woman reversed into van - laughed about it.
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I've had 2 of my Jags hit by 2 separate women in car parks. Both of them left notes.
One of those Jags was hit again when parked at work, 2 weeks after I had a lot of paintwork done which ruined the freshly painted back bumper. No note. In this case though I found a car with matching damage the following day in the same small area and left a note asking if they had anything to tell me. A young male called me saying he'd just noticed the scrape on his own bumper and concluded it must have been him, and he paid up too.
I've been very lucky. In fact the only person who tried to do a runner was some old codger in a Vauxhall Agila who decided to leave a very short queue to turn left at a roundabout and do a 270 instead, but he clipped the O/S/R of my car as he moved off from stationary. He carried on. My wife was driving and followed him the very short distance in to Tesco's car park where he accepted he was at fault but wanted to come round with a paint brush, and flat refused to give any details. His reg number was given to the police who sorted it all out pretty quickly.
One of those Jags was hit again when parked at work, 2 weeks after I had a lot of paintwork done which ruined the freshly painted back bumper. No note. In this case though I found a car with matching damage the following day in the same small area and left a note asking if they had anything to tell me. A young male called me saying he'd just noticed the scrape on his own bumper and concluded it must have been him, and he paid up too.
I've been very lucky. In fact the only person who tried to do a runner was some old codger in a Vauxhall Agila who decided to leave a very short queue to turn left at a roundabout and do a 270 instead, but he clipped the O/S/R of my car as he moved off from stationary. He carried on. My wife was driving and followed him the very short distance in to Tesco's car park where he accepted he was at fault but wanted to come round with a paint brush, and flat refused to give any details. His reg number was given to the police who sorted it all out pretty quickly.
rich888 said:
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
Quite a feat, considering they're made of fibreglass and wouldn't dent, so much as crack.
This event only happened in your head, didn't it?
Mark Benson said:
So you left the Robin's door 'well and truly dented'?
Quite a feat, considering they're made of fibreglass and wouldn't dent, so much as crack.
This event only happened in your head, didn't it?
Like I said, this happened a long time ago - do you really think I could make up something as crazy as that?Quite a feat, considering they're made of fibreglass and wouldn't dent, so much as crack.
This event only happened in your head, didn't it?
Hackney said:
Another (6 month old) M135i noticed a dirty mark on the bumper the other day. Except it's not a dirty mark, its a scuff with a scratch in the middle of it.
Alright it's pretty minor - dealer said £250 to respray the bumper - but that's £250 I could do something else with.
At the moment I'm leaving it until there are 3 or 4 of them before I pay out.
The guy I use only charges £75 to fix a bumper scrape and he does a near perfect job. He can just respray the affected are and blend the paint in, you'll never see where he's done the fix. Alright it's pretty minor - dealer said £250 to respray the bumper - but that's £250 I could do something else with.
At the moment I'm leaving it until there are 3 or 4 of them before I pay out.
http://www.auto-spray.co.uk/
Not local to you unfortunately, he's in Darwen between Blackburn and Bolton, but I'm sure you can find someone nearer. Main dealers tend to replace bumpers or respray whole panels when it's not necessary.
My wife is terrible for dings but as far as I'm aware they've all been with street furniture.
We're on quite friendly terms with a good body and paint shop locally.
The most recent was pretty annoying though as she scratched the passenger side door and running board of our xc90 against our own bloody wall! I was away and noticed a few days later. When I asked her about it she said it must have happened at the supermarket until I pointed out the paint marks on the end pillar of the wall...this hasn't been fixed yet. I'm waiting for the next one to make the day or so getting it repaired worthwhile.
I've been trying to persuade her to get a smaller car now the children are in booster seats rather than isofix and don't need pushchairs etc. but my efforts have made little progress.
The most annoying thing was that the door was brand new after a full size coach side-swiped her turning onto Euston Rd last year. He didn't stop. Luckily a witness stopped and gave my wife her details otherwise we might have ended up out of pocket as the coach company denied it. £2600 approx for two new doors and associated repairs all paid by the coach company's insurers eventually. The police were excellent in the timeliness of their paperwork and informed us the driver got 3 points for driving without due care and attention so a good result in the end. Thank you to our witness!
