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daverichardson

daverichardson

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Whilst travelling in a queue at about 5mph I stopped. Unfortunately the chap behind did not.
The result was scratches on the rear drivers side bumper.
Everything else worked fine
Upon inspection at my Indy it seems one bracket and the packing behind the bumper that absorbs low impact collisions need replacing. Thankfully the perpetrator of said bump is insured via Hastings. They were a bit slow off the mark but have now caught up acknowledging the fault and promising to pay up. A guy came yesterday to photograph etc and I will be booking the car in tomorrow for a future repair.
The estimate has come in at £900 for repair and respray
 
Wanderer

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I heard you had a car accident in the last years, is that true?

So I always say yes, cos that's only a recorded voice waiting for a yes or no.

Real person comes on and asks same question and I say 'yes' and get put though to the real person hoping to scalp you.

So, you had a car accident in the last two years, can you give me some details?

So I go;

Yeah, sure, I was driving in Formula 1 Grand Prix at Silverstone last year and some tw@t in Merc cuts right across me, doesn't indicate, front wheel comes right off and I'm forced to pit.....

Then they hang up.....
 
doodlebug

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I always tell them I was mortally wounded. At first most don't twig and when the penny drops they hang up.
 
Wanderer

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I sometimes do my Saxondale bit, 'In the accident I lost my head, shoulders, knees and toes, knees and toes, that's my head, shoulders, knees and toes, knees and toes.'

But after the accident they sewed my head on backwards, didn't know if I was coming or going....
 
Vampyrebat

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When I have been asked if I was hurt in an accident I have said, Yes, it hurt my feelings!..........And I lost both my arms, legs and head but not my sense of humor!!
 
jasst

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I go with the line 'Which accident/ Iv'e had loads, but usually so ****** I cant remember, except the one when the other driver died'
 
lifes2short

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normally just hang up, but decided to have a laugh with the indian caller on one a couple of years ago wont go in to detail suffice to say when the penny dropped I was taking the p1ss and it took a fair while, I got a few verbals from him which just cracked me up even more because it sounded so funny with his heavy indian accent

this guy's great, watched a few of his vids, just crack me up how he turns the table

 
MarkMas

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Them: "We hear you have been in an accident."
Me: "Oh, god! Who told you that? I bet it was that ******* Sean!"
Me (yelling): "SEAN, DID YOU TELL SOMEONE ABOUT THAT ******* ACCIDENT?!?!

They hang up.
 
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