Bumped into a range rover, should have had the roof down, gonna have to buy some vaseline

alx · 29 Apr 2011 at 18:38

Tyrone: I didn't see it there.
Vinny: It's a four ton truck, Tyrone. Its not as if it's a packet of ******* peanuts, is it?
Tyrone: It was a funny angle.
Vinny: It's behind you Tyrone. Whenever you reverse, things come from behind you.

Sorry

LeonT · 29 Apr 2011 at 22:13

NathWraith said:
Pics of said road and drive tbh

tbh as well

LeonT · 29 Apr 2011 at 22:18

alx said:
Tyrone: I didn't see it there.
Vinny: It's a four ton truck, Tyrone. Its not as if it's a packet of ******* peanuts, is it?
Tyrone: It was a funny angle.
Vinny: It's behind you Tyrone. Whenever you reverse, things come from behind you.

Sorry

kPATm · 29 Apr 2011 at 22:35

Id say £2000 at least to repair. Should have gone to Specsavers really

Gerard · 29 Apr 2011 at 23:08

alx said:
Tyrone: I didn't see it there.
Vinny: It's a four ton truck, Tyrone. Its not as if it's a packet of ******* peanuts, is it?
Tyrone: It was a funny angle.
Vinny: It's behind you Tyrone. Whenever you reverse, things come from behind you.

Sorry

Exactly what i was thinking.

Liverpool-Lad · 29 Apr 2011 at 23:34

Get her to pay & also book her into a driver awareness course. Its the only way.

Raymond Lin · 30 Apr 2011 at 00:36

I am going to bet that he thought it would be cool to reverse quickly out of the drive and pull the steering wheel soon as he is out in one quick motion, like the movies. Except he failed completely.

Because there is no way he can miss that range rover reversing when it is parked on the other side of the road! He must have travelled about 2 car lengths before hitting it from his drive.

RedvGreen · 30 Apr 2011 at 01:24

rgritchie said:
Swap out the MX5 for a Lotus and a freind of my brothers did the same

Aside for some epic lightweight and handling awards, Lotus are renowned for abysmal rear visibility.

bledd · 30 Apr 2011 at 09:35

Liverpool-Lad said:
Get her to pay & also book her into a driver awareness course. Its the only way.

Bit harsh seeing he was the one that did it

Kitchster_uk · 30 Apr 2011 at 10:43

Karma punished you for the hard top being on outside the months of January ad February. This is a lesson in owning a '5. It has good heaters. Hard tops are for grannies.

Amoeba · 30 Apr 2011 at 11:39

Raymond Lin said:
I am going to bet that he thought it would be cool to reverse quickly out of the drive and pull the steering wheel soon as he is out in one quick motion, like the movies. Except he failed completely.

Because there is no way he can miss that range rover reversing when it is parked on the other side of the road! He must have travelled about 2 car lengths before hitting it from his drive.

I don't know what kind of boulevards you live on, but if I am trying to reverse out of my drive and there is a vehicle parked either side, and a vehicle parked opposite, it can be damn difficult to get out.

Not saying the OP shouldn't have looked and not crashed (clearly he should) but I can see how these things happen.

chaparral · 30 Apr 2011 at 13:40

Not enough damage....

Go back and try again

Gaygle · 30 Apr 2011 at 14:30

I feel guilty that i wanted to see more carnage in this thread.

Clarkey · 30 Apr 2011 at 14:38

Sis did a very similar thing only it was an X5, bent the door and wing a bit, cost to the insurer came to about 10k :eek:

I should maybe add that some of the cost was down to the owner having a really dear courtesy car for a while, but this guy will no doubt want the same so no difference really.

MofoKilla · 30 Apr 2011 at 15:04

Crashing into a parked car.. nice

griffo_001 · 30 Apr 2011 at 21:32

sovietspybob said:
Will just let it go through insurance as you say, couldn't hit anything more expensive!

You could have hit a proper Range Rover instead of a Sport

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apple_man77 · 30 Apr 2011 at 21:49

Clarkey said:
Sis did a very similar thing only it was an X5, bent the door and wing a bit, cost to the insurer came to about 10k I should maybe add that some of the cost was down to the owner having a really dear courtesy car for a while, but this guy will no doubt want the same so no difference really.

10k for a bent wing and door on an x5 :rolleyes:

Most insurers would limit the car you can have for an x5 its not going to be anything to special.

£10k seems abit excessive :eek:

Lethal` · 30 Apr 2011 at 21:49

Nice thread title change

Hxc · 30 Apr 2011 at 21:51

apple_man77 said:
10k for a bent wing and door on an x5

Most insurers would limit the car you can have for an x5 its not going to be anything to special.

£10k seems abit excessive

If you go via helphire or the like an equivilant car will be provided. An X5 is a premium 4x4, so the hire charges will be, um, high.

TS7 · 30 Apr 2011 at 21:58

apple_man77 said:
10k for a bent wing and door on an x5

Most insurers would limit the car you can have for an x5 its not going to be anything to special.

£10k seems abit excessive

Someone I know who had chosen to have a 'like for like' courtesy car (or something along those lines) was given two different Range Rover Sports (which he wasn't happy with) and they then gave him a CLS. He had the car for a couple of weeks and the bill was a huge (the insurance paid not him). So I wouldn't be at all surprised at that overall bill if he had a similar policy.