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14-05-2008, 11:02
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#1 | | Briskodian
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Car: blue Octavia (170 BHP) |  Ouch!!
A numpty pulled out of his drive today without checking if any vehicles were coming and consequently completely failed to notice the race blue vRS combi proceeding in a westerly direction, e.g. me  . I was even driving at below the speed limit (about 35 in a 40).
The consequences of his actions to my car were: - 
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Tyre damage caused by him forcing me to leave some tyre and wheel here: - 
Oh well, at least nobody was hurt and he did admit it was his fault (couldn't really do anything else given the circumstances). Now in the hands of the insurance company and car hire people.
Most annoying thing was that I was on my way to see two possible clients for some consultancy work and now I have to reschedule those visits and my diary is pretty chock-a-block at the moment.
I have a saying that you should "always watch out for people wearing hats whilst driving" (any age, any sex), to that I shall now add "and Honda's"! | |
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14-05-2008, 11:13
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#2 | | Briskodian
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Car: Black Octavia (140BHP TDI DSG L&K) | Re: Ouch!!
That is an OUCH! Sorry to see that, always horrible when it happens.
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14-05-2008, 11:19
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#3 | | Powahhhhhh..
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Car: Octavia (Gerbil powered) | Re: Ouch!!
Bet you had some choice words to say to him! What was he in? Did it come off much worse?
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14-05-2008, 11:25
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Car: BlackMagic Fabia (165BHP / 280lbs/ft) | Re: Ouch!!
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Originally Posted by UncleRic  Bet you had some choice words to say to him! What was he in? Did it come off much worse? | I'm guessing a Civic, this vintage: 
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14-05-2008, 12:04
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#5 | | Briskodian
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Sorry to see that, mate! It doesn't look too bad, however, and you'll have you pride and joy back in no time.
What happend to the other car? | |
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14-05-2008, 12:23
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Car: blue Octavia (170 BHP) | Re: Ouch!!
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Originally Posted by UncleRic Bet you had some choice words to say to him! What was he in? Did it come off much worse? | Actually I remained calm throughout, as I didn't see that any amount of vitriolic sentiment would have furthered anyone’s cause. The driver was also somewhat elderly and did admit it was his fault without any prompting. He was in a Honda Jazz and by the looks of it didn't come out too bad, due to the angle of impact: -  | |
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14-05-2008, 12:24
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Car: Octavia (Gerbil powered) | Re: Ouch!!
Ah yes.. 'and Hondas'.. missed that bit.
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14-05-2008, 12:31
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Car: Race Blue Octavia (Approximately 200bhp) | Re: Ouch!!
That's a real shame mate.
THose wings aren't the easiest thing to change as they require quite a bit of cutting to get them off so make sure you have a really good look around after the repair.
I would also been keen to insist on a like for like tyre to match the non damaged one. | |
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14-05-2008, 12:41
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#9 | | Briskodian
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Car: blue Octavia (170 BHP) | Re: Ouch!!
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Originally Posted by VRStu I would also been keen to insist on a like for like tyre to match the non damaged one. | I'm going to insist they change both front tyres as the drivers side one has been impacted, as can be seen by the blue paint left on the tyre from the other vehicle, and could have structural damage. This could be the only up side to this - two new front tyres.
The car is being collected tomorrow for repairs and they'll assess the work required and advise how long it'll take. But I'll take heed of your comments about a close check when the car is returned. | |
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14-05-2008, 14:27
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Car: Red Octavia (208BHP & 220.9lbs/ft) | Re: Ouch!!
Ouch, hope you get it all sorted easily. | |
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14-05-2008, 15:05
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Car: Black Octy VRs (200) | Re: Ouch!!
Should polish out I reckon 
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14-05-2008, 15:27
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Car: Black Octavia (140BHP) | Re: Ouch!!
When i first saw the pics i thought that the other car had backed out of the drive and not drving out forward. No wonder he admited liablity stright off. Hope you get it sorted.
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14-05-2008, 16:29
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Car: MK2 TDi Octavia () | Re: Ouch!!
Oh god sorry to see that  i hope all goes well with the repairs.Ahhh stupid old tw*ts in there Hondas i hate them  | |
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14-05-2008, 17:12
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Car: Black Fabia (Standard 130) | Re: Ouch!!
Yep, that's an 'ouch'! 
Hope it gets sorted quickly, but with him driving into you and admitting liability it should.
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14-05-2008, 20:23
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Car: #000000 Octavia (90BHP / 200lbs/ft) | Re: Ouch!!
Shame about the motor, glad there's no injuries though.
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14-05-2008, 23:04
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Car: Black vRS TDi (178bhp / 284lb/ft) | Re: Ouch!!
Oooooh... Nasty. | |
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15-05-2008, 08:48
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Car: blue Octavia (170 BHP) | Re: Ouch!!
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Originally Posted by Jonno VRs Should polish out I reckon | What brand of polish would you recommend?  | |
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15-05-2008, 21:38
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Car: blackmagic Octavia (150BHP ish) | Re: Ouch!!
turtlewax colorwax should hide it well. sorry to see it mate, hope its sorted soon.
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16-05-2008, 02:35
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Originally Posted by jlwah What brand of polish would you recommend? | Has to be T-Cut
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16-05-2008, 19:19
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#20 | | Briskodian
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Car: blue Octavia (170 BHP) | Re: Ouch!!
Repair centre took car away yesterday and expect the repair to take 7 to 10 days.
I now have an S-Max TDCi Titanium automatic to run around in - have to say I'm bored with it already . The autobox doesn't seem to do it any favours, although it rides well, but consumption (according to computer) is only around 36 m.p.g | |
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