Not a white van but a bike!!!!
18 August 2004, 07:04 PM
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Not a white van but a bike!!!!
Well,
Sitting in traffic in Edinburgh, felt my car rocking from side to side and though "mmm, someone is shoving my car", looked in drivers door mirror to see a BMW bike with the pannier boxes trying to squeeze between my car and the traffic island - he was jammed between me and the light on the island!
Put my window down, looking to see if the panels were shoved in, as he continues to try to dislodge himself - I said "that'll be my car your scraping then?" folowed by "sorry mate, move your car forward" etc.
Pulled in at the side of the road and so did he - I though he would have bug*ered off.
Damage not too bad - scrape on bumper, door and round the wheel arch but 95% should T-Cut out.
As it has happened to me several times before I was quite calm and thanked the guy for stopping as most would disappear, looked at his bike - it was a bit scraped on the box.
It turns out he had only got the bike less than an hour before and was not sure of the size of it - he seemed a nice guy and we discussed it and agreed that it would T-Cut out. Off we went our seperate ways - I look after the car well but after its luck I am not overly precious about perfection in bodywork.
Anything else ie Insurance claim, bodyshop etc etc is REALLY not worth the hassle, even if it had been a new WR1.
Guess what I'll be doing tonight then!!!
Brian
Sitting in traffic in Edinburgh, felt my car rocking from side to side and though "mmm, someone is shoving my car", looked in drivers door mirror to see a BMW bike with the pannier boxes trying to squeeze between my car and the traffic island - he was jammed between me and the light on the island!
Put my window down, looking to see if the panels were shoved in, as he continues to try to dislodge himself - I said "that'll be my car your scraping then?" folowed by "sorry mate, move your car forward" etc.
Pulled in at the side of the road and so did he - I though he would have bug*ered off.
Damage not too bad - scrape on bumper, door and round the wheel arch but 95% should T-Cut out.
As it has happened to me several times before I was quite calm and thanked the guy for stopping as most would disappear, looked at his bike - it was a bit scraped on the box.
It turns out he had only got the bike less than an hour before and was not sure of the size of it - he seemed a nice guy and we discussed it and agreed that it would T-Cut out. Off we went our seperate ways - I look after the car well but after its luck I am not overly precious about perfection in bodywork.
Anything else ie Insurance claim, bodyshop etc etc is REALLY not worth the hassle, even if it had been a new WR1.
Guess what I'll be doing tonight then!!!
Brian
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18 August 2004, 08:09 PM
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Not good to hear neebs, Hope yer right that most will polish out but I would have asked for his details just in case it doesnt......... Still good to see the guy had some good in him cause as you said most would have scarpered.
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sorry to here that mate, know how you feel though my sti is in being resprayed as we speak. Some we neds decided my paintwork needed some white stripes all over. AAAAAAGGGGG!!!!!!. As a biker myself, gad the boy stopped. Hope they polish out.
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Originally Posted by wrxmania
Well,
Sitting in traffic in Edinburgh, felt my car rocking from side to side and though "mmm, someone is shoving my car", looked in drivers door mirror to see a BMW bike with the pannier boxes trying to squeeze between my car and the traffic island - he was jammed between me and the light on the island!
Put my window down, looking to see if the panels were shoved in, as he continues to try to dislodge himself - I said "that'll be my car your scraping then?" folowed by "sorry mate, move your car forward" etc.
Pulled in at the side of the road and so did he - I though he would have bug*ered off.
Damage not too bad - scrape on bumper, door and round the wheel arch but 95% should T-Cut out.
As it has happened to me several times before I was quite calm and thanked the guy for stopping as most would disappear, looked at his bike - it was a bit scraped on the box.
It turns out he had only got the bike less than an hour before and was not sure of the size of it - he seemed a nice guy and we discussed it and agreed that it would T-Cut out. Off we went our seperate ways - I look after the car well but after its luck I am not overly precious about perfection in bodywork.
Anything else ie Insurance claim, bodyshop etc etc is REALLY not worth the hassle, even if it had been a new WR1.
Guess what I'll be doing tonight then!!!
Brian
Sitting in traffic in Edinburgh, felt my car rocking from side to side and though "mmm, someone is shoving my car", looked in drivers door mirror to see a BMW bike with the pannier boxes trying to squeeze between my car and the traffic island - he was jammed between me and the light on the island!
Put my window down, looking to see if the panels were shoved in, as he continues to try to dislodge himself - I said "that'll be my car your scraping then?" folowed by "sorry mate, move your car forward" etc.
Pulled in at the side of the road and so did he - I though he would have bug*ered off.
Damage not too bad - scrape on bumper, door and round the wheel arch but 95% should T-Cut out.
As it has happened to me several times before I was quite calm and thanked the guy for stopping as most would disappear, looked at his bike - it was a bit scraped on the box.
