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Old 01-05-2009, 07:58 AM   #1 (permalink)
 
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tridion cell damage

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A 20 meter blue-gum tree fell on my smart forfour and damaged the roof and tridion cell, does anyone know if this is repairable, or can I expect my insurance company to write it off? They're taking their sweet time making a decision.

This is my first post and no image links allowed but will post the pics shortly.

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Old 01-05-2009, 08:04 AM   #2 (permalink)
 
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wow...looks pretty bad...can't tell you if it's trashed or not .
hope somebody with more expertise will chime in.
IMHO..if it is safety related I don't believe they will cut and splice a new section..

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Old 01-05-2009, 08:20 AM   #4 (permalink)
 
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It was hectic, had my wife and kids in the car we were doing about 40km/h and the tree fell from approx. 10meters up the roadside embankment just tippled over onto us I never saw it coming.

About 2 weeks before this incident we had a rock thrown (from an overhead bridge - national pastime in South Africa) on the same car whilst driving on the highway, trashed the windscreen and now this! I won't be buying a convertible anytime soon that's for sure.

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Old 01-05-2009, 08:20 AM   #5 (permalink)
 
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Oh man! Bad luck. Sorry

Seriously, I would bet the insurance will write this off as a total just to cover their butts. CYA. A2Jack.

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Old 01-05-2009, 08:23 AM   #6 (permalink)
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Well I don't know how much advice you are going to get here on a Forfour but it looks bad to me




I have had Trees jump on my cars while parked before, But Ive never had one decide to jump in front of me while dirving, Scarry.

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Old 01-05-2009, 08:23 AM   #7 (permalink)
 
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Old 01-05-2009, 08:25 AM   #8 (permalink)
 
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Thanks for putting the pics up here. Forfour.. Fortwo, same tridion cell principle I think.

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Old 01-05-2009, 08:27 AM   #9 (permalink)
 
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If you were in Maryland I would have to say start looking for a new car as roof structure damage is none repairable here by law. Looks a little to buckled to be fixed without a parts car to cut and weld from.

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Old 01-05-2009, 09:16 AM   #10 (permalink)
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Since the forfour is based on a Mitsubishi sedan, I'm not sure it has a Tridion in the same way the fortwo does. Could be wrong, though.

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