161 replies to this topic

[Icey]

Good luck on sorting it.

"You break, you buy!!"

Get him to fix it, if he can't afford to do it himself he has no choice but to go through insurance, after all, that's why it's there.

If a friend did this to me and wouldn't cough up I'd be re-evaluating our relationship!

You best buy me a new bumper then

[murukan]

I only caught it with a wrench and I sprayed it black again for you didn't I...




Hmmm ohh wait, nope I didn't, I told you I had chipped more paint off scrappy and just giggled, wasn't this the same day you drove it into a Volvo though

[danrock101]

yes but my dad cancelled the insurance the next day as we had only taken it out the day before, so we didn't loose any more money

[HARBER07]

Your loss.

[The_Mistro]

yes but my dad cancelled the insurance the next day as we had only taken it out the day before, so we didn't loose any more money

well £500 is better than nothing!!

[zap]

hey mate that is really bad luck,

so hope you get it sorted,

i learn t my lesson driving a bit to fast in the wet, and lost my old mini.

But i am starting to like the one i have now,


Good luck, next time make sure you friends are a long way from you, sorry it sounds a bit mean but its what happens.

Edited by zap, 13 May 2009 - 05:07 PM.

[THE ANORAK]

yes but my dad cancelled the insurance the next day as we had only taken it out the day before, so we didn't loose any more money

smart bloke, your dad

[danny1]

well your dad was smart.

good luck trying to get this bombshell sorted

Edited by Retro_10s, 13 May 2009 - 05:25 PM.
Please LOOK at what you're typing before posting!

[Sir Cheat]

yes but my dad cancelled the insurance the next day as we had only taken it out the day before, so we didn't loose any more money

Oh dear your dads really messed it up for you

[miniman andy]

i have had the same situation years ago. when my mate crasged into me when i was PARKED! in mcdonnolds car park. and he can up the car park (like a nobend) and as he was having an arguement with his misses in the car did not look where he was going. and yep you guessed it straight into the back on my mini. nocking iit over the curb and 3metres on the grass! nearly in the round about the other side. (tamowrth drive through)

have a look on my website for the pictures. under "my mini" link.

i was also worried about my insurance company writing my car off over a few £100s worth of repairable damage. and yes i did not really want to loose a mates insurance no claims. so he just said he would pay for it. and i still cant believe it today that he payed for it.and a few weeks later in a shitty metro i got hold of.a when round few other mates and escorted him to a cash mashine and yes he payed up alright. i gathered up some more cash just to make sure i had enough and payed the bill. and jonspeed. done it all for £500! so did not cost me nothing.
looking on the bright side he made my mini back end rust free!!!! a few weeks later that was it. a took it off the road and started the fulll restoration. i had it back last week from respray and now im biulting it again now. all glad it is coming to an end now just so i can drive it again.

oh and when jonspeed did it i just told them to use secondhand parts such as a boot lid, rear lights and new parts being replacment panels. to keep thge cost down and yer they done a great job and all done before stanford hall mini show in 2007.

glad it is all nearly done.

[Ouster]

No offense...but your Dad is an ass.

[danrock101]

well we cancelled the insurance when we got the car in the garage and cancelled the insurance because there's no point paying for it now if my car is off the road...

[miniman andy]

i agree. it is between you and your mate. i never got on now esle involved really in the choosing what to do. only the the escorting him to the cash point just incase he did a runner. as i gave him enough notice to get the money. the left it a few weeks and then turned up ast his house.

...........ahhhh the good old days.

[THE ANORAK]

mate, somebody just ran into the back of your car, how do you figure that there's no point having insurance at the moment ?????

[THE ANORAK]

i agree. it is between you and your mate.

no it's not

why do you have insurance if your not going to use it ??? .... just so your road legal ????

come on, this guys lost his car and he cant even rely on his dad to do the right thing for him, geez, i'm starting to feel sorry for the guy now

"sorting it out with your mate" is OK if it's just a bent bumper or a smashed light but this is WAY beyond that. they should have gone down the insurance route straight away with damage that bad. i don't care if its your mate or your granny