nEb.
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A few nights ago I was dropping a friend off at home after a mates get together, driving along a near by road, doing roughly 80 - 90 kmph, caught up in conversation, a Staffy ended up running on to the road and therefore (infront of my car) ... the dog died on impact ... so did my front bar.
The dogs owner was nearby ... both of us were in shock, he picked up the dog and slowly walked away with it. I proceeded down to the local cop shop, some what shaken up to explain it to the boys in blue and to offer my details in case of a complaint being filed or if there was anything that i could do for the owner.
Turns out that i should have gotten the owners details as he is to blame, his dog for 1. was off its lead in a public place and 2. the dog was on the road at the time of impact ... there fore he is ultimately responsible for my front bar damage. The copper said, quote "If dogs were meant to be on the road, cars would be on the footpath."
Being the person i am I really COULDNT ask the owner for the 400 or so to fix up my front bar (New bar + paint) ... "Hey i killed your dog, u owe me $400" ... not gonna happen. So ive decided to fund my vy's nose job with my own mula.
Turns out a mate from work is selling a VZ Calais front bar, i wana buy it as hes offering it for mates rates, however i know that i need to change:
1. Obviously the front bar
2. The headlights
3. The bonnet - Is this 100% necessary?
Can anybody shed some light onto the matter for me, which mofifications do i need to make?
I'll post up photoes of the damage asap...
The dogs owner was nearby ... both of us were in shock, he picked up the dog and slowly walked away with it. I proceeded down to the local cop shop, some what shaken up to explain it to the boys in blue and to offer my details in case of a complaint being filed or if there was anything that i could do for the owner.
Turns out that i should have gotten the owners details as he is to blame, his dog for 1. was off its lead in a public place and 2. the dog was on the road at the time of impact ... there fore he is ultimately responsible for my front bar damage. The copper said, quote "If dogs were meant to be on the road, cars would be on the footpath."
Being the person i am I really COULDNT ask the owner for the 400 or so to fix up my front bar (New bar + paint) ... "Hey i killed your dog, u owe me $400" ... not gonna happen. So ive decided to fund my vy's nose job with my own mula.
Turns out a mate from work is selling a VZ Calais front bar, i wana buy it as hes offering it for mates rates, however i know that i need to change:
1. Obviously the front bar
2. The headlights
3. The bonnet - Is this 100% necessary?
Can anybody shed some light onto the matter for me, which mofifications do i need to make?
I'll post up photoes of the damage asap...
