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> Totalled my (first) 914 in 3 weeks, No insurance... please help
jim_hoyland
post May 25 2005, 06:48 PM
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I saw a mint 914 get hit by a snow plow; everyone thought it was all over. Looked worse than yours. Guy took it to a body shop that had a laser fram straightening jig and a great body guy. That car still looks perfect today.
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post May 25 2005, 06:53 PM
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QUOTE (914GT @ May 25 2005, 12:08 PM)
It's a car. Be glad you didn't get hit on the driver's door.

(IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/agree.gif) This is important. I don't know how well a 914 would protect you if the blow comes from the drivers side. She would probably give her life, but would it be enough???

Glad you are okay.....
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post May 25 2005, 07:41 PM
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how fast was the other guy going? that looks like a lot of damage to come from a tercel. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/unsure.gif)
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post May 25 2005, 07:43 PM
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Hmm, there are a couple of decent frame shops around here, that might be able to do it. It wouldn't hurt to talk to them. That tub of Bruce's looks pretty nice too. A road trip to Winnipeg may be in order!
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post May 25 2005, 07:59 PM
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Go for the red car that Bruce shows. All your stuff will make it a nice car and you'll have those flares!
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post May 25 2005, 09:36 PM
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hey i just got in an accident also but it is not NEAR as bad, here is a pic...


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post May 25 2005, 11:15 PM
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DAN,DAN,DAN, That is the worst. I just got home and saw the email from Jim Chambers. If there is anything I can help with let me know. No I can't give you back your check, nice try.
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post May 26 2005, 12:09 AM
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owwwww man! (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/wacko.gif) cant look at the pics it makes me feel all weird inside. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/unsure.gif)
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post May 26 2005, 12:33 AM
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It's disheartening... it'll be ok, glad you are with us.

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post May 26 2005, 01:01 AM
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You lived, that is #1. I'm sorry to see your car in such dis-repair. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/sad2.gif)
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post May 26 2005, 08:39 AM
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Thanks for all of the tips/suggestions from everyone.

As of right now, I think Bruce's car is the way to go. I'll check around with frame shops and maybe the auto body school just to see what they think of it. I'm doubtful the car would ever stay properly aligned though... the driver door is sticking pretty bad so the whole car is twisted. I'm not a body guy though so I don't know.

Craig - I'm not happy with the car... I'll drive it back and I'll even let you keep my deposit. No hard feelings. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/smile.gif)

Everything will work out in the end... it always does. Not like it's the first car I've lost money on. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/rolleyes.gif)

I will update when I hear from the insurance adjuster.
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post May 26 2005, 09:26 AM
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there's a guy in oregon that has a grand cheerokee(sp) and a tow dolly, with a super clean silver chassis. metaline falls wa is beatiful this time of the year and a stones throw from the border. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/happy11.gif)

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post May 26 2005, 09:34 AM
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That kind of stuff makes me nervous to drive mine anymore! But in the end...they are just cars.
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post Jun 30 2005, 05:36 PM
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Update...
I just received a call from my insurance broker. He was much more than helpful and went all the way up to the head of the auto department of the insurance company to help me out. They won't budge on the $300 maximum payout.

This sucks big time but what's done is done and I am going to try to make the most of it. I will be buying the roller from Bruce and taking on the biggest project of my life by swapping my parts over. Luckily I have a couple friends with good mechanical skills, alot of motivation to get back on the road in a 914, and alot of resources on this site.

If all goes relatively well, I should be going again for another couple thousand Canadian dollars and alot of work. The only thing I will really need to find is a passenger window and door guts. I should have everything else between the two chassis.

Now if it would just stop raining so Bruce can get at the car...

Chalk one up to a life lesson learned. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/headbang.gif)
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post Jun 30 2005, 07:15 PM
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Big deal....he went to the head dickhead in charge of the COMPANY THAT WANTS TO SCREW YOU....take it up with the government agency that oversees insurance companies...file a formal complaint.
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post Jun 30 2005, 07:23 PM
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Dood.. that sucks.

Have you considered stealing a car, and playing bumper cars, at their headquarters?

I did!


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post Jun 30 2005, 08:12 PM
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QUOTE (Manfred Z @ Jun 30 2005, 05:15 PM)
Big deal....he went to the head dickhead in charge of the COMPANY THAT WANTS TO SCREW YOU....take it up with the government agency that oversees insurance companies...file a formal complaint.

Saskatchewan like Manitoba only has one insurance company. Government run. They make the rules and there is very little you can do to change their minds.

We had another 3" - 5" of rain yesterday. Some parts of the province had 275mm (11" of rain in the last 24hrs) There are 5 watershed basins that drain Manitoba (an area the size of North & South Dakota & Minnesota) every one of the basins is under flood alert.

If things stay dry (fat chance of that) it will be at least a month before I can get to the car at the farm.

Dan,

I have the passenger door off the orange 72 but it's a early style. There should be extra door/window parts that came with the 74 in my shed. I have to look.
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post Jun 30 2005, 08:25 PM
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Well they answer to SOMEBODY don't they?
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post Jun 30 2005, 08:37 PM
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Nope.....Crown Corporation...set up as a semi independant company with government funding...... They make the rules and if they don't like anyone winning by playing their rules, they have the governmet pass new laws so you can't win.

The man in charge would be the Minister of Highways, but all he would do is say "Sorry those are the rules"
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post Jul 4 2005, 02:15 PM
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Like Bruce said, it's gov't run insurance here and it's luck of the draw generally. I still have not signed anything agreeing with them but I'm not sure how else I can try to fight this without spending big $$$ in legal fees when the judge is paid by the same people that run the insurance company.

The guy's reason that they can't budge is if they do it for me they would have to do it for everybody that claimed they were going to get insurance. I said I could understand if I had received the appraisal and got in an accident several months later, but in this case I was obviously just waiting for the appraisal to get the full policy. He agrees but "rules are rules".

The best part of the deal though, I got a $220 ticket for the accident for a failure to yeild to oncoming traffic. For being in an at-fault accident, the insurance company has charged me $100 due to points deductions. After I pay the traffic ticket, I will receive more points deductions which the insurance company will charge me another $200. Sweet, eh? I'm sure glad I had insurance. Gives me piece of mind. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/screwy.gif)

Bruce, it's been raining here almost everyday also. Worst summer ever.
Anyway, let me know if things ever get better out there... maybe we'll have to make an ice road in the winter like they do in the muskeg.

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(IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/huh.gif) That's a tempting thought. Did it help for you?
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