Grr. Someone bumped my car
On the way home from work this evening I came upon a queue of traffic waiting at some temporary traffic lights by some road works. I came to a halt but the driver following me did not stop so well, and crunched into the rear of my car just after I stopped. The car is due to go to a local garage for assessment and repair tomorrow. I hope it can be repaired, I love my little Seat.
My car, looking healthy from the front
Initially it doesn’t look too bad from the back
Until you look past the plastic bumper at the bent metal behind
Now I just have to go through the trouble of sorting out insurance claims etc.
Steve wrote:
I know; it happened to me at a mini roundabout. The person who slammed into my tail end had road rage, then she tried to claim from me – because I stopped. Some people have more front than a Norbert Dentressangle lorry!
Posted on 30-Jul-08 at 3:33 pm | Permalink
Frank wrote:
The man from the garage has now collected my little car, and his on-the-spot opinion was that they will almost certainly write it off. The opinion of the insurers is that a ten-year-old car is not worth enough to repair, even though it is worth much more than its “Book value” to me.
Even just the thought of shopping for a replacement makes me depressed.
Posted on 30-Jul-08 at 4:08 pm | Permalink
Steve wrote:
Yes, bad luck. I had a little Renault, and a man backed into it fast and smashed the door totally. I told his insurers I’d fix it myself and send them the bill, rather than scrap it. I never told my insurers anything.
I was bluffing, but they bought the story and had the car fixed. They gave me a free runabout while it was being done, as well.
It’s a pest when this sort of thing happens.
Posted on 30-Jul-08 at 4:28 pm | Permalink
Frank wrote:
I didn’t think of a cunning bluff approach – top marks for that!
In this case it probably would have been tougher anyway. We both have the same insurer, so I’m guessing they want to minimise total cost rather than just shifting blame and bills about.
Posted on 30-Jul-08 at 7:19 pm | Permalink
The Punch Barrel / The car saga, continued wrote:
[...] you may be aware from a previous post, back at the end of July, someone drove into the back of my little Seat Arosa. Just before we went [...]
Posted on 30-Aug-08 at 11:46 pm | Permalink