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[Lizzie_Zoom]

SWMBO was on her way home from work this afternoon, she'd come to a stop as the car in front was turning right ..... but the car behind her didn't!!!  She was pushed forward into the car infront of her causing minor paint work to the front of her car & the back of the little Mitsubishi Colt in front. The back of her Astra however ....... the boot floor is substantially creased and the rear nearside door is fouling against the D post that has been pushed forwards up to it & there's now a huge gap between the nearside of the hatch & the rear near side quarter!     
Perfect timing too as the insurance is up for renewal in less than a fortnight  :-/  :-/  :-/ 

At least nobody died!       

and while not trying to be a cliche  ..... she does have a sore neck/shoulders and a sore knee, presumably from where her foot was on the brake pedal.

The mother of the girl who went into the back of SWMBO's Astra says it couldn't have been that hard because there's not much damage to the front of her/their car. err? at least a bonnet, bumper & slam panel. 

Sorry to hear of your wife's misfortune Andy, and I hope she recovers soon from what sounds like whiplash.

As for women drivers we are as good as men and KillerWatt is right to defend us- thanks!!

However, as a matter of coincidence I also saw the results in Ashford of a rear end shunt yesterday; a woman (yes!!! had driven her Corsa into the back of an immaculate Y reg. Jaguar (may have been a 4.2) and the male driver was not happy, desperately trying to sort out his bumper!  Mind you it was the Corsa that had it's front well pushed in!

[Andy B]

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Sorry to hear of your wife's misfortune Andy, and I hope she recovers soon from what sounds like whiplash.

Thank you. 

  As for women drivers we are as good as men and KillerWatt is right to defend us- thanks!!
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As I titled the post I immediately thought of the women on the site & specifically put girl rather than women         . The girl that shunted SWMBO was just that .... a young-ish girl. Obvioulsy thinking of things far far away, and not the road in front of her 

[waspy]

Hey Andy. I hope all's good with your wife & there's no long term damage. Necks & backs are very easily damaged, she'll probably be in pain for a while & may even need regular trips to hospital. Lets hope not

[Andy B]

Hey Andy. I hope all's good with your wife & there's no long term damage. Necks & backs are very easily damaged, she'll probably be in pain for a while & may even need regular trips to hospital. Lets hope not

Thanks for the concern. She has steadily got a little worse throughout the day, sitting at a PC & keyboard all day though won't help.
She called at our local GP on her way home this afternoon to just have her injuries recorded .... just in case. 

[Andy B]

SWMBO is really p'd off now!   
As I suggested, looking at the deformation of the rear pillar/D post & boot floor, her car has been deemed a total wright off! Trouble is, we've only just found out 30 mins ago which means that she no longer has a car to go to work in tomorrow morning! It's a good job it's not too far away ..... for the other insurance company re expences.
This is the 2nd car she's had written off by someone else not paying attention to the road.  :-?  :-?

[KillerWatt]

This is the 2nd car she's had written off by someone else not paying attention to the road.  :-?  :-?

That's why I won't accept anything less than fully comp these days.

As far as the loan car goes, you should have told them to bring the cheque when they came to collect the keys if they are being that quick about snatching it back.

[Andy B]

This is the 2nd car she's had written off by someone else not paying attention to the road.  :-?  :-?

That's why I won't accept anything less than fully comp these days.

As far as the loan car goes, you should have told them to bring the cheque when they came to collect the keys if they are being that quick about snatching it back.

I've just had this conversation with our insurers.
They said I'd to send V5C, copy of  MOT etc etc ......
Whoa!  :-?  :-? Untill you make me a satifactory offer it's still my car! I want at least an offer before I send anything to them!   

[KillerWatt]

I want at least an offer before I send anything to them!   

Too bloody right!

[Lizzie_Zoom]

Well I hope all works out eventually Andy, as I have similar issues myself now, but due to a stupid male driver!! Arrgh!!!!!!

The garage are picking mine up tomorrow at last as my insurance company Royal Sun Alliance have "given them authority to repair" whatever that does mean in reality!   

