UncleFista
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| posted on 20/6/08 at 04:34 PM |
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Bad day ?
There must be something in air today 
 
again...
Will post more later, no doubt asking for legal advice ;(
Bllx......
Tony Bond / UncleFista
Love is like a snowmobile, speeding across the frozen tundra.
Which suddenly flips, pinning you underneath.
At night the ice-weasels come...
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Jimbob
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| posted on 20/6/08 at 04:38 PM |
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gutted for you
What happened?
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Jubal
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| posted on 20/6/08 at 04:39 PM |
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If it was not your fault then I have just taken on board a new customer, a firm of solicitors who specialise in no fault claims. u2u me if you want
their details. Very nice people, given the industry they are in!
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thepest
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| posted on 20/6/08 at 04:49 PM |
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I can understand how badly you feel, as long as you're not hurt, it can be repaired dont worry 
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andyharding
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| posted on 20/6/08 at 04:51 PM |
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Hope you are ok and the idiot that wasn't looking where they were going is insured!
Are you a Mac user or a retard?
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Ivan
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| posted on 20/6/08 at 04:52 PM |
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Ouch - hope you, and passenger if any, weren't hurt.
I am sure many of us would be interested to know what hit you, how hard they hit you and if you had the brakes on or where just standing there. I
guess what I'm getting to is the issue of fuel tank safety in a rear end - should we be concerned or does it appear that the locost is less
vulnerable than we think.
Your first hand impressions would be of value.
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dave1888
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| posted on 20/6/08 at 04:53 PM |
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I just about got T-Boned last night, driver sat watching me and decided to pull out from a junction. At least i know my brakes work.
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donut
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| posted on 20/6/08 at 04:58 PM |
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Jeeeeze! Hope you're ok mate. What a bummer. Hope you get it sorted without too much hassle.
Good luck mate.
Andy
When I die, I want to go peacefully like my Grandfather did, in his sleep -- not screaming, like the passengers in his car.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/andywest1/
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speedyxjs
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| posted on 20/6/08 at 05:06 PM |
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Wow. Just shows how strong our chassis are. Feel for you
How long can i resist the temptation to drop a V8 in?
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 20/6/08 at 05:06 PM |
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very annoying but an easy fix
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chrsgrain
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| posted on 20/6/08 at 05:10 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Mr Whippy
very annoying but an easy fix
Hmm - wait to see what the chassis damage is methinks.... Hope its all OK - I presume as you were hit up the arse it was someone elses fault?
Chris
Spoing! - the sound of an irony meter breaking...
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 20/6/08 at 05:20 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by chrsgrain
quote:
Originally posted by Mr Whippy
very annoying but an easy fix
Hmm - wait to see what the chassis damage is methinks.... Hope its all OK - I presume as you were hit up the arse it was someone elses fault?
Chris
na the tubes are so thin at the back the main frame will be fine, superficial damage, bet its fixed in a week. Make sure you claim for whiplash
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owelly
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| posted on 20/6/08 at 05:25 PM |
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Double-much arse biscuits!!
And just when the weather is picking up.....
http://www.ppcmag.co.uk
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graememk
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| posted on 20/6/08 at 05:26 PM |
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if they hit you its very hard for the other party to place blame, you should be following as a safe distance.
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Stuart_B
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| posted on 20/6/08 at 05:52 PM |
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i hope you are ok.
stuart
black mk indy, 1.6pinto on cbr600 bike carb's.
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JUD
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| posted on 20/6/08 at 06:05 PM |
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 Dunno what to say...
Hope you are OK
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MK Indy Blade
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whitestu
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| posted on 20/6/08 at 06:07 PM |
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Nightmare - hope you are OK
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UncleFista
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| posted on 20/6/08 at 06:22 PM |
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I'm fine, just a bit of a bump to the back of the head (big thanks to Tritons high-back seat for saving me from whiplash).
I stopped at a zebra crossing to let a couple of blokes cross, I checked my mirrors and saw another car stop behind me leaving a nice gap, a few
seconds later I heard tyres screeching and braced.
Tosspot hit the car behind me at speed and twatted it into me pushing me well over the crossing.
