Someone just crashed into my parked car
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About an hour ago I heard the bang of a car crash followed by a lot of revs and the sound of a car driving up the road.
I went out to see my neighbours milling about, a black Focus sitting oddly with one wheel on the kerb and my car (Mk1 Seat Leon Cupra-R) with its indicator repeater hanging out and one of the bumper grilles on the tarmac, a graze to the face of an alloy wheel and the front bumper about half an inch out of place.
It seems that someone driving an I think it was a silver Golf - quote neighbour has driven up the road and for whatever reason has decided that the conventional driving method, avoiding parked cars, is all a bit of a fag so has grazed my front wing on the way to heavily modifying one corner of number nine's Focus. Their car looks f
ked at first sight. The front wing [our cars were parked nose to nose] is torn back, the wheel is pulled back out of shape, the front crash bar has done its job and the bonnet's had it. It's still got all the windows in it though so it can't be completely twisted and knackered.
Once our possibly-a-silver-Golf driver had finished crunching the Ford he/she decided not to hang about to discuss driving tips and has evaporated into the night in the direction of Townhill, Swansea.
I probably won't bother claiming unless it turns out the suspension on my car's bent. The repeater and bumper grille popped straight back in. I only just took out a new policy at lunchtime today and the excess is £320. I've got ten years NCB which I don't want to lose either.
My money is on a drunk driver, same as the E36 Coupe driver who rear-ended a parked Volvo 740 a few months ago then left his car on the pavement while he wandered off to the local Tesco Express where the police found him.
I went out to see my neighbours milling about, a black Focus sitting oddly with one wheel on the kerb and my car (Mk1 Seat Leon Cupra-R) with its indicator repeater hanging out and one of the bumper grilles on the tarmac, a graze to the face of an alloy wheel and the front bumper about half an inch out of place.
It seems that someone driving an I think it was a silver Golf - quote neighbour has driven up the road and for whatever reason has decided that the conventional driving method, avoiding parked cars, is all a bit of a fag so has grazed my front wing on the way to heavily modifying one corner of number nine's Focus. Their car looks f
ked at first sight. The front wing [our cars were parked nose to nose] is torn back, the wheel is pulled back out of shape, the front crash bar has done its job and the bonnet's had it. It's still got all the windows in it though so it can't be completely twisted and knackered.Once our possibly-a-silver-Golf driver had finished crunching the Ford he/she decided not to hang about to discuss driving tips and has evaporated into the night in the direction of Townhill, Swansea.
I probably won't bother claiming unless it turns out the suspension on my car's bent. The repeater and bumper grille popped straight back in. I only just took out a new policy at lunchtime today and the excess is £320. I've got ten years NCB which I don't want to lose either.
My money is on a drunk driver, same as the E36 Coupe driver who rear-ended a parked Volvo 740 a few months ago then left his car on the pavement while he wandered off to the local Tesco Express where the police found him.
DanielSan said:
I thought with NCB you only ever lost the year you were in anyway? At least that's what I've been told by someone who used to work in that industry.
Not particularly relevant to the thread I know but just an idle thought that came to me
I don't think the NCB itself makes a huge difference to the premium, it's whether or not you've had a claim. If they can't trace the golf driver this would go down as a fault claim which would make the insurance a lot more expensive. Still worth it if the damage is bad though.Not particularly relevant to the thread I know but just an idle thought that came to me
The Crack Fox said:
Robb F said:
deltashad said:
Advertise a silver bumper, wing and headlamp for a silver Golf at a good price in the Swansea area.
And then what?
Backtobasics said:
The Crack Fox said:
Robb F said:
deltashad said:
Advertise a silver bumper, wing and headlamp for a silver Golf at a good price in the Swansea area.
And then what?
Are plod going to send out a CSI to verify the damage for a relatively minor incident ?
The Crack Fox said:
Offer free delivery, check to see if the scrapes on their car match the scrapes on yours, then call the Police and tell them you can help them clear up their crime detection rate.
Great. Even if the person who did it was standing in front of you, you wouldn't know it was them, and you would be powerless to do anything.Just seems like an odd plan.
Yeah, nice idea with the car parts but I'm not about to turn amateur sleuth.
I do wish people would stop crashing their cars into other cars outside my house though and I'm not even sure why it happens. The road has streetlights, it's not even on a bend, there are no junctions nearby and the Focus hit this time was right in the middle of a row of other cars.
One of the neighbours has suggested a couple of times that it might be intentional. I think his dark theories are mainly based around his conviction that another neighbour is a heroin dealer, though whether this is true or not I have no idea, and why this would prompt drivers to smash into stationary vehicles nearby I don't fully understand yet.
I do wish people would stop crashing their cars into other cars outside my house though and I'm not even sure why it happens. The road has streetlights, it's not even on a bend, there are no junctions nearby and the Focus hit this time was right in the middle of a row of other cars.
One of the neighbours has suggested a couple of times that it might be intentional. I think his dark theories are mainly based around his conviction that another neighbour is a heroin dealer, though whether this is true or not I have no idea, and why this would prompt drivers to smash into stationary vehicles nearby I don't fully understand yet.
iva cosworth said:
Backtobasics said:
The Crack Fox said:
Robb F said:
deltashad said:
Advertise a silver bumper, wing and headlamp for a silver Golf at a good price in the Swansea area.
And then what?Are plod going to send out a CSI to verify the damage for a relatively minor incident ?
This happened to me a couple of years ago. Had my van to clear out my Mrs' aunts old flat. Van was parked in the car park of the sheltered housing when some clown reversed into it a buggered of. Made a right mess of passenger side door, front wing, B post and side door. I'd only been in the flat for 5 mins, we were just shifting furniture so weren't hanging about. Came down to notice the damage and no one to be seen. To say I was slightly miffed would be an understatement! The only saving grace was an old chap on the ground floor had heard the bang and looked out his window. He clocked it was a silver saloon car, although in Edinburgh I'd guess there will be one or two silver saloons kicking about. However he was all I had. Reported to police, who really weren't interested. They asked if I was insured, I said yes, they just shrugged there shoulders and said to claim. This did nothing to cheer me up! I cut a deal with the old chap and asked if he would keep an eye open for the car again. Got a phone call from him about a week later saying it had just appeared so I asked him to get the reg number. Did so and got straight onto the police. They went round and the car had damage that matched perfectly with the damage to my van. Result! Eventually got the insurance sorted out. Although it did put my premium up on the van, car and bike! Apparently it made me more of a risk! Even tho i was two storeys up at the time. One guy from the insurance company suggested it might make more of a nervous driver and therefore more likely to have an accident. Hmmmm, aye ok. Robbing bds.
At the end of the day, I'd have probably saved myself a load of hassle buy just getting it fixed myself.
Hope you get to the bottom of it mate.
ds. At the end of the day, I'd have probably saved myself a load of hassle buy just getting it fixed myself.
Hope you get to the bottom of it mate.
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