Junkman's Mitsubishite - alive and kicking

[Asimo]

That is a bummer, sympathies.

 

Someone on a phone or an Audi or both of these?

[dugong]

Glad to hear WIFE_ and DAUGHTER_JUNKMAN escaped unscathed.

 

Should I bring the Charade back and lob thee on the insurance?

[NorfolkNWeigh]

Good on you. Spurious injury claims and ridiculous charges for hire cars (like three times the high street rate) are why premiums keep rocketing up. Insurance companies are bent as hell. 

 

Very sad news about the car though. Bloody idiots, ruining our heritage.

Sad to see a rarity damaged and glad family are ok, but if you get to keep the salvage after being paid out this effectively becomes a free car-Win !

 

I'm in a similar situation,in that my work car was rear ended on Sunday ,unfortunately not drivable. I had no hesitation in getting a dodgy claims management company involved. For one thing no car means no money which in turn means no food,no mortgage etc,etc. if the third party's insurance co. supplied a reasonably priced hire car it would be a Fiesta or some such, Shysters Claims Ltd just dropped a Merc off that's insured and licensed for me to go to work this afternoon. Also these sharks never back down and won't just give up and roll over if it gets too hard,the longer it takes and the more people they have working on a case,the more money they make.

So,sorry I might owe you all 1p each on your renewals next year,although insurance seems to have got more reasonable in the last year,both my PH and traders policies went down this year and my youngest who's 17 tomorrow is paying less on the same car than her sister did at 17 three years ago.

[hairnet]

1. Don't let them take the car away for assessment. Insist they do it at your house and at your convenience.

 

 

this

 

if they try and say it has to be lifted for them to look - use someone else......

[Jim Bell]

Poor little bugger.

 

Getting it up the arse is a grim way to go out.

[Sigmund Fraud]

How frustrating to have your pride* and joy* destroyed like that... At least nobody was hurt.

 

An R8 is the way forward, I expect they'll be the next big thing on here ! Just make sure you get an enormous, giffer-tastic "KEEP YOUR DISTANCE" sticker for the back window !

[Junkman]

Right.

 

The insurance estimate is low enough to do a cash settlement with the 3P.

This means, we will withdraw the claim, and the car will live!

 

Consequently, I urge everyone to look for a rear bumper for it, PLEASE!

 

Save a C10 Colt!

[Station]

There's a Proton MPi in the local scrappy. It is a saloon.

Might* work.

[Junkman]

No it won't

The first thing Proton changed was the bumpers - and for good reason.

[Junkman]

There is this:

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/251124489758

 

But postage would be in the €100 region.

 

Any shiters off to Hamburg in the near future?

[Junkman]

Junkman,contact garbaldy on here as he bought mine with rear end damage and repaired it so he may have some spares contacts.

 

Done.

 

Thanks!

[Junkman]

Thank you all so much for all the morale support!

 

We really love this car and I would have been heartbroken to bridge it.

 

My local garage, which is Arnold, one of the soundest geezers I have ever had the privilege to meet,

agreed to fix the rear panel for 100 quid. Looks like he likes the car, too. Well, in fact, it might be

a welcome change for him that I don't pester him with either P6 woes, or the bloody Granada injection.

 

In any case, it's now all down to locating a rear bumper.

 

I contacted Garbaldy (my thanks go to Vantman), who selflessly agreed to look around for it,

but any assistance in this matter will be greatly appreciated.

 

Again, thank you all so much for your support!

This is the bestest forum of EVAH!

Do you read me, Breadvan72?

[forddeliveryboy]

I was quite upset at the potential demise of this lovely old Colt, but very pleased to hear the damage ain't so terminal. Any pics?

 

I'll ask those who could know of an old geezer with one of these rotting away in a damp garage. Fingers crossed for a speedy return to the road.

 

Perhaps if nothing turns up then you could start an Autoshite collection thread, travelling to Japan to collect a bumper. I'm sure Head Office would be so impressed with your 献身(Kenshin), they would give you a new old stock bumper or send their newest recruit into Fukushima province to an abandoned scrapyard to procure a 'new' part. Get the media involved and they'd no doubt pay your airfare, for an 'exclusive' interview with 'forgotten old car nutter'.

 

Here are the details of how to reach the Mitsubishi company,

 

[philibusmo]

Hmm, I'm going to be in Gdansk in mid October. I was planning on flying out but if I can sell the Avantime before the end of this month, I do quite fancy driving through Europe and stopping off in a few places along the way. I would be able to come back via Hamburg if this turns out to be a workable option and pick up the above bumper.

 

I'll let you know if this pans out.

 

EDIT: Or I suppose I could always fly out there, spend my few days in Gdansk, then buy a Fiat 126, Daewoo Tico, Velorex or what ever other completely unsuitable long distance chod is available, then drive that back via Hamburg, picking up the bumper along the way.

[Junkman]

I'm overwhelmed.

 

Gentlemen, I'm convinced a rear bumper will turn up in due course

one way or the other.

 

The Mitsubishite will live on, and in the end, that's all that counts.

[brickwall]

I'm going to the scrappers the day. He has loads of old stuff and I'll check -  You never know.

[KruJoe]

the car just got rear ended.

 

RIP.

[Ghosty]

It's Rule 34. 

Meme fail.

[brickwall]

Is rule 34 not porn?

[brickwall]

Nothing doing at the scrappy btw.

[DVee8]

Junkman give these a shout they may have or may be able to point you in a direction.

Jap City Auto Salvage Commercial Street

TS2 1PP Middlesbrough
North Yorkshire, England

Phone: +44 (0) 1642 253525 Fax: +44(0)1562 864518 Website: japcityautosalvage-middlesbrough.co.uk

 

The website seems to be down at the moment.If they do have i may be able to pick it up for you.

[greengartside]

I seriously wish this Colt was still here now - sadly been squashed a long time ago. I will keep an eye out for you if any turn up this end of the country.