Two 911s wrecked by pensioner.....
Discussion
Vesuvius 996 said:
Pickled Piper said:
It says the insurance payout will be about £60K. Surely that will be just for the silver 993 on its own.
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By the time they've written the cheque it will be £70k, no doubt.
Edited by Vesuvius 996 on Monday 14th April 15:00
Orangecurry said:
Family Guy said:
I realised that this had made some of the local papers but not the mail. What an over exaggerated pile of crap 
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Mine is the silver 993 and with the exception of some cosmetic work to the rear wing a new rear screen and engine cover that's just about it. Hardly what you'd call extensive repairs (god bless german pig iron
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See! I was correct! .Mine is the silver 993 and with the exception of some cosmetic work to the rear wing a new rear screen and engine cover that's just about it. Hardly what you'd call extensive repairs (god bless german pig iron
)
FG - glad the damage is small and easily sorted - Polar silver BTW?
patmahe said:
How the hell did he manage that in reverse (read article) 
Glad he's ok good to see the insurance companies get screwed for once
Was his Fiesta an auto? Pensioners with auto 'boxes are renowned for having bizarre crashes. I think their doddery old feet slip off the side of the accelerator and get stuck under the brake pedal or something like that.Glad he's ok good to see the insurance companies get screwed for once
There was a terrible story a couple of years ago about an old grannie that lived on the seafront on Isle of Wight. She accelerated out of her drive, across the road, over the sea wall and dropped 20 feet onto a guy who was sunbathing below. Sadly he wasn't encased in a 993 and was a complete write off!
I still think the Porsche/pensioner accident shouldn't have occurred though. If the Porsche drivers hadn't been speeding earlier then they would still be on their way to the garage car park when the old bloke had his crash.
Its not!
Hope you get your car back sorted soon!
DJ
Hope you get your car back sorted soon!
DJ
Family Guy said:
I realised that this had made some of the local papers but not the mail. What an over exaggerated pile of crap .
Mine is the silver 993 and with the exception of some cosmetic work to the rear wing a new rear screen and engine cover that's just about it. Hardly what you'd call extensive repairs (god bless german pig iron)
I talked to the body shop guy this afternoon, and the only reason the 964 has been written off is because the price of the new parts for the convertible roof.
The total of £60k is also taking into account the damaged gates, the whole in the wall where the 964 was pushed through (the wall had also cracked from top to bottom in 3 places), and the mini camper van he hit outside the gate (this is probably going to be written off too).
As for Dave not caring about the cars, that's utter rubbish too. He was absolutely gutted when i arrived and was incredibly apologetic. He explained everything that had happened (which i admit was quite an unbelievable story) and assured me he would sort everything out. I had a courtesy car provided by his insurance in less than 24 hours and he has continually kept me up to date.
Please excuse my obvious annoyance but in my opinion this has not been reported well.
Happy days,
FG
.Mine is the silver 993 and with the exception of some cosmetic work to the rear wing a new rear screen and engine cover that's just about it. Hardly what you'd call extensive repairs (god bless german pig iron
)I talked to the body shop guy this afternoon, and the only reason the 964 has been written off is because the price of the new parts for the convertible roof.
The total of £60k is also taking into account the damaged gates, the whole in the wall where the 964 was pushed through (the wall had also cracked from top to bottom in 3 places), and the mini camper van he hit outside the gate (this is probably going to be written off too).
As for Dave not caring about the cars, that's utter rubbish too. He was absolutely gutted when i arrived and was incredibly apologetic. He explained everything that had happened (which i admit was quite an unbelievable story) and assured me he would sort everything out. I had a courtesy car provided by his insurance in less than 24 hours and he has continually kept me up to date.
Please excuse my obvious annoyance but in my opinion this has not been reported well.
Happy days,
FG
I am sorry to hear of this.. In one way I am sure the old age didn't help but even so it's not down to his careless attitude. He seams a nice old guy. Quite how so much damage had been done in such a low speed accident is beyound me. I just hope all are paid out and back to Porsche ownership as soon as possible.
I am not sure what I would do if some thing like this happened to my Porsche I think I would be red with rage so I think all people who are involved have been very grown up. Not sure I would be though..
The press well I know one or two stories about the press as I had a mate who used to write for the red tops so I know of the bending the truth Well out and out lies it seams now adays.. So nice to see the other side of the story..If you where the garage owner do you think you would want to make that call!!! I think I would rather set fire to a winning loto ticket than make that call!!
I am not sure what I would do if some thing like this happened to my Porsche I think I would be red with rage so I think all people who are involved have been very grown up. Not sure I would be though..
The press well I know one or two stories about the press as I had a mate who used to write for the red tops so I know of the bending the truth Well out and out lies it seams now adays.. So nice to see the other side of the story..If you where the garage owner do you think you would want to make that call!!! I think I would rather set fire to a winning loto ticket than make that call!!