It turns out he had only got the bike less than an hour before and was not sure of the size of it - he seemed a nice guy and we discussed it and agreed that it would T-Cut out. Off we went our seperate ways - I look after the car well but after its luck I am not overly precious about perfection in bodywork.
Anything else ie Insurance claim, bodyshop etc etc is REALLY not worth the hassle, even if it had been a new WR1.
Guess what I'll be doing tonight then!!!
Brian
Bad news mate - Let me know if it doesn't polish out. I have a relaible contact in Livi who has seen off a few scratches on my car.
Hope this wasn't a MODERATE biker enaging in retaliatory strikes on Blob eye's alter ego.
18 August 2004, 10:29 PM
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He was very MODERATE but did not seem to have any god-like tendencies though!!
Not sure - BMW bike and that - maybe he felt the power going to his head!!
Mmmmmm
Not sure - BMW bike and that - maybe he felt the power going to his head!!
Mmmmmm
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18 August 2004, 11:04 PM
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OK
Anyone driven a Subarhondatonka 14RS GSR Edition RS IV 723 cc Injector Rail GEMs Mark IV?
It has an anti-flatulationism hidscriptor on it!!
Anyone driven a Subarhondatonka 14RS GSR Edition RS IV 723 cc Injector Rail GEMs Mark IV?
It has an anti-flatulationism hidscriptor on it!!
18 August 2004, 11:10 PM
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Now! We're talkin' my language.
Jings! Could go on all night.(But Lorna only bought the 1 case).
Unlike yourselves I've a Nuclear Reactor, to attend to in the morning!
Jings! Could go on all night.(But Lorna only bought the 1 case).
Unlike yourselves I've a Nuclear Reactor, to attend to in the morning!
18 August 2004, 11:23 PM
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Yeah - aside from my car getting scraped the day passed with relative boredom and relatively no fuss.
5 minutes in the door - BRIAN HAS BEEN HERE ALL HIS LIFE
5 minutes in the door - BRIAN HAS BEEN HERE ALL HIS LIFE
18 August 2004, 11:30 PM
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Yeah! And the HURLY BURLY of SN. Still holds its' attraction I see.
What with the weather an' that.
(Any Scoobs, caught in the Great Lochearnhead Landslide. We should be enquiring about?)
What with the weather an' that.
(Any Scoobs, caught in the Great Lochearnhead Landslide. We should be enquiring about?)
18 August 2004, 11:36 PM
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No Scoobs I don't think. Julies mum and dad went home that way from near Killin about 2 hours before.
Don't mention the weather - it will be moved to NON SCOOBY RELATED
Don't mention the weather - it will be moved to NON SCOOBY RELATED
19 August 2004, 09:41 AM
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spotted by me!!
hi m8,
i was right beside you when it happened
i was waiting on the fireworks!!
glad no damage done, had your car been bashed i would have got him with the dagenham dustbin!!!!!
cheers robin.
i was right beside you when it happened
i was waiting on the fireworks!!glad no damage done, had your car been bashed i would have got him with the dagenham dustbin!!!!!
cheers robin.
19 August 2004, 05:01 PM
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ford make buses?
oi!!
dagenham dustbin would sugest a ford! i have only been home a few days! give me a chance to find a new h20!
saying that, i was out in a 2001 sti v7 with cusco suspention, yummy!!!
just waiting on bank manager calling me back now, fingers crossed!!
cheers robin.
dagenham dustbin would sugest a ford! i have only been home a few days! give me a chance to find a new h20!
saying that, i was out in a 2001 sti v7 with cusco suspention, yummy!!!
just waiting on bank manager calling me back now, fingers crossed!!
cheers robin.
19 August 2004, 06:03 PM
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Mondeo was it??!
Escort?!?
Or another classy model?! I had an escort before and a Focus courtesy car for 3 weeks.
Brian
Escort?!?
Or another classy model?! I had an escort before and a Focus courtesy car for 3 weeks.
Brian
19 August 2004, 06:18 PM
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hmmm
mondeo, turbo diesel, called stinkey as its turd brown in color! still, when the weathers ****, the good car stays in the garage
however when h20 (in its various guises) is out to play i have "big fun"
that way h20 does not get attacked by kamakazi motorcycles!!
cheers robin!
however when h20 (in its various guises) is out to play i have "big fun"
that way h20 does not get attacked by kamakazi motorcycles!!
cheers robin!
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Thanks Robin
Good to know you are not attacked by bikes!!!!
Can you describe what you seen of it - were you behind me?!?
Why is it called H20 and what is the car?!?!
I runs a Nissan Primera Diesel (M Reg) for about 12,000 miles so I know where you are coming from but still do 20,000 miles odds in the Impreza a year.
Brian
Good to know you are not attacked by bikes!!!!
Can you describe what you seen of it - were you behind me?!?
Why is it called H20 and what is the car?!?!
I runs a Nissan Primera Diesel (M Reg) for about 12,000 miles so I know where you are coming from but still do 20,000 miles odds in the Impreza a year.
Brian