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Car Forum / Saab Cars / July 2007oops. what happens when a door is bent back waaaay too far!
My wife took my red 89 16V c900 3-door out the other day and managed to reverse it with the door open into the bullbar of a 4wd, wrenching the door of my car back and ruining the door mount, etc. at the bottom of the A-pillar! She claims she put her foot on the go peddle instead of the stop peddle, and her brain must have farted to not realise what was wrong. 8-) Oh well nobody was hurt - just the car which I'd renewed insurance and rego on only a few weeks ago. Just as well! Pics are here: http://www.classicsaab.net/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=7080 Had it assessed by my insurer today and they think it can be repaired so the car's off to my Saab workshop (Saab Serve in North Parramatta) ASAP to get the repairs organised and started... Craig.  SignatureCraig's Saab C900 Page at | Craig's Classic Saab Workshop - Sydney .au http://lios.apana.org.au/~c900 | http://www.classicsaab.net and other URL's Email: c900@lios.apana.org.au | For Saab 99/C900/9000 Enthusiasts World-Wide! Alternate: saabonaut@gmail.com | Web-forums, galleries, library, links, etc. Thats not so nice. Pieter > My wife took my red 89 16V c900 3-door out the other day and managed to > reverse it with the door open into the bullbar of a 4wd, wrenching the [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > Craig. >Thats not so nice. No it's not. But at least I have full insurance on the car, otherwise I'd be paying a lot more than a simple A$500 insurance excess to get the car repaired! Craig. SignatureCraig's Saab C900 Page at | Craig's Classic Saab Workshop - Sydney .au http://lios.apana.org.au/~c900 | http://www.classicsaab.net and other URL's Email: c900@lios.apana.org.au | For Saab 99/C900/9000 Enthusiasts World-Wide! Alternate: saabonaut@gmail.com | Web-forums, galleries, library, links, etc. maybe you might want to consider welding the doors shut and make her enter and exit via window. just like they do on nascar racing. rod > My wife took my red 89 16V c900 3-door out the other day and managed to > reverse it with the door open into the bullbar of a 4wd, wrenching the [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > Craig. >maybe you might want to consider welding the doors shut and make her enter >and exit via window. Isn't that what the sun-roof is for? Kal >>maybe you might want to consider welding the doors shut and make her enter >>and exit via window. >Isn't that what the sun-roof is for? No sun-roof on the car. But that idea sort of reminds me of the Dukes of Hazard cars which always seemed to have the doors stuck shut. Craig. SignatureCraig's Saab C900 Page at | Craig's Classic Saab Workshop - Sydney .au http://lios.apana.org.au/~c900 | http://www.classicsaab.net and other URL's Email: c900@lios.apana.org.au | For Saab 99/C900/9000 Enthusiasts World-Wide! Alternate: saabonaut@gmail.com | Web-forums, galleries, library, links, etc. >No sun-roof on the car. But that idea sort of reminds me of the Dukes of >Hazard cars which always seemed to have the doors stuck shut. > >Craig. Not sure about the Dukes car and why they always did that, but racers often weld the doors shut for safety in the crude stock car business. the only way in or out is then through the window. > My wife took my red 89 16V c900 3-door out the other day and managed to > reverse it with the door open into the bullbar of a 4wd, wrenching the [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > Craig. Sorry to hear that Craig... But it happens to the best of us. = Yes, it happened to me too ... :( My 900 still has the dent in the front wing and a skewed door that is noisy above 100 km/h. Believe me, you feel REALLY stupid afterwards... Richard. why was she driving with door open? rod > My wife took my red 89 16V c900 3-door out the other day and managed to > reverse it with the door open into the bullbar of a 4wd, wrenching the [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > Craig. > My wife took my red 89 16V c900 3-door out the other day and managed to > reverse it with the door open into the bullbar of a 4wd, wrenching the [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > Craig. Oops, a lot of damage. Door (naturally), door pillar, front wing, bonnet. It's a question of the wife or the car... >> My wife took my red 89 16V c900 3-door out the other day and managed to >> reverse it with the door open into the bullbar of a 4wd, wrenching the [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] >> >> Craig. >Oops, a lot of damage. Door (naturally), door pillar, front wing, bonnet. >It's a question of the wife or the car... He he sadly I don't think I'm permitted by L.A.W. (tm) to make that call. 8-) Car went to the repair shop that Saab Serve uses here in Sydney on Monday so I should hear from the during next week with news on what's happened. The insurance company is apparently not going to write off the car. Yet. Craig. SignatureCraig's Saab C900 Page at | Craig's Classic Saab Workshop - Sydney .au http://lios.apana.org.au/~c900 | http://www.classicsaab.net and other URL's Email: c900@lios.apana.org.au | For Saab 99/C900/9000 Enthusiasts World-Wide! Alternate: saabonaut@gmail.com | Web-forums, galleries, library, links, etc. >>> My wife took my red 89 16V c900 3-door out the other day and managed to >>> reverse it with the door open into the bullbar of a 4wd, wrenching the [quoted text clipped - 30 lines] > > Craig. I would be interested in what your insurance company does. to me it looks like the damage is more then what the car would be worth. at least if you were to ask insurance companys in the u.s.a. i can understand you wanting damage repaired. but still i would like to hear how you make out. rod >I would be interested in what your insurance company does. to me it looks >like the damage is more then what the car would be worth. at least if you >were to ask insurance companys in the u.s.a. i can understand you wanting >damage repaired. but still i would like to hear how you make out. I was thinking the same thing - with all the damage to and aaround the bottom of the a-pillar, that's a really major repair job. I haven't heard back from the smash repairer yet but I am betting NRMA will want to the care repaired even if the quoted repair cost is as little as $50 off the write-off value... Craig. SignatureCraig's Saab C900 Page at | Craig's Classic Saab Workshop - Sydney .au http://lios.apana.org.au/~c900 | http://www.classicsaab.net and other URL's Email: c900@lios.apana.org.au | For Saab 99/C900/9000 Enthusiasts World-Wide! Alternate: saabonaut@gmail.com | Web-forums, galleries, library, links, etc. > My wife took my red 89 16V c900 3-door out the other day and managed to > reverse it with the door open into the bullbar of a 4wd, wrenching the [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > Craig. Of course, with the door open you can't see in the door mirror! Did a similar thing with the door slight ajar. There was little space, so my gate caught the black door list (9000) and pushed it forward into the door mount. But luckily, there were no scratches, only the door list was twisted. Got a new list online. |
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