Still expecting them to say those dreadful words they have said to you Andy; "write off"!!!

[Entwood]

Well I hope all works out eventually Andy, as I have similar issues myself now, but due to a stupid male driver!! Arrgh!!!!!!

The garage are picking mine up tomorrow at last as my insurance company Royal Sun Alliance have "given them authority to repair" whatever that does mean in reality!   

Still expecting them to say those dreadful words they have said to you Andy; "write off"!!!

In my experience it means exactly what it says ... it will be fixed !!

When my old Granada was back-ended the Insurers "Approved Garage" said write off .. I said no-way and forced an Independent Engineers Inspection ... he said it was fixable, on his report the Insurers gave "Authority to repair" and the garage had to do the work even though they didn't want to !!! (The Independent Engineer had found some serious erors in their "estimates" and forced the repair price down big-time).

Due to the argy-bargy I arranged for the same engineer to inspect the car before I accepted it .... good decision ...   Ended up having some jobs done again AND his bill paid for by my Insurers ... who then claimed some serious money off the other parties insurers !!

[Lizzie_Zoom]

Well I hope all works out eventually Andy, as I have similar issues myself now, but due to a stupid male driver!! Arrgh!!!!!!

The garage are picking mine up tomorrow at last as my insurance company Royal Sun Alliance have "given them authority to repair" whatever that does mean in reality!   

Still expecting them to say those dreadful words they have said to you Andy; "write off"!!!

In my experience it means exactly what it says ... it will be fixed !!

When my old Granada was back-ended the Insurers "Approved Garage" said write off .. I said no-way and forced an Independent Engineers Inspection ... he said it was fixable, on his report the Insurers gave "Authority to repair" and the garage had to do the work even though they didn't want to !!! (The Independent Engineer had found some serious erors in their "estimates" and forced the repair price down big-time).

Due to the argy-bargy I arranged for the same engineer to inspect the car before I accepted it .... good decision ...   Ended up having some jobs done again AND his bill paid for by my Insurers ... who then claimed some serious money off the other parties insurers !!

Thanks Entwood!

That is reassuring, and you have given us some good tips there

Maybe they will just carry on and repair it as you say Entwood as the other guys insurance company are not arguing anything and just seem to be accepting full blame with them even discussing with my daughter direct on what compensation they could pay her and my grandson!!  Mind you they have no choice with two police witnesses both confirming he failed to stop before hitting my stationery car!!

Incidently my daughter has told his insurance company to bug off as the AA have arranged for a specialist legal firm to take on the case for her.

[Andy B]

The courtesy car arrived today.
A 2.0 diesel VW Passat 'auto' ... one of these DSG semi-auto's. I've just driven it about 10 miles or so to collect No 1 daughter who decided to 'surprise' us & come home for the weekend  :-? and my initial reaction is ....... don't really like it  :-/  :-/. If you give it a boot full from about 30/35 it takes off like a scalded cat but the drive is anything but smooth. A proper auto would obviously be smoother & you'd be able to drive a 3 pedal car a lot more smoothly too. I'm sure I'd not want one of my own



 ...... even if it does have 6 gears & does 30odd (so far) to the gallon.   

[Vamps]

The courtesy car arrived today.
A 2.0 diesel VW Passat 'auto' ... one of these DSG semi-auto's. I've just driven it about 10 miles or so to collect No 1 daughter who decided to 'surprise' us & come home for the weekend  :-? and my initial reaction is ....... don't really like it  :-/  :-/. If you give it a boot full from about 30/35 it takes off like a scalded cat but the drive is anything but smooth. A proper auto would obviously be smoother & you'd be able to drive a 3 pedal car a lot more smoothly too. I'm sure I'd not want one of my own



 ...... even if it does have 6 gears & does 30odd (so far) to the gallon.   

You should have surprised her an been out, for the whole weekend.....

My Citroen semi auto is like that, very jerky changes unless you back of the gas as it changes up, I can live with it though....   Drove it in manual mode today, for about the first time, paddle gears, much smoother and loads more mpg.....