We're on quite friendly terms with a good body and paint shop locally.
The most recent was pretty annoying though as she scratched the passenger side door and running board of our xc90 against our own bloody wall! I was away and noticed a few days later. When I asked her about it she said it must have happened at the supermarket until I pointed out the paint marks on the end pillar of the wall...this hasn't been fixed yet. I'm waiting for the next one to make the day or so getting it repaired worthwhile.
I've been trying to persuade her to get a smaller car now the children are in booster seats rather than isofix and don't need pushchairs etc. but my efforts have made little progress.
The most annoying thing was that the door was brand new after a full size coach side-swiped her turning onto Euston Rd last year. He didn't stop. Luckily a witness stopped and gave my wife her details otherwise we might have ended up out of pocket as the coach company denied it. £2600 approx for two new doors and associated repairs all paid by the coach company's insurers eventually. The police were excellent in the timeliness of their paperwork and informed us the driver got 3 points for driving without due care and attention so a good result in the end. Thank you to our witness!
croyde said:
I have owned my latest car only 2 months and try to be very careful where I park it and rarely take it to big carparks, ie Sainsburys. It has already collected door dings from others on both sides.
Don’t know if anyone else has noticed this, but the further you park from the entrance, the fewer dings you get. In one of the local supermarkets it is actually become quite comical as there is usually a little huddle of well-kept cars in the far corner.croyde said:
Off Topic I know but this is all down to haves and have nots.
I'm from a have not family. Working class, little spare cash, holidays at friends houses in Clacton if we were lucky. My brothers and I looked after our stuff and looked after the pennies. I still have the Sinclair calculator that my parents bought for me when I took my O levels in 1977
My ex wife came from a have family. She buys expensive stuff and doesn't look after it, she ruined stuff that I owned and when she went into massive debt (a number of times) her mum would bail her out. The kids live with her and she constantly buys them the latest iPhone, pad and computer only for them to get lost within weeks or broken.
Now my kids have no concept of the cost of things and are shocked by my austerity measures when they come and stay with me as I desperately budget to pay my rent and the child maintenance.
My old Beemer still has her name on the insurance for kid related trips and stuff so she 'borrows' it from time to time and it always comes back looking like a tramp has lived in it for weeks and there are always new bumps and scrapes.
Sometimes I go to the old house to collect it and it's always parked badly, miles from the pavement or half up on it at a crazy angle. Just doesn't care.
She had the cheek to ask me why she isn't insured on my other car. No fekin' way!!!
I think this is all down to easy credit, when I grew up if you broke something and couldn't fix it, it stayed broken. Now people just get another one with some debt, it takes away all the responsibility; the going with out and working to save up for something you really want and hence value, hence they haven’t gone put any effort into getting it so there is no value, they just get it immediately on credit.I'm from a have not family. Working class, little spare cash, holidays at friends houses in Clacton if we were lucky. My brothers and I looked after our stuff and looked after the pennies. I still have the Sinclair calculator that my parents bought for me when I took my O levels in 1977
My ex wife came from a have family. She buys expensive stuff and doesn't look after it, she ruined stuff that I owned and when she went into massive debt (a number of times) her mum would bail her out. The kids live with her and she constantly buys them the latest iPhone, pad and computer only for them to get lost within weeks or broken.
Now my kids have no concept of the cost of things and are shocked by my austerity measures when they come and stay with me as I desperately budget to pay my rent and the child maintenance.
My old Beemer still has her name on the insurance for kid related trips and stuff so she 'borrows' it from time to time and it always comes back looking like a tramp has lived in it for weeks and there are always new bumps and scrapes.
Sometimes I go to the old house to collect it and it's always parked badly, miles from the pavement or half up on it at a crazy angle. Just doesn't care.
She had the cheek to ask me why she isn't insured on my other car. No fekin' way!!!
Edited by GrizzlyBear on Friday 24th October 11:29
hora said:
GrizzlyBear said:
croyde said:
Off Topic I know but this is all down to haves and have nots.
