Devastated!!

[CaroDS3]

Hi guys,

Devastated is an understatement.

So traffic was heavy and I decided to take the country roads to work yesterday. Coming down a hill at approx 40mph (national speed limit roads) a dear ran out in front of me, I slammed on the brakes and locked up hitting it at around 30mph+.

The dear got up and ran off but now my DS3 sport 1.6 petrol 155bhp is in bad shape.

I took to a specialist near me this morning and will give me a quote on Monday.

I think I will need:
intercooler
2 x fans
2 x radiators
an arm which connects to the fans?
the plastic mesh on the front of the car and the chrome surround?

I don't know how to post a pic so I can email to someone if they can then post for me?

Any help would be greatly appreciated and where to source the parts.

I'm not in a position to claim from insurance but it could be £1000 plus in parts and labour.

I'm kind of confident would I be able to do it myself if I sourced the parts? I'm not sure until the bumper comes off how much damage I have actually done. Want to cry

Thanks, Caro.

[ZACK]

I'm not in a position to claim from insurance but it could be £1000 plus in parts and labour.

Do you have it ?

But yeah all that sounds expensive. If you had it from a Citroen dealer I'm guessing well over £1000

[lfcrule1972]

Really sorry to hear that

Joni posted a guide on how to post full size images on the forum here -http://www.ds3club.co.uk/showthread.php?1932-How-to-insert-full-size-images hopefully that will help.

As for sourcing the parts I would contact Aidan (forum member) from Partsworld-UK who can get cheaper official Citroen parts, his number is 01246 268896 and their website is http://www.partsworld-uk.com/categor...y=FeaturedDesc

Aidan has helped out a fair few of us with parts at good prices

[Chris_Blue]

Real sorry to hear about your smash, and hope everyone was OK
Hope you get it sorted- maybe breakers yard/ ebay breaking, for parts?

[CaroDS3]

Thank you for the replies ... Until my local place will give me an itemised list on Monday I'm not entirely sure what I will need.

I've got the money for the repair just means no holiday for me this year. My excess is £750 so IF the repair is £1,000 odd then I'm only going to be saving £250/£300 and my premium would increase by that amount id imagine plus I don't want to lose my no claims bonus.

I think it will be hard to find the same car as mine being broken but would all the fans/intercooler from a diesel car be ok? Plenty of 105bhp cars being broken.

Thank you for easy to use guide - please see attached photo I will add more when I take the front bumper off.



Thank you for the contact number will call him Monday with my parts list

[ds3r]

Hi sorry to hear that yes all the broken ds3s ie cat d etc are all diesels bar none for some reason the front of the ds3 is not too bad to get off hope you get it sorted

[dbrewood]

Fingers crossed you get it all sorted out okay!

[Goonerman1]

I had a wild pig run out in front of me when I was driving my old car (hyundai Coupe) and it took my bumper out completely! I would be very surprised if your repair only came to £1000!

[monkeynuts]

that's shit luck ......................shame the dear legged it coz you could of re-cooped some cash selling steaks