The bumpers are attached to the chassis rails, not the back panel, so you
need to get underneath and see where the buckling has occurred that has
allowed the overrider to deform the back panel - if the overrider had peen
pushed back as a whole rather than simply the top being tilted over. Unless
the rear panel has obviously deformed so that the lock loop is no longer
inline with the lock on the lid, it could have buckled the boot floor. Even
10mph is quite a shunt. It depends on the insurance company, but some may
well want to write it off with chassis rail damage. In the UK that kind of
damage would be repairable, if you bought the 'wreck' back out of the
insurance payout. Find out as soon as possible just what the score is,
there have been cases where insurance companies have written cars off and
sold them on before the owner has been advised. Good luck.
PaulH.
----- Original Message -----
> ... The bulk of the impact was on the
> passenger side over-rider which was pushed into the body next to the gas
> tank
> filler, leaving a fair indentation.
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