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    What a 1st week at new job!

    Started my new job this week! not a bad 1st week. Got there Monday had induction dvds etc. tues the same.

    Today! manages to write the company car off! only been there less than a week!

    Already an accident on the motorway (Behind) and also something in front (hence que) I was stopped in the traffic on the right! THEN BANG!!! hit at about 60 I wreckon.


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    I'd expect more damage at 60 TBH. A mate's RS4 hit an Escort van at around 30 (she pulled out in front of him) and that looked like carnage, the Audi was quite trashed.

    Unlucky, BTW. Can only get better, right?

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    Ouch! Not a good start to the new job. How are Comet about the accident?

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    prob was slower than that when he hit! but must have been doing that when he saw me stopped to the speed when he hit!
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    At least someone going into the back of you is 100% their fault, so none of the blaim can be attributed to you.

    I'm always worried about such things happening when I'm stopped in a traffic queue on the motorway. I tend to always stick my brake lights and hazzards on when I'm the last car slowing to a stop to try and warn those behind that I'm stopping.

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    Quote Originally Posted by J T View Post
    I'd expect more damage at 60 TBH. A mate's RS4 hit an Escort van at around 30 (she pulled out in front of him) and that looked like carnage, the Audi was quite trashed.
    To an extent, a write-off coming out of an accident looking trashed tends to be a good thing. This would indicate that the crumple zones have done their job, sacrificing metal to dissipate energy over a longer period in order to protect the people inside.

    Motorway hits in slow/stationary traffic like that are probably what I fear most. You can't do anything about it, and in worse conditions, it can soon turn into a big pileup.

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    Looking at the damage in those pictures I would be very surprised if the car is a write off. That damage looks like it would cost a total of less than £2K and the car is worth much more than that, so it wouldn't get written off.

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    [QUOTE=AlexJ;18501]
    Quote Originally Posted by J T View Post
    To an extent, a write-off coming out of an accident looking trashed tends to be a good thing. This would indicate that the crumple zones have done their job, sacrificing metal to dissipate energy over a longer period in order to protect the people inside.

    Motorway hits in slow/stationary traffic like that are probably what I fear most. You can't do anything about it, and in worse conditions, it can soon turn into a big pileup.
    Oh, for sure. We were amazed at how well the car had protected it's occupants as after a short while they all happily -in a physical sense- went off for cream-teas. No more than what you'd expect from a modern (and 'prestige') car brand, though, as it wasn't a high speed impact. I was just using it as a comparison for Stu's estimated car speed at impact.

    The escort van on the other hand had little in the way of apparent safety features, and the girl was taken to hospital in shock. She took a massive bang (fnarr fnarr).

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    ITS OFFICIAL!!!! I have THE WORST LUCK EVER!!!!

    Got a nice new twin top astra with 8mile on the clock! Yesterday the roof jammed and had to get the AA out. Took 2 hrs to get the roof back up.

    then today while I was in Asda, some nice sole decide to brake the front windscreen!

    So this car is only 2 days old from the factory and its roof id broke and the windscreen is trashed!!

    WHY ME!!!!!
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