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Old 17-12-2008, 04:56 PM   #1
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Hi all i fell asleep while driving and sideswiped a tree which scraped all the way along my passenger side form front door to bumber and pushed in parts of it. Then went into another tree at bout 40 and did damage similar maybe bit more than the car on this link

http://www.manheimfowles.com.au/find...rm=view_detail

mine is a sedan and insured for 16K, airbags deployed and windscreen smashed also.

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Old 17-12-2008, 05:02 PM   #2
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Old 17-12-2008, 05:11 PM   #3
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Whos' gonna be first to say it?
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Old 17-12-2008, 05:20 PM   #4
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Old 17-12-2008, 05:24 PM   #5
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Air bag deployed, side damage, frontal damage, under 15k replacement, more than definate.



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Old 17-12-2008, 05:26 PM   #6
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Hi all i fell asleep while driving and sideswiped a tree which scraped all the way along my passenger side form front door to bumber and pushed in parts of it. Then went into another tree at bout 40 and did damage similar maybe bit more than the car on this link

http://www.manheimfowles.com.au/find...rm=view_detail

mine is a sedan and insured for 16K, airbags deployed and windscreen smashed also.
Some one obviously edited your post about you driving alertly at just below the speed limit when a dog shaped kanga-emu-bat ran onto the road and as you took evasive action you slipped in the gravel and collided with a tree.

If you had, in fact, fallen asleep you could be breeched with at the least, driving without due care and possibly up to dangerous driving. Lucky you didn't.....
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Old 17-12-2008, 05:50 PM   #7
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Some one obviously edited your post about you driving alertly at just below the speed limit when a dog shaped kanga-emu-bat ran onto the road and as you took evasive action you slipped in the gravel and collided with a tree.

If you had, in fact, fallen asleep you could be breeched with at the least, driving without due care and possibly up to dangerous driving. Lucky you didn't.....

I just hope his insurance company is not trolling these forums :


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Old 17-12-2008, 06:49 PM   #8
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To answer his question, Id say so.
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Old 17-12-2008, 07:18 PM   #9
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yep. the car is most likely a write off.

having said that, mate, you've gotta be pretty thick to come here and tell the world that you fell asleep at the wheel and are claiming it on insurance.
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Old 17-12-2008, 07:48 PM   #10
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I would assume its a write off!

I actually fell asleep at the wheel just round the corner from my home just after I got my p's. I drove up the gutter, hit a parked car and I then woke and drove off. Went up to police station and reported what I did.

Insurance fixed both cars no dramas, and I got a neg driving fine. I dont see the problem with saying it on here that he fell asleep, and that being a problem with insurance. This was about 8 years ago though.

But I could be wrong :togo:

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Old 17-12-2008, 07:53 PM   #11
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Written off mate, no two ways about it. The cost to repair will be more than half the cost of the car, therefore it will be deemed a repairable write off. Lucky you missed that Roo;)
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Old 17-12-2008, 09:02 PM   #12
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Well if its at Fowles its kinda answered the question and then you look at the listing and "Repairable Write-off"
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Old 17-12-2008, 09:07 PM   #13
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sorry to see such a horrible end to your car mate. good to see your ok, thats the main thing and i hope you have taken a valuable lesson out of this get in the back and have a nap next time :P
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Well if its at Fowles its kinda answered the question and then you look at the listing and "Repairable Write-off"
thats not his car if u have a better read of the post i had to re read it tho after noticing the windscreen and airbags in tact in the photos
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Old 17-12-2008, 10:23 PM   #15
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Written off mate, no two ways about it. The cost to repair will be more than half the cost of the car, therefore it will be deemed a repairable write off. Lucky you missed that Roo;)
Is this a standardised method of working out a write off??

Had the Festiva repaired after a person decided to smash into me and the repair was around 6 grand, the value on the insurance papers was around 6.2K.

They gave me the option, cash or repair pretty much.....
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Old 17-12-2008, 10:57 PM   #16
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it all over i think its time for car shoping mate goog luck
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Old 18-12-2008, 01:06 AM   #17
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thats not his car if u have a better read of the post i had to re read it tho after noticing the windscreen and airbags in tact in the photos
spot on and the passenger side looks straight for a suuposed side swipe

+ 1 vote for a troll or spam
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Old 18-12-2008, 10:10 PM   #18
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thats not his car if u have a better read of the post i had to re read it tho after noticing the windscreen and airbags in tact in the photos
Well well.........ok you win I didn't read it 100% guilty as charged lol
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Old 19-12-2008, 08:12 AM   #19
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yep. the car is most likely a write off.

having said that, mate, you've gotta be pretty thick to come here and tell the world that you fell asleep at the wheel and are claiming it on insurance.
Why do you guys say that?

A claim can not be void if the driver falls asleep.
Unfortunately it happens alot and not policed due to a camera not being available...

Seriously, You can lodge a claim and say you fell asleep and not have any worries.
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Why do you guys say that?

Because its the internet and thats what their mates mate told them!
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Old 19-12-2008, 06:19 PM   #21
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just re read the post it says similar to this one on the link ?
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