You can’t park there, mate
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Fastdruid said:
I'm going with automatic, in the wrong gear by mistake and a confused older driver pressing the wrong pedal and then pressing it harder still because it's still moving...
Likely. We have Volvo EVs at work. Someone managed too lose control at parking speeds hit car on nearside bounce off it and damage two cars on the other side of the road.He insists it surged without any throttle input. No fault found by Volvo. Big heavy car with over 400BHP equals big crash.
Rusty Old-Banger said:
Wing, bonnet, headlight, paint. Sub-£10k. Would be funny if the VW driver's insurance company insisted the AM was fixed at one of their "approved" (i.e. cheapest) repairers.
x5 for the price - the big clamshell bonnet won't be cheap. It'll also need front grill, arch liner, front inner clip, probably wiring loom, maybe an oil radiator or similar if it's in that lower left corner.That's if the handrail hasn't damaged the A-pillar, if it has I'd bet on a write-off.
irc said:
Fastdruid said:
I'm going with automatic, in the wrong gear by mistake and a confused older driver pressing the wrong pedal and then pressing it harder still because it's still moving...
Likely. We have Volvo EVs at work. Someone managed too lose control at parking speeds hit car on nearside bounce off it and damage two cars on the other side of the road.He insists it surged without any throttle input. No fault found by Volvo. Big heavy car with over 400BHP equals big crash.
Edited by Krikkit on Wednesday 8th May 14:40
I would not be at all surprised if it was someone in their 30s taking a #tiktock selfie in front of an AM garage for clout, rather than some old biddy.
That said, I assume as a new Aston, even if it's part of the Timeless approved used set, would have very stringent repair requirements. If you told me that damage ended up costing £40k I would not be surprised in the slightest.
Edit: I know of someone who had an insurance bill of north of £80k for crashing into a then-new R8. Ouch.
That said, I assume as a new Aston, even if it's part of the Timeless approved used set, would have very stringent repair requirements. If you told me that damage ended up costing £40k I would not be surprised in the slightest.
Edit: I know of someone who had an insurance bill of north of £80k for crashing into a then-new R8. Ouch.
Good old sudden accelerator syndrome, bene to a good few in my time, some tragic, one quite funny...
Shout over the radio to me and one of my crews, please attend rtc Asda, Sutton in Ashfield, one car no injuries but possible public order issues,....
I asked, do you have an exact location please?
Checkout 8 was the response...
Yep, the driver ( late 70's male ) had finished his shopping, loaded up the car, put it in drive, pressed the accelerator thinking it was the brake, shot across the walkway, through the wall and come to rest against the checkouts!
Luckily that checkout and the ones around it were closed so there was no-one in the path of the car inside the store.
Shout over the radio to me and one of my crews, please attend rtc Asda, Sutton in Ashfield, one car no injuries but possible public order issues,....
I asked, do you have an exact location please?
Checkout 8 was the response...
Yep, the driver ( late 70's male ) had finished his shopping, loaded up the car, put it in drive, pressed the accelerator thinking it was the brake, shot across the walkway, through the wall and come to rest against the checkouts!
Luckily that checkout and the ones around it were closed so there was no-one in the path of the car inside the store.
Unexpected Item In The Bagging Area said:
I used to live down the road with the writing on it and can’t work out why the VW would have been reversing anywhere near the junction, let alone at sufficient speed to mount the car.
I have no idea how you'd end up reversing in that direction and location at that junction, even if you meant to go forwards instead - bizarre!AyBee said:
I have no idea how you'd end up reversing in that direction and location at that junction, even if you meant to go forwards instead - bizarre!
Exactly, it doesn’t make sense for the car to have been facing that way in that location. There must have been some Rapide backwards acceleration involved. Unexpected Item In The Bagging Area said:
This happened at the Aston dealership in Wilmslow. I used to live down the road with the writing on it and can’t work out why the VW would have been reversing anywhere near the junction, let alone at sufficient speed to mount the car.
How much do we think the insurance claim will be?
Used to be a sport int he summer, sitting in the Slug at lunch and watching the parking efforts
I saw this, opposite my office. Was an old boy whose wife was in Cook next door - he'd dropped her off, went to reverse and hit the throttle rather than brake. He was very shaken up.
But....thank god there wasn't a pedestrian/mum & buggy/etc int he way at the time. Funny that all the sympathy he's had locally would have been very different if it were the Aston that ended up on top of the Tiguan (or if the accident had been caused by a young driver...!).
AND just yesterday, in the Sainsbury's car park literally round the corner, this happened. Same story, old driver hit the throttle instead of the brake.
But....thank god there wasn't a pedestrian/mum & buggy/etc int he way at the time. Funny that all the sympathy he's had locally would have been very different if it were the Aston that ended up on top of the Tiguan (or if the accident had been caused by a young driver...!).
AND just yesterday, in the Sainsbury's car park literally round the corner, this happened. Same story, old driver hit the throttle instead of the brake.
J4CKO said:
Someone did similar to one of the parking ticket machines at Sainsburys the other day as well, must be some derp juice in the water.
You can still see the barriers round the ticket machine in question in the above photo!I'm amazed that something like this hasn't happened in the small town where I live in the 10 years I've been here. The town centre is a typical old marketplace set-up where cars park end-on to the road, i.e. pointing straight at the shops a mere couple of metres away across the pavement. You see all sorts of...interesting driving/parking from old folks on a daily basis, and I don't think there's a piece of street furniture that hasn't been dinged at some point, but so far there's been no car/shopfront interaction. It'll happen tomorrow now I've said that.
AyBee said:
Who taught old people to stamp on the brake with such force? Really don't think people whose reaction times are so slow that they can't figure out they've pressed the wrong pedal before they're halfway up a car should be on the road. Scary!
I imagine it's more of a "the brakes aren't working!" thought that causes them to instinctively hit the pedal harder and fly forwards. ArmaghMan said:
Sad days...
I posted the famous/ infamous spoof Aston Martin ad....with the you're not the first but do you care strapline and a picture of a scantily clad woman but in no way pornographic and it was removed as "inappropriate".
To whoever found it offensive apologies.
You'd have had a from me. I thought it was very tasteful. I still have a copy.I posted the famous/ infamous spoof Aston Martin ad....with the you're not the first but do you care strapline and a picture of a scantily clad woman but in no way pornographic and it was removed as "inappropriate".
To whoever found it offensive apologies.
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