I'm from a have not family. Working class, little spare cash, holidays at friends houses in Clacton if we were lucky. My brothers and I looked after our stuff and looked after the pennies. I still have the Sinclair calculator that my parents bought for me when I took my O levels in 1977
My ex wife came from a have family. She buys expensive stuff and doesn't look after it, she ruined stuff that I owned and when she went into massive debt (a number of times) her mum would bail her out. The kids live with her and she constantly buys them the latest iPhone, pad and computer only for them to get lost within weeks or broken.
Now my kids have no concept of the cost of things and are shocked by my austerity measures when they come and stay with me as I desperately budget to pay my rent and the child maintenance.
My old Beemer still has her name on the insurance for kid related trips and stuff so she 'borrows' it from time to time and it always comes back looking like a tramp has lived in it for weeks and there are always new bumps and scrapes.
Sometimes I go to the old house to collect it and it's always parked badly, miles from the pavement or half up on it at a crazy angle. Just doesn't care.
She had the cheek to ask me why she isn't insured on my other car. No fekin' way!!!
I think this is all down to easy credit, when I grew up if you broke something and couldn't fix it, it stayed broken. Now people just get another one with some debt, it takes away all the responsibility and going with out and working to save up for something you want and hence value, hence they haven’t gone with out to get something they want, they just get it immediately on credit.I'm from a have not family. Working class, little spare cash, holidays at friends houses in Clacton if we were lucky. My brothers and I looked after our stuff and looked after the pennies. I still have the Sinclair calculator that my parents bought for me when I took my O levels in 1977
My ex wife came from a have family. She buys expensive stuff and doesn't look after it, she ruined stuff that I owned and when she went into massive debt (a number of times) her mum would bail her out. The kids live with her and she constantly buys them the latest iPhone, pad and computer only for them to get lost within weeks or broken.
Now my kids have no concept of the cost of things and are shocked by my austerity measures when they come and stay with me as I desperately budget to pay my rent and the child maintenance.
My old Beemer still has her name on the insurance for kid related trips and stuff so she 'borrows' it from time to time and it always comes back looking like a tramp has lived in it for weeks and there are always new bumps and scrapes.
Sometimes I go to the old house to collect it and it's always parked badly, miles from the pavement or half up on it at a crazy angle. Just doesn't care.
She had the cheek to ask me why she isn't insured on my other car. No fekin' way!!!
hora said:
GrizzlyBear said:
croyde said:
Off Topic I know but this is all down to haves and have nots.
I'm from a have not family. Working class, little spare cash, holidays at friends houses in Clacton if we were lucky. My brothers and I looked after our stuff and looked after the pennies. I still have the Sinclair calculator that my parents bought for me when I took my O levels in 1977
My ex wife came from a have family. She buys expensive stuff and doesn't look after it, she ruined stuff that I owned and when she went into massive debt (a number of times) her mum would bail her out. The kids live with her and she constantly buys them the latest iPhone, pad and computer only for them to get lost within weeks or broken.
Now my kids have no concept of the cost of things and are shocked by my austerity measures when they come and stay with me as I desperately budget to pay my rent and the child maintenance.
My old Beemer still has her name on the insurance for kid related trips and stuff so she 'borrows' it from time to time and it always comes back looking like a tramp has lived in it for weeks and there are always new bumps and scrapes.
Sometimes I go to the old house to collect it and it's always parked badly, miles from the pavement or half up on it at a crazy angle. Just doesn't care.
She had the cheek to ask me why she isn't insured on my other car. No fekin' way!!!
I think this is all down to easy credit, when I grew up if you broke something and couldn't fix it, it stayed broken. Now people just get another one with some debt, it takes away all the responsibility and going with out and working to save up for something you want and hence value, hence they haven’t gone with out to get something they want, they just get it immediately on credit.I'm from a have not family. Working class, little spare cash, holidays at friends houses in Clacton if we were lucky. My brothers and I looked after our stuff and looked after the pennies. I still have the Sinclair calculator that my parents bought for me when I took my O levels in 1977
My ex wife came from a have family. She buys expensive stuff and doesn't look after it, she ruined stuff that I owned and when she went into massive debt (a number of times) her mum would bail her out. The kids live with her and she constantly buys them the latest iPhone, pad and computer only for them to get lost within weeks or broken.
