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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: Bo Bo on 17 March 2007, 22:20:44
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'dangle berries', how did you do that...
Bit drastic to destroy it, simply due to its misfire....
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That will be a write off....
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I take it you're OK? :-/
That sux. :(
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You could have been more considerate and not broke the drivers side fog lamp..I need one of them myself..
Joking aside..Hope your ok things happen and thats annoying.
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Awwww man thats awful to see hope your ok bud.
Did your air bag go off just cant see it in the photo
Craig
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Shit :o I hope your OK and there were no injuries.
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Yeah I'm OK, thanks, it gets worse.....
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Yeah I'm OK, thanks, it gets worse.....
?
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Yeah I'm OK, thanks, it gets worse.....
Pray tell
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Fkinell BoBo that looks serious :( :'(
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You could have been more considerate and not broke the drivers side fog lamp..I need one of them myself..
Joking aside..Hope your ok things happen and thats annoying.
I did recover the washer jets, but they were broke too :'(
No one else hurt, thank God.....
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Yeah I'm OK, thanks, it gets worse.....
Pray tell
I wrote 2 other cars off....
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So what happened?
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Yeah I'm OK, thanks, it gets worse.....
Pray tell
I wrote 2 other cars off....
Bugger, thats gonna hurt the insurance...
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Yeah I'm OK, thanks, it gets worse.....
Pray tell
I wrote 2 other cars off....
Well if a jobs worth doing and all that ;)
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Yeah I'm OK, thanks, it gets worse.....
Pray tell
I wrote 2 other cars off....
Well if a jobs worth doing and all that ;)
Yep, did it style......
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Yeah I'm OK, thanks, it gets worse.....
Pray tell
I wrote 2 other cars off....
Bugger, thats gonna hurt the insurance...
:'( :'( :'(
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Yeah I'm OK, thanks, it gets worse.....
Pray tell
I wrote 2 other cars off....
Well if a jobs worth doing and all that ;)
Yep, did it style......
That always makes it more palatable somehow.
Start on the ibuprofen now or you won't be moving your neck in the morning!
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Yeah I'm OK, thanks, it gets worse.....
Pray tell
I wrote 2 other cars off....
Well if a jobs worth doing and all that ;)
Yep, did it style......
That always makes it more palatable somehow.
Start on the ibuprofen now or you won't be moving your neck in the morning!
With the amount of alcohol I've consumed since, don't think it'll matter much either way...
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Yeah I'm OK, thanks, it gets worse.....
Pray tell
I wrote 2 other cars off....
Well if a jobs worth doing and all that ;)
Yep, did it style......
That always makes it more palatable somehow.
Start on the ibuprofen now or you won't be moving your neck in the morning!
With the amount of alcohol I've consumed since, don't think it'll matter much either way...
So what happened then?
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Chopsdad,
No idea. When's the last time you choked yours?
;D
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Its not been a good day Paul what with the crash and having the Six Nations Cup snaffled from under your nose :(
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Its not been a good day Paul what with the crash and having the Six Nations Cup snaffled from under your nose :(
Just won at cricket though ;) ;D ;D ;D
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Its not been a good day Paul what with the crash and having the Six Nations Cup snaffled from under your nose :(
Just won at cricket though ;) ;D ;D ;D
:o :o:y
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Chopsdad,
No idea. When's the last time you choked yours?
;D
It's tucked up in the garage - gale force winds here tonite and I had a visit from the Police too - they asked me to shut my garage door - cheeky sods! Must be bugglers aboot.
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Chopsdad,
No idea. When's the last time you choked yours?
;D
It's tucked up in the garage - gale force winds here tonite and I had a visit from the Police too - they asked me to shut my garage door - cheeky sods! Must be bugglers aboot.
I was referring to your sig . . .
Bugggers about always sucks. >:(
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Ironic thing is; I spent all morning on it, changed secondary air valve, faffed around with the MAF, checked all connections & vacs, it was running like a dream, just forgot how fast they can go when running right :-[
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So what cars did you write off bet they were french :D
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You'll do anything to stop me having that front grille ::)
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You'll do anything to stop me having that front grille ::)
Its your if you want it ;)
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So what cars did you write off bet they were french :D
If so, it's not all bad ;)
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You'll do anything to stop me having that front grille ::)
Think it might have a dent or two....
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So what cars did you write off bet they were french :D
One was a Fiesta, so it ain't all bad....
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You'll do anything to stop me having that front grille ::)
Think it might have a dent or two....
