etc removed.

Example with all the stickers etc - https://www.carsales.com.au/private/details/Holden-Special-Vehicles-GTS-2017/SSE-AD-5010737/?Cr=8

Ummm, was this is, cos I posted this as an example - ad has been taken down...

[Pickles]

I hope so too.....:doh: but it came from Facebook so who knows how true it is....

How's the new car ?

Went for a bit of a drive today. After what I've been used to recently, the VF is quite large, with a fair amount of power, so it'll take me a while to get used to it, but it does make a lovely "noise"!
Pickles.