You'll never believe what just happened

miniyazz · 11 Sep 2009 at 14:38

I went down to Reading to see someone and thought I'd test-drive one of the new 59 plate Corsas while I had the chance (no forecourts up here seem to have them for some reason) 'cause someone said they were decent little cars, once you stuck some decent coilovers in there anyway. So anyway, there I am getting the feel of how it handles in some slow-moving traffic heading towards a NSL road, and some tool on a bike rides past, punches my wingmirror, and rides off.. seriously wtf? So shocked I didn't even get the plate.

Had to pay the dealer £800 for repairs and loss of market value 'cause it was a new car. What possible reason could the ****** have had, he looked at me as he went passed and deliberately ****ed the thing :confused:

Berger · 11 Sep 2009 at 14:42

Yawn, cant see this lasting long.

Firestar_3x · 11 Sep 2009 at 14:44

He's right you know i don't believe it!

miniyazz · 11 Sep 2009 at 14:47

Thing that shocked me even more though was the fascia on the dash falling off when he hit the wingmirror, must've been quite a thump :confused:

the build quality's meant to be pretty decent on those things isn't it?

Defcon5 · 11 Sep 2009 at 14:52

New wing mirror would be £200 tops. 'loss of market value'? Load of tripe

mark66 · 11 Sep 2009 at 14:53

So you were on an unaccompanied test drive, the wing mirror got smashed and they charged you £800? Have you paid this already?

InvaderGIR · 11 Sep 2009 at 14:54

lol miniyazz

miniyazz · 11 Sep 2009 at 14:56

Defcon5 said:
New wing mirror would be £200 tops. 'loss of market value'? Load of tripe

Something to do with it being declared category 'D' I think.

mark66 said:
So you were on an unaccompanied test drive, the wing mirror got smashed and they charged you £800? Have you paid this already?

Well my insurance covered it but I've lost my NCB so pretty peed off :mad:

Edit: and I was with someone but they apparently didn't see it happen and say I drove into the motorbike

Wicksta · 11 Sep 2009 at 14:57

lol a cat D write off, right.

Flukester · 11 Sep 2009 at 14:57

maybe op cut him up / nearly knocked him off and he was having a bad day.. no biker is just gonna damage a car for the hell of it.

i've done the same once to a rolls royce, but only as a last result for revenge after I was physically assaulted at petrol station (he tried to strangle me lol) ...that wing mirror prolly was £800, made me feel a lot better.

Mr_White · 11 Sep 2009 at 14:59

Lulz.

Vigoro · 11 Sep 2009 at 14:59

mark66 · 11 Sep 2009 at 14:59

miniyazz said:
So anyway, there I am getting the feel of how it handles in some slow-moving traffic heading towards a NSL road, and some tool on a bike rides past, punches my wingmirror, and rides off.. seriously wtf?

Were you weaving through this slow moving traffic, considering if coilovers were really required and nearly kill the biker?

Lister · 11 Sep 2009 at 14:59

Flukester said:
maybe op cut him up / nearly knocked him off and he was having a bad day.. no biker is just gonna damage a car for the hell of it.

i've done the same once to a rolls royce, but only as a last result for revenge after I was physically assaulted at petrol station (he tried to strangle me lol) ...that wing mirror prolly was £800, made me feel a lot better.

Yeh prob almost knocked him of his bike and didnt even notice.

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peterattheboro · 11 Sep 2009 at 14:59

Serves you right for driving a Corsa tbh

lordrobs · 11 Sep 2009 at 15:00

You'll never believe what just happened

you were right! Thats some Derren Brown type mind trickery you have going on :eek:

Flukester · 11 Sep 2009 at 15:03

OP... you actually paid dealer £800 ?, I would have insisted that I supplied and fitted the £800 mirror myself lol

lordrobs · 11 Sep 2009 at 15:03

Flukester said:
OP... you actually paid dealer £800 ?, I would have insisted that I supplied and fitted the £800 mirror myself lol

But it was a cat D write off

This is a genuinely good business model. Yes sir, you can have a test drive. Get on the phone to a nut job mate- "Mug testing a Black Vauxhall Corsa, leaving in about 3 minutes" Bobs your uncle and £800 in the bank for the cost of a wing mirror

Lister · 11 Sep 2009 at 15:04

Flukester said:
maybe op cut him up / nearly knocked him off and he was having a bad day.. no biker is just gonna damage a car for the hell of it.

i've done the same once to a rolls royce, but only as a last result for revenge after I was physically assaulted at petrol station (he tried to strangle me lol) ...that wing mirror prolly was £800, made me feel a lot better.

ahah, what happened to make him strangle you??
yes you can sleep sound at night, Rolls wing mirrors prob cost a lil more...

Firestar_3x · 11 Sep 2009 at 15:04

Flukester said:
OP... you actually paid dealer £800 ?, I would have insisted that I supplied and fitted the £800 mirror myself lol

In his first post he states it like he's paid it, then he states his insurance paid the cost, so which is it?

If you want to tell us a story least get it right in your own head first.

Also, why didn't the dealer claim on its insurance, max excess from your point of view of £500 iirc and no loss of claims on your insurance.

InvaderGIR said:
lol miniyazz

TBH.