I HATE OLD PEOPLE

[DodgyDave]

Especially the silly old fart who drove into the front of my baby on a roundabout yesterday.
Not too bad damage but the passenger door doesnt shut properly anymore.
Ive got to sort out the repair garage and want to make sure I send it to a good one!
Anybody have any suggestions on places in the essex area, or anywhere really as long as they can do a full and proper check of the cars alignment.
Thanks

Edited to say : I dont hate ALL old people, just the ones who cant drive for toffee

>> Edited by DodgyDave on Tuesday 27th September 10:23

[Wildfire]

Ah Dave man, that sucks!! Maybe you should take it to Austec or David Batty??

[DodgyDave]

SUCKS BIG TIME
Yeah I thought about Austec, as it happens ive arranged for it to be taken to Castle TVR's bodyshop, cant remember their name now but definatley knew there stuff!
Cheers Wildfire

[Dave N500 CHM]

Haha
Excellent, I got it back. Just wanted to say if your fighting to prove an accident wasn't your fault then never give up.
It took over a year but I finally got my excess back on Saturday, £600 + 15 interest.
He tried to blame me for the accident which I knew was his fault. I had no witnesses so put together as much info as possible on the accident including Google earth images of the roundabout.
It all worked, his insurers backed down after I said how happy I was to go to court.
Thank f**k its now all over, I'm 615 up and just in time for Christmas!
Phew

[ketvrin]

Nice one ! well done... looking at the photo on your profile looks like you have quite a bit of the rebuild to do yet

[Dave N500 CHM]

haha cheers
I suppose my next job then is to update my profile.
Been meaning to add a video of my S before I sold her. Roof down......... Dartford Tunnel
I bloody miss that car

[simonb9]

So it took you 15 months to get your excess back ?? Bloody hell !! And they wonder why people get p*ssed off with insurance companies !!

[Dave N500 CHM]

It was all because the old fella tried to blame me for the incident.
It still took waaaaay to long seeing as he said from day one that I drove into the back of him, strange that seeing as the damage was all down the side of my car where he steered into me???

[Xaero]

Some old bloke ran into me last night too, just a run around though, so I wsan't too pissed at him. He gave me a fake mobile number (I tried it whilst standing next to him) then flogged it off as getting 2 digits the wrong way around, yeah ok mate...

[james280779]

Hey,

My s1 got run into by a bus last august, took it to a guy I know in Witham, Essex, he used to specialise in cobra's so is familiar with fibreglass, done such a good job i cannot tell where the damage was.
If you want his number mail me.

James

[Dave N500 CHM]

When the damage was done to mine I looked at most of the specialists in Essex but in the end I took her to Hilton Coachworks.
They were the only ones (that I spoke to) who could check the alignment and if need be put the car on a jig.
They are a fantastic massive place that did a superb job repairing mine. The paint job was amazing and they sprayed allot more than they needed to because of paint fade. They even replaced all the under bonnet protection.
Just google Hilton Coachworks to see for yourself.