Dont you hate nob heads.

[Bobfish]

Driving home - doing circa 40 along a normal road. Cars queueing in opposite direction, road clear in my direction. Around a right hand bend some dude pulls out of a turning (he was on my right, turning right to go the same direction as me) and comes straight into my lane without even looking...i swerved to avoid, had to go up a curb but he still hit me and scraped down the right hand side of my car.

So ive gotta get two wheels refurbed and the side of the car blown over/resprayed.

idiot!! Not worth claiming on insurance anyway, damage is only about 400 worth and my premium will go up more than that with a claim.

[probedb]

Sorry to hear that....did they stop? They should be paying not you!

[Bobfish]

Yeah we stopped, exchanged details. The guy was very apologetic and said he felt terrible but said he cannot afford to give me anything, we would have to go through insurance and go our separate ways - he says he\'s just separated from his wife and has a new mortgage bla bla bla. I might call him a bit later and tell him how much its going to cost....theres no damage to his car at all so...

Still a pain in the arse. Repair to the wheels is booked in for thursday, and the door ill probably do myself.

[robedwards99]

Gutted for you mate.. so annoying these things, still at least no serious harm was done.

[Jit]

oh no!! really sorry to see that mate atleast get him to pay for the refurb on those wheels...they cost a bomb!!

[Bobfish]

yeah i might call him a bit later and tell him how much its gonna cost, see if he offers to sub some of the cash.

[kermit]

Bad luck, those wheels are beautiful, hope they come up good again.  

You can make a 3rd party claim straight from his insurance.  A few years back I had someone run into my saxo and dented my wing.  I didnt want to make a claim through my insurance because with the young driver excess etc I would have had to fork out £600 and I knew I could have it repaired for £150.  So I used the free legal services with my insurance to go about getting my money back after having it repaired.  It did take some time because the other person was denying lability, but in the end I got back my costs plus a bit more for the trouble.

Stupid thing was, over £2000 was spent on legal costs, solicitors etc just to get my £150;)  back


Good Luck.  Hope it all get sorted quickly.

[Adriansturgess]

Sorry for you mate. Doesn\'t sound like you\'re going to get anything out of him without threatening to break his kneecaps though.

Did you get any independant witness to what happened?

[pete sparrow]

Unlucky mate!!!:( Oh the joys of motoring!!!!!

[dj_dee99]

There are some idiots on the road. I had a van pull straight out into the side of mine last week!!!!!! So gotta have the door replaced. It\'s going through the insurance though, as it\'s entirely his fault. So it won\'t affect my no claims.
 
Surely that\'s the same for you on the insurance? It wasn\'t your fault.

[ro284]

Is that a crack on the spoke pic 3 or reflection?
Bob

[davehg]

look like rays gram light wheelsto me?? ive got the same but in gold

[oldone]

Yeah we stopped, exchanged details. The guy was very apologetic and said he felt terrible but said he cannot afford to give me anything, we would have to go through insurance and go our separate ways - he says he\'s just separated from his wife and has a new mortgage bla bla bla. I might call him a bit later and tell him how much its going to cost....theres no damage to his car at all so...

Still a pain in the arse. Repair to the wheels is booked in for thursday, and the door ill probably do myself.

Who cares a toss about his life..........they all got this lil speech,no money,divorced,ex wife is taking all his money........who cares bro.He knows you have to calim cos of the car you drive !!.........he could not care less about his ****ty car,its just a medium for him.:spank Most probs bragging with his mates how he has got no damage and you car is stuffed !!!!!!!!!!!!You were far to kind to him....:confused:
AAAAaargggggggggghhhhhhhhhh......forking pencil dicks.

[D1 WTF]

i am in st.albans, who you getting to refurb the wheels, as i need the two on my left hand side done.  (the previous owner (of the wheels) missus must have driven the car. only joking)

[cannibal]

Bad news. There are some people who I\'m sure shouldn\'t be on the road.