Now my kids have no concept of the cost of things and are shocked by my austerity measures when they come and stay with me as I desperately budget to pay my rent and the child maintenance.
My old Beemer still has her name on the insurance for kid related trips and stuff so she 'borrows' it from time to time and it always comes back looking like a tramp has lived in it for weeks and there are always new bumps and scrapes.
Sometimes I go to the old house to collect it and it's always parked badly, miles from the pavement or half up on it at a crazy angle. Just doesn't care.
She had the cheek to ask me why she isn't insured on my other car. No fekin' way!!!
I drive a Land Rover 110 and for the next rebuild it is going to get jackable sills painted body colour to keep some of the parking numpties at bay.
The last idiot to bump into it was a Somali women in a vauxhall astra who bounced her front wing off the Land Rover's galvanised front bumper. The Land Rover gained a small amount of blue paint on a rough zinc surface, the astra needed a new nose cone or a lot of gaffer tape.
As annoying as the door dents are, the trolley dents from idiots who cannot push a trolley from one end of a supermarket car park to the other without bouncing off the scenery irritate me even more.
The 110/Defender with galv front bumper, side bars and military corner back bumpers seems to be a good urban vehicle from the keeping damage at bay point of view.
The last idiot to bump into it was a Somali women in a vauxhall astra who bounced her front wing off the Land Rover's galvanised front bumper. The Land Rover gained a small amount of blue paint on a rough zinc surface, the astra needed a new nose cone or a lot of gaffer tape.
As annoying as the door dents are, the trolley dents from idiots who cannot push a trolley from one end of a supermarket car park to the other without bouncing off the scenery irritate me even more.
The 110/Defender with galv front bumper, side bars and military corner back bumpers seems to be a good urban vehicle from the keeping damage at bay point of view.
I drive a Land Rover 110 and for the next rebuild it is going to get jackable sills painted body colour to keep some of the parking numpties at bay.
The last idiot to bump into it was a Somali women in a vauxhall astra who bounced her front wing off the Land Rover's galvanised front bumper. The Land Rover gained a small amount of blue paint on a rough zinc surface, the astra needed a new nose cone or a lot of gaffer tape.
As annoying as the door dents are, the trolley dents from idiots who cannot push a trolley from one end of a supermarket car park to the other without bouncing off the scenery irritate me even more.
The 110/Defender with galv front bumper, side bars and military corner back bumpers seems to be a good urban vehicle from the keeping damage at bay point of view.
The last idiot to bump into it was a Somali women in a vauxhall astra who bounced her front wing off the Land Rover's galvanised front bumper. The Land Rover gained a small amount of blue paint on a rough zinc surface, the astra needed a new nose cone or a lot of gaffer tape.
As annoying as the door dents are, the trolley dents from idiots who cannot push a trolley from one end of a supermarket car park to the other without bouncing off the scenery irritate me even more.
The 110/Defender with galv front bumper, side bars and military corner back bumpers seems to be a good urban vehicle from the keeping damage at bay point of view.
There's a ropey looking Hyundai with P plates often parks on my street, one you would choose not to park next to. The woman driving it managed to slowly park it on the front of my elise when I was in it sorting out the dash.
Front shell is 'work in progress' after taking moulds from it earlier this year and the paint is wrecked so wasnt too worried about it but a frustrating conversation!
'oh did I hit it?'
'You're still parked on it! I'm not bothered about getting it repaired but you need to be more careful. You'll end up setting off the wrong person some day'
'Oh ok I'll move it. Thank you!'
An apology would have been nice!
Had got a note from someone who had done the same a couple years ago but was only a really minor scrape. Phoned him back, said thanks for leaving the note and not to worry about it.
Front shell is 'work in progress' after taking moulds from it earlier this year and the paint is wrecked so wasnt too worried about it but a frustrating conversation!
'oh did I hit it?'
'You're still parked on it! I'm not bothered about getting it repaired but you need to be more careful. You'll end up setting off the wrong person some day'
'Oh ok I'll move it. Thank you!'
An apology would have been nice!
Had got a note from someone who had done the same a couple years ago but was only a really minor scrape. Phoned him back, said thanks for leaving the note and not to worry about it.
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