Well the neighbours bought a new XC60 the other week, it's fitted with the blind spot cameras, lane drift sensors and parking sensors all round. Unfortunately it seems the parking sensors at the rear only work with cars taller than 3ft at the front! With the back bumper sat on my front bumper he apparently had 2ft left to the object behind...that'll be my windscreen then!
So far the damage appears to be :
Bonnet pushed in so it curves up. It has creased at the point where the bracing structure dimples at both sides. Passenger side is worse and has creased the paint on the underside. We had to push it back down in order to open it.
Passenger side headlamp brackets smashed.
Grille cracked and fixings broken.
Front bumper scuffed across top and pushed into intercooler. Some damage to passenger side intercooler pipe and possible damage to intercooler and power steering cooler. Will need to take the bumper off to check fully.
There is no damage to his car at all.
He was really apologetic about it and told me to get it all priced up. Once we know what it will cost he'll decide if he wants to settle oustside of the insurance or not. I think he started to panic when I told him quite how rare it was over here.
I'll need to get a LHD headlamp from over here but not sure what to do about the bonnet, grille and bumper. I've not seen a Finesse Green Galant over here and not sure if the normal bonnet is a match to a VR4. Hoping someone here might have a grille otherwise I'll need to order from Japan or Mitsubishi.
Was going to wait for better weather for the FMIC to be fitted but I guess I may as well get it done now whilst the bumper is off.