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Baz
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Bloody kids.....
« on: Feb 27th, 2012, 10:48pm » |
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20 year old backing up behind my unit.....
"I didn't see it" he said...... after shunting it sideways 2 feet....
"and which bit of the 5 and a half metre long Mercedes didn't you see then "
Going to be off the road for at least 6 weeks as they have told me not to drive it as the impact has damaged the rear air suspension strut!!....at least he was insured!
b****r!
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Re: Bloody kids.....
« Reply #1 on: Feb 28th, 2012, 8:35am » |
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OUCH!!!! 
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Re: Bloody kids.....
« Reply #2 on: Feb 28th, 2012, 9:33am » |
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Maybe the lad will now realise why he was charged £2000 for his insurance eh Baz !  I trust it was a carelessness and not malicious ?
Keep smilin (grimacing)
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Matt
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Re: Bloody kids.....
« Reply #3 on: Feb 28th, 2012, 9:49am » |
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what was he driving?
a chap at work has one of them and that rear wing is huge, so to smack it that high up he must of gone for it
that air suspension can be a pain to sort out, the same chap has an issue with his, its been back at merc 5 times now...
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Re: Bloody kids.....
« Reply #4 on: Feb 28th, 2012, 5:45pm » |
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That's it Matt, cheer him up 
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Re: Bloody kids.....
« Reply #5 on: Feb 28th, 2012, 9:10pm » |
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on Feb 28th, 2012, 5:45pm, leewar wrote:| That's it Matt, cheer him up |
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Re: Bloody kids.....
« Reply #6 on: Feb 28th, 2012, 10:49pm » |
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I was mearly stating a fact based on experiance
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Re: Bloody kids.....
« Reply #7 on: Feb 29th, 2012, 11:10am » |
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Lets hope it's not the case this time but Matt's friend's experience proves otherwise.
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Re: Bloody kids.....
« Reply #8 on: Feb 29th, 2012, 11:48am » |
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Bluddy 'ell .... 
on Feb 28th, 2012, 9:49am, Matt wrote:what was he driving?
a chap at work has one of them and that rear wing is huge, so to smack it that high up he must of gone for it
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Can only imagine it was a big van? White or otherwise 
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Re: Bloody kids.....
« Reply #9 on: Feb 29th, 2012, 8:10pm » |
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Can't be white van man,we would do far more damage .
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Re: Bloody kids.....
« Reply #10 on: Feb 29th, 2012, 10:03pm » |
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That'll just pull out, won't it?
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Baz
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Re: Bloody kids.....
« Reply #11 on: Mar 1st, 2012, 1:20am » |
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on Feb 29th, 2012, 10:03pm, Jeff wrote:| That'll just pull out, won't it? |
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Gosh.... I wish Jeff.
Initial estimate from Mercedes today stands at £8,700 plus VAT plus the S Class the insurance company have given me is costing £360.00 a day to rent!
The lad was driving a Vauxhall Astra and there was very little visible damage to his car, however I;m pretty sure his rear doors won't open!
Basically he was in having a tyre fitted at the unit next but one to mine. I pulled up after he was in there. After having his tyre done; instead of just reversing right out and back and the driving forwards and away, for some reason he decided to do a "right hand down" manouvere as soon as he left their unit which then meant he was travelling along parrallel to the units and at right angles to my car
He never used his mirrors; floored it and stopped suddenly when he hit my car.
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Re: Bloody kids.....
« Reply #12 on: Mar 1st, 2012, 9:11am » |
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Do u think it will be a write off?
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Re: Bloody kids.....
« Reply #13 on: Mar 1st, 2012, 4:15pm » |
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on Mar 1st, 2012, 9:11am, Matt wrote:| Do u think it will be a write off? |
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I was thinking that too... 
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Re: Bloody kids.....
« Reply #14 on: Mar 3rd, 2012, 10:17am » |
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His insurance company have authorised the repairs so it all starts on Monday.
I must say that I prefer mine to the newer 10 plate one that they have given me as a temporary replacement!
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Re: Bloody kids.....
« Reply #15 on: Mar 3rd, 2012, 10:47am » |
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on Mar 3rd, 2012, 10:17am, Baz wrote:His insurance company have authorised the repairs so it all starts on Monday.
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Not surprising considering the daily rental cost of your coutesy car !
Quote:| I must say that I prefer mine to the newer 10 plate one that they have given me as a temporary replacement! |
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Have to agree - a lot of newer cars have questionable looks...and people said the Scorpio was ugly
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Re: Bloody kids.....
« Reply #16 on: Mar 3rd, 2012, 12:17pm » |
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That is true! Some bizarre concoctions going around on the roads at the mo must be said. Makes the scorp look quite sensible.
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Re: Bloody kids.....
« Reply #17 on: Mar 3rd, 2012, 8:48pm » |
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No wonder premiums (or should that be premia) are so blood y high. I think there's a big con going on with these prices. You could get that repair done for a FRACTION of the cost if it were an older car. Look at what this bloke does, and consider the labour element, and to the best of my knowledge he does not charge the earth - he can't - otherwise the Morrris Oxfords and TRs of this world would never get repaired. (pbcm.co.uk)
About time someone blew the whistle on these thieving swines, like the AA or RAC: motorist organisations. But where are they? Up there with the best, ripping the arse out of it as much as they can.
Sorry, touched a nerve....
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Re: Bloody kids.....
« Reply #18 on: Mar 4th, 2012, 8:16pm » |
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Jeff, I partly agree with you.... but the parts are expensive because it is a current Mercedes model (apart from the daft lights they put on the new ones)
The entire rear wing section is over a grand, the rear bumper not far from that too because it has radar sensors rather than the parking sensors that have to be drilled in, the suspension is air suspension and the costs for the parts again is anywhere up to two grand.... Bear in mind that when it was new, the car cost somewhere in the region of £87,000.00.......Just look at some Scorpio prices from the late 90's and you will see that things have never changed!
The true reason that insurance premiums are higher is that kids today are not taught enough driving skills and are too reliant on the theory test. The simple fact of the matter is that the lad who damaged my car was a crap driver. He had already smashed another car up in December last year due to his in-experience
If the rise in premiums keeps idiots like him from getting behind the wheel; then that can only be a good thing surely? Next time it could be your car!!
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Re: Bloody kids.....
« Reply #19 on: Mar 5th, 2012, 12:31pm » |
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Also, do sharp right-hand turn backwards out of a works unit without looking first = how a typical 20 year old bloke's brain works
Had a mate years ago (back in the day when we was 20-somethings) totalled a shop front and his Mini by trying to do a handbrake turn going into a side road off Billericay High Street.
Why? Because he thought it ought to work
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