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You can’t park there, mate

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Unexpected Item In The Bagging Area

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7,038 posts

190 months

Wednesday 8th May
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This happened at the Aston dealership in Wilmslow. I used to live down the road with the writing on it and can’t work out why the VW would have been reversing anywhere near the junction, let alone at sufficient speed to mount the car.

How much do we think the insurance claim will be?

Rusty Old-Banger

3,980 posts

214 months

Wednesday 8th May
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Wing, bonnet, headlight, paint. Sub-£10k. Would be funny if the VW driver's insurance company insisted the AM was fixed at one of their "approved" (i.e. cheapest) repairers.

MattsCar

1,042 posts

106 months

Wednesday 8th May
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Rusty Old-Banger said:
Wing, bonnet, headlight, paint. Sub-£10k. Would be funny if the VW driver's insurance company insisted the AM was fixed at one of their "approved" (i.e. cheapest) repairers.
I would reckon on double that! Just because "Aston".

Om

1,810 posts

79 months

Wednesday 8th May
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Unexpected Item In The Bagging Area said:


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This happened at the Aston dealership in Wilmslow. I used to live down the road with the writing on it and can’t work out why the VW would have been reversing anywhere near the junction, let alone at sufficient speed to mount the car.
Disgruntled customer?

Geoffcapes

710 posts

165 months

Wednesday 8th May
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Rusty Old-Banger said:
Wing, bonnet, headlight, paint. Sub-£10k. Would be funny if the VW driver's insurance company insisted the AM was fixed at one of their "approved" (i.e. cheapest) repairers.
Similar thing happened to a friends Q8. And that was 25 grand!
Can't imagine the Aston being any less than 50k!

Zarco

17,969 posts

210 months

Wednesday 8th May
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Rusty Old-Banger said:
Wing, bonnet, headlight, paint. Sub-£10k. Would be funny if the VW driver's insurance company insisted the AM was fixed at one of their "approved" (i.e. cheapest) repairers.
Fat chance.

vikingaero

10,465 posts

170 months

Wednesday 8th May
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Rusty Old-Banger said:
Wing, bonnet, headlight, paint. Sub-£10k. Would be funny if the VW driver's insurance company insisted the AM was fixed at one of their "approved" (i.e. cheapest) repairers.
Why would that happen? The whole point of a third party insurer stepping in is to provide a hire car to ensure mobility and repairing the damaged car quickly which many people driving vanilla cars will like.

If you were the VW driver, I could simply claim under my own policy and let the insurers fight it out.

Rusty Old-Banger

3,980 posts

214 months

Wednesday 8th May
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vikingaero said:
Rusty Old-Banger said:
Wing, bonnet, headlight, paint. Sub-£10k. Would be funny if the VW driver's insurance company insisted the AM was fixed at one of their "approved" (i.e. cheapest) repairers.
Why would that happen? The whole point of a third party insurer stepping in is to provide a hire car to ensure mobility and repairing the damaged car quickly which many people driving vanilla cars will like.

If you were the VW driver, I could simply claim under my own policy and let the insurers fight it out.
I wasn't being entirely serious.

alscar

4,229 posts

214 months

Wednesday 8th May
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I’m guessing Aston Wilmslow won’t need a hire car and will get a discounted rate from whomever they contract their body repairs to but I wonder whether the VW driver’ Insurer will also get hit for a “ loss of earnings / profit and indeed dimmutation of value claim especially with the reg number being available.
Either way it won’t be £10k.


Fastdruid

8,674 posts

153 months

Wednesday 8th May
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Unexpected Item In The Bagging Area said:
can’t work out why the VW would have been reversing anywhere near the junction, let alone at sufficient speed to mount the car.
I'm going with automatic, in the wrong gear by mistake and a confused older driver pressing the wrong pedal and then pressing it harder still because it's still moving...

garypotter

1,532 posts

151 months

Wednesday 8th May
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Rusty Old-Banger said:
Wing, bonnet, headlight, paint. Sub-£10k. Would be funny if the VW driver's insurance company insisted the AM was fixed at one of their "approved" (i.e. cheapest) repairers.
Ha ha your having a laugh, my friends Audi A3 cost £9k for headlight wing bumper damage so with storage, hire car etc this will be mid £20s plus the abulance chasers asking if any slaesman has a stiff neck will add some monies

WPA

8,916 posts

115 months

Wednesday 8th May
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Rusty Old-Banger said:
Wing, bonnet, headlight, paint. Sub-£10k. Would be funny if the VW driver's insurance company insisted the AM was fixed at one of their "approved" (i.e. cheapest) repairers.
I suspect the complete bonnet would be £25k on its own, as a guess around £40k when finished

Coming soon to Mat Armstrong's channel laugh

otolith

56,362 posts

205 months

Wednesday 8th May
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Fastdruid said:
I'm going with automatic, in the wrong gear by mistake and a confused older driver pressing the wrong pedal and then pressing it harder still because it's still moving...
Me too.

Benmac

1,475 posts

217 months

Wednesday 8th May
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Yep, there are parking spaces on that side of the road just past the junction IIRC. Parked in one of those or trying to pull away from it and selected R instead of D and "sent it" maybe.

J4CKO

41,685 posts

201 months

Wednesday 8th May
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Round the corner from me this,

It now a A Sat On Martin !

Someone did similar to one of the parking ticket machines at Sainsburys the other day as well, must be some derp juice in the water.

AC43

11,511 posts

209 months

Wednesday 8th May
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I once saw someone do that in a residential street. Full speed backwards down the middle of the road for 50 yards or more before hitting a central reservation and riding halfway up a pole that was now at 45 degrees.

Odd.

murphyaj

661 posts

76 months

Wednesday 8th May
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I can't find list prices for a DBS Superlegerra, but I can find prices for a Gen 2 Vanquish, which is the closest model I can come up with. DBS costs may be higher, but probably not massively higher.

An original bonnet, wing and headlight costs £23000 including VAT. Add a few grand to that for labour and paint, probably somewhere between £25000 and £30000.

Every day a journey

1,637 posts

39 months

Wednesday 8th May
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Got a call over the radio one quiet, sunny, Sunday afternoon

Please attend multi vehicle RTA (they were still called that in those days)one car overtuned with persons trapped......location.....Tescos car park (in the area we covered).

Sorry, can you just confirm that location please.

Arrived, scene of absolute carnage.

7 cars trashed, old chap, auto. Mayhem.

vikingaero

10,465 posts

170 months

Wednesday 8th May
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murphyaj said:
I can't find list prices for a DBS Superlegerra, but I can find prices for a Gen 2 Vanquish, which is the closest model I can come up with. DBS costs may be higher, but probably not massively higher.

An original bonnet, wing and headlight costs £23000 including VAT. Add a few grand to that for labour and paint, probably somewhere between £25000 and £30000.
There are still people out there who think spraying a body panel is mates rates £50 cash. Owd art yer 'and. And that if a bodyshop quotes £300, then it is RIP OFF BRITAIN!!!!!

bigandclever

13,822 posts

239 months

Wednesday 8th May
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J4CKO said:
It now a A Sat On Martin !
Get out.