Police car smashed my S1

[paulh629]

It has been a crap week!

Thursday morning a large NIssan Navaro police patrol car decided to reverse at speed without checking to see little old me sat behind in my stunning lotus elise.

CRUNCH SMASH, i have a great big hole punched through the front cam by the bull barred assalant. Leakage from under neath the front and the windowscreen smashed. I am sore but all i can think about is the fact i only was out that day to take some shots of my car in the country as i had just finished a great clean and polish. Now ironically on one film i have my car looking at its very best and its very very worst.

I have posted this message here because i am SICK of people saying " Its just a car"

[fatwomble]

Calm down - It's just a car



Gutting I know and a pain to get it fixed but look at this as an opportunity to get the front end painted, getting rid of those annoying stone chips.

[Zebede29]

I take it the Boys in Blue are admitting liability....?

Wonder if you could prosecute the driver for driving without due care and attention hehehe

[S Works]

Gutted for you, but think of it as an oppo for someone else to buy you a nice aluminium radiator, repaint the front, armorfend it, and to get a nice un-stonechipped windscreen.

Chin up.

[boobles]

They will deny it! After all, they are above the law.

[andy_s]

Bugger - but only in terms of time off the road - once fixed it'll be better than before....

[Hollywood Wheels]

F*ckin useless these Police drivers....

Chin up old boy, you'll have no problems with the claim, and as Tim says, get the upgraded radiator in there whilst waiting for a lovely new chip-free clam. The car will look good as new when you get it back.

[Hut49]

boobles said:

They will deny it! After all, they are above the law.

Hope you got a witness - they'll probably pull the "you drove into the back of us while using your cell phone" angle

[xxplod]

Tut tut, such cynicism. I've dealt with quite a few police manoevering PVIs where the police driver has had a 'lapse' of concentration. If it's a simple case, the police will cough up.

[TIPPER]

What a wonderful 'upgrade' opportunity

[Heebeegeetee]

Flipping heck, wait til Mark reads this!

[Type 49]

Get a solicitor now!

Similar thing happened to my friend, a police car hit him and it has cost him his NCB, he should have engaged a solicitor to sort the problem out.

[miro]

anniesdad. or something along those lines .. no first hand experience but many many many people have posted that he is the one to talk to for non fault claims

[Gooby]

Have they admitted liability yet?

[DucatiGary]

get solicitor sorted NOW

a friend of mine was hit at 70mph by a police car that lost control, in a 30mph limit, he was stationary at the time and the BiB car didnt have blue lights or siren going.

completly wrote of his car.

whitnesses also stated the police car was at fault and the police car lost control.

it took him 5 years to get his compensation out of them.

you have been warned!

[DucatiGary]

actually, go see http://www.europaconsultants.co.uk/

[e-mail]

they will sort everything out for you, official lotus repairs etc etc etc, and give you a almost new S2 elise whilst yours is getting fixed.

its a guy on here called "anniesdad" who owns it, also a keen lotus geezer they will look after you

[d1bble]

Gary is right, you won't find a nicer guy on here than Steve.

I thoroughly recommend speaking to him.

[21TonyK]

^^^^ what they said

[Bada Bing!]

Most people I know who have had an accident in their cars have done so just after waxing it. I never wax my cars and have only had one prang in the last 7 years since I realised this.

Pride comes before a fall and all that. A car is for driving, not polishing and visually masturbating over, IMO.

[Gooby]

DucatiGary said:

actually, go see http://www.europaconsultants.co.uk/

[e-mail]

they will sort everything out for you, official lotus repairs etc etc etc, and give you a almost new S2 elise whilst yours is getting fixed.

its a guy on here called "anniesdad" who owns it, also a keen lotus geezer they will look after you

Please take this seriously. If you do not want any hassle in dealing with this then CALL ANNIESDAD. Very simply, you will get a like for like courtesy car, your car will be taken away and repaired (with who ever you like), then your car will be returned. You will not have to deal with the insurance company (your company will not be informed so there is no reason to hike premiums), you will not have to deal with the third party, in fact you only have to sign the forms saying that the third party was at fault and carry on in the excelent courtesy car untill your car arrives home.

These guys are quality without equal.