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« on: 16 July 2008, 08:56:24 »
[size=14]True story that I was told years ago.
Guy driving round a car park in his Vauhall Viva is looking for a space to park, just as he spots one a bloody great brown Rolls Royce drives straight down the side of him.
Viva driver jumps out of the car ready to tear the Roller driver's head off. Total shock, a youngish lady gets out and could'nt appologise enough. Older guy emerges from the passenger side, "Sorry pall, come on , let's have a gander see what damage she's done.
Take's him out of ear shot of the young lady and goes on to explain, he had just let her drive it for the very 1st time and that she had never driven an auto never a bloody great car like his.
By this time the Viva driver had calmed down and was starting to talk insurance details and his no claims bonus. Wing miror, door handles, bumper, trim and a fair bit of paint work were damaged on the car as the scrape had gone full length.
Attention turned to the Roller, there was damage to the bumpers and paint but didnt seem as bad as the Viva. Any way, the Roller owner says look, stuff the insurance it will take too long. Then tells he owns a body and spray shopp accross the city, hands him a calling card, scribbles a name and number on it saying, ask for the guy I have just written on the card, this is me on the front, car resprays, body work and valeting etc, and I have put my home number on the back.
Take it in the middle of next week and we will make it priority. Strip the body work, check all damage, sand and repaint it, in fact we will repaint all the bottom half to the top of the wings up to the windows. When all sorted they would even valet it.
Pissed that he had had a bump, but drove home happy that he felt he came out better off on the deal as he was considering selling the car.
Any way, the weekend passed by, 1st thing Wednesday morning he turne up at the body shop to get his car repaired. Asked for the guy on the back of the card who came out to see if he could help after introducing himself.
Viva driver goes on to explain the accident in great detail and what was promised to him. The foreman takes him into the office for a cup of coffe, takes down all his particualers, when all complete, gets him to sign the paper work and asks him for the the keys.
Next thing the foreman calls the police. As the Viva driver starts to get angry, the foreman explains that the Roller had actually been stollen the week before, but police had found it abandond in a side street with a note on the windscreen.
It said that a passer by had seen the Viva Driver come out of a pub swaying and falling over, drop his keys twice, get into his car, do a 12 point turn to end up facing the same way, stall 4 times, then drive off and drive straight down the side of the Rolls Royce.
The guy got done for leaving the scene of an accident, driving with out due care and attention, but got away with drink driving as he wasnt caught in the act.
The Theif, apparently the guy in car park had found a wad of calling cards in the Roller, and was nicking cars to impress the ladies, six other incidents happened with in a couple of weeks, they reckon he was never caught.[/size]
