GTM
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Hi all,
Had a real shitty day the other day. Only passed my test two weeks ago and am really starting to get some enjoyment out of my car that was sitting on my drive for a year before i passed. Had to drive to Sutton Coldfield for work, first proper motorway expiereince. That went sound came off the motorway and some twat in a BMW just shot out to the left of me on the mini roundabout without lookin sod was on his phone, brakes locked up but i managed to stop literally about 10cm from him. prat.
Anyways after that little shock i parked my car up at 9am and came back to it at 1:30 pm,as i walked around the corner my blood boiled to find some prick has gone into my car and driven off leaving me with a caved in panel with loads of paint taken off and the arch scuffed and seperated from the body. Checked aroun and couldn't see any cars close with any damage and no note was left. Went back into work to report it and the guys on security told me to walk out to my car and they will follow me on the camera so they can find my car. Walked up to find in the 5 mins i was insdie some saint had left me the reg of the car that hit me and the make, Its a sooty van daihatsu hijet!! Took that and the cctv down the police sation and they have got him, Hes insured so shouldnt be a problem there. The poilice are pissed because he left the scene. I havent seen the footage but the cheeky bastard hit my car saw what he had done and went and parked elswhere and did his shoppin. Makes me sick people do this to your car then just piss off. I wanna ring the bastards neck, Id be fine if he had grown a set and left me his details just pisses me off that he fucked off after he knew what he had done!
Anyone else ever had similar trouble? If so how long do you think itl take for his insurance to cough up?
[Edited on 22-06-2009 by GTM]
[Edited on 22-06-2009 by GTM]
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CorsAsh
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Sounds like a shit day, just be happy you've caught up with the bastard. Not many people have that much luck.
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Markus
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glad you know who it is mate, badgers
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GTM
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God bless whoever left the reg because the cctv only got half of it.
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daymoon
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feel sorry for you! thats probably the worst time to get your car hit, just when you passed your test!
My friends mates ca got picked next day after accident! but in your case it might be longer cos driver made off!
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*JonnyG*
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Sorry to hear it mate, but this is what the uk is like now mate. 
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SR91
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Mate I got hit and nothing ever come of it cause i have no witnesses, the driver knew he did it but wouldnt admitt to it cause he didnt wanna lose his job of course, but i have part ot their van in my car, just isnt enough evidence
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GTM
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quote:
Originally posted by SR-91
Mate I got hit and nothing ever come of it cause i have no witnesses, the driver knew he did it but wouldnt admitt to it cause he didnt wanna lose his job of course, but i have part ot their van in my car, just isnt enough evidence
thats shit mate. Without the CCTV it would be hard for me to prove it. Just hope he fianlly grows a set and admits it so i dont have to go to feckin court!
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SR91
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quote:
Originally posted by GTM
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Originally posted by SR-91
Mate I got hit and nothing ever come of it cause i have no witnesses, the driver knew he did it but wouldnt admitt to it cause he didnt wanna lose his job of course, but i have part ot their van in my car, just isnt enough evidence
thats shit mate. Without the CCTV it would be hard for me to prove it. Just hope he fianlly grows a set and admits it so i dont have to go to feckin court!
Way it is im afraid bud, hope you got pics of cars location 
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GTM
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quote:
Originally posted by SR-91
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Originally posted by GTM
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Originally posted by SR-91
Mate I got hit and nothing ever come of it cause i have no witnesses, the driver knew he did it but wouldnt admitt to it cause he didnt wanna lose his job of course, but i have part ot their van in my car, just isnt enough evidence
thats shit mate. Without the CCTV it would be hard for me to prove it. Just hope he fianlly grows a set and admits it so i dont have to go to feckin court!
Way it is im afraid bud, hope you got pics of cars location
how u meen mate?
