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AKjr said:
Saleen836 said:
Reg check sugggests a Citroen C1, unless I've had a total brain fart andn read it incorrectlyE63eeeeee... said:
AKjr said:
The couple of potential matches I found both came up as white, so I gave up. Not my car but one I sold over 10 years ago to a good pal who had an unfortunate incident in the rain at the weekend fairly low speed on a bend he’s driven round hundreds of times - car just went straight on into the central reservation and spun / bounced back out into the road blocking lane 2 - luckily no traffic close behind and no injury .
I’m going to get it repaired for him using my local body shop and using 2nd hand parts.
I’m going to get it repaired for him using my local body shop and using 2nd hand parts.
oobster said:
I thought the reg was GJ60 VVL which shows up as a Citroen C1 but in white so I don't think it's that.
That's what I thought it was, yep, but I chucked it into an insurance site rather than the MOT checker so it didn't mention the colourEither way - that's a hell of a roll over, god damn
QuickQuack said:
E63eeeeee... said:
AKjr said:
The couple of potential matches I found both came up as white, so I gave up. 
rallycross said:
Not my car but one I sold over 10 years ago to a good pal who had an unfortunate incident in the rain at the weekend fairly low speed on a bend he’s driven round hundreds of times - car just went straight on into the central reservation and spun / bounced back out into the road blocking lane 2 - luckily no traffic close behind and no injury .
I’m going to get it repaired for him using my local body shop and using 2nd hand parts.
Worth repairing, getting scarce now. Miss mine - wasn't the quickest, but my word, what a blast.I’m going to get it repaired for him using my local body shop and using 2nd hand parts.
Brother D said:
This is Chicago everyday in my area. I'm not kidding. It's just an accepted - I learnt to stand behind lamp posts when walking and waiting to cross a road.
While waiting to cross you might want to take a look at the base of those posts and consider if they are designed to protect the driver over you if hit... https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2022/4/14/acci...
It's a bit blurry but I think an interesting story.
I was living in New York, and was driving upstate to go fishing very early one sunday morning. The toll-road was empty, with a gated toll booth about half a mile ahead. All of a sudden I hear a screech of tyre and a huge impact on my left hand side, as a black SUV side swiped my 2-series. My car pitched 45 degrees and headed straight for the concrete barrier - which thankfully protected me from a 7 story drop off the bridge! I remember the extreme pucker in the second before impact..
Fun facts:
1. When the police arrived they advised me NOT to get an ambulance, as it was expensive... They were right. Despite having very good car and medical insurances, I still had to pay $750 for a 10 minute ambulance to the hospital. I should have called an uber instead..
2. I broke my spine - but fortunately, in a way that I could still walk. The Doctor told me to avoid contact sports and crashing my car for the next 6 weeks..
3. The other driver drove off - a full on hit and run. But the police did absolutely NOTHING. There was a toll booth half a mile ahead, on an empty road at 4:30am, the car who hit me was the ONLY vehicle to pass through there at that time... I was even able to enquire and obtain the footage of the toll booths CCTV where I could have easily pulled the number plate. But I didn't...
4. Because I hired a (dodgy, possibly mafia linked) lawyer who told me not to go after the hit n run driver, but to instead sue my own insurance company for trying to rip me off in their compensation package. The 94 year old judge ruled in my favour - tore the insurance company a new one for trying to short change me, and told them to pay me $100k for my troubles!
5. It took me a year of physiotherapy to strengthen my back, but I completely healed.
6. I still wonder what happened to the other driver. I assume they were drunk. Some witnesses told me they'd seen him weaving all over the road before he hit me. But they were ALSO drunk so didn't want to hang around for the police!
7. The bimmer was sadly written off - I think only the boot was undented. It saved my life and then called the police for me.
Be careful driving in the states early on Sunday Mornings!
Edited by XplusYplusZ on Thursday 14th March 12:25
XplusYplusZ said:
It's a bit blurry but I think an interesting story.
