Another Drunk Driver Crashes into my Car

Bear said:
It wont affect my no claims but Im sure my premium will go up come renewal
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just over a year ago my wife was in a no fault accident... must have been well over £50k of carnage. (her car written off, honda civic written off, a 3rd car heavily damaged, and the big one....... an ambulance written off inc damage to equipment in the back.... i have no idea what a loaded ambulance is worth but surely not cheap?

we expected our premiums to go up but in actual fact they didnt....... not after a bit of haggling anyway.

so fingers crossed!.
 
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bigmike20vt said:
just over a year ago my wife was in a no fault accident... must have been well over £50k of carnage. (her car written off, honda civic written off, a 3rd car heavily damaged, and the big one....... an ambulance written off inc damage to equipment in the back.... i have no idea what a loaded ambulance is worth but surely not cheap?

we expected our premiums to go up but in actual fact they didnt....... not after a bit of haggling anyway.

so fingers crossed!.
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Way more than 50k I bet, especially with the extra "I saw you coming" fees applied to any insurance work.
 
bigmike20vt said:
just over a year ago my wife was in a no fault accident... must have been well over £50k of carnage. (her car written off, honda civic written off, a 3rd car heavily damaged, and the big one....... an ambulance written off inc damage to equipment in the back.... i have no idea what a loaded ambulance is worth but surely not cheap?

we expected our premiums to go up but in actual fact they didnt....... not after a bit of haggling anyway.

so fingers crossed!.
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£150-250k depending on who's on board (the more medically qualified the more gucci the kit), we know this from the Novichok incident where we had to bury two brand new amubulances!
 
Will Gill said:
£150-250k depending on who's on board (the more medically qualified the more gucci the kit), we know this from the Novichok incident where we had to bury two brand new amubulances!
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Seems odd they buried them when that doesn't neutralise it. It's now in the soil too.
 
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Nasher said:
Seems odd they buried them when that doesn't neutralise it. It's now in the soil too.
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Not really, they were buried in a hazardous waste landfill site, there were 20+ emergency vehicles buried along with them, the ambos were by far the most expensive ticket items but it's still an insanely costly excercise
 
Will Gill said:
Not really, they were buried in a hazardous waste landfill site, there were 20+ emergency vehicles buried along with them, the ambos were by far the most expensive ticket items but it's still an insanely costly excercise
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It could still leech in to the soil eventually though. I'm sure it'll have a new build estate on it before then :D

Fire is pretty much the only thing which is going to destroy it.
 
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Will Gill said:
£150-250k depending on who's on board (the more medically qualified the more gucci the kit), we know this from the Novichok incident where we had to bury two brand new amubulances!
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wowsers i knew that was nasty stuff but didnt know it was that bad!.
could they not have been melted down? surely those temps would destroy anything....? anyway OT for this thread i guess but i am shocked.
 
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Nasher said:
Seems odd they buried them when that doesn't neutralise it. It's now in the soil too.
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Nasher an expert on Biohazard control now too.

Do you really have that little self awareness?

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Fire is pretty much the only thing which is going to destroy it.
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Yeah just after its escaped into the atmosphere...
 
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Nasher said:
It could still leech in to the soil eventually though. I'm sure it'll have a new build estate on it before then :D

Fire is pretty much the only thing which is going to destroy it.
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Yeah coz airborne novichok is a way better idea.

Let's all be thankful that this decision was made by those that have half a clue about this specialist subject
 
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Last night I complety crashed my F40 rear bumper... Not sure if to buy a new one, or go for those aftermarket parts. I also found this one for £300 at my nearest breaker in Sheffield, https://mtautoparts.com/partpage/15...i-1-series-rear-bumper-msport-white-l0300-f40, but nore sure about the fitment and if I could do it myself.

The thing is that I don't want to spend more on painting, and this one is the same colour. Any recommendation how do you change your body parts or where to buy to save some money?

Cheers for any tips, new BMW fan here with his F40.
 
Odd thread to post that in, but replacing a bumper is a really easy, although a little fiddly, job to do. The only tricky bit is swapping over the rear parking sensors. One thing to note though, is that although the colour code may be the same (assuming you have a white car) plan on needing it painting to match, as it will very likely have faded differently to how your car did. You may get lucky though.
 
Ohh, sorry if I put that in the wrong thread, just came in this about crashes.

Anyways, thanks for advise, did not even tought about that it might requiring painting. I need to check it up with that breaker for vin match I guess.

Thanks a lot!
GravyMonster said:
Odd thread to post that in, but replacing a bumper is a really easy, although a little fiddly, job to do. The only tricky bit is swapping over the rear parking sensors. One thing to note though, is that although the colour code may be the same (assuming you have a white car) plan on needing it painting to match, as it will very likely have faded differently to how your car did. You may get lucky though.
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