woman reversed into van - laughed about it.
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The end of our street. I was going in exactly the same direction as the bus when missy in a Corsa turned into the street from the main road to the left, cutting the corner so much that she didn't just straddle the centre line - she was completely on the wrong side. We missed a head on - by a bawhair. The look of horror on her face...
Sometimes being nice pays off.
Last year I bumped a car parked across the street. Pure stupidity on my part - no excuse.
Very low speed bump, but creased the door slightly so I left a note.
Woman rings me at work, we have a chat, I ask her to call me with a quote and if it was less than my excess ($500), I would pay cash rather than claim; she was going to ask a panel beater friend of hers.
Never heard back, so I assume the dent just popped out
This is Australia, where there is no personal injury b
ks, and I think the insurance business is less rapacious.
Last year I bumped a car parked across the street. Pure stupidity on my part - no excuse.
Very low speed bump, but creased the door slightly so I left a note.
Woman rings me at work, we have a chat, I ask her to call me with a quote and if it was less than my excess ($500), I would pay cash rather than claim; she was going to ask a panel beater friend of hers.
Never heard back, so I assume the dent just popped out
This is Australia, where there is no personal injury b
ks, and I think the insurance business is less rapacious.Cliftonite said:
rich888 said:
Many years ago I was parked up in the local McDonald's car park in my Range Rover eating a happy meal (OK is sad but true) when along comes another car which parks next to me. Next minute the car door opens onto my door with a bang. I wind down my window and ask the driver what the hell he is playing at, and receive the response that its only a van, to which I reply thats OK then, and open my car door onto his door with a bang - you should have seen his face and the look of horror as his door was well and truly dented. Oh well, it's only a car
I don't think he would be so flippant next time... where has the respect gone?
.I don't think he would be so flippant next time... where has the respect gone?
Good of you to reinforce the well known 'all Range Rover drivers are knobs' stereotype.
The guy parked next to me and showed no respect whatsoever when he opened his car door onto mine with a bang, and when I confronted him over his actions, he kind of sneered and said it was only a van. No apology, no nothing!!!
How would you like it if he had done the same to your pride and joy?
Edited by rich888 on Wednesday 22 October 09:51
rich888 said:
Why do you say that?
The guy parked next to me and showed no respect whatsoever when he opened his car door onto mine with a bang, and when I confronted him over his actions, he kind of sneered and said it was only a van. No apology, no nothing!!!
How would you like it if he had done the same to your prize and joy?
I would not have liked it. One bit. Had he caused damage, I would have requested his insurance details to cover it. Or cash up front.The guy parked next to me and showed no respect whatsoever when he opened his car door onto mine with a bang, and when I confronted him over his actions, he kind of sneered and said it was only a van. No apology, no nothing!!!
How would you like it if he had done the same to your prize and joy?
I would have maintained the moral high ground.
And found out where he lived, if he didn't pay up. Nipped round there one night and set fire to his car.
(I might have made that bit up)
I would not have gone for a 'tit-for-tat' escalation. It would have been just my luck for my car to have been totally unmarked and it may well have been me paying for the damage to his vehicle!
(It helps that my P&J is bristling with cameras!)
HTH
Cliftonite said:
rich888 said:
Stuff
.Good of you to reinforce the well known 'all Range Rover drivers are knobs' stereotype.
You see......not all Range Rover drivers are knobs.
Just to restore equilibrium
dave_s13 said:
To be fair, if I were to nudge another car (would never happen obvs.. Xlnt driver) and there was no damage caused whatsoever then would I leave a note?
Not sure I would..... Might leave you open to getting fleeced from an unscrupulous bumpee.
I did that once, slightly touched the car in front, backed off and looked. Didn't even move the dust off the bumper. Started walking away and some Jeremy Kyle reject started yelling at me for damaging her car (despite checking I hadn't) . She DEMANDED my insurance details (which I supplied).Not sure I would..... Might leave you open to getting fleeced from an unscrupulous bumpee.
However I've never seen someone backtrack so quickly when I brought my camera out and started taking pics confirming the lack of damage. Not entirely sure what her game was
Cliftonite said:
I would not have liked it. One bit. Had he caused damage, I would have requested his insurance details to cover it. Or cash up front.
I would have maintained the moral high ground.
And found out where he lived, if he didn't pay up. Nipped round there one night and set fire to his car.
(I might have made that bit up)
I would not have gone for a 'tit-for-tat' escalation. It would have been just my luck for my car to have been totally unmarked and it may well have been me paying for the damage to his vehicle!
(It helps that my P&J is bristling with cameras!)
HTH
Haha, was in stitches when I read your comment about finding out where he lived, and if he didn't pay up. Nipping round there one night and setting fire to his car.I would have maintained the moral high ground.
And found out where he lived, if he didn't pay up. Nipped round there one night and set fire to his car.
(I might have made that bit up)
I would not have gone for a 'tit-for-tat' escalation. It would have been just my luck for my car to have been totally unmarked and it may well have been me paying for the damage to his vehicle!
(It helps that my P&J is bristling with cameras!)
HTH
I was tempted to drive over the top of it aka 'The Cannonball Run' but I was half way through eating my lunch and didn't want to disturb anything
Funny thing was, and the memory is coming back to me now, it was a Reliant Robin, so if I had knocked it any harder it would have probably rolled over, now that would have been embarrassing
I once heard a thump about 6 months ago to see a Asda delivery van reversing into my neighbours wall.
