I unfortunatly have a need to use a body shop on my V6 can anyone recomend on in the Gloucestershire area?

Got a bit carried away on the weekend following a Kwak!

now have dents in most panels.

My insurance co (fully comp) wants to take it to a "ford Dealer?!?!?" - for review and repair.

Do i have to choice, as i do not have great respect for the dealer, could i get them to use a prefered body shop?

Also beware of renewals as i have always had a zero excess but this time it came through with a £250 excess and i didnt check. This has knackered me buying the alloys wheels that spookie had for sale.

You can get any garage to do the work as long as they give you quotes to give to the insurance company. If you can, try and get to know someone quickly who does cheap bodywork repairs, then get them to do a quote for more than it will actually cost you. Then with the money you have left over you could get some new wheels. But if you dont know anyone, then just talk to some people and see who recommends a good bodyshop and get them to quote you.

Good Luck!

Gutting mate

What stealth says is correct.

As for the ford thing, they own mazda.

Also if you are unhappy with the work carried out you dont have to accept it and demand its done properly, you should also have a warrenty with the work done. Dont be shy!! Cos you will only end up paying for touch ups yourself

Looks like i better start trailing the Yellow pages for a body shop

If anyone does know of a good one let me know.

I do know of some but they aren't in your area. Can find out about them a bit more if you want though.

Stealth,

think I might end up going to the insurance recomended one and then sell the car if its a poor job, then go buy another one i guess.

Guess i'm a bit lazy

[quote="Blue-Spud"]Stealth,

think I might end up going to the insurance recomended one and then sell the car if its a poor job, then go buy another one i guess.

Guess i'm a bit lazy [/quote]

Just complain you dont pay insurance for nothing

Got the car back last week.

To be fair, it does not look to bad Though i think i may have to sell it soon and try for a pristine one again

Had a prob with the Air con though! Went to Mazda on Weekend and they found one of the control wires had worn through and was shorting out on the body. (causing the car to idle at 1500 revs when it was on, not cool)

They tried to charge me but i reminded them that they replaced everything last year so it must have been their fault.

I had forgotten what a great car it is. Long live the summer!!!

Now i need to find that Kwak rider again! :twisted:

wth is a kwak ?

Its short for Kawasaki, i guess i have always used the abbreviation.

From the riders i know most Kwak riders are straight line demons but duck out of a race when they get to a corner!

"From the riders i know most Kwak riders are straight line demons but duck out of a race when they get to a corner! "

Most Kwak riders don't like muppets in V6 sardine cans thinking they can keep up and losing it on their ass in the corners. No car can hold a corner like a bike can - grow up!!

I bet I could beat you on my old 500 twin Kwakker.

Brodie_76 Said"Most Kwak riders don't like muppets in V6 sardine cans thinking they can keep up and losing it on their ass in the corners. No car can hold a corner like a bike can - grow up!!

I bet I could beat you on my old 500 twin Kwakker."


I dare say you could, but i'm a bit to old to grow up now!

You have to have a bit of fun on the weekend!

Your right about no car handling as well as a bike but there are a few bike riders that cant ride their bikes (much the same as car drivers)

[quote]No car can hold a corner like a bike can - grow up!! [/quote]

Sure?

Depends on the corner I guess. If it's fairly sharp, then the laws of physics say that a car will win - it has more surface area in contact with the road.

Out and out acceleration, bikes will beat [i]most[/i] cars.

[url]http://www.tigerracing.co.uk/cars/tiger-z100-main.php[/url] - powered by bike engines, but it's a car!


Mark

i'm afraid he is right as the car may have more rubber on the road it also has far more weight (and i'm not just talking the driver!)
and the centrifual force will push the car off the corner. (i may have spelt that wrong!)

If I'm wrong I'll admit it but a search around the bike forums says that a car is faster round corners.
[url]http://www.bikechatforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=21393[/url]

And the bikers I know agree.



Mark

nice clip!

Maybe if i had that much downforce and grip i might not have visited the field!

I have had a think about this one and.... well I and most of the blokes I know whoride bikes agree that cars go round corners better than bikes theres more rubber on the floor and basically that means better handling.

But having said that roads are meant for driving on and not racing on, if you race on the roads you are gonna kill someone or yourself, so don't be a prat, drive on the road and race on the track.

Gogobroom,

Agreed - you know I race on the track!! .....and off it on verge a bit


Mark