I was unlucky enough to be involved in an accident yesterday. Mine was the only car to be involved and it was clearly not my fault.
I've wrecked my lovely car.
I have some questions though.
1. Must I necessarily lose my no-claims
2. Unluckily the "damage" is extensive will I have to wait long for a repair.
3. For my own information will my10 workmates laugh at me ?
4. Critically am I safe enough to be out on my own in a powerful car ?
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1) Depends if you have no claims protection or not
2) It depends.
3) Yes
4) It depends what caused the accident and if it could have been avoided.
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1. What no claims? You're not old enough to be out of short trousers yet. In any case, its not worth you claiming. Just buy a new one from petty cash
2. Repair? Call the sponsors and get a new one
3. Yep. Need to do a better dive next time!
4. Who cares?
Edited by Marlot on 09/01/2009 at 19:06
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Speak to your boss nicely, Ronnie, and I'm sure he'll come up with various reasons why you found it neccesary to scrape your new car quite badly.
In fact, he's bound to find fault with the road surface, the colour of the car ("They couldn't see each other"), traffic officials for designing such a bad road, a recent trip to the orient, and a general negative attitude by Joe Public towards his employees.
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Don't forget the old stand-by. I needed to pay an urgent visit. Bathroom, to use an Americanism. This worked for a certain senior Glaswegian, or so his brief would have the court believe. However, Freguson did actually drive on a road with a hard shoulder. Ronaldo may only have understood half the story.
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I've wrecked my lovely car.
There is a thread on this, all-reddy.
3. For my own information will my10 workmates laugh at me ?
You can tell the short fat comedian: "stop taking the Mickey, Rooney, it is not funny".
Edited by jbif on 09/01/2009 at 19:39
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>> 3. For my own information will my10 workmates laugh at me ?
I suspect the chaps from London, who wear blue shirts, will have a few things to say...
As will the 65 000 folk who come to watch you working every week...
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It clearly wasn't your fault...wall was never 10 yards away.
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'ey dun worry. yous 'uv batties more cars back scewp os. shame about de colo o' dat jam jar. 'ow is de bentley?
Wayne
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"Mine was the only car to be involved and it was clearly not my fault."
I'm trying hard to think of an accident involving only one car yet it was "clearly not my fault, I've wrecked my lovely car".
What am I missing?
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"The only car to be involved"
Hmmm, are you sure? Were you not trying to impress your colleague who was driving behind you by pulling away at breakneck speed and somehow lost control?
You're probably not bothered anyway. In salary terms, it's like me crashing a £1000 Fiesta and just junking it.
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Big bad duv, my lah wuz sound as a pound. 'e made a mistake but 'e 'as a few spare cars.
Wayne
Edited by rtj70 on 10/01/2009 at 00:23
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Oh yeah, now I get it.
In my defence though, I'm never sober after 6pm
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Yous drink'n de screun wash again?
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I now feel a bit dump having realised this is a spoof. I read a report before saying that it is unlikely that he will ever get insurance again, and that to insure a 1.1 litre Fiesta would cost him £40,000!. It is to with injury pay out risks no insurance companies will now want to touch him.
To him though £40,000 is like £80 is to me so its still a bargain!
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At one time if you deposited a large sum of money somewhere to cover claims you didn't need insurance. I can't remember the details or whether it still applies.
Edited by L'escargot on 10/01/2009 at 07:57
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At one time if you deposited a large sum of money somewhere to cover claims you didn't need insurance. I can't remember the details or whether it still applies.
I read sometime last year that it does still apply, about half a million ISTR.
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I read sometime last year that it does still apply about half a million ISTR.
Well, that shouldn't be any problem for millionnaire celebs.
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Went out for a spin er..drive in my other car yesterday - well you've got get straight back on haven't you ?
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Are you getting used to your new Reliant Robin then?
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Ronnie
that's it. yous 'uv ter get back ter driv'n. see yous at de game timorrer.
Wayne
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The sound of a revved up Ferrari engine in the confines of a tunnel must make a beautiful sound.
Uuum case solved.
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As mentioned in a previous thread an M5 howls like a banshee in a tunnel - plenty good enough for a cheapskate.
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As mentioned in a previous thread an M5 howls like a banshee in a tunnel
Noise pollution should be cracked down on.
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Aye but there are noises and there are noises. The sound of an otherwise asthmatic four pot Corsa bolted to a cherry bomb exhaust being revved up round the back of the local swimming baths is indeed one we could live without. Conversely the thunder of a multicylinder highly tuned masterpiece being given its head is orchestral by comparison.
Anyway, how many people live in tunnels?
;-)
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There's a bloke lives alongside an electricity sub station on the A4, under the M4 elevated section. I used to pass him daily when I worked up there, that was at least 8 years ago, and I believe he's still there.
Anyway Humph, the looming gloom 'n' doom will send us all back into living in caves or tunnels won't it?
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