So someone pulled out of a roundabout...

[GaryPL]

5 hours ago, Damien said:

Nothing worse getting a hire car n it's slower n your own driving like the flinstones lol

I'd say there's nothing worse than crashing the hire car! I did that once too. Well, it was a courtesy car. Some daft cow reversed into me in a petrol station.

[Kawasaki kid]

Know your pain about loan cars - when I was wiped out by a Spanish artic two years ago in my 2.5T Mondeo estate I had to endure a 1.4 Corsa - even the driver who delivered the car had sympathy for me as the car was gutless and my car was written off which made it worse.

[Damien]

When mine was in for repair n I had curtesy car, was out shopping in Tesco came back to a car in the back of the curtesy car!!!! Some daft woman parked in bay opp me on hill n left handbrake off n had to wait till she came back to her car.

dont know how she didn't notice once she got out car tbh like.

the hassle I had with curtesy helpline n questions I had to answer for reporting there car been hit was unreal 

[alexp999]

Hire cars can be great fun, you get to rag the wotsits off it as it's not yours. :D

[Damien]

Ohhh yesssssss

[Jonro2009]

When mine was in for repair n I had curtesy car, was out shopping in Tesco came back to a car in the back of the curtesy car!!!! Some daft woman parked in bay opp me on hill n left handbrake off n had to wait till she came back to her car.
dont know how she didn't notice once she got out car tbh like.
the hassle I had with curtesy helpline n questions I had to answer for reporting there car been hit was unreal 

I've seen that happen plenty of times. I think sometimes the handbrake is applied but not fully, they only just hold the car. Then as the brake cools and shrinks a little it's enough for the handbrake to lose what little hold it had.


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[MJNewton]

Yup - had exactly that happen to me (someone's car rolled down a hill into mine and it was clear that the handbrake was 'on' and had at least held it initially...)

[HappyJam]

Good news is...they're going to replace the entire door, repair and repaint the trim and for some reason replace the ST-Line badge on the side (something they do as a courtesy apparently!). 

Also complained to the insurance about the fact I was given a mazda 2 for the hire car. Turns out that was actually a class under from what I should have been offered...so they're not giving me a focus to drive..happy days.

Still miss my car though :(

[Jonro2009]

Good result! And don't accept anything less than perfection when it comes back. Don't let them fob you off with anything other than a Ford recommended/approved repairer, it can be worth asking your local dealership who they use and tell your insurance you want it to go there.


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[Jethro_Tull]

Remember, you can by law choose yourself where it goes for repair.  A Ford accredited repairer is essential or you'll lose your cosmetic/anti corrosion warranty.  Check also that they use genuine OE parts and not pattern.  Its far too new a car to be bodged on the cheap.

[HappyJam]

Yeah thanks, I went through all that with them last week. As it's a lease, I wasn't prepared to accept anything less than a ford dealer with ford approved parts with warranty. The insurers have a ford garage nearby to me that they use, looked into them and was happy for it to go there. Self approved so made it a bit easier, whilst still getting warrantied parts too,

Unfortunately I've really not had any luck with my fiesta. Before this incident, after have the vehicle 3 weeks, someone cut me up on another roundabout. I turned to the right to avoid them clipping my front left wing, and scraped both alloys on the right side (yeah was not happy). When the garage ring back, think I might ask them to quote up separately for me how much it would cost me for them to repair both alloys. I think they will only need some filler and a paint over. Might potentially get my car back as good as it was the day I got it....only 5 months ago 

[winemart2]

My usual guide -

Fully expect (and allow for) EVERY other road user to be a complete moron.

It's worked for me for ~52 years. (i'll expect an accident tomorrow).

 

 

[HappyJam]

So...it finally got fixed!! As good as brand new again :D

[Jonro2009]

Looking good, great result!


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[jbell]

9 hours ago, HappyJam said:

So...it finally got fixed!! As good as brand new again :D

Good stuff. Get a couple of dashcams wired in :) 

[Damien]

Yehhhhhh looks good 

[usersteve]

looking good you would never know

[HappyJam]

13 hours ago, jbell said:

Good stuff. Get a couple of dashcams wired in :) 

Already on it haha!...

Got my dashcam all wired up, just waiting on some cable clips to keep all the wires hidden!