19 Dec 2010 t-boned by a blind b**ch who came through a stop light as I turned with a green arrow. Happened at Parkhill Drive and Princes Highway, Berwick (Timbarra), Vic.Originally Posted by Waynew
The damage was to the B Pillar, r. rear door, and extended in to bend the floor pan under the rear seat. The reason given was there is a "rail" of alloy, integral with the shell, that cannot be welded in place, and cannot be replaced, as it is related to ADR crumple provisions.
I asked Holden, through their Cust. Help Line, if it was possible to get a new shell with the same VIN and Chassis number - I have not heard from them, to this day.
By that time the RACV had found a red one in Qld, or the white one they got in Perth. It was an oil burning shit heap, and I lost $75k to get the GEN-F GTS in 2013.
I would have given anything to get that W repaired, but failed… and as I said, seeing it still around, but unusable, is still heart-rending.
Update: I had a call in maybe mid 2011 from the guy that bought it. He wanted the HSV plate I removed when it was made a Stat write-off. Told him, sorry, no. He had "repaired" it, and told me he would sell it in NZ for heaps. Sure. I guess that never happened.
I have posted this previously on the HSV forums, but am "happy" to put it here too. Hope the women who hit me burns in hell... (can I say that??).
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