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My beloved Cerb has been off the road for a while having head gaskets and loads other work done on her at APM who done the best work on her since I have had her 12.5 years now, She was looking at little tired so I thought lets go the whole hog and get her resprayed so in she goes and I picked up yesterday afternoon and she looked fantastic 
driving home down the M2 with the silly 
on my face and the traffic was pretty heavy so only going about 50mph then my turn off came so pulled into the slow lane and looked in mirror and this little white renault followed me thought its a bit close carried on and the junction came up and there was a line of traffic so I put my foot on the brake to avoid hitting car in front as you do in traffic when I heard a car skidding and I looked in the mirror when bang the little white renault hit me up the rear I thought no this can,t happening 
got out of the Cerb and looked in the car and there was this lady with sunglasses on and a white shirt with black epilets I thought oh no a police woman 
this can,t get much worse, she gets out the car and in fact she was a prison officer and she was apologetic that I felt sorry for her looked at the damage which was only minor scuffs and a couple of digs and scratches she said I,am so sorry I said I have just picked it up from the bodyshop. So now she is going back again for a rear end spray, I might even get the chance to keep her in the garage for more than a couple of weeks
driving home down the M2 with the silly on my face and the traffic was pretty heavy so only going about 50mph then my turn off came so pulled into the slow lane and looked in mirror and this little white renault followed me thought its a bit close carried on and the junction came up and there was a line of traffic so I put my foot on the brake to avoid hitting car in front as you do in traffic when I heard a car skidding and I looked in the mirror when bang the little white renault hit me up the rear I thought no this can,t happening got out of the Cerb and looked in the car and there was this lady with sunglasses on and a white shirt with black epilets I thought oh no a police woman this can,t get much worse, she gets out the car and in fact she was a prison officer and she was apologetic that I felt sorry for her looked at the damage which was only minor scuffs and a couple of digs and scratches she said I,am so sorry I said I have just picked it up from the bodyshop. So now she is going back again for a rear end spray, I might even get the chance to keep her in the garage for more than a couple of weeksscotty_d said:
That is a bit of luck 
Lucky I guess it was only minor damage on the plus side. Hope all goes well and we need pictures when it come back out next time 
Thanks picture of slight damage but it is annoying when you have just spent thousands on the car and you want to drive it and its got be off the road again for a week Lucky I guess it was only minor damage on the plus side. Hope all goes well and we need pictures when it come back out next time 
FarmyardPants said:
Not really surprising seeing as you get rear ended every night 
Bad luck Billy but it coulda been a lot worse..
Yes thank god it was only scuffs etc and a quick fix as I,am off to Le Mans and soemtimes insurance claims can drag on and she has wants to pay cash which I agreed to saves her insurance, Bad luck Billy but it coulda been a lot worse..
Had a lady reverse into mine and left me with a little dint and some bonnet damage....she was so sorry and by the time I was back home she had sorted out the insurance. A perfect outcome for what could have been a pain to sort out. Call your insurance...she may pay up but at least if she does not its registered.
Nickccc said:
I think I would be inclined to go through the insurance, she may have agreed to pay cash now but has she had a price yet?
Perhaps, but don't forget it loads your insurance as well as hers for the next 5 years. If she agrees cash than it's best to keep the insurance sharks out of it.Byker28i said:
Perhaps, but don't forget it loads your insurance as well as hers for the next 5 years. If she agrees cash than it's best to keep the insurance sharks out of it.
Yes I agree and I have sent photos off to the bodyshop who resprayed the Cerb and waiting for them to get back, doubt if will cost £1500 because I paid a lot less than that for the respray Gassing Station | Cerbera | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff