CCTV crash sleuthing - help identify car?
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Hello PH sleuths,
My old man caught a very strange incident on his cctv. Someone drove past his car, stopped and then slammed it in reverse hitting his car pretty hard.
He's now an excess down and a claim added to his insurance. Witnesses outside got most of the plate, but they either got it slightly wrong or the car has a dodgy plate.
Have a look at the video here:
http://youtu.be/8OgL3RWgYUc
The plate the neighbours got was N?59 NGY. They were certain about the last part (confirmed by 3+ people) but a quick trawl of ask MID shows it must be a different beginning.
The car looks like a Volvo convertible, or maybe a Megane?
The closest I've got as a plate on ask MID is "Mercedes 220 Avantgarde 170 CDI" and "Volvo C30 SE R-Design D"
Any ideas?
My old man caught a very strange incident on his cctv. Someone drove past his car, stopped and then slammed it in reverse hitting his car pretty hard.
He's now an excess down and a claim added to his insurance. Witnesses outside got most of the plate, but they either got it slightly wrong or the car has a dodgy plate.
Have a look at the video here:
http://youtu.be/8OgL3RWgYUc
The plate the neighbours got was N?59 NGY. They were certain about the last part (confirmed by 3+ people) but a quick trawl of ask MID shows it must be a different beginning.
The car looks like a Volvo convertible, or maybe a Megane?
The closest I've got as a plate on ask MID is "Mercedes 220 Avantgarde 170 CDI" and "Volvo C30 SE R-Design D"
Any ideas?
AndyDRZ said:
Hello,
Might be irrelevant but You say he drove passed, but actually he hit it on the way passed the first time and then reversed into it.
It almost looked like he was trying to tuck it back into the curb to be less obvious.
Not sure if that makes any difference to anything.
Watch the time stamp and the oncoming Corsa. The Camera does some funkiness.Might be irrelevant but You say he drove passed, but actually he hit it on the way passed the first time and then reversed into it.
It almost looked like he was trying to tuck it back into the curb to be less obvious.
Not sure if that makes any difference to anything.
Raify said:
Interesting. I thought Megane too, but a mechanic friend was convinced it was a volvo. Also I've been searching new style plates (so Letter, Letter, 59) Hadn't thought of trying old style...
Its definately a Megane That model ran from 96 to 2003, not sure when the cabriolet was introduced.
ETA; Butter Face has the years for that shape, so you can narrow down what plates it could be (as long as it didn't have a personal plate put on at some point).
Edited by Jimmyarm on Thursday 18th December 10:20
279 said:
AndyDRZ said:
Hello,
Might be irrelevant but You say he drove passed, but actually he hit it on the way passed the first time and then reversed into it.
It almost looked like he was trying to tuck it back into the curb to be less obvious.
Not sure if that makes any difference to anything.
Watch the time stamp and the oncoming Corsa. The Camera does some funkiness.Might be irrelevant but You say he drove passed, but actually he hit it on the way passed the first time and then reversed into it.
It almost looked like he was trying to tuck it back into the curb to be less obvious.
Not sure if that makes any difference to anything.
Either the reg is wrong or it's on dodgy plates as none of them 1-9 come up here: https://www.vehicleenquiry.service.gov.uk/
As others have said, definitely a Mégane. https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=megane+convertib...
As others have said, definitely a Mégane. https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=megane+convertib...
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