I came back from work today - took the train and left the Saab parked by the road.
Someone had gone into the back corner of it and scraped down the whole side at about 2 feet high. The right rear is a big dent, one broken light and a full-length scrape. No details left.
Phoned the police to be told "unless someone's reported it or the driver left their details we can't do anything".
I've only had the car for two days!
It's probably not worth claiming on insurance as it'll be a write-off.
At least drive while you decide, then get it fixed if you still like it. =20
Worth doing.
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At least drive while you decide, then get it fixed if you still like it.
Worth doing.
-True, but there's a chance of a low milage late 2.3 turbo at a few hundred. It's tempting to just sell the private plate for this, cash in the tax, sell the CD player and eBay it.
David
In news: snipped-for-privacy@pipex.net, David Lane wittered on forthwith;
Wanna buy a Golf? :-)
"Pete M" wrote in message news:f3q042$kne$ snipped-for-privacy@registered.motzarella.org...
Only if I can sell the Saab. And someone's offered me a 2.3 turbo one for a few hundred.
David
In news: snipped-for-privacy@pipex.net, David Lane wittered on forthwith;
I'll take a 2.3 Turbo Saab and some cash ;-)
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You probably would!
I'm waiting on a viewing on the 2.3 turbo Saab plus a more detailed estimate on the clutch master cylinder on mine (est. £150 is a broad outline) which I'll get on Tuesday.
Then I'll make a decision re. both. It's either going to be keep the dented Saab and have a go at repairing the damage since everything works anyway or sell the dented Saab and buy a 2.3 turbo/another car.
David
When something like this happened to mine while parked outside my house, a neighbour saw it and got the number and an excellent description of the car and driver. I called the police. They said no car of that type with that number. I guessed where it was going and found it a few minutes later. I had the bits from its broken mirror and the paint from my car was on its bumper. The number was one digit out from the one my neighbour remembered. Called the police again. They did nothing - then. After I went in and reported the whole thing on paper they wrote to the owner who denied it. So no action taken. My car had over 1000 quids worth of damage. But the authorities do chase up parking tickets or speeding fines costing a fraction of that.
At least drive while you decide, then get it fixed if you still like it.
Worth doing.
Update - it's the clutch slave cylinder.
Now that's NOT worth doing - so I called the insurance company tonight.
We'll see what they say about the damage.
One of these stupid designs that put the slave cylinder inside the gearbox, like the Vectra?
Last slave cylinder fail I had was on the 75, which mounts it externally.
And the Alfa 156...
Last one I had fail was on the 155, which has the same box near enough as the 155, but mounted externally. Progress eh.
In news:f45d3a$53h$ snipped-for-privacy@registered.motzarella.org, Pete M wittered on forthwith;
Yep - it means a gearbox out job plus the part. And that was going to be well over £200 - the guy at the Saab specialist just said "I've topped it up, so you never know ..." and no charge.
Now that would be better ....
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