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Sean-B
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gutted for you, but you should be extremely happy you found out who did it, plus the bits hytat got hit will probably look better than they did before
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davieslim
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seen this happen last week, the fecker ran right down the side of a brand new jaguar and continued on his merry way, fucked the door and front wing so noted the details down and lobbed them on the windscreen, id be gutted if it happened to me
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LukeS
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quote:
Originally posted by SR-91
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Originally posted by GTM
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Originally posted by SR-91
Mate I got hit and nothing ever come of it cause i have no witnesses, the driver knew he did it but wouldnt admitt to it cause he didnt wanna lose his job of course, but i have part ot their van in my car, just isnt enough evidence
thats shit mate. Without the CCTV it would be hard for me to prove it. Just hope he fianlly grows a set and admits it so i dont have to go to feckin court!
Way it is im afraid bud, hope you got pics of cars location
if he has CCTV he wont need pics of car to prove it wasnt his fault would he?
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swill_omnibus
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Sorry to hear that fella, but least you got the details
I'd imagine you'd need the CCTV to prove who hit who etc as the van driver could easily turn around and say "he hit me" and with no initial CCTV the insurers would prob do 50/50
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GTM
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Been on the phone to the insurance company, only 3rd party but they are giving me a hire car while mine gets fixed.
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SR91
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quote:
Originally posted by GTM
Been on the phone to the insurance company, only 3rd party but they are giving me a hire car while mine gets fixed.
Careful, they might write your car off if a hire car is used
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GTM
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rite rite
just spoke to them on the phone, wierd you should say this because they have just told me to get some qoutes to see how much itas going to cost. Now i was wondering is the total cost of the repair the cost of fixing the side+ the cost of the hire of the car?
e.g would it be say 400 to fix the car +200 to hire the car so my total could be 600?
That how it works? if so id rather feckin walk tbh.
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corsayoung
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Originally posted by GTM
rite rite
just spoke to them on the phone, wierd you should say this because they have just told me to get some qoutes to see how much itas going to cost. Now i was wondering is the total cost of the repair the cost of fixing the side+ the cost of the hire of the car?
e.g would it be say 400 to fix the car +200 to hire the car so my total could be 600?
That how it works? if so id rather feckin walk tbh.
ask them is the best option mate
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John
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What have the police said?
Get his insurance details and speak to his insurance, don't spend anything of your own.
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Ben G
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some woman drove into my focus after she realised she couldn't overtake me and a learner.
she drove off without leaving details, i had to fill in a huge report form and give it to the police, but because she was tax and insured, the police didn't want to know.
i had a witness too.
pile of shit the police are mate, really not worth the effort. much better teaching the prick a lesson by slashing his tyres without any cctv around 
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GTM
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quote:
Originally posted by Ben G
some woman drove into my focus after she realised she couldn't overtake me and a learner.
she drove off without leaving details, i had to fill in a huge report form and give it to the police, but because she was tax and insured, the police didn't want to know.
i had a witness too.
pile of shit the police are mate, really not worth the effort. much better teaching the prick a lesson by slashing his tyres without any cctv around
haha dont know his address.....yet
Spoke to yet another person from quinn, The hire car is totally free whatever happens and i will have that in writing. There reclaiming all the fees off of his insurance. There gona speak to him and his insurance tell them we have cctv of the arse doing it and try and get him to admit to it save goin to court!
Been told to get some qoutes tommorow and ring them up 
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Daveskater
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Gutted to hear that's happened mate Got any pics of the damage at all?
At least the insurance seem to be dealing with it quite well 
Numberwang!
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I like you Dave, you are a man of men
Originally Whatapp'd by Neo
Dave's maybe capable of a drive-by cuddle
Look at my pictures
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GTM
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will put some up tommorow, am gona take some just for the sake of it. Dont know if ill need pics of the damage but it cant hurt.
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Daveskater
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I take pictures of everything these days 
Exactly mate, if they ask for pics then you can send them straight away or whatever and be prepared
Numberwang!
Originally posted by AlunJ
I like you Dave, you are a man of men
Originally Whatapp'd by Neo
Dave's maybe capable of a drive-by cuddle
Look at my pictures
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LeeM
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quote:
Originally posted by SR-91
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Originally posted by GTM
Been on the phone to the insurance company, only 3rd party but they are giving me a hire car while mine gets fixed.
Careful, they might write your car off if a hire car is used
they wont, hire charges are a seperate element of the claim. i just recovered £4k of hire charges today on a claim for repairs to an £800 car
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