Robbostanhill
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- Joined
- Dec 22, 2011
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- Location
- Dartford, Kent, UK
- Your Mercedes
- E270 Estate 2003 and *Her* C220 W203
A few Wednesdays ago a less than intelligent or observant elderly male life form sat at a T junction indicating right. I pulled alongside to turn left at the same junction, stopped to check traffic when he decided he would turn LEFT across the front of my car ! (Of course he told me it was *MY* fault, not his,...several dozen times, and never in 30 years of driving had HE had an accident!)
Minor damage to Boris, in that cracked bumper and scuffed wheel will need .....
....
Wait for it.....
£1950 worth of repairs !
Obviously new wing, bumper and wheel refurb, plus painting etc as I am claiming against his insurance. (The direction of his car wing being moved BACKWARDS proves effectively he was moving and I wasn't)
So, as the whole car only cost me £2700 a year back I reckon they will write it off. Hence my question.
Can the bumper be successfully welded/repaired instead of replaced ?
Minor damage to Boris, in that cracked bumper and scuffed wheel will need .....
....
Wait for it.....
£1950 worth of repairs !
Obviously new wing, bumper and wheel refurb, plus painting etc as I am claiming against his insurance. (The direction of his car wing being moved BACKWARDS proves effectively he was moving and I wasn't)
So, as the whole car only cost me £2700 a year back I reckon they will write it off. Hence my question.
Can the bumper be successfully welded/repaired instead of replaced ?
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