Another Xantia bites the dust

trooper30 · Post by **trooper30** » 31 Jan 2010, 20:18

This is my wifes poor Xantia, both her and my son were very very lucky to be unhurt in the crash thank god. Some little git in a Berlingo pulled out infront of her. He had no licience and no insurance

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XantiaMan · Post by **XantiaMan** » 31 Jan 2010, 20:21

Shame about the car, but it looks to have done an excellent job at absorbing the impact with no deformation of the cabin and of course, the airbag has gone off. At least the occupants were unhurt and thats the main thing, cars can be replaced, people cannot.

addo · Post by **addo** » 31 Jan 2010, 20:24

Was this the car purchased only recently?

By the deformation, it's struck while moving faster than 50km/h.

trooper30 · Post by **trooper30** » 31 Jan 2010, 20:28

No wasnt a recent purchase, she had it a few years and to be honest was very attached to it, but i think it did an excellent job as far as protecting the acupants go.

Xaccers · Post by **Xaccers** » 31 Jan 2010, 20:34

The SoB!
So glad they're both ok!
The police had better throw the book at him!

brmartyn · Post by **brmartyn** » 31 Jan 2010, 20:36

What a (-expletive removed-)!!!

I hate idiots who drive without a license and insurance I hope he gets a massive fine and gets put away for a long time. I hope the guy has to pay your wife and son comp straight out of his own pocket!

Sorry to hear about the incident Owen I hope your wife and son are ok

Sl4yer · Post by **Sl4yer** » 31 Jan 2010, 20:49

Great that they got out of that uninjured! Was it a S1 or S2 Xantia? And what state was the Berlingo in?

Sadly, the other driver is unlikely to get what he deserves.

James

trooper30 · Post by **trooper30** » 31 Jan 2010, 20:59

Was an S1 TD. She wasnt an S2 Hdi when the insuarnce shells out

Post by **myglaren** » 31 Jan 2010, 21:09

You need to claim for the whiplash too, the insurance company will endeavour to recover all their money from him personally as he wasn't insured!

Glad your wife and son weren't injured but whiplash can take a day or two to manifest.

citroenxm · Post by **citroenxm** » 31 Jan 2010, 23:11

Wow! Glad to hear occupants were not seriously hurt, but DEFEANTLY play on Whip lash!!

Thats impressive that the doors still opened!! Seen bigger cars crumple worse then that and doors not openable!!

Paul

Xantidote · Post by **Xantidote** » 31 Jan 2010, 23:42

Sorry to hear of the accident - main thing is that family OK. Hope there are no lasting ill effects (as MyGlaren says, whiplash can take a while to show itself). Hope the B*****d gets his deserts.

Good to see how well the xantia protected the occupants. The bigger the car, the more metal, and the further away the other vehicle is when it first hits the bodywork.

Gregg1100 · Post by **Gregg1100** » 01 Feb 2010, 00:15

Hi,
Hells Bells- that is a bad one. Glad to know your wife and son are ok.
Sadly, with all the compensation culture around , higher insurance costs mean more idiots are going to drive without cover to save money.
Draconian penalties must be levied to stop the rot spreading- car crushed, permanent loss of licence, and a good spell in clink. Then tagged on release.
Your wife was attached to her car, as was my son. He had his car for 3 years, and likely would have kept it another 3. It did all he wanted,- now he has to get another car, inheriting possible problems and unwanted expense.
Greg

Dommo · Post by **Dommo** » 01 Feb 2010, 00:47

trooper, I don't suppose you know how fast she was going at the time do you?

I'm just interested because - as has been mentioned - it held up very well!

I hope she's pain free in the morning. Dom

trooper30 · Post by **trooper30** » 01 Feb 2010, 07:17

She recons she was doing about 35-40 mph. When i arrived on the scene the police officers on site had to restrain me a little as I wanted to kill the guy who hit her. But after a quiet calming word from the plod I mearly wanted to permanantly maim him.

addo · Post by **addo** » 01 Feb 2010, 08:42

There's a type of person I run into from time to time, who is - bluntly - basically lawproof. You can whack them with all these penalties, yet soon as they're out on the streets again they could reoffend.

Oddly enough, not all are complete numpties; they just have some cognitive defect between what they do and what is the right thing to do by others... A couple of small strategic incisions might be one solution to spread of the problem, but that's likely to provoke community outrage!

Trooper - glad to see my guess on speed was close.