The Retirement Thread

[classic33]

Look what I got only 83 miles on the clock.......................but I've got to hand it back
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You've not nicked it!

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

OK - we know you are out there
and you know what you did
I am sure you are ashamed of what you did

It would be unfair to demand that you own up publically

but we KNOW one of you bought a new BBQ and planned a barbie yesterday or today

I suggest that you think about what you did and make sure it never happens again!

I think the rest of us should try to forgive you and just hope you learn your lesson!!!

 

[oldwheels]

The “write-off” designation is almost certainly that the cost of repair (at an insurance company approved repairer) would exceed the market value of the car. So, the insurance company take the cheapest option (for them), and payout market value.

One option, not without risk, would be to negotiate a settlement whereby you get the car plus some cash. Then, find a reliable small operator to repair.

Could be all a bit stressful.

That option worked for me once along time ago with an Austin A60 with front end damage.My wife had been driving but 100% not her fault. I made sure the car was washed and well polished before the insurance assessor came to look at it. They gave me £150. It cost £25 for a new wing and two bottles of whisky [which I got for nothing anyway] for a bonnet and front bumper from a Wolseley from a breakers. I took it into the distillery workshop and we anchored the front to a very substantial lathe and with a block and tackle and some heat straightened it out.

 

[classic33]

OK - we know you are out there
and you know what you did
I am sure you are ashamed of what you did

It would be unfair to demand that you own up publically

but we KNOW one of you bought a new BBQ and planned a barbie yesterday or today

I suggest that you think about what you did and make sure it never happens again!

I think the rest of us should try to forgive you and just hope you learn your lesson!!!

It's all the fault of @PaulSB, he went to visit the "rain stones". Usually done when you want it to rain. He said something about collecting them, so maybe he meant it literally.

 

[BoldonLad]

That option worked for me once along time ago with an Austin A60 with front end damage.My wife had been driving but 100% not her fault. I made sure the car was washed and well polished before the insurance assessor came to look at it. They gave me £150. It cost £25 for a new wing and two bottles of whisky [which I got for nothing anyway] for a bonnet and front bumper from a Wolseley from a breakers. I took it into the distillery workshop and we anchored the front to a very substantial lathe and with a block and tackle and some heat straightened it out.

Yes, I actually had another similar example, but, did not want to imply my daughters were accident prone

Daughter No 2 crashed her elderly Ford Fiesta (my girls all had Ford Fiestas), into the back of an uninsured driver.

Her fault entirely, but, uninsured driver just wanted to leave the scene, so, only problem was the crumpled front wing of daughters Fiesta.

I cut the wing off, using my B&D jigsaw, went to scrap yard and bought one.

Got a friend to weld replacement wing on.

Couple of rattle cans of correct colour, later, eternally grateful daughter ...

 

[numbnuts]

This bloody car is too complicated, I needed the internet to find out how to open the fuel filler cap
They don't give you a handbook with it FFS and just found out it's only 25 days old

 

[classic33]

This bloody car is too complicated, I needed the internet to find out how to open the fuel filler cap
They don't give you a handbook with it FFS and just found out it's only 25 days old

Don't get the interior dirty!

 

[BoldonLad]

This bloody car is too complicated, I needed the internet to find out how to open the fuel filler cap
They don't give you a handbook with it FFS and just found out it's only 25 days old

Two of my friends have recently acquired new cars (one a Mini, the other a Honda CRV), both hate them, too many warning beeps, too much technology.

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

Had to take the front seat out of my Nissan Micra a few years ago

Put it back in but all sorts of lights and warnings kept coming up

Finding the 'secret' way to reset the warning was not too bad thanks to the WWW


but - Yea Gods!!! it was weird

Any more weird and I would have had to find a seventh son of a seventh son and present him with a rod of Holly intertwined with Rowan

involved closing the door and opening it, pressing the clutch pedal and other stuff

who thinks of this stuff
and are they the same people who come up with the colour names of paints???

 

[Mo1959]

Two of my friends have recently acquired new cars (one a Mini, the other a Honda CRV), both hate them, too many warning beeps, too much technology.

It’s starting to worry me that all new cars seem to come with massive touch screen infotainment displays now. Drivers seem distracted enough without fiddling with these while driving.


Article in roadcc today in fact.

https://road.cc/content/news/cyclists-condemn-distracting-mercedes-car-tech-283519

 

[classic33]

Had to take the front seat out of my Nissan Micra a few years ago

Put it back in but all sorts of lights and warnings kept coming up

Finding the 'secret' way to reset the warning was not too bad thanks to the WWW


but - Yea Gods!!! it was weird

Any more weird and I would have had to find a seventh son of a seventh son and present him with a rod of Holly intertwined with Rowan

involved closing the door and opening it, pressing the clutch pedal and other stuff

who thinks of this stuff
and are they the same people who come up with the colour names of paints???

Paints, just stick with Pantone numbers, not names

 

[Deleted User]

Caravans are blown over from time to time on the road the same as some HGV's. Don't have any statistics but it does happen.
I had ropes over our 12ft caravan and round our A60 car on the windward side once on an exposed site as it was very scary and a couple of vans were blown over. A small cargo boat was also driven ashore just in front of us the same night.
One of my motorhomes was also very scary in high winds but never fortunately couped as I just did not travel if it was so bad.

Be interesting to see a caravan 'tied down ' whilst being towed!

 

[12boy]

Numbnuts...so sorry to hear of your loss. I hope your ins. co does right by you. For example, htt the Bentley and chaffeur to drive you hither and yon while your car is being repaired would be the least one could expect. Was this accident considered your fault? I hope not and also you weren't hurt.

 

[12boy]

Numbnuts, sorry I missed the write off part. If I bought a new car with a 3 yr 30k mileage warranty I would almost wonder if that could be a lifetime warranty. Shopping for a new used car at the insurance payout price is a real PITA.

 

[numbnuts]

Numbnuts...so sorry to hear of your loss. I hope your ins. co does right by you. For example, htt the Bentley and chaffeur to drive you hither and yon while your car is being repaired would be the least one could expect. Was this accident considered your fault? I hope not and also you weren't hurt.

It was not my fault, I was fine at the time, but some hours later I've been as sick as a dog, I think it must be shock or something
I'll be alright tomorrow, just a bit gutted now