Spotted this morning - Black 456 hedge plant, West Kent
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Spotted this morning on my drive to Tonbridge station. Nice black 456 had spun off the country lane through a hedge (well it was parked half in and half out of the field). Behind Bidborough.
Wet and icy road, so easily done I guess, but it'll be an expensive mistake. It's a big hedge!
Wet and icy road, so easily done I guess, but it'll be an expensive mistake. It's a big hedge!
Cradoc, now I feel a berk!
I didn't stop as I saw you walking along the road by the farm shop, and the car whilst in a hedge was very clearly in one piece, scratches and a few dents I guess is all. It didnt look like the kind of shunt that would injure anyone.
That bend has field run-off water flowing across it all year round, and the last few months it seems iced up every few mornings. In a high HP rear wheel drive car on fat tyres it would be very easy to get it pointing the wrong way. You have my commiserations and apologies.
I've done it myself before, different bend, same result but in an elise.
I didn't stop as I saw you walking along the road by the farm shop, and the car whilst in a hedge was very clearly in one piece, scratches and a few dents I guess is all. It didnt look like the kind of shunt that would injure anyone.
That bend has field run-off water flowing across it all year round, and the last few months it seems iced up every few mornings. In a high HP rear wheel drive car on fat tyres it would be very easy to get it pointing the wrong way. You have my commiserations and apologies.
I've done it myself before, different bend, same result but in an elise.
My insurers with the elise were Admiral. TBH they were fine. The car was totalled. Their engineer proposed a value which I disagreed with. They sent me a cheque for his valuation but reassured me that wouldn't go against any future value negotiations.
To prove my valuation, I pulled together a few ads from the pistonheads classifieds and sent them through. 3 days later they called me back agreeing to my valuation (which was about £2k short of the average trade advert, and was a few £k above the average private ad) - a second cheque arrived a few days later for the difference.
I then bought a load of driver training and got a Caterham, which didn't try to kill me.
You can go back and forth on the market value debate, but essentially they need to pay you what it would cost to replace your car with a similar one. If a similar one doesn't exist, get a valuation note from a marque specialist. Then stand your ground, or challenge them to source a replacement themselves.
Good luck, but I'm sure you'll be fine.
To prove my valuation, I pulled together a few ads from the pistonheads classifieds and sent them through. 3 days later they called me back agreeing to my valuation (which was about £2k short of the average trade advert, and was a few £k above the average private ad) - a second cheque arrived a few days later for the difference.
I then bought a load of driver training and got a Caterham, which didn't try to kill me.
You can go back and forth on the market value debate, but essentially they need to pay you what it would cost to replace your car with a similar one. If a similar one doesn't exist, get a valuation note from a marque specialist. Then stand your ground, or challenge them to source a replacement themselves.
Good luck, but I'm sure you'll be fine.
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