21-09-2012, 09:25am
Well folks it had to happen did it not!
I was parking my car on Wednesday at the residential home where my 92 year old mother resides, dog in back barking in excitement, me shouting at her to shut up, rear parking sensors on red and noisy as I parked it by a curved fence.
Then, oh s**t, that noise was the from the FRONT sensor screaming over the noise of the rear sensor and the high pitched bark of Arti, my Toller (that's the breed of my dog), with a slight grating noise and in trepidation I moved the car forward and got out to look at the damage.
Not too bad I thought, the plastic wheel arch had taken the hit and detached itself by the bumper, few snapped connectors and wire pulled out of the PDC (parking detector). No real paint damage, just a bit of "says what it does on the tin" on my car, that will rub off no problem, and there was no dent.
Very angry with myself I phoned the dealers repair shop for the estimate and took it over.
Result:
Repair details :-
Repair And Paint NSF Bumper Corner
Repair And Retexture NSF Lower Plastic Bumper
Repair And Retexture NSF Plastic Wheel Arch
Labour Value £280.00 - Blimey I'm in the wrong business
Paint and Materials £100.00 - Can't see where they get that from!
New Parts :- £88.74
Front Wiring Loom For PDC 40.74
NSF PDC Sensor 38.00
Trim Clips 10.00
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Estimate Total (not including VAT) £468.74
OUCH
And they want it for four days whilst I run round in a complementary Polo
Be afraid - very afraid
Cheers
I was parking my car on Wednesday at the residential home where my 92 year old mother resides, dog in back barking in excitement, me shouting at her to shut up, rear parking sensors on red and noisy as I parked it by a curved fence.
Then, oh s**t, that noise was the from the FRONT sensor screaming over the noise of the rear sensor and the high pitched bark of Arti, my Toller (that's the breed of my dog), with a slight grating noise and in trepidation I moved the car forward and got out to look at the damage.
Not too bad I thought, the plastic wheel arch had taken the hit and detached itself by the bumper, few snapped connectors and wire pulled out of the PDC (parking detector). No real paint damage, just a bit of "says what it does on the tin" on my car, that will rub off no problem, and there was no dent.
Very angry with myself I phoned the dealers repair shop for the estimate and took it over.
Result:
Repair details :-
Repair And Paint NSF Bumper Corner
Repair And Retexture NSF Lower Plastic Bumper
Repair And Retexture NSF Plastic Wheel Arch
Labour Value £280.00 - Blimey I'm in the wrong business
Paint and Materials £100.00 - Can't see where they get that from!
New Parts :- £88.74
Front Wiring Loom For PDC 40.74
NSF PDC Sensor 38.00
Trim Clips 10.00
_______
Estimate Total (not including VAT) £468.74
OUCH
And they want it for four days whilst I run round in a complementary Polo
Be afraid - very afraid
Cheers