Tar damage to car - compensation?

This black cat was actually an unlucky white cat covered in tar from sleeping under the OP's car.
 
estebanrey said:
LOL. Reminds me of the guy I had to ring because he complained we wouldn't return to empty the bin he forgot to put out. I suggested he put the black bags in his car and take them to the dump to which he said, "I can't do that, I have an expensive BMW and won't put smelly rubbish in it". I wanted to sarcastically reply, "Why didn't you say? I'll send a crew out immediately" before moving the phone away from my mouth and pretending to shout "Guys, you'll need to go back to get this guy's bin. He has a BMW!" :D
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I'd be very careful posting that chances are it was someone on here - I can think of a few that would be a good fit for your mystery caller! ;)
 
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So they closed the road due to resurfacing.
You deliberately found a way around the road blocks and drove on unfinished road.

Bit silly were'nt it mate :p

I'd imagine if you complain you'll likely get £30/40 quid for a valet, whether that would include removal of this I don't know.

Get yerself a clay bar, some tar remover and a coupla hours outside.
 
I wouldn't expect anything from the council from this, to be honest. If you've driven through recently resurfaced roads, there were signposts around informing you of this and you've still gone ahead and done it, then you've got yourself to blame for this one.
 
councils share part of the blame

they resurfaced our road (well, they had to do it four times in total as they kept doing it wrong)...new build estate, and you know what those lego houses are like, built right on the road. Cars, windows, doors all covered in the stuff

I wouldn't have minded, but they never stuck a letter through the door

it comes off, but it's damn hard work

regarding the bins comment, they are 100% to blame. When you combine fun sized wheelie bins, a family of four, council tax rise and fortnightly bin collections, what do you expect

councils need a dose of common sense!

tldr; clean your car yourself this weekend and move on with your life

p.s. if I had a nice car, I wouldn't have driven it on a newly surfaced road
p.p.s why do they do the majority of the work during rush hour traffic, and not in the middle of the night?
 
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[TW]Fox;28157179 said:
I hate it when I need to clean my car after driving it through a construction zone too.

Tar is annoying but it DOES come off. Just a bit of hard work and some Autoglym tar remover and a claybar.
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Use water in one of those spray bottles you use for plants with the claybar, I know you didn't mean both at the same time but this being the interwebs who knows what people might do!

I'm not the biggest Autoglym fan but that and the glass cleaner are excellent products but just take your time and it will come off.
 
So you chose to drive through it and now want them to pay for the damage?

It was your choice. You would probably complain if they didn't repair the road and you damaged your car to a pothole aswell. They can't win, can they?
 
glen8 said:
regarding the bins comment, they are 100% to blame. When you combine fun sized wheelie bins, a family of four, council tax rise and fortnightly bin collections, what do you expect
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80% of all household waste is recyclable. If you need more than a 240L landfill bin for four people over 14 days you're doing something wrong.

We have 3 adults sharing our 180L bin which is collected fortnightly, it's half full at best on bin days.

But even so your comment is still false, recycling targets and landfill taxes are set by the EU not the councils.
 
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