Jaguar totaled
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Jaguar totaled
Well my Jaguar is a total loss. Last week I was driving to work and hit something. It was a steel plate used to cover a hole in the street. The problem was they had welded a 6x6x6 inch box section onto one side so it would plug the hole in the street and not move around.
The plate was not quite flat and the car ahead of mine bounced it out of the hole and it came to rest at angle and I hit it. Damages over $10K as the major subframe beam got pushed and torqued. Also the impact destroyed the transmission mount.
I don't think we will be getting another in the near future so I may not be posting much anymore.
I've had it for three years. What is the expected depreciation for a car with 102k miles? thanks
No injury to anyone. And the car still ran great. Insurance will cover loss.
The plate was not quite flat and the car ahead of mine bounced it out of the hole and it came to rest at angle and I hit it. Damages over $10K as the major subframe beam got pushed and torqued. Also the impact destroyed the transmission mount.
I don't think we will be getting another in the near future so I may not be posting much anymore.
I've had it for three years. What is the expected depreciation for a car with 102k miles? thanks
No injury to anyone. And the car still ran great. Insurance will cover loss.
Last edited by stevepaa; 03-02-2012 at 06:12 PM.
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That's unprofessional and haphazard street repair. I wonder if those clowns would do the same thing on a runway or taxiway.
Sorry for your loss, Steve. I think the city or contractor is required to have its insurance cover it though. But, hey....I'm looking for new wheels and tires: Are you thinking of parting it out??
Sorry for your loss, Steve. I think the city or contractor is required to have its insurance cover it though. But, hey....I'm looking for new wheels and tires: Are you thinking of parting it out??
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I have been in the busness of road repairs and locating utilities for 30 yrs., and I have never seen such a **** poor locate plate in my life. There should be a state program for locating. We call it PUPS in SC. What I see is a telocomunications local, square cut hole and a vac systems (water and vac truck trenchless tech). Which is designed to minimize or reduce digging in the road to find utilities. The orange paint is spicific to telecomunications. (water is blue. sewer is green, gas is yellow etc). I would defiently contact my local phone company/local govement inity. The minium plating that is used with in my department is 3/4"X 4 X 8 foot plate. Somebody needs to address this before someone is injuried. Seeing something like this scares the living hell out of me!!!! I thank God that you are ok!! Jim
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Well my Jaguar is a total loss. Last week I was driving to work and hit something. It was a steel plate used to cover a hole in the street. The problem was they had welded a 6x6x6 inch box section onto one side so it would plug the hole in the street and not move around.
The plate was not quite flat and the car ahead of mine bounced it out of the hole and it came to rest at angle and I hit it. Damages over $10K as the major subframe beam got pushed and torqued. Also the impact destroyed the transmission mount.
I don't think we will be getting another in the near future so I may not be posting much anymore.
I've had it for three years. What is the expected depreciation for a car with 102k miles? thanks
No injury to anyone. And the car still ran great. Insurance will cover loss.
The plate was not quite flat and the car ahead of mine bounced it out of the hole and it came to rest at angle and I hit it. Damages over $10K as the major subframe beam got pushed and torqued. Also the impact destroyed the transmission mount.
I don't think we will be getting another in the near future so I may not be posting much anymore.
I've had it for three years. What is the expected depreciation for a car with 102k miles? thanks
No injury to anyone. And the car still ran great. Insurance will cover loss.
you were lucky you were not in the uk..the local councils here dont give a toss..you would have had a fight on your hands and years of agro to get any money..all the best and good luck
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The contractor will pay my insurance company through subrogation, not the local government. The city guy came out to take pictures and to confirm what happened. The contractor accepted responsibility.
I will contact the city and suggest that this could have killed a motorcyclist and perhaps this contractor should not be awarded future contracts.
I will contact the city and suggest that this could have killed a motorcyclist and perhaps this contractor should not be awarded future contracts.
Last edited by stevepaa; 03-03-2012 at 09:08 AM.
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Sorry to read about your bad luck--karma will see to it that things end out for the best.
This is the double-edged sword about keeping a car for a number of years. It is worth a bundle to the owner and the real value is the fact that you do not need to fork out a bunch for a new car. But when a car gets old enough and is in an accident or something, you can't get diddly for it and are thus faced with having to buy something you didn't need.
Doug
This is the double-edged sword about keeping a car for a number of years. It is worth a bundle to the owner and the real value is the fact that you do not need to fork out a bunch for a new car. But when a car gets old enough and is in an accident or something, you can't get diddly for it and are thus faced with having to buy something you didn't need.
Doug