Accident: Don't do what I did....

[misters3]

Originally Posted by Mookistar

all right kids, play nice.

The OP is stll on here, he's not posted and run and has promised to post a full breakdown when he gets it

i've stated the full story will be added to the OP if the facts turn out to be different.

However, we never once deleted an threads about VDC, or warranties, or any of the other rumours and bad press, so we won't be deleting this

mook

[ScottyB]

Originally Posted by jae

Heh heh heh.

There are some people on this thread who fulfill the following criteria:

"If Nissan were giving away a £1000 bank draft with each car, you would complain about the way it was folded and put in the glovebox."

Let the people with the contacts do the investigating. Then decide when you have information. Anything else is speculation, or for the few addressed above, hysterical speculation.

For the people who favour plain speaking:

Get a grip. Shut the f*** up and let the people in the know do their stuff.

Have a NICE day.

Jae,

I want to give you my vote at the next general election, i could not have put it better myself..........

Too much mincing about in today's society with people frightened to say what they REALLY feel.

We might drop the "Have a nice day" bit on the campaign trail though mate it comes a cross as a bit cheesy......

[Rich001]

96,000 views in 4 days, this thread is going to break the Interwebnet.

[bobd]

As previously said lets wait for the invoice. The pedestrian issue personally does not concern me - its there for a reason. The thing that concerns me most of all is the possibility of a small on track mishap that results in a light contact with a tyre wall or tyres marking an apex etc that results in the same financial issues. It should for that reason alone be reasonable to be able to turn it off. After all the cars media is based on its on track ability.

[Steve!]

Originally Posted by Ian C

Part numbers are:

HINGES
65400-JF06A
65401-JF06A

HOOD ACTUATORS
B5344-JF30A
B5345-JF30A

IP CONTROLLER
284B7-JF50A-

Anybody fancy checking price with the dealer?

Hello, FIRST post.... Here from MIG Performance Vauxhalls - Vauxhall Forum, Owners Club, Gallery and News


I work in an Accident Repair Centre, so on seeing this thread I had to act. I phoned the local Nissan dealership with the part numbers above!!

Some hard facts, and I will continue to get to the bottom of this puzzle.



HINGES
65400-JF06A £94
65401-JF06A £94

HOOD ACTUATORS
B5344-JF30A £685.07
B5345-JF30A £414.12

IP CONTROLLER
284B7-JF50A- £1071.99


So by my maths, it comes to the grand total of: £2359.18

But we haven't factored into account the front bumper, which could be another £1000 for example. Paint & labour, even if you said that was £4000

I come to the conclusion, the bill should be approx: £7359.18

HALF what the OP has said it was!!!

Need any more help, give me a hola

[ScottyB]

Originally Posted by Steve!

Hello, FIRST post.... Here from MIG Performance Vauxhalls - Vauxhall Forum, Owners Club, Gallery and News


I work in an Accident Repair Centre, so on seeing this thread I had to act. I phoned the local Nissan dealership with the part numbers above!!

Some hard facts, and I will continue to get to the bottom of this puzzle.



HINGES
65400-JF06A £94
65401-JF06A £94

HOOD ACTUATORS
B5344-JF30A £685.07
B5345-JF30A £414.12

IP CONTROLLER
284B7-JF50A- £1071.99


So by my maths, it comes to the grand total of: £2359.18

But we haven't factored into account the front bumper, which could be another £1000 for example. Paint & labour, even if you said that was £4000

I come to the conclusion, the bill should be approx: £7359.18

HALF what the OP has said it was!!!

Need any more help, give me a hola

Very kind of you to do that thank you very useful first post and welcome.

What about labour rates for fitting the new items at circa 130 per hour (I think that is the going rate for most HPC's)

Not sure how long the act. would take to refit?

Do the prices above include VAT?

Throw in hire car cover during the period of the repair and all of the above and i bet you are not far off the 11k quoted by the OP???

Regards

ScottyB

[waltong]

Originally Posted by Steve!

Hello, FIRST post.... Here from MIG Performance Vauxhalls - Vauxhall Forum, Owners Club, Gallery and News


I work in an Accident Repair Centre, so on seeing this thread I had to act. I phoned the local Nissan dealership with the part numbers above!!

Some hard facts, and I will continue to get to the bottom of this puzzle.



HINGES
65400-JF06A £94
65401-JF06A £94

HOOD ACTUATORS
B5344-JF30A £685.07
B5345-JF30A £414.12

IP CONTROLLER
284B7-JF50A- £1071.99


So by my maths, it comes to the grand total of: £2359.18

But we haven't factored into account the front bumper, which could be another £1000 for example. Paint & labour, even if you said that was £4000

I come to the conclusion, the bill should be approx: £7359.18

HALF what the OP has said it was!!!

Need any more help, give me a hola

?? I'm not sure what claculator they use in the car accident repair business but how £7359.18 is half of £11,000! Thanks for the info though, I reckon that £11K is looking more and more likely.

[GTRAM]

Originally Posted by Steve!

Hello, FIRST post.... Here from MIG Performance Vauxhalls - Vauxhall Forum, Owners Club, Gallery and News


I work in an Accident Repair Centre, so on seeing this thread I had to act. I phoned the local Nissan dealership ......................

Need any more help, give me a hola

Steve

Thank you for this;the thread is beginning to deliver the answers.

The polite and reasoned approch seems to have delivered on the warrnty VDC so I am sure armed with facts like these and comparables everyone will get more comfortable.

Also without tempting fate for any of us - I am pleased that there doesn't seem to be alot of other examples of this happening. So from the insurance point of view that must be positive.

As ever the most important safety device is the driver so lets keep it that way.

[mickv]

And as for this stuff about M5 owners kicking the front of our R35s, I'd hazard a guess that the system won't deploy unless the car is moving.

Not sure I'd fancy trying to lay the boot into a moving vehicle.

[Steve!]

Originally Posted by waltong

?? I'm not sure what claculator they use in the car accident repair business but how £7359.18 (approx!) is half of £11,000 god only knows! Thanks for the info, I reckon that £11K is looking more and more likely.

Because I think I have heavily over inflated some prices

Originally Posted by ScottyB

What about labour rates for fitting the new items at circa 130 per hour (I think that is the going rate for most HPC's)

Most, if not all Arc's have a lower labour rate than the Mechanical side of the business. Our rates are like £43 p/h

[waltong]

Originally Posted by Steve!

Because I think I have heavily over inflated some prices





Most, if not all Arc's have a lower labour rate than the Mechanical side of the business. Our rates are like £43 p/h

Sorry mate, I wasn't having a pop, it came out the wrong way! Crispy has had a bit of a backlash from some since reporting this claims issue to the forum. You'd think Insurers would have woken up to being turned over by the repair trade but maybe this one slipped through the net. We should have that invoice soon and we can see where the money went! Thanks for the post.

[SteveCarter100]

Originally Posted by Steve!

HINGES
65400-JF06A £94
65401-JF06A £94

HOOD ACTUATORS
B5344-JF30A £685.07
B5345-JF30A £414.12

IP CONTROLLER
284B7-JF50A- £1071.99

It would be interesting to compare those prices with similar parts from another manufacturer, like the Jag mentioned elsewhere in the thread.

[Steve!]

What other car has hood actuators?

[Philip]

Originally Posted by Steve!

What other car has hood actuators?

New Mercedes E Class, Citroen C6 and Jaguar XF, amongst others.

Philip

[Steve!]

OK... Will get a price tomorrow!