I didn't see your car it was too low....
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I had exactly the same thing with a woman in an X5 who reversed into my mx5 in a car park. The only reason she stopped at all is that my wife was sitting in the car at time and went and tapped on her window. "I didn't see it, it's too low" was followed by: "I only just touched it". No love, you hit it hard enough to punch a hole in the bumper with your exhaust pipes...
A very good friend of mine had his brand new BMW Mini CooperS written-off by BMW while it was in for it's first service.
one of their (BMW's) Technicians Reversed an X5 into it in the workshop...with enough force to smash the windscreen and crease the roof
the BMW Minis are not small!!!!
if they are not looking they won't see...regardless of the size of the car in question
one of their (BMW's) Technicians Reversed an X5 into it in the workshop...with enough force to smash the windscreen and crease the roof
the BMW Minis are not small!!!!
if they are not looking they won't see...regardless of the size of the car in question
I used to have an MR2.
Twice it was hit, by women, in 4x4s, reversing. Both times "Ooh sorry I didn't see you, it's very low."
No, if (both times) you concentrated on YOUR f
kING DRIVING RATHER THAN WHAT FLAVOUR fkING FROOT SHOOT LITTLE st JACINTA WANTS, THEN YOU MIGHT NOT CRASH YOU STUPID fkING bh.
For the record, the second time I was hit, I was on the way to pick up a new car and chop in the MR2. Cost me a lot of money in non-claimable costs, that one.
Twice it was hit, by women, in 4x4s, reversing. Both times "Ooh sorry I didn't see you, it's very low."
No, if (both times) you concentrated on YOUR f
kING DRIVING RATHER THAN WHAT FLAVOUR fkING FROOT SHOOT LITTLE st JACINTA WANTS, THEN YOU MIGHT NOT CRASH YOU STUPID fkING bh.For the record, the second time I was hit, I was on the way to pick up a new car and chop in the MR2. Cost me a lot of money in non-claimable costs, that one.
Dr Doofenshmirtz said:
So now do you know what it's like to be a biker?
'sorry, I didn't see you' is the default reply as you struggle to free your trapped leg from under 250Kg of motorcycle (or worse)
If that's aimed at me, then no, I don't - I deem myself totally innocent cos I didn't position myself about 2 inches from her 3/4 with my main beam on bullying her out of the way... 'sorry, I didn't see you' is the default reply as you struggle to free your trapped leg from under 250Kg of motorcycle (or worse)
Sounds familiar..
Had a woman turn into the road I was coming out of, hit me head on (not hard, but enough to split the front clam) in the Elise.
She was actually shouting at me "WHAT DO YOU EXPECT, YOUR CARS TOO FK LOW!!"
Like it was muy fault.
Insurance company didnt agree with her funnily enough, and she was hit with an £8k claim. (clam, headlight, respray, hire car, legal costs, armourfend)
Oh and I had my lights on during the day too.
stupid cow.
Had a woman turn into the road I was coming out of, hit me head on (not hard, but enough to split the front clam) in the Elise.
She was actually shouting at me "WHAT DO YOU EXPECT, YOUR CARS TOO FK LOW!!"
Like it was muy fault.
Insurance company didnt agree with her funnily enough, and she was hit with an £8k claim. (clam, headlight, respray, hire car, legal costs, armourfend)
Oh and I had my lights on during the day too.
stupid cow.
I was rear ended last year by a petrol tanker whilst in the Elise. The cars ahead moved off and he drove into the back of me. He claimed he couldn't see me as I was below his window line. That's strange as he must have seen me as he pulled up and stopped behind me a few moments earlier.
Sorry to hear of this OP. Clearly very much a fully signed up member of the "nothing's my fault - who else can I blame for this" club. Given the inordinate amount of time most women spend using mirrors, it's always struck me as odd how little most seem to use them when driving.
