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Bugblatter



Member Since: 08 Mar 2012
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Nice Christmas Present.

Returned to my parked car to find someone had just stoved in the rear offside corner of my bumper and driven off without stopping. 2013 RR Evoque Pure Tech
2012 TD4 GS Auto Orkney Grey - gone

Post #165132 22nd Dec 2012 6:02 pm
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piattj



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Wales 2011 Freelander 2 SD4 GS Auto Baltic Blue

The f Censored g sh Censored ing cu Censored ng bas Censored tards... scum! ...

Be true to yourself. That way happiness lies...

Post #165133 22nd Dec 2012 6:04 pm
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landy19840



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I had that for Christmas last year, across 3 of 4 panels tho. I feel your pain

Post #165134 22nd Dec 2012 6:10 pm
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The Doctor



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GGGGGGRRRRRRR Evil or Very Mad

If only you could find them out and obtain their address and telephone number. It would be worth a warning from the police to give them a Neeson quote along these lines:

I don't know who you are, I don't know why you hit my car. If you are looking to get away with it, I can tell you I don't have time to forgive you. But what I do have are a very particular set of skills, skills I have acquired over a very long career, skills that make me a nightmare for people like you. If you pay for the damage now, that will be the end of it, I will not look for you I will not pursue you. But if you don't, I will look for you, I will find you........ and I will kill you. LL.B (Hons) - University of Derby
LOT (Lord of Time) - University of Gallifrey

Post #165135 22nd Dec 2012 6:30 pm
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Bugblatter



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Calmed down a bit now. I think best thing for health, blood pressure etc. is to try and shrug shoulders and put it down to experience. I have the money to pay for repairs. I do, however, hope something very bad happens to the perp. 2013 RR Evoque Pure Tech
2012 TD4 GS Auto Orkney Grey - gone

Post #165140 22nd Dec 2012 7:05 pm
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Badger1970



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United Kingdom 2013 Freelander 2 SD4 HSE Lux Auto Baltic Blue

Unlucky fella. This Country is full of shysters, sadly. Hope you can get it sorted relatively inexpensively. Foraging near Gaydon....
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Post #165147 22nd Dec 2012 7:38 pm
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Bugblatter



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Just been out for another look. The dent has spontaneously popped itself out. Bumper looks OK, so just paint to sort. Hopefully Revive! Chap will be able to sort it. 2013 RR Evoque Pure Tech
2012 TD4 GS Auto Orkney Grey - gone

Post #165148 22nd Dec 2012 7:52 pm
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DrRpb



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United Kingdom 2013 Freelander 2 TD4 GS Manual Orkney Grey

Any CCTV where it happened? * GONE. GS TD4 Manual MY2013. Orkney Grey with privacy, cold and clearview packs, armrests (a must!) and a spoiler.
* 2011 4.4 TDV8 Full Fat. Amazing piece of kit.
* GONE.2012 RR Sport HSE SDV6 Orkney Grey. Rocket ship. 33mpg.
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Post #165163 22nd Dec 2012 10:10 pm
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landy19840



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Israel 2007 Freelander 2 TD4 SE Manual Zermatt Silver

Paint on a metallic can be costly too, mine need the whole drivers side painting Upto the roof to get it all to match! So be careful

Post #165164 22nd Dec 2012 10:15 pm
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lad



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Twisted Evil Get a blackvue on order to record stuff while you are away from car whilst parked. Won't stop it happening but maybe catch the offender bumping your car. Thumbs Up

Post #165168 22nd Dec 2012 11:37 pm
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richardk



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Was obviously the day for it yesterday - I got rear ended waiting at a junction - thankfully I can't see any damage. Sorry to hear yours is damaged.

Post #165173 23rd Dec 2012 8:21 am
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Aero_383



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United Kingdom 2013 Freelander 2 TD4 XS Manual Ipanema Sand

Thats the only reason I've left the tow bar on mine, to give the rear some protection from idiots.
So many times I return to my parked car to find someone parked touching the tow bar. Thumbs Up _________________
Gone - 2010 Rimini XS

Post #165187 23rd Dec 2012 10:32 am
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Andy131



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richardk wrote:
Was obviously the day for it yesterday - I got rear ended waiting at a junction - thankfully I can't see any damage. Sorry to hear yours is damaged.


Be very careful
The plastic bumper will take an impact and recover. Under the plastic is the bumper proper, this is a sustantial piece of metal that will take a lot of force to deform. The bumper is attached to the car by two sacrificial "crush cans" these are corrogated so that they deform during impact - taking the sting out of the impact. It is VERY likely that the crush cans have been deformed, even at low speeds. Now you have several options,
they might not be deformed - do nothing.
They might be deformed - but you do nothing, and when you really need them to work they don't.
They might be deformed - you take the bumper off, change them and next time you are as safe as original.
They might not be deformed - you take the bumper off and check, OK you have wasted an afternoon, safe in the knowledge that you will be safe next time someone rear ends you.
As an aside, hit it hard enough and the rear chassis member flattens, along with the plastic bumper mounts - this is VERY VERY expensive, and can write-off the vehicle, the plastic bumper at this point looks perfect.


Get it checked Tangiers Orange - gone, missing her
Replaced by Ewok what a mistake - now a happy Disco Sport owner

Post #165189 23rd Dec 2012 11:20 am
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taztastic



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I agree with Andy, get it checked, similiar thing happened to me years ago and there was no apparent damage at the time, the garage had a look at it and pointed out that the spaer wheel could not be taken out of the well given the deformation to the metal work. The car in question was a vectra.

Post #165191 23rd Dec 2012 11:59 am
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BossBob



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England 2007 Freelander 2 TD4 GS Manual Baltic Blue

SWMBO's 206SW was rear ended in a traffic queue last year. The tow bar (only used for a bike carrier CG) was pushed forward and up so that the tailgate would not open. This deformed the rear floor of the chassis and caused ger car to be written off. Don't know about the Focus that hit her but I hope that the apparently superficial damage to the front number plate meant that the metalwork underneath the plastic had a significant dent in it Twisted Evil

Post #165193 23rd Dec 2012 12:47 pm
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