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Father in law dinged into my car....
Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2017 12:27 pm
by Nobby
Typical Christmas for me. All going swimmingly then a neighbour is useless at turning out of their driveway so asks us to move our cars temporarily to they she can get out. FiL reverses his car and manages to scuff straight across my front bumper
The damage couldve been much worse I suppose. If he'd been 2 inches closer he probably would have ripped my bumper clean off, but thankfully just the plastic from his arches scuffed above the number plate on my front bumper giving a scratch about 10 inches long. I'm pretty sure its gone down to the grey primer.
F**ks sake.....
Re: Father in law dinged into my car....
Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2017 12:49 pm
by bam_bam
When he said "sorry" (I assume he said sorry), I'd have just turned to him and said "That's ok, I'll be hammering your daughter's ass extra hard tonight".
Re: Father in law dinged into my car....
Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2017 1:10 pm
by Mr Footlong
bam_bam wrote:When he said "sorry" (I assume he said sorry), I'd have just turned to him and said "That's ok, I'll be hammering your daughter's ass extra hard tonight".
I've missed this place.
Re: Father in law dinged into my car....
Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2017 1:47 pm
by swannny
Me too,
I need this humour in my life!
Or was bam not joking?
Re: Father in law dinged into my car....
Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2017 1:55 pm
by Mr Footlong
He never jokes about bum fun to my knowledge.
Re: Father in law dinged into my car....
Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2017 2:05 pm
by FaisalJ
Bad luck fella
I reckon Bam would have started crying really.
What's the FiL said?
Re: Father in law dinged into my car....
Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2017 2:24 pm
by Nobby
FiL didn't think he'd hit my car initially, but he's said get it fixed and we can sort out monies later. I've no doubt he will give me the cash, its the pain of getting it fixed particularly as it had a new front bumper only 3 years ago and lovely paint (all via insurance company) when someone else hit me.
I'm gonna get a few quotes obviously. Not sure if its small enough to warrant a visit to smart repair place. Anyone had good reports from them? I'd be happy to remove the bumper if it means a better job.
Re: Father in law dinged into my car....
Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2017 3:25 pm
by Shoppinit
Does he drive a Renault? I bet he does. Or a Citroen.
Re: Father in law dinged into my car....
Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2017 4:29 pm
by Ajc
Nobby wrote:FiL didn't think he'd hit my car initially, but he's said get it fixed and we can sort out monies later. I've no doubt he will give me the cash, its the pain of getting it fixed particularly as it had a new front bumper only 3 years ago and lovely paint (all via insurance company) when someone else hit me.
I'm gonna get a few quotes obviously. Not sure if its small enough to warrant a visit to smart repair place. Anyone had good reports from them? I'd be happy to remove the bumper if it means a better job.
Don't bother with smart repairs , I've never seen any that are good .they mask everything , so you'll end up with paint edges , overstay like over your grills , paint build up around parking sensors ect . Take it to a shop and get the bumper taken off and stripped . If you fancy a trip up to warrington I'll make sure it's done right
Re: Father in law dinged into my car....
Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2017 4:30 pm
by Ajc
Ajc wrote:Nobby wrote:FiL didn't think he'd hit my car initially, but he's said get it fixed and we can sort out monies later. I've no doubt he will give me the cash, its the pain of getting it fixed particularly as it had a new front bumper only 3 years ago and lovely paint (all via insurance company) when someone else hit me.
I'm gonna get a few quotes obviously. Not sure if its small enough to warrant a visit to smart repair place. Anyone had good reports from them? I'd be happy to remove the bumper if it means a better job.
Don't bother with smart repairs , I've never seen any that are good .they mask everything , so you'll end up with paint edges , overspray on your grills , paint build up around parking sensors ect . Take it to a shop and get the bumper taken off and stripped . If you fancy a trip up to warrington I'll make sure it's done right
Re: Father in law dinged into my car....
Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2017 4:50 pm
by FaisalJ
Pic?
I've polished out scuffs before that looked pretty bad but were actually just superficial.
Re: Father in law dinged into my car....
Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2017 4:52 pm
by Nobby
I'll get a pic up tonight.
Re: Father in law dinged into my car....
Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2017 4:55 pm
by Nobby
Shoppinit wrote:Does he drive a Renault? I bet he does. Or a Citroen.
Nissan Qashqai. Its even got those marvelous panoramic parking cameras that show you whats to the side of your car
[cynic mode=on] They mustn't have worked this time!
Re: Father in law dinged into my car....
Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2017 5:08 pm
by bam_bam
Nobby wrote:Shoppinit wrote:Does he drive a Renault? I bet he does. Or a Citroen.
Nissan Qashqai.
Same thing.
Re: Father in law dinged into my car....
Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2017 7:39 pm
by chunky79
Nobby wrote:Shoppinit wrote:Does he drive a Renault? I bet he does. Or a Citroen.
Nissan Qashqai. Its even got those marvelous panoramic parking cameras that show you whats to the side of your car
[cynic mode=on] They mustn't have worked this time!
Those things are useless if you're either blind or stoopid!