You think this will T-Cut out?

William · 30 Jun 2006 at 21:23

Offf, which one is yours?

JRS · 30 Jun 2006 at 21:23

Altogether now, to the tune of "10 Green Bottles":

"One less Rover, driving on the roads. One less Rover, driving on the roads. Yes there's one less Rover, driving on the roads. Oh there's one less Rover, driving on the roads...."

Now I've got that out of the way.....both cars look like they'll need rather more than T-cut. What happened? (aside from a car crash)

laissez-faire · 30 Jun 2006 at 21:47

I know this won't be your fault if someone hits your parked car, but there are so many idiots on the road that I have to ask, is it really worth parking on the street if this has happened to you twice now? What if next time someone hits it and doesn't stop? Really sorry this has happened though, and hope you get a decent insurance payout!

Was the policeman just passing by? They rarely bother to show up if no-one is hurt!

EDIT - looking at picture 2 are you sure that the policeman didn't just beat the cars with his pole?

.SJ · 30 Jun 2006 at 21:52

JRS · 30 Jun 2006 at 21:52

I never could work out how people manage to crash into parked cars like that....must take a spectacular lack of talent.

Felix Da Housecat · 30 Jun 2006 at 22:01

I think your going to need a bit more than T-cut this time, tho i dont think much to your parking

Lopéz · 30 Jun 2006 at 22:14

laissez-faire said:
I know this won't be your fault if someone hits your parked car, but there are so many idiots on the road that I have to ask, is it really worth parking on the street if this has happened to you twice now? What if next time someone hits it and doesn't stop? Really sorry this has happened though, and hope you get a decent insurance payout!

Was the policeman just passing by? They rarely bother to show up if no-one is hurt!

EDIT - looking at picture 2 are you sure that the policeman didn't just beat the cars with his pole?

Unfortunately, a huge number of people don't have any other option than to park on the street.

Diesel · 30 Jun 2006 at 22:14

JRS said:
I never could work out how people manage to crash into parked cars like that....must take a spectacular lack of talent.

I remember once watching a drunk chav girl ride a pushbike that she had just stolen smack into the back of a parked transit van.

Suffice to say she wasn't wearing a helmet (obviously didn't have chance to steal one with the bike) and as such went to hospital with what I imagine to be one hell of a headache!

Tesla · 30 Jun 2006 at 23:51

Very similar damage to that on my last mondeo. That ended up as a Cat B write off.

:'( :'(

Jez · 30 Jun 2006 at 23:56

JRS said:
I never could work out how people manage to crash into parked cars like that....must take a spectacular lack of talent.

TBH ive nearly done it a fair few times, on the phone, adjusting stereo, playing with satnav, picking something up out of the passenger footwell, all kinds of things where im not looking where i am going for a period of time.

Silly thing to do, but i can see how it might happen.

Puzzled · 1 Jul 2006 at 00:02

That seems like a lot of damage, what I'd imagine should have been a low speed collision. (By the look of the street, should have been under 25mph)

How fast do you think they were going?

teaboy5 · 1 Jul 2006 at 00:46

.SJ said:
I was up at Fleet services last time I got hit. I have no other choice than to park at the side of the road. I wont be replacing this car anyway, I don't need one and its getting too expensive to run one.

How will you get about without a car? Anyway better without one, fuel is only ever going to go up and its gonna cost even more to run our cars.

teaboy5 · 1 Jul 2006 at 00:47

Diesel said:
I remember once watching a drunk chav girl ride a pushbike that she had just stolen smack into the back of a parked transit van.

Suffice to say she wasn't wearing a helmet (obviously didn't have chance to steal one with the bike) and as such went to hospital with what I imagine to be one hell of a headache!

And you knew she stole it how then? And if you saw it happen why didn't you at least try and put in some efford and stop it.

.SJ · 1 Jul 2006 at 01:06

Violent-J · 1 Jul 2006 at 02:10

.SJ said:
It took me 9 minutes to cycle home from work the other day, thats after a 10 hour nightshift.

I'm also planning on building a trailer for my bike to cart my shopping home with me. <stop laughing in the background please>

Must have been atleast 30 mph. My car ended up about 15 feet away from where I parked it.

*points and laughs at the **** in latex*

cheets64 · 1 Jul 2006 at 02:55

.SJ said:
It took me 9 minutes to cycle home from work the other day, thats after a 10 hour nightshift.

I'm also planning on building a trailer for my bike to cart my shopping home with me. <stop laughing in the background please>

Takes me 25 mins to get to work and 35 mins to get home but as people who drive cars near me are utter **** I wont even attempt to ride to work in winter

a) I wont be seen by the useless drivers
b) The road surfaces wont be good enought for the BMW drivers to power drive home to there £250k houses

Violent-J said:
*points and laughs at the **** in latex*

Ah the sort of car driver that laughs at a cyclist, laugh or beep your horn at me and you will be gettinf a V sigh. :mad:

.SJ · 4 Jul 2006 at 10:30

agw_01 · 4 Jul 2006 at 10:31

That's a very good result

I'd say it was more than the car was worth.

Sorry to see another Rover off the roads though, but it was a 400 Mk3... they're boring