Edited by 912uk on Tuesday 15th April 11:58
Edited by 912uk on Tuesday 15th April 11:58
....my Mother had a similar experience with an auto Golf when she was reversing and about 70 yrs old....she gave up driving after that....kinda feel sorry for the old fella but his decision is the right one....time to hand in the keys....he looks mighty good for his age....there is hope yet....and I hope your 993 comes back to you more than perfect....looks the 964 still has some mileage in it as well....these things happen.
sidned said:
I think he said the back of the 964 acted as a ramp which allowed his car to flip over!
Yeah, I think it did. But most car-park scrapes happen at < 5mph - are you really telling me that he put a car ON ITS ROOF at 4 mph?! 
Oh well, at least it wasn't a rare Porsche (904 or 917 or something)...
Family guy you seem to have taken this very well. I would have had an MI by now.
some of those comments on the link make me want to kill kittens
"I find most Porsche drivers are idiots, at least that's two off the road for a while"
"Says more about the build quality of a Porsche than anything else, little bump with a Ford and it's written off"
some of those comments on the link make me want to kill kittens
"I find most Porsche drivers are idiots, at least that's two off the road for a while"
"Says more about the build quality of a Porsche than anything else, little bump with a Ford and it's written off"
It sounds like that porsche specialist dealt with this well, after all accidents do happen.
It might be a write off technically, but surely a secondhand soft top would make that 911 economical to repair though, I'm assuming the owner will take the write off money and then buy it back and fix it
t
I think some sort of driving test at 65 (with a medical/eye test) would be sensible, even if it was not the full driving test
Then another mini test & medical at 75 & 85...no doubt if the government intervene they will over complicate this though
I have an 89 year old neighbour who drives an old MGB GT and he is absolutely fine behind the wheel, in fact he is probably safer than a lot of drivers a 1/3 his age...
But my own grandfather when he was in his 70's used to scare the hell out of me in his Allegro Vanden Plas...he 'was' Mr Magoo and should have not been allowed on the road...
It might be a write off technically, but surely a secondhand soft top would make that 911 economical to repair though, I'm assuming the owner will take the write off money and then buy it back and fix it
Pesty said:
"I find most Porsche drivers are idiots, at least that's two off the road for a while"
Don't feed the trolls, whoever posted that is a) just trying to provoke a reaction or b) a ttI think some sort of driving test at 65 (with a medical/eye test) would be sensible, even if it was not the full driving test
Then another mini test & medical at 75 & 85...no doubt if the government intervene they will over complicate this though
I have an 89 year old neighbour who drives an old MGB GT and he is absolutely fine behind the wheel, in fact he is probably safer than a lot of drivers a 1/3 his age...
But my own grandfather when he was in his 70's used to scare the hell out of me in his Allegro Vanden Plas...he 'was' Mr Magoo and should have not been allowed on the road...
Edited by Dave_STI on Wednesday 14th March 02:54
Dave_STI said:
It sounds like that porsche specialist dealt with this well, after all accidents do happen.
It might be a write off technically, but surely a secondhand soft top would make that 911 economical to repair though, I'm assuming the owner will take the write off money and then buy it back and fix it
t
I think some sort of driving test at 65 (with a medical/eye test) would be sensible, even if it was not the full driving test
Then another mini test & medical at 75 & 85...no doubt if the government intervene they will over complicate this though
I have an 89 year old neighbour who drives an old MGB GT and he is absolutely fine behind the wheel, in fact he is probably safer than a lot of drivers a 1/3 his age...
But my own grandfather when he was in his 70's used to scare the hell out of me in his Allegro Vanden Plas...he 'was' Mr Magoo and should have not been allowed on the road...
So.. you got the Flux Capacitor working again Marty? It might be a write off technically, but surely a secondhand soft top would make that 911 economical to repair though, I'm assuming the owner will take the write off money and then buy it back and fix it
Pesty said:
"I find most Porsche drivers are idiots, at least that's two off the road for a while"
Don't feed the trolls, whoever posted that is a) just trying to provoke a reaction or b) a ttI think some sort of driving test at 65 (with a medical/eye test) would be sensible, even if it was not the full driving test
Then another mini test & medical at 75 & 85...no doubt if the government intervene they will over complicate this though
I have an 89 year old neighbour who drives an old MGB GT and he is absolutely fine behind the wheel, in fact he is probably safer than a lot of drivers a 1/3 his age...
But my own grandfather when he was in his 70's used to scare the hell out of me in his Allegro Vanden Plas...he 'was' Mr Magoo and should have not been allowed on the road...
Edited by Dave_STI on Wednesday 14th March 02:54
Pesty said:
some of those comments on the link make me want to kill kittens
That's a really stupid thing to say! Pathetic to even joke that you would kill a dumb and defenseless animal to deal with your anger ..... It's a sad story and some muppets (predictably) made the usual type of comments on the Mail forum before they shut it down .... The cars can be fixed and the driver was unhurt - surely that's all that matters?
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