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  • Darras
    Member Since: 16 May 2020
    Location: Newcastle
    Posts: 764
    United Kingdom 

    Minor damage

    Muse of the day. Got to laugh, SWMBO came in from work yesterday and told me she’d just reversed into my Disco in the driveway. It’s not like you can miss it and the driveway is big enough plus she has a camera and sensors on her car. Rolling with laughter

    Anyway, the bumper and tailgate is bent on her car, the Disco has minimal damage, a couple of cracks in the paint and a slight depression in the plastics where they came into contact. I’ve told the insurance, they’ll sort it. It’s only metal, so what tbh, I don’t get excited over such things.

    But I can’t even look her way now without being accused of rubbing it in. Granted when she got into another of our cars today, I asked her if she knew where reverse was and leapt out of the way as she took off! Not sure it was appreciated. Laughing

    It will be interesting to see if they repair or replace the bumper.



    13th Apr 2021 6:07 am
  • Equilibrium
    Member Since: 26 Feb 2019
    Location: Bristol
    Posts: 754
    United Kingdom 
    2019 Discovery SDV6 HSE Lux Carpathian Grey

    Is that not a job for chips away rather than insurance and body shop hassle? Hard to tell from the pic, maybe it’s more extensive than i am seeing.
    Drives: 2020 MY20 HSE Luxury SDV6 in Eiger Grey/Glacier
    Departed: 2019 MY20 HSE Luxury SDV6 in Carpathian Grey/Glacier, 440i, 320d, Toyotas, Mondeo, Citroen BX amongst others
    13th Apr 2021 9:21 am
  • Darras
    Member Since: 16 May 2020
    Location: Newcastle
    Posts: 764
    United Kingdom 

    Thumbs Up


    Last edited by Darras on 17th Apr 2021 6:39 am. Edited 1 time in total
    13th Apr 2021 9:53 am
  • Darras
    Member Since: 16 May 2020
    Location: Newcastle
    Posts: 764
    United Kingdom 

    Oh and approx. cost.

    LR - £600
    Wife’s car - £2,600


    Last edited by Darras on 17th Apr 2021 6:40 am. Edited 1 time in total
    14th Apr 2021 4:56 am
  • IndusD4
    Member Since: 28 Jan 2018
    Location: Sydney
    Posts: 698
    Australia 

    Buy her a Disco too, then the total would have been £2,000 less ?
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    14th Apr 2021 8:06 pm
  • Darras
    Member Since: 16 May 2020
    Location: Newcastle
    Posts: 764
    United Kingdom 

    Bow down


    Last edited by Darras on 17th Apr 2021 6:39 am. Edited 1 time in total
    14th Apr 2021 10:05 pm
  • al cope
    Member Since: 02 Jan 2019
    Location: Oldbury
    Posts: 372
    United Kingdom 
    2018 Discovery Sd4 (240) HSE Corris Grey

    I wouldn’t buy her a disco, I would take her car keys off her and rip up her driving licence. It would be on the bus for her from now on Thumbs Up

    Al
    Now gone - D5 HSE 2Ltr in Corris with black roof, black & dynamic packs & 22" black alloys, a bit of a change after 2 D3's and 2 D4's Smile
    15th Apr 2021 7:53 am
  • Darras
    Member Since: 16 May 2020
    Location: Newcastle
    Posts: 764
    United Kingdom 

    Rolling with laughter
    15th Apr 2021 11:02 am
  • Darras
    Member Since: 16 May 2020
    Location: Newcastle
    Posts: 764
    United Kingdom 

    Oh well, car was repaired pretty quick. It was only with them a day. They managed to overspray a little bit on one of the front vents, so they will replace that. Not sure if it pops out of they have to have the bumper off?

    It was tempting just to abandon the car at the repairers and tell them to let me have it back when it’s done. I haven’t used it since I drove it back home, just over a fortnight ago. Can’t be arsed, I prefer the Corsa to the Disco truth be told. Who needs CarPlay or the other pointless or useless features. We managed to live without them years back and still enjoy life. Started looking at vintage Lotus cars, I must be going back to basics. Rolling with laughter



    5th May 2021 6:40 am
  • Equilibrium
    Member Since: 26 Feb 2019
    Location: Bristol
    Posts: 754
    United Kingdom 
    2019 Discovery SDV6 HSE Lux Carpathian Grey

    From Land Rover to vintage Lotus. A pattern emerging? Loving that will it/won’t it feel to every journey? Wink

    Glad it’s fixed with minimal fuss.
    Drives: 2020 MY20 HSE Luxury SDV6 in Eiger Grey/Glacier
    Departed: 2019 MY20 HSE Luxury SDV6 in Carpathian Grey/Glacier, 440i, 320d, Toyotas, Mondeo, Citroen BX amongst others
    6th May 2021 6:38 am
  • Darras
    Member Since: 16 May 2020
    Location: Newcastle
    Posts: 764
    United Kingdom 

    Thanks and yes, you’re right. Nostalgia at its best, the unpredictability makes life interesting. Nothing so boring as uneventful. Rolling with laughter
    6th May 2021 9:18 am
  • 2B
    Member Since: 22 Oct 2020
    Location: hillybit
    Posts: 220
    Netherlands 

    IndusD4 wrote:
    Buy her a Disco too, then the total would have been £2,000 less ?


    You make a miscalculation here. If she'd run a D5 into a D5 it would be massive damage ;

    not GBP 600 , not GBP 2600, but 2x GBP 5000 !!!
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    7th May 2021 12:03 am
  • Darras
    Member Since: 16 May 2020
    Location: Newcastle
    Posts: 764
    United Kingdom 

    Yep, could have been. Mind you an insurance claim is just that irrespective of the cost. I had her insurance renewal after the accident. Fully protected no claims, anyway It went up £16,
    7th May 2021 5:10 am
  • eelpout
    Member Since: 01 Jun 2017
    Location: Don't call it "Cali"
    Posts: 304
    United States 

    Re: Minor damage

    Darras wrote:
    ...the Disco has minimal damage, a couple of cracks in the paint and a slight depression in the plastics where they came into contact. I’ve told the insurance, they’ll sort it. It’s only metal, so what tbh, I don’t get excited over such things.

    It will be interesting to see if they repair or replace the bumper.



    isn't that plastic, not metal?

    I found two parallel scratches on the front of my D5 today, was a bit shocked that this large area is painted plastic and not metal. No idea whether these came from. Maybe something kicked up on the highway or some idiot in a parking lot dragged something across it.

    Anyone tried to use a scratch remover on the exterior painted plastic pieces of their Disco with any success?
    15th Aug 2022 6:58 pm
  • Darras
    Member Since: 16 May 2020
    Location: Newcastle
    Posts: 764
    United Kingdom 

    Yep, plastic.

    Never tried to remove the marks. The insurance was going to be involved in repairing her car, so it might as well repair mine, was my attitude.

    Also it’s difficult to tell if it was a paint blemish or something more when another car has reversed into you.
    15th Aug 2022 7:54 pm
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