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[Whiteboy]

What a shame the twonk who caused it is not going to be paying for the damage. I hope this is a cheap fix. Steve

[Bill SC]

Truck/delivery drivers are creatures of habit and very often set routes, you should pass that way as often as possible and keep your eyes peeled. Also have a look for any dairy farms in the area. Glad your reflexes were up to missing the a'hole and that you are ok...!

[Pidgeon]

Truck/delivery drivers are creatures of habit and very often set routes, you should pass that way as often as possible and keep your eyes peeled. Also have a look for any dairy farms in the area.
Glad your reflexes were up to missing the a'hole and that you are ok...!

Yes, but merely being an identical looking truck at the same time 24 hours later is not enough. Unless you have a full registration and a witness, liability is near impossible to fix.

[danyeates]

Glad your ok, could of been much worse, hope the copers treated you nicely and put you under the normal tests!

The police were superb. They closed the road for us whilst we tried to tow the car out of the ditch, and when that didn't work, we decided to drive the car through the field. They were really helpful, friendly, chatty and interested in the cars and our jobs etc. It was really nice to have them there to help. Also I'm not sure I'd want to be stood on the side of a dark, unlit 60mph road without the police car's flashing lights and cones!

[danyeates]

Truck/delivery drivers are creatures of habit and very often set routes, you should pass that way as often as possible and keep your eyes peeled. Also have a look for any dairy farms in the area.
Glad your reflexes were up to missing the a'hole and that you are ok...!

Yes, but merely being an identical looking truck at the same time 24 hours later is not enough. Unless you have a full registration and a witness, liability is near impossible to fix.

Yeah, we went into the Sainsbury's just 100m down the road, but they told us they have had no deliveries at that time unfortunately.

[Bill SC]

Truck/delivery drivers are creatures of habit and very often set routes, you should pass that way as often as possible and keep your eyes peeled. Also have a look for any dairy farms in the area.
Glad your reflexes were up to missing the a'hole and that you are ok...!

Yes, but merely being an identical looking truck at the same time 24 hours later is not enough. Unless you have a full registration and a witness, liability is near impossible to fix.

Obviously..... But confront him and he might admit it.... An INCREDIBLY long shot I know but do nothing and there is zero possibility..... And there is whiteboy having the opportunity to have his say and tell the idiot what he thinks. Just having a bit of closure can help.

Everyone will have a different opinion on this I realise, up to white boy to decide if he can let it go or not.
Main thing is that he is alright...

[danyeates]

Truck/delivery drivers are creatures of habit and very often set routes, you should pass that way as often as possible and keep your eyes peeled. Also have a look for any dairy farms in the area.
Glad your reflexes were up to missing the a'hole and that you are ok...!

Yes, but merely being an identical looking truck at the same time 24 hours later is not enough. Unless you have a full registration and a witness, liability is near impossible to fix.

Obviously..... But confront him and he might admit it.... An INCREDIBLY long shot I know but do nothing and there is zero possibility..... And there is whiteboy having the opportunity to have his say and tell the idiot what he thinks. Just having a bit of closure can help.

Everyone will have a different opinion on this I realise, up to white boy to decide if he can let it go or not.
Main thing is that he is alright...

Nearly, but it's Andy_VX, not whiteboy!

[Bill SC]

Truck/delivery drivers are creatures of habit and very often set routes, you should pass that way as often as possible and keep your eyes peeled. Also have a look for any dairy farms in the area.
Glad your reflexes were up to missing the a'hole and that you are ok...!

Yes, but merely being an identical looking truck at the same time 24 hours later is not enough. Unless you have a full registration and a witness, liability is near impossible to fix.

Obviously..... But confront him and he might admit it.... An INCREDIBLY long shot I know but do nothing and there is zero possibility..... And there is whiteboy having the opportunity to have his say and tell the idiot what he thinks. Just having a bit of closure can help.

Everyone will have a different opinion on this I realise, up to white boy to decide if he can let it go or not.
Main thing is that he is alright...

Nearly, but it's Andy_VX, not whiteboy! :)/>

Balls :-)
Sorry to Andy and whiteboy....

[Andy_VX]

Thanks for all the nice comments. I've replayed it 100 times in my head now and i still can't get over how lucky i was. Someone was looking out for me lol. Like everyone said the main thing is that no one was hurt. Think it's very unlikely i find the trucker now, Also even if i did find him and then get them to accept liability i'd still have to declare it to my insurance company that i'd been involved in an accident which would make my next policy stupid money. think i'm just going to bite the bullet and repair it privately. There's not much damage. I'll take some photos and get them uploaded. I've woken up with no injuries this morning. Thought i may find some now the adrenaline has worn off but i feel fine! Yes on another note the Police were absolutely brilliant! They made the incident safe but didn't rush me in to anything, they made me calm and gave me lots of options that didn't cost me loads of money! They even got me a quote to have the car picked up and put on a flatbed which i kindly declined at £160.

[Bargi]

Thanks for all the nice comments. I've replayed it 100 times in my head now and i still can't get over how lucky i was. Someone was looking out for me lol. Like everyone said the main thing is that no one was hurt. Think it's very unlikely i find the trucker now, Also even if i did find him and then get them to accept liability i'd still have to declare it to my insurance company that i'd been involved in an accident which would make my next policy stupid money.

think i'm just going to bite the bullet and repair it privately. There's not much damage. I'll take some photos and get them uploaded. I've woken up with no injuries this morning. Thought i may find some now the adrenaline has worn off but i feel fine!

Yes on another note the Police were absolutely brilliant! They made the incident safe but didn't rush me in to anything, they made me calm and gave me lots of options that didn't cost me loads of money! They even got me a quote to have the car picked up and put on a flatbed which i kindly declined at £160.

Grab yourself one of these puppies... Roadhawk

[Andy_VX]

Yep! Once i've got some spare money that's exactly what i'm doing....!

[Andy_VX]

Just been out and had a good look at the car this morning. It's worse than i thought.... looks as if all of the fixings have snapped through the clam. I replaced some of the black plastic clips with stainless bolts on the splitters which have just caused the clam to split. there's also quite a large section of fibreglass missing in the bottom corner where the clam meets the wheel arch. not sure if a good garage would be able to repair this clam or whether i need a new clam. My brother is the best person to ask so i'll have to wait until he gets back.

The photos aren't great but what are your thoughts?

TIA


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[CocoPops]

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[Andy_VX]

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[Goosenka]

Quite extensive. Would be surprised if an insurance company binned that

[Andy_VX]

Would this help? http://www.ebay.co.u...76a2c715&_uhb=1

[CocoPops]

To be honest, a decent glass fibre place would repair what you have. Worth speaking to the guys at Back on Track. Send over the pics you have and they'll do a quote for you I'm sure.

[CocoPops]

Also, it looks like your clam was once Calypso red under the blue anyway?

[Andy_VX]

Also, it looks like your clam was once Calypso red under the blue anyway?

Yeah, it was a previous Cat C. Also caused by someone pulling out in front of the previous owner!! :@

[Andy_VX]

I'll get hold of Back on Track now, Thanks Coco.