Another 'Hit & Run' Rant

[RomeoRaiderZ]

I went to the doctors yesterday for some stronger medication to ease the passage of a kidney stone which is proving reluctant to leave and so wasn't in the best of moods to start with, . You can imagine the levels my blood pressure reached when I came back to find this, (and of course no details left and the CCTV didn't capture enough of the culprit truck to make an identification, ).

That's a fairly hefty shunt

Sorry to see this.

Christ not again!

[guiliasuper]

Oh sh*t So sorry to see this. Most important you and Jennifer are ok
Is it time to "do a Top Gear " and invest in something like this
Point -

[GTA_Nigel]

Very annoying indeed, as Nev said that is a fair old parking ding. Bloomin' truck drivers

[PANIC]

If i am in a tight carpark I tend to take a quick photo of cars around me,just in case..

[dpat]

I can't type the first words that popped into my head or I'll get a ban but that is more than then usual car parking bump I would be absolutely livid

Happend to me recent when I brought (luckily) our Gofl to work - someone got too close when parking or pulling out of the space and scuffed the rear arch and bumper and I was mad at that but if it had been the 159...............

Sorry to see this, hope you get the 159 repaired and back to scratch soon

[Joss]

Originally Posted by RomeoRaiderZ

I went to the doctors yesterday for some stronger medication to ease the passage of a kidney stone which is proving reluctant to leave and so wasn't in the best of moods to start with, . You can imagine the levels my blood pressure reached when I came back to find this, (and of course no details left and the CCTV didn't capture enough of the culprit truck to make an identification, ).

Sorry to hear buddy. Do you know if the person was a customer in the doctors or is it a general carpark? They might be able to help.

Originally Posted by PANIC

If i am in a tight carpark I tend to take a quick photo of cars around me,just in case..

Exactly what I do mate

[RomeoRaiderZ]

Originally Posted by Nev

Christ not again!

I did say something along those lines myself, Nev.

Originally Posted by PANIC

If i am in a tight carpark I tend to take a quick photo of cars around me,just in case..

I usually make a mental note of any likely suspects 'pre-event' but in this case the car park is big enough to manoeuvre the Ark Royal with no problem (apart from, of course, there being insufficient water to provide buoyancy for said vessel, ). In this instance it wouldn't have made any difference anyway as the truck reversed in from the road, presumably in the process of making a 3-point turn.

Originally Posted by Joss

Sorry to hear buddy. Do you know if the person was a customer in the doctors or is it a general carpark? They might be able to help.

No deliveries being made to the health centre and none around that time to the adjoining shopping centre either so I'm out of luck there. The CCTV camera is trained on the doctor's door for security so only captured the rear half of my car (side-on) and only up to the rear wheel (and not much above load-deck height, again side-on) of the culprit truck, .


In my 38 years of car ownership (of various makes), I've now been 'hit whilst parked' 5 times and on every occasion it's been one of my Alfas, . I'm beginning to think that they must have targets painted on them - invisible to me but shining out like beacons to everybody else, .

At least the first 3 times, the other party owned-up to it but that's twice now (and both times with the Ti, my first ever brand-new car) that I've been left to foot the bill, . So I will again find myself calling on the services of my friend Chris (M7ACD on here) at a local bodyshop to make my bella whole once more, unfortunately not in time for next weekend's Italian Car & Bike Day. He's confident that he can have the bumper repaired rather than having to replace it which will bring the cost in at around the £300 mark, including a new tail-light unit, . That's the same as my excess anyway so I won't have go through the insurance, keeping my claims record unblemished for a little longer, .

[Clovis]

Rotten Luck, Romeoraiderz. That sort of thing makes me spit feathers.

'kin W@nkers

Hope they catch gonorrhoea.

[Redmatt75]

Shocking how irresponsible some people can be! Will you claim on insurance or just cough up for the repairs?

Originally Posted by Redmatt75

Shocking how irresponsible some people can be! Will you claim on insurance or just cough up for the repairs?

Originally Posted by RomeoRaiderZ

£300 mark, including a new tail-light unit, . That's the same as my excess anyway so I won't have go through the insurance

I'm bored

[Redmatt75]

Originally Posted by V6Hughes

I'm bored

.... And clearly I can't read. Sorry

[howell811]

That's real bad luck, I did it once and felt too guilty to leave. Pulled over to write a note and an old woman came out of the shop on a stick. Really glad I stopped !