I dunno, i'm trying to boost Meega numbers in Coventry and your going round writing them off willy nilly ;D
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You'll do anything to stop me having that front grille ::)
Think it might have a dent or two....
I dunno, i'm trying to boost Meega numbers in Coventry and your going round writing them off willy nilly ;D
;D ;D ;D
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You'll do anything to stop me having that front grille ::)
Think it might have a dent or two....
I dunno, i'm trying to boost Meega numbers in Coventry and your going round writing them off willy nilly ;D
I'm gutted, but you gotta laugh, did you decide on a name?
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Jeeez - sorry to see and hear of your bad day Bo Bo :(
Least your not badly injured - metal replaces better than bodies :y
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Jeeez - sorry to see and hear of your bad day Bo Bo :(
Least your not badly injured - metal replaces better than bodies :y
Ta, my left knee's swollen & turning a strange kind of ruby red, no air bags went off though....
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You'll do anything to stop me having that front grille ::)
Think it might have a dent or two....
I dunno, i'm trying to boost Meega numbers in Coventry and your going round writing them off willy nilly ;D
I'm gutted, but you gotta laugh, did you decide on a name?
One thing you'll learn about my Dad, it takes him a week to do anything, so no, not yet :D
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Where did it happen :question
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Where did it happen :question
Top of Evenlode Cres...
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Well it was more impressive than mine! ;)
Good thing is all are ok.
The insurance will be interesting....
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Glad your ok apart from your knee
Mighty Odd The Air Bags never went Off with a Front Bash like that makes you wonder who's Airs Bags would go off when needed
Craig
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The insurance will be interesting....
There's an understatement, can't wait ::)
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Sorry to hear about it mate. Glad your ok though.
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Oh break!!! Bo Bo what a mess the main thing is your o.k though
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Just worry about, and take care of, yourself in the meantime pal :y
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Only just come across your post. Sorry and all that, glad that you are still with us though M8. :y
8-)
DaveL
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Only just come across your post. Sorry and all that, glad that you are still with us though M8. :y
8-)
DaveL
[smiley=shocked.gif] err bugger. and what davel said.
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Only just seen this BoBo. Glad your OK. :)
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Nasty :(....But glad your ok BoBo :)
I hope your gonna transfer that number plate M8 BOBO :y
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Hows your neck and arms this morning Bo Bo :(
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So what cars did you write off bet they were french :D
One was a Fiesta, so it ain't all bad....
Well done!
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THats is not nice - join the club.
I hope you are OK and it all gets sorted
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Yeah I'm OK, thanks, it gets worse.....
Pray tell
I wrote 2 other cars off....
Were they front drivers? - if so good job!
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Sorry about the prang and pleased you are OK
What exactly happened in the accident mate?
Do you still need that Aux belt tensioner? ;)
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that sucks mate, especially after getting the problem sussed !!!!
hope you are OK though ... so when is the replacement arriving? ;)
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So what cars did you write off bet they were french :D
One was a Fiesta, so it ain't all bad....
got a long way to go to beat me ;D
my old land rover had 5 mk1 fiestas painted on its doors (like a wwii fighter plane) lol
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Sorry to see this bobo, a real shame - glad you are un-maimed.
Hope you get back in another one soon mind - can't let being an omega baron go to waste, its just not cricket...
Chris.
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Glad to hear your ok :y, pic looks rather nasty.
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Do you still need that Aux belt tensioner? ;)
Err no!
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Sorry to see this bobo, a real shame - glad you are un-maimed.
Hope you get back in another one soon mind - can't let being an omega baron go to waste, its just not cricket...
Chris.
Yeah it is a shame, 1995 & only 75k ::)
I've been overwhelmed with offers of help. I have somewhere to keep it if I want (if I can buy it back) & my mate will drag it there (just round the corner) with his Range Rover if needed :)
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Sorry to hear about the accident Bo Bo...main thing is your OK though......So come on then you have yet to tell how it happenned :-?
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Sorry to hear about the accident Bo Bo...main thing is your OK though......So come on then you have yet to tell how it happenned :-?
That might not be a good idea from a legal viewpoint.
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So come on then you have yet to tell how it happenned :-?
I suspect the brakes weren't good enough ;)
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Jeeeezus Bobo....
Glad to hear you're relatively undamaged.....
I hope all your respective aches and pains resulting from that little clusteropps go away right quick... and that the insurance assessor guy is an omega lover....
I'm waiting for the other shoe to drop though.... you said 2 other cars....... okay, so a fiesta counts as half, being as it is only a motorised roller skate.....
so what the break did you do to score a full 2?? hit another Omega??
