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A last weekend I was involved in an accident where a third party collided in to the back of my car while I was setting off from green traffic lights. The person admitted fault and his insurance company is going to sort everything out for me.
The visual damage to my vehicle and his vehicle seemed very minimal, boot-lid a little bent and a few holes and scratches on the lower part of the back bumper also this knocked the lip off. But the impact seemed a fair bit hard. He must of been doing near 15 mph, I blacked out for a few second when I banged my head on the headrest (still feel pretty injured) and remember all my coins flying out from the coin draw on the right handside near the steering wheel.
I have a removable towbar which was detached at the time and the fixture of that must of absorbed the shock but not sure what the damage is behind the bumper
Now the vehicle was drivable so I drove home fine and did about 80 miles after and the car did seem a bit off just by the engine sound and acceleration. I noticed a slight scratching sound when I reved, I ***umed it must of been something loose around the exhaust.
But today i thought i'd take it for a drive and i noticed there was no power it hardly picked any speed and the car was giving off a lot of white smoke when i moved from stationary. It sounds very similar to other posts where the turbo has gone, also it feels like the engine is shaking when i rev the car lightly, when its not in gear.
I just wanted to know what you guys think and it seem like the problems are due to the accident. The repair people are coming on monday to collect the car.
Thanks in advance
A last weekend I was involved in an accident where a third party collided in to the back of my car while I was setting off from green traffic lights. The person admitted fault and his insurance company is going to sort everything out for me.
The visual damage to my vehicle and his vehicle seemed very minimal, boot-lid a little bent and a few holes and scratches on the lower part of the back bumper also this knocked the lip off. But the impact seemed a fair bit hard. He must of been doing near 15 mph, I blacked out for a few second when I banged my head on the headrest (still feel pretty injured) and remember all my coins flying out from the coin draw on the right handside near the steering wheel.
I have a removable towbar which was detached at the time and the fixture of that must of absorbed the shock but not sure what the damage is behind the bumper
Now the vehicle was drivable so I drove home fine and did about 80 miles after and the car did seem a bit off just by the engine sound and acceleration. I noticed a slight scratching sound when I reved, I ***umed it must of been something loose around the exhaust.
But today i thought i'd take it for a drive and i noticed there was no power it hardly picked any speed and the car was giving off a lot of white smoke when i moved from stationary. It sounds very similar to other posts where the turbo has gone, also it feels like the engine is shaking when i rev the car lightly, when its not in gear.
I just wanted to know what you guys think and it seem like the problems are due to the accident. The repair people are coming on monday to collect the car.
Thanks in advance