well today i crashed the mini into the garage door.

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silverbullet 96
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well today i crashed the mini into the garage door.

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The entrance to our garage is quite steep, I was reversing the car up the slope, and the garage doors which open outwards were ajar!

I applied the hand brake (which ironically i was just about to tighten) anyway the car rolled forward before i could catch the biting point or brake. and i crashed into the door. i will let the pics speak for themselves:

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We think a panel beater may be able to straighten the wing and front panel. I will need a new bonnet and of course the bumper, spot light etc.


One question! I have my besiktning on Thursday, and as the headlamp isn't straight i assume it will fail. also the bonnet isnt easy to open so may fail here too. What do I do in this situation?
Take the car for the besiktning and fail it giving me more time to fix it? or?

the car must be besiknad before may 1st, which is a pain.

oh and does anyone know a good panel beater in Malmö or one that is willing to come to my house for cash?
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Oh man.... do I feel sorry for you! :(
First the undercarriage and now this......
Take it to besiktning as scheduled. Remove the chrome rim around the headlight and maybe, maybe they´ll try to adjust the light for you. As for the bonnet I don´t think they will say anything as long as it stays closed when it is supposed to.
Good luck with the repairs!
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Oj vilken tråkig början på säsongen! :(

Får hoppas att det löser sig enkelt med reparationen+besiktningen.
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ouch! that sucks, I think you have to be able to open the bonnet so that they can read the "chassinummer".

just a thought...

Good luck, hope the insurence cover it.

/Diego
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Not sure if it worth going through insurance, but i will call them Tuesday and check.

I don't want to give the car to a garage, I just got the car back after a previous accident 2 weeks ago. the garage had the car for 5 weeks or so, mostly because the insurance company took such long time to 'process' requests, quotes or even to return calls to the garage.

There is a Ditec 200 metres from our house so i will go there Tuesday (they may even be open tomorrow).

I may have Ditec do a quick pull of the dent and get the light a bit straighter.

Chassis number is also located in the lip of the boot opening, lucky its a mini!!!!
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ooops, sorry to hear. :-(
Hope you can fix your beautiful Mini without to much hassle.
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Darn it dawg =/ I'll hope u will fix it :)
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ouch :(

Det ända besiktningen bryr sig om i ditt fall är om det finns några vassa kanter. Såg ut som vissa delar av kromet är lite vasst.
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Sad to see :( One more gonna :meck: this summer...
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