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nasty mate, glad your ok though. hope everything works out for you.
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Really sorry to read this, Bobo. What awful luck. Just when it was running right again too. Glad you're OK. Don't be replacing it with anything but another Omega!
Kevin
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Sorry to hear this BoBo.
Hope there's no lasting damage to the knee!
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Glad you're OK :y, shame about the car :(
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Only just seen the thread, what a shame and after all your hard work :(
Good to hear your ok and hopefully the knee sorts itself.
Good Luck with the insurance company(s) :y
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Noticed the names changed to Boo Hoo now, was it not Boo Boo yesterday?! Have you heard more about whats going to happen or something?
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Noticed the names changed to Boo Hoo now, was it not Boo Boo yesterday?! Have you heard more about whats going to happen or something?
Admins abusing their priviledges I reckon ::)
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Noticed the names changed to Boo Hoo now, was it not Boo Boo yesterday?! Have you heard more about whats going to happen or something?
Admins abusing their priviledges I reckon ::)
Disgraceful behaviour ;)
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Noticed the names changed to Boo Hoo now, was it not Boo Boo yesterday?! Have you heard more about whats going to happen or something?
Admins abusing their priviledges I reckon ::)
Did it myself, thought it's more appropriate at the moment :-[
Insurance are arranging to take it tomorrow.....
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Noticed the names changed to Boo Hoo now, was it not Boo Boo yesterday?! Have you heard more about whats going to happen or something?
Admins abusing their priviledges I reckon ::)
Did it myself, thought it's more appropriate at the moment :-[
Insurance are arranging to take it tomorrow.....
any chance of buy back for you ?
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Noticed the names changed to Boo Hoo now, was it not Boo Boo yesterday?! Have you heard more about whats going to happen or something?
Admins abusing their priviledges I reckon ::)
Did it myself, thought it's more appropriate at the moment :-[
Insurance are arranging to take it tomorrow.....
any chance of buy back for you ?
Is there sufficient value in that - its an N reg, so little value. Not sure Bo Bo will be able to strip it either, though would be good practice...
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Noticed the names changed to Boo Hoo now, was it not Boo Boo yesterday?! Have you heard more about whats going to happen or something?
Admins abusing their priviledges I reckon ::)
Did it myself, thought it's more appropriate at the moment :-[
Insurance are arranging to take it tomorrow.....
any chance of buy back for you ?
Is there sufficient value in that - its an N reg, so little value. Not sure Bo Bo will be able to strip it either, though would be good practice...
Looks like it's half way there...... ;)
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Just seen your thread, glad your o.k :) if you need any help let me know :y
if you feel the need to get behind the wheel of an omega again soon, tell me & i'll bring
mine round & let you sit in it ;D
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Noticed the names changed to Boo Hoo now, was it not Boo Boo yesterday?! Have you heard more about whats going to happen or something?
Admins abusing their priviledges I reckon ::)
Did it myself, thought it's more appropriate at the moment :-[
Insurance are arranging to take it tomorrow.....
any chance of buy back for you ?
Is there sufficient value in that - its an N reg, so little value. Not sure Bo Bo will be able to strip it either, though would be good practice...
Insurance will need to do their assesment first, I was all up for it but don't think I can be bothered now...
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Just seen your thread, glad your o.k :) if you need any help let me know :y
if you feel the need to get behind the wheel of an omega again soon, tell me & i'll bring
mine round & let you sit in it ;D
Hhmm, thanks :D
I'm on nights so I'm using my Dad's Mazda Demio, I hate it but can't really complain I suppose.
0-60 in about three days & no toys ::)
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Just seen your thread, glad your o.k :) if you need any help let me know :y
if you feel the need to get behind the wheel of an omega again soon, tell me & i'll bring
mine round & let you sit in it ;D
Hhmm, thanks :D
I'm on nights so I'm using my Dad's Mazda Demio, I hate it but can't really complain I suppose.
0-60 in about three days & no toys ::)
You shoudn't play with toys whilst driving - or you might run into something :-X
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I'm using my Dad's Mazda Demio
I had one of them as a courtesy car when I took SWMBO's MX5 in for a service once. Filled it up at a garage a few miles from the dealer and noticed a nasty smell of burning brake / clutch lining. Realised that the handbrake lever was so low relative to the driver's seat that I'd just driven 20 miles with the handbrake partially on. Luckily the smoke and most of the smell had cleared by the time I arrived!
