Another ZS bites the dust

[shcKr-]

On my way to work this morning the traffic was slowing on the dual carriageway, I probably slowed down to about 50-60mph, which then I looked in my rear view mirror to see a car going faster than I was and I couldn't see their number plate.. BANG!

Being aware that the ZS's rear end is made of toffee I knew straight away that it was a write off

I confirmed this when I got home, the damage is:
- Smashed bumper
- Dented bootlid
- Boot floor is creased around the spare wheel

Her insurance company were pretty spot on though, it took me 20mins to drive home and by that time they had already called. So called them back and they have given me an offer, but just need to look for my receipts as I just had a load of work done on the car.

Just a bit of advice as this is my first crash, I feel fine at the moment and said to her insurance that I think I was OK, but is it worth a trip to the doctors to get checked out? And what happens if I'm just kind of on adrenaline at the moment and I wake up with a stiff neck?

I'm not going to claim if I feel fine because that's not right, I know a lot of people would if they got hit from behind.
But I'm just worried that I feel OK now, but not sure what to do if I wake up feeling like crap because my body has relaxed etc.

[ZS]

Whiplash can be delayed apparently... when I had my crash it took a day before I realised how bad my neck hurt... unfortunetly for me it was my fault and other than a lampost noone else was involved!

I would go to the doctors and get a checkup done, to be on the safe side... the one thing you don't want to do is ignore health or potential health issues!

I also agree... only claim if you need to, I know other will dissagree with me there, but people claiming uneccessarily is one reason why insurance prices are so high!

And at least you are alive! Cars can be replaced... people cant!

As a side note, your insurance will jump up 20% for the next 3 years now... Apparently its to do with you being more likely to drive into the back of someone else now as you'll be constantly looking in your rear view mirror!!! (And yes you have to tell your insurance company about this accident)

[Squeaks]

Sorry to hear about your crash,

Always best after any sort of crash to get yourself checked out, the Adrenalin could well be masking something especially after being rear ended, get yourself upto the doctors for a check over, you really don't want to miss something then have problems in the next few days/months/years.

Cars can be replaced, Humans can't is the saying.

I agree with ZS, only claim if you are hurt, so many people just claim anyways these days hence the insurance prices going up.

[shcKr-]

Originally Posted by ZS

Whiplash can be delayed apparently... when I had my crash it took a day before I realised how bad my neck hurt... unfortunetly for me it was my fault and other than a lampost noone else was involved!

I would go to the doctors and get a checkup done, to be on the safe side... the one thing you don't want to do is ignore health or potential health issues!

I also agree... only claim if you need to, I know other will dissagree with me there, but people claiming uneccessarily is one reason why insurance prices are so high!

And at least you are alive! Cars can be replaced... people cant!

As a side note, your insurance will jump up 20% for the next 3 years now... Apparently its to do with you being more likely to drive into the back of someone else now as you'll be constantly looking in your rear view mirror!!! (And yes you have to tell your insurance company about this accident)

Cheers for that mate, still a bit shaken up and forgot to ring my own insurance company.. DOH! All sorted now though

[caled]

Glad to hear you're ok, not so glad that some numpty went in to the back of you.

As the other guys said, get yourself up to your doctors and check your neck out - my brother had a very minor rear shunt a couple of years ago - just a couple of scratches on the bumper - and his neck was bad even from that, he ended up getting physio through his work.

Shame to see another ZS off the road.

[peterzs]

What a bummer!!!

Glad your OK, I agree with the other guys, make sure you are OK.

Hope it all goes smoothly and don't forget to ask for a buy back price, if they do write it off.

[Dan1971]

Shame but at least you feel OK. Get yourself to A and E to get checked out. As you say - loads of adrenaline pumping just now.

Don't take the first offer by the way.

[gsinclairzs]

Sorry to hear this mate. When I hit a wall in my coupe, I felt fine until about 5 days later when the pain really started. I used to think that whiplash was just a made-up injury, but its not!

[p_b82]

Glad to hear yo uare ok - assuming dr's check sdoesn't spot anything - sad to hear of another ZS off the road tho

took me about 2 days for the brusies to come up after i stuck my car in the ditch - no whiplash tho thankfully... was a bit tender for a week or so.

[talkingcars]

Sorry to read this, hope you continue to be ok.