Clean It Up
UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Tom White on May 19, 2011, 06:37:28 pm
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Two weeks after I bought my van, some nit crashed into it when it was parked up and did a runner:
This is what it looked like:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v737/tosh0987/Photo-0013.jpg)
So I fixed the van back up with a new door, got it signwritten, and then some idiot couldn't put his handbrake on in a car park and his car rolled into my van:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v737/tosh0987/Photo-0020.jpg)
The police have been involved, the guy has admitted liability, and his insurance will be covering the damage, but can you believe that my van - THE SAME DOOR - has been crashed into by other cars; TWICE in the space of about three weeks.
Wor Lass wasn't happy!
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Sorry to see that.
Third time lucky?
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shame you had it fixed could have claimed for the original damage off the second driver :P
well Tosh, you know what they say........................
things always come in three's :-X
Darran
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thats unlucky
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Gutted mate, least you aint gotta pay for it this time.
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It might be worth making your drive bigger and keeping it off the road?
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perhaps the person reversing err i did not see it i mean they did not see your van and i didnt notice any bang or bump.
bumper ;D
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What you been up to? Bad Karma out to get ya.
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Unbelievable mate! :o
But You gotta laugh ;D ;D ;D
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that VAN WRAP was expensive wasnt it tosh ;) ;) ;)
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it was prob just as well he done a runner m8, just 2give u a chance 2cool down a bit >:(
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What part of the world are you in tosh? I'll avoid it like the plague :-)
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Sure it aint squeaky doing this Tosh?
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Hi Tosh
Sorry about the van - but its not all bad news. You replaced the door from the first accident but you didn't repair the sill damage. Now that will be taken care of. Unfortunately it will be away a few days in the paint shop.
Spruce
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It might be worth making your drive bigger and keeping it off the road?
I keep it on the drive all the time now; the drive's big enough; this last accident happened in the library carpark, right down the bottom end facing the castle. If my van wasn't there, the other car that rolled into me may have went down the bank.
The guy has spoken to the police and he's accepted all liability; the copper gave him a telling off; saying he could've hurt/killed a child (it nearly got me; I just got in the van when it hit the door; a second earlier and I may have been in hospital with broken/crushed legs; or badly bruised at the least).
Unbelievable mate! :o
But You gotta laugh ;D ;D ;D
That's my attitude! What's the chances of that though?
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It looks just like my van now... I reversed it into a roller on a building site!! another reason why I hate builders cleans!!!!!!!! :-[
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It's because your living in the twilight zone Tosh.
If you hadn't been so organised the original bashed door would still have been on. The rest of us would have taken months to replace it so you only have yourself to blame.
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whilst im gutted for you i find myself laughing ;D
it looks like you did a good job of fixing that trim back on.
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whilst im gutted for you i find myself laughing ;D
it looks like you did a good job of fixing that trim back on.
Yeh, hopefully that's my run of bad luck out of the way! ;D
And I stuck that trim back on with Tiger Seal; it's cracking stuff - designed for fixing stuff to vehicles - about £8 a tube from e-bay. Your mate, the one that fixed the door in the first place, recommended it.
Same door, same place, no other damage - just like the first time, and both times my vehicle was stationery - I mean what's the chances of that?
Of course, Wor Lass reckons it was my fault; she says I shouldn't have been in the car park skiving in the first place (I called to get a Greggs pasty and use the toilet)! Rolly eyes!!!
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cant belive it m8
hopefully youl b able to get it
pushed out n tidyed back up ;)
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cant belive it m8
hopefully youl b able to get it
pushed out n tidyed back up ;)
Nope; the other guys insurance will fork out for a new door I reckon! This is the third time someone has crashed into me in the past 12 months. The first time someone ran up my bottom at a junction, and twice into my van.
That's my three!
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i,ve got to see phil 2moro and im sure he,ll laugh aswell ;D
i,ve got one of my vans up with him, the power steering pump fell apart, it was booked in with him to be done on friday but it gave up on wednesday ::)
if it wasnt for bad luck you,d have no luck at all ;D
what sort of pasty was it??
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just remembered, lentil eater.
cheese and onion
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I had something similar happen with my taxi three people ran into the back in five months. The insurance company rejected one claim saying they had already dealt with it and accusing ME of operating an insurance scam. Hours on the phone trying to sort it all out.
Then finally the insurance company loaded my policy for having three totally no blame accidents, despite having protected no claims. I was lucky all three had insurance and admitted liability which these days is nothing short of a miracle.
Its one of the 99 reasons I am a window cleaner now and not a taxi driver. Another claim and I wouldn't get insurance despite it not being my fault in any way.
I just couldn't live like that with a family to feed and bills to pay. Even now its murder trying to insure my wife' s car with me as a named driver when they ask has any driver had any claims in the past five years? And its the same on my van, that was loaded because of my accident record.
I am still paying for it £££ every year. Between my wife's insurance and my van it has cost us a lot of money. But next year the five years will be up and I am really looking forward to saying no.
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almost 4 wks ago now i was driving along a fast road on the way home gypsy's coming towards me with the scrap collecting motor fridge freezer falls off the side hits the front near side of my grand vitara , i neeed a new wing , inner wing needed repairing new bumper headlight and fog light , they kept on driving and have not been found as all happened so fast i did'nt get their reg ,
Despite their been 3 cars behind them and the police putting an appeal for witnesses in paper no one came forward with any info was totally gutted , about motor but just as gutted the car behind them did'nt take there and report it to the police ,
and rac insurance which now acts a broker and aviva insurance are a fu##ing joke took them 5 days to sort out a courtesy car , i had to hire a van and they suppliped me with a five door chevrolet aveco , despite having a 5 door grand vitara which i use for work , and have down as business use , you only get a class a courtesy car unless you pay extra each year to get like for like motor , hope it all gets sorted out quickly mate
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bet you wished you kept the car now a tosh ;)
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I had something similar happen with my taxi three people ran into the back in five months. The insurance company rejected one claim saying they had already dealt with it and accusing ME of operating an insurance scam. Hours on the phone trying to sort it all out.
Then finally the insurance company loaded my policy for having three totally no blame accidents, despite having protected no claims. I was lucky all three had insurance and admitted liability which these days is nothing short of a miracle.
Its one of the 99 reasons I am a window cleaner now and not a taxi driver. Another claim and I wouldn't get insurance despite it not being my fault in any way.
I just couldn't live like that with a family to feed and bills to pay. Even now its murder trying to insure my wife' s car with me as a named driver when they ask has any driver had any claims in the past five years? And its the same on my van, that was loaded because of my accident record.
I am still paying for it £££ every year. Between my wife's insurance and my van it has cost us a lot of money. But next year the five years will be up and I am really looking forward to saying no.
Yeh, that's annoying when they take accidents into consideration when they weren't even your fault. I was asked about the one where a lady ran up the back of my car; which was purely down to her going too fast and too close.
Still, I'm claiming on this one; maybe. I'll see.
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age of the van the insurance might write it off
You reckon? If they did who gets to keep the old van?
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insurance company will own it once you accept, but you can usually buy it back off them for a discounted rate and usually worth buying back
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insurance company will own it once you accept, but you can usually buy it back off them for a discounted rate and usually worth buying back
Well that would be good, since a few weeks ago I got a new door put on for £60. Actually the door wasn't new, but it was fine and you couldn't tell the difference.
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If its not your fault you can insist that the other party's insurance repair it. They will try it on but you have the law on your side.