Kevin
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Just seen your thread, glad your o.k :) if you need any help let me know :y
if you feel the need to get behind the wheel of an omega again soon, tell me & i'll bring
mine round & let you sit in it ;D
Hhmm, thanks :D
I'm on nights so I'm using my Dad's Mazda Demio, I hate it but can't really complain I suppose.
0-60 in about three days & no toys ::)
Maybe your more suited to that type of power :D
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I was all up for it but don't think I can be bothered now...
You know you want to ::) Sure i can lend a hand ;)
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I was all up for it but don't think I can be bothered now...
You know you want to ::) Sure i can lend a hand ;)
You know, we can have it done before he gets back from Ireland . . . :P
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I was all up for it but don't think I can be bothered now...
You know you want to ::) Sure i can lend a hand ;)
You know, we can have it done before he gets back from Ireland . . . :P
Key's at the house, help yourselves :D
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I'm using my Dad's Mazda Demio
I had one of them as a courtesy car when I took SWMBO's MX5 in for a service once. Filled it up at a garage a few miles from the dealer and noticed a nasty smell of burning brake / clutch lining. Realised that the handbrake lever was so low relative to the driver's seat that I'd just driven 20 miles with the handbrake partially on. Luckily the smoke and most of the smell had cleared by the time I arrived!
Kevin
Dad's is a V reg & has done 6300 miles :o
Need to find the radio front, he never uses it ::)
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Come on matey, shit happens to us all, what happened?
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Come on matey, shit happens to us all, what happened?
Fugging swear filter...
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Come on matey, shit happens to us all, what happened?
With all that's happened I hadn't realised that I haven't told you's. :-?
I stopped on a corner just up the road to say Hi to a couple of mates, we were chatting about what to do for St. Pats when a car was approaching. There wasn't enough room for him to get through so I decided to move off. I floored it to get out of the way (& showing off a little!) & the **** decided to go for a gap that wasn't there, I swerved out of the way to miss him & clipped a Fiesta (dented the door & smashed the glass), bounced off that & into the back of a van :-[ I only went about 10-15 yards & couldn't have been doing more than 15MPH!
The bloke in the other car dissapeared, no-one got his number & I was the only vehicle moving (well until I hit the van :o)
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BoBo - first chance to reply to this thread. As said by a few already, a car is simply a chunk of tin and can ultimately be replaced. Expensive tin, without a doubt, but tin none the less..... Hope you heal OK and the insurance sorts it out without too much additional pain. :y
You think you had a bad day? Check these images out..... There are other images but most certainly not for a public forum. Yup, the white vehicle won and the driver of the black vehicle collected his prize at the ceremony........
(http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j298/hotel21/crash/1Small.jpg)
(http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j298/hotel21/crash/2Small.jpg)
stay safe.
B
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...... and the driver of the black vehicle collected his prize at the ceremony........
It doesn't look like there was very much left to go to the crematorium/cemetary!!
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Bad luck Boo Hoo..... at least your ok!
If you do break it then its probabaly worth a fair few hundred quid....
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BoBo - first chance to reply to this thread. As said by a few already, a car is simply a chunk of tin and can ultimately be replaced. Expensive tin, without a doubt, but tin none the less..... Hope you heal OK and the insurance sorts it out without too much additional pain. :y
You think you had a bad day? Check these images out..... There are other images but most certainly not for a public forum. Yup, the white vehicle won and the driver of the black vehicle collected his prize at the ceremony........
(http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j298/hotel21/crash/1Small.jpg)
(http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j298/hotel21/crash/2Small.jpg)
stay safe.
B
Where is that, Spain? Nasty.
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Well I got a call from the insurance assessor today.
I had my spiel all worked out expecting an offer of a few hundred quid but could hardly get a word in.
He went on about what lovely cars the Elite are & how well mine had been looked after, very low mileage etc. etc. He said Glass's guide under value them & I should expect to pay about £800 for a private sale & £1150 for forecourt & would I be prepared to accept £1500!
I was flummoxed but managed to say I'd like to think about it, he said OK but he wouldn't be offering any more as he's been generous with his offer.
I'll loose £250 excess off that but it's far more than I was expecting.
Looks like the hunt for another is about to begin......
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what year was it bo bo .....N plate? sure with a few funds added you could get a newer one the way the market is just now :-/ sounds like a pretty resonable price.
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SOunds fair imho...
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Sounds fair.
There has been a few decent payouts by insurance people in the know
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I forgot to ask about salvage so I phoned back & he said it will cost me £300.
I'll have to get it lifted somewhere because it's not tow-able so it's probably not worth it.