Years ago, I was sitting in my Nova kit car queueing at the petrol station, when a female driver in front decided to back away from the pumps. Plenty of room between us to manoeuvre out, so the initial sight of her reversing lights coming on wasn't a concern.
As she gradually drew closer the question as to whether she'd seen me or not began to enter my head. Not so much a thought at first, more of a subconscious nagging feeling, which slowly worked its way forward into consciousness in parallel with her car working its way ever closer backwards in my direction.
The drawback to conscious thought sometimes, is that logic then joins the party and spoils it for everyone. She must have seen me - I can see her mirrors, I may be in a low car but it's blue, it stands out, it's a shade of blue that you can't miss. You wouldn't reverse in a petrol station without looking behind, would you?
Logic - making the naive, schoolboy error of assuming that it had any part to play in the female mind.
One of the desirable attributes of the Nova (photo provided under My Garage for those not in the know), was its very low, shallow raked nose. One of the less desirable attributes in this situation was how that nose strongly resembled the back of a low loader positioned ready to drive a car on.
Said female driver finished her reversing manoeuvre with both her back wheels on top of my car, with me inside frozen to the spot staring out of the windscreen down her exhaust pipe inches in front, and with an expression closely resembling that of a deer about to be hit by an oncoming car - my mind unable to compute this entirely new experience, and quite incapable of processing an appropriate fight or flight response.
Fortunately, the fibreglass body was built for strength as much as looks. The only damage was a small mark in the gelcoat that in this instance, really did just T-cut out. The relief on the woman's face on finding out that despite mounting my car like a rutting stag, she had not only avoided crushing me, but that there was no damage to what looked to the average passer by like a very expensive piece of exotica, was palpable.
Years ago, I was sitting in my Nova kit car queueing at the petrol station, when a female driver in front decided to back away from the pumps. Plenty of room between us to manoeuvre out, so the initial sight of her reversing lights coming on wasn't a concern.
As she gradually drew closer the question as to whether she'd seen me or not began to enter my head. Not so much a thought at first, more of a subconscious nagging feeling, which slowly worked its way forward into consciousness in parallel with her car working its way ever closer backwards in my direction.
The drawback to conscious thought sometimes, is that logic then joins the party and spoils it for everyone. She must have seen me - I can see her mirrors, I may be in a low car but it's blue, it stands out, it's a shade of blue that you can't miss. You wouldn't reverse in a petrol station without looking behind, would you?
Logic - making the naive, schoolboy error of assuming that it had any part to play in the female mind.
One of the desirable attributes of the Nova (photo provided under My Garage for those not in the know), was its very low, shallow raked nose. One of the less desirable attributes in this situation was how that nose strongly resembled the back of a low loader positioned ready to drive a car on.
Said female driver finished her reversing manoeuvre with both her back wheels on top of my car, with me inside frozen to the spot staring out of the windscreen down her exhaust pipe inches in front, and with an expression closely resembling that of a deer about to be hit by an oncoming car - my mind unable to compute this entirely new experience, and quite incapable of processing an appropriate fight or flight response.
Fortunately, the fibreglass body was built for strength as much as looks. The only damage was a small mark in the gelcoat that in this instance, really did just T-cut out. The relief on the woman's face on finding out that despite mounting my car like a rutting stag, she had not only avoided crushing me, but that there was no damage to what looked to the average passer by like a very expensive piece of exotica, was palpable.
I had an MX5 a few years ago, I kept it in the garage to ensure it didn't get damaged.
The fooking neighbours lopped a branch off their tree, it fell through the garage roof causing about £400 worth of damage to the MX5 boot.
He denied all knowledge, what a.
No respect for other people's property, that's the general attitude of most people nowadays sadly.
The fooking neighbours lopped a branch off their tree, it fell through the garage roof causing about £400 worth of damage to the MX5 boot.
He denied all knowledge, what a
.No respect for other people's property, that's the general attitude of most people nowadays sadly.
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