In the confusion, I didn't notice that the bloke who caused the crash had overtaken us and parked up 30 yds down the road, I saw him walk into a
garden (not knowing he was the bloke who crashed) a couple of minutes later, another bloke came out of the garden asking who the bloke was who had
just climbed his back garden wall...
Yup, he'd done a runner, he was a bit fat and at least 50 yrs old !
Anyway, after getting the bloke behind's car going and the cop turning up a half-hour later and taking statements, there was just the police and
me and my bro (turned up after a phone call a good ten minutes before plod). We were trying to find the number of a recovery firm when lo-and-behold a
recovery truck pulled up.
My brother ran to catch him and try and get him to recover us, but he was lokking for a red peugeot, in fact he was looking for the red peugeot that
had been crashed and dumped.
Turns out, the car belongs to him, a new employee had borrowed it to go to a probation meeting.. So no doubt he's not insured, the police tell
us we need to claim from the poor blameless bloke who was behind me, and I'm going to, seems unfair, but it was only a year ago I was hit by
"another" uninsured driver and we ended up paying for repairs ourselves. Not again...
Damage seems contained to the rear panel/frame with the rear arches almost untouched (although one flew through the air), fuel tank was bent like a
'nana but only dribbled, probably the worst bit of the whole thing was watching a tank of petrol pour down the drain 
Tony Bond / UncleFista
Love is like a snowmobile, speeding across the frozen tundra.
Which suddenly flips, pinning you underneath.
At night the ice-weasels come...
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chrsgrain
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| posted on 20/6/08 at 06:29 PM |
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My wife was the 'middle' car in a similar accident not long back, and I think the 'front' car claimed off her insurance
(company car so no dramas)... so you might be lucky - here's hoping....
If they know who it was - will the plod do anything about driving without insurance, not stopping at an accident etc etc??
At least you are OK and the car isn't too bad (looks like Mr Whippy was right!  )
Chris
Spoing! - the sound of an irony meter breaking...
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RoadkillUK
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| posted on 20/6/08 at 06:39 PM |
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The bloke who took the car back home still charged me £40
Not sure what to do about the car this weekend, I suppose we need to do is get in touch with the other blokes insurance company before we start to fix
it.
Anyone had experience of claiming for your 'kitcar' ?
Anyway, here are some more pics
Roadkill - Lee
www.bradford7.co.uk
Latest Picture (14 Sept 2014)
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JUD
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| posted on 20/6/08 at 06:40 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by chrsgrain
My wife was the 'middle' car in a similar accident not long back, and I think the 'front' car claimed off her insurance
(company car so no dramas)... so you might be lucky - here's hoping....
Ditto with me - I was number 2 in a 4 car shunt on the M40. Everybody claimed of the person behind them.
Good to know you are OK. The kn0b must have been going pretty quick to do that much damage - presumably in a 30 limit?
Undue care and attention (if that charge still exists), no insurance, leaving the scene of an accident, I hope the fuzz are after him. 
Martin
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MK Indy Blade
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 20/6/08 at 06:48 PM |
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superb so the guy who hit you is going to get the book thown at him as are his mates for trying to sneak the car away
make sure you take plenty of pictures of the car, then just fix it up asap to enjoy the summer.
remember you DO have whiplash
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chrsgrain
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| posted on 20/6/08 at 06:51 PM |
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One of the Dax owners club guys had a recent claim after his car switched ends on him in some ice....
Had to get an insurance assessor round, but got all the parts paid for and also paid for his labour at quite a sensible hourly rate (£15 per hour, and
he did the estimate of the number of hours it would take to fix - he had to argue to get this, but you would be within your rights to take it to a
garage to get it fixed, and they would charge the insurance company labour - so no different really)
Chris
Spoing! - the sound of an irony meter breaking...
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joneh
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| posted on 20/6/08 at 07:07 PM |
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I crashed into a car and knocked it into anothe car and they both claimed off me. Which I think is right as it was my fault. Pass it to insurance
and let them sort it.
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johnston
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| posted on 20/6/08 at 09:29 PM |
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Just out of interest and to help convince the mrs these things are safe.
Did you build your own chassis or buy it?
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