I asked again about the settlement but he wasn't prepared to up the offer & as said above I think it's better than reasonable....
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Sounds that the offer is a good one for a change from the insurance. :y
The reg number is also worth something, if it was me i would check with one of the online personal reg places for a price. Might be able to wring a little more out of them. ::) If the insurance pay out you loose this. If you own the scrap you can transfer to another car as long as it is not older than the year the reg number came out.
Chin up, keep smiling. ;)
DaveL
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Id be buying it back - £50 max to get it removed and back to you theres waaaaaaaaaaay over £350 in that car still :y before you even think about the plate
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I bought the plate a couple of years ago, I was going to try & put it on retention but not sure if it's possible....
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I bought the plate a couple of years ago, I was going to try & put it on retention but not sure if it's possible....
Get it back, I'm sure a couple of us will help you strip it one w/end ;)
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Come on M8, you know it makes sense. :)
8-)
DaveL
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there's a very nearly new set of cam cover gaskets on there for starters ;) ;D
leather interior is worth a bit for starters, you won't be short of buyers for that at least!!
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Climate panel will sell, as will the 'wooden' plastic. the rear blind, if working is valuable, as are rear leccy window bits. The list goes on. The cruise will sell...
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Climate panel will sell, as will the 'wooden' plastic. the rear blind, if working is valuable, as are rear leccy window bits. The list goes on. The cruise will sell...
And i've already said i will have CD player, aircon compressor, possibly condensor ;)
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Unfortunately I can't use much off of it, but happy to help part it out if I'm free. ;)
( I wanna call the expansion tank if level sensor OK. )
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Unfortunately I can't use much off of it, but happy to help part it out if she'll let me. ;)
( I wanna call the expansion tank if level sensor OK. )
And what would you like to call it ::) Trevor :question
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Climate panel will sell, as will the 'wooden' plastic. the rear blind, if working is valuable, as are rear leccy window bits. The list goes on. The cruise will sell...
And i've already said i will have CD player, aircon compressor, possibly condensor ;)
The condensor may be bent ::)
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Climate panel will sell, as will the 'wooden' plastic. the rear blind, if working is valuable, as are rear leccy window bits. The list goes on. The cruise will sell...
And i've already said i will have CD player, aircon compressor, possibly condensor ;)
The condensor may be bent ::)
Good point, forgot about that ;D
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Climate panel will sell, as will the 'wooden' plastic. the rear blind, if working is valuable, as are rear leccy window bits. The list goes on. The cruise will sell...
And i've already said i will have CD player, aircon compressor, possibly condensor ;)
The condensor may be bent ::)
Good point, forgot about that ;D
Very possible, the radiator is pressed up against the aux pulley's :-[ ::)
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As far as I know, to keep the plate all you will need is the V5 in your name, a valid tax disc (easier than expired within last 6 months) and a valid MOT. And complete the forms at your LVLO. And £105, but this includes the £80 fee to transfer on at a future date to another car so the £25 is the paper 'holding' fee.
Suggest doing this ASAP, especially if the car is written off then the Ins Co will want the V5 and other papers from you. Less of a problem, obviously, if you buy back the salvage but bear in mind that DVLA can be VERY quirky as regards written off vehicles and the transference of plates. Do the deed now rather than later.
Worst case, costs you £105 to get plate onto paper, slaughter the car into its component parts, buy another with the megadosh from bargain bucket sale, transfer the plate onto the new steed.
Easy really..... :y
B
edit to show the relevant DVLA howtoo page (http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Motoring/BuyingAndSellingAVehicle/PersonalisedRegAndNumberPlates/DG_4022575)
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As far as I know, to keep the plate all you will need is the V5 in your name, a valid tax disc (easier than expired within last 6 months) and a valid MOT. And complete the forms at your LVLO. And £105, but this includes the £80 fee to transfer on at a future date to another car so the £25 is the paper 'holding' fee.
Suggest doing this ASAP, especially if the car is written off then the Ins Co will want the V5 and other papers from you. Less of a problem, obviously, if you buy back the salvage but bear in mind that DVLA can be VERY quirky as regards written off vehicles and the transference of plates. Do the deed now rather than later.
Worst case, costs you £105 to get plate onto paper, slaughter the car into its component parts, buy another with the megadosh from bargain bucket sale, transfer the plate onto the new steed.
Easy really..... :y
B
Did not know that, good advice from hotel21. :y
8-)
DaveL
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Thanks for the advice but my insurance want the documents ASAP & can't wait for any delay with the DVLA so it looks like the number is a gonna as well :(