This happened FOUR TIMES before he got out and walked to the back of the van and began to scratch his head.]
Then he got into the van and did the same THREE more times.
The top of the wall moved a bit but that was it.
But the driver just drove off without even bothering to go to the door or leave a note through the letterbox.
Seemed it was all sorted in the end. But the sheer arrogance of some pricks.
This happened FOUR TIMES before he got out and walked to the back of the van and began to scratch his head.]
Then he got into the van and did the same THREE more times.
The top of the wall moved a bit but that was it.
But the driver just drove off without even bothering to go to the door or leave a note through the letterbox.
Seemed it was all sorted in the end. But the sheer arrogance of some pricks.
CMYKguru said:
I once heard a thump about 6 months ago to see a Asda delivery van reversing into my neighbours wall.
This happened FOUR TIMES before he got out and walked to the back of the van and began to scratch his head.]
Then he got into the van and did the same THREE more times.
The top of the wall moved a bit but that was it.
But the driver just drove off without even bothering to go to the door or leave a note through the letterbox.
Seemed it was all sorted in the end. But the sheer arrogance of some pricks.
I am in no way defending this muppet, however the company I used to work for would discipline their staff for any minor bumps, no matter who was at fault, this obviously lead to most of the drivers not stopping whenever they hit something and thought they could get away with if. This happened FOUR TIMES before he got out and walked to the back of the van and began to scratch his head.]
Then he got into the van and did the same THREE more times.
The top of the wall moved a bit but that was it.
But the driver just drove off without even bothering to go to the door or leave a note through the letterbox.
Seemed it was all sorted in the end. But the sheer arrogance of some pricks.
rich888 said:
Many years ago I was parked up in the local McDonald's car park in my Range Rover eating a happy meal (OK is sad but true) when along comes another car which parks next to me. Next minute the car door opens onto my door with a bang. I wind down my window and ask the driver what the hell he is playing at, and receive the response that its only a van, to which I reply thats OK then, and open my car door onto his door with a bang - you should have seen his face and the look of horror as his door was well and truly dented. Oh well, it's only a car
I don't think he would be so flippant next time... where has the respect gone?
The irony is strong with this one.I don't think he would be so flippant next time... where has the respect gone?
Some tt in a black 4X4 cab crew pick up reversed over my wife's mini's bonnet. It's dented beyond dent devils abilities. They left the scene. I know it was that black 4X4 because we both parked at the same time on a side street, to take our dogs for a walk in the woods or the dunes, and I passed the time of day with the owner and his wife, through the first bit of woods. I went all the way to the beach, and about an hour later, I got back to find the damage, which matched what I remember his tow hook and bracketry looked like.
It was one that had a small opening window in the middle of the rear window. (most don't) No idea of the make.
Anyone know where I can get a liquid yellow code 902 generation 1 BINI bonnet ? Cheap with no rusty bits.
t in a black 4X4 cab crew pick up reversed over my wife's mini's bonnet. It's dented beyond dent devils abilities. They left the scene. I know it was that black 4X4 because we both parked at the same time on a side street, to take our dogs for a walk in the woods or the dunes, and I passed the time of day with the owner and his wife, through the first bit of woods. I went all the way to the beach, and about an hour later, I got back to find the damage, which matched what I remember his tow hook and bracketry looked like. It was one that had a small opening window in the middle of the rear window. (most don't) No idea of the make.
Anyone know where I can get a liquid yellow code 902 generation 1 BINI bonnet ? Cheap with no rusty bits.
I recently witnesses a lady reverse out of a carpark space in a shopping centre, she went straight backwards. Bumped another car, got out, looked at both cars, (there was damage to the other car, paint missing - now adorned to her bumper) and walked into the store.
I was in the middle of writing a note for the other cars owner when she came out, I explained what had happened and she said 'the car belongs to be partner, I hope he wont notice, but thanks' She then gets in and drives away.
I was a bit baffled. It seemed neither cared about their own or the others car.
I was in the middle of writing a note for the other cars owner when she came out, I explained what had happened and she said 'the car belongs to be partner, I hope he wont notice, but thanks' She then gets in and drives away.
I was a bit baffled. It seemed neither cared about their own or the others car.
Hol said:
Interesting, when you consider that their accident statistics are supposed to be so low.
Correction. Their acident statistics are twice as bad and on average they do less miles.It's just they usually drive shopping trolleys and therefore their crashes are cheaper. Ok things are changing these days but still not many go out and by top of the range 7 series or e class.
This has always been so and miss represented by the insurance industry and repeated by tv for unknown reasons it's just one of those things like multi tasking and wives get beaten up in super bowl day that people trott out and is in fact wrong.
My other half has at least one accudent a year and that doesn't include all the corners she's badhes while parking.
I've had one no fault accident in 26 years but my insureance is still cheaper if I add her.
Edited by Pesty on Wednesday 22 October 08:14
Edited by Pesty on Wednesday 22 October 08:16
Hol said:
mattdaniels said:
rich888 said:
prize and joy?
Who stared in Die Hard?
A: Bruce Springstein
B; Bruce Forsyth
C: Bruce Willis
"Hans! Nice to see you...to see you...Nice!"
thatdude said:
Hol said:
mattdaniels said:
rich888 said:
prize and joy?
Who stared in Die Hard?
A: Bruce Springstein
B; Bruce Forsyth
C: Bruce Willis
"Hans! Nice to see you...to see you...Nice!"
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