I was living in New York, and was driving upstate to go fishing very early one sunday morning. The toll-road was empty, with a gated toll booth about half a mile ahead. All of a sudden I hear a screech of tyre and a huge impact on my left hand side, as a black SUV side swiped my 2-series. My car pitched 45 degrees and headed straight for the concrete barrier - which thankfully protected me from a 7 story drop off the bridge! I remember the extreme pucker in the second before impact..
Fun facts:
1. When the police arrived they advised me NOT to get an ambulance, as it was expensive... They were right. Despite having very good car and medical insurances, I still had to pay $750 for a 10 minute ambulance to the hospital. I should have called an uber instead..
2. I broke my spine - but fortunately, in a way that I could still walk. The Doctor told me to avoid contact sports and crashing my car for the next 6 weeks..
3. The other driver drove off - a full on hit and run. But the police did absolutely NOTHING. There was a toll booth half a mile ahead, on an empty road at 4:30am, the car who hit me was the ONLY vehicle to pass through there at that time... I was even able to enquire and obtain the footage of the toll booths CCTV where I could have easily pulled the number plate. But I didn't...
4. Because I hired a (dodgy, possibly mafia linked) lawyer who told me not to go after the hit n run driver, but to instead sue my own insurance company for trying to rip me off in their compensation package. The 94 year old judge ruled in my favour - tore the insurance company a new one for trying to short change me, and told them to pay me $100k for my troubles!
5. It took me a year of physiotherapy to strengthen my back, but I completely healed.
6. I still wonder what happened to the other driver. I assume they were drunk. Some witnesses told me they'd seen him weaving all over the road before he hit me. But they were ALSO drunk so didn't want to hang around for the police!
7. The bimmer was sadly written off - I think only the boot was undented. It saved my life and then called the police for me.
Be careful driving in the states early on Sunday Mornings!
Can confirm this is all standard practice, my wife was hit in a cross walk by a car running a red light (also standard practice), the police didn't even record the driver's details, so in the end we had to pay $1,200 I think for the ambulance ride to the hospital as it wasn't covered by the uninsurance. I was living in New York, and was driving upstate to go fishing very early one sunday morning. The toll-road was empty, with a gated toll booth about half a mile ahead. All of a sudden I hear a screech of tyre and a huge impact on my left hand side, as a black SUV side swiped my 2-series. My car pitched 45 degrees and headed straight for the concrete barrier - which thankfully protected me from a 7 story drop off the bridge! I remember the extreme pucker in the second before impact..
Fun facts:
1. When the police arrived they advised me NOT to get an ambulance, as it was expensive... They were right. Despite having very good car and medical insurances, I still had to pay $750 for a 10 minute ambulance to the hospital. I should have called an uber instead..
2. I broke my spine - but fortunately, in a way that I could still walk. The Doctor told me to avoid contact sports and crashing my car for the next 6 weeks..
3. The other driver drove off - a full on hit and run. But the police did absolutely NOTHING. There was a toll booth half a mile ahead, on an empty road at 4:30am, the car who hit me was the ONLY vehicle to pass through there at that time... I was even able to enquire and obtain the footage of the toll booths CCTV where I could have easily pulled the number plate. But I didn't...
4. Because I hired a (dodgy, possibly mafia linked) lawyer who told me not to go after the hit n run driver, but to instead sue my own insurance company for trying to rip me off in their compensation package. The 94 year old judge ruled in my favour - tore the insurance company a new one for trying to short change me, and told them to pay me $100k for my troubles!
5. It took me a year of physiotherapy to strengthen my back, but I completely healed.
6. I still wonder what happened to the other driver. I assume they were drunk. Some witnesses told me they'd seen him weaving all over the road before he hit me. But they were ALSO drunk so didn't want to hang around for the police!
7. The bimmer was sadly written off - I think only the boot was undented. It saved my life and then called the police for me.
Be careful driving in the states early on Sunday Mornings!
Edited by XplusYplusZ on Thursday 14th March 12:25
IIRC my wife checked herself out of hospital before being seen, as when she arrived she found it was out of the insurance network and her injures were relatively minor.
Never call an ambulance (or Police) in America...
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