Isn't this the guy Gad had banter with?
Joined: Jul 2002
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From: Wakefield, West Yorks.
If you ask me, NickM Asked the right question.
I'd be finding the fuse for this splendid "Pedestrian Safety System" Quick smart and replacing it with a dud if I was an owner.
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Don't know why I put Passenger and not Pedestrian
Did that price include a reach around too ?
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Don't know why I put Passenger and not Pedestrian
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From: Hertford
Nice thinking, Fletch!
Even so, a minor prang that deforms the bonnet lid slightly is gonna have them wanting to change everything.
Actually, I've thought of a good way of keeping the poor off the road; drive into every R35 you see! When their insurers recover the 3 lagre excess from yours, it will eventually drive up all premiums so much, only the rich will be able to drive and the roads will be so uncongested, you can pick up a tatty R35 for about 11 large and have some fun...
Even so, a minor prang that deforms the bonnet lid slightly is gonna have them wanting to change everything.
Actually, I've thought of a good way of keeping the poor off the road; drive into every R35 you see! When their insurers recover the 3 lagre excess from yours, it will eventually drive up all premiums so much, only the rich will be able to drive and the roads will be so uncongested, you can pick up a tatty R35 for about 11 large and have some fun...
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From: Ulaanbaatar
Insurance repairs are eye-watering...
The Old Dear recently caught her IQ on a piece of stone used to pretty-up a neigbour's grass verge (the neighbour's cat wasn't sat on the stone at the time alas...). The scrape must've taken place at less than walking pace. The damage was a lightly scraped wheel (matt chrome), a very small crease in the lower rear-most edge of the NSF wing and a very small indentation in the sill.
Repair cost was £1,280.00 plus VAT.
Interestingly, the friend (aka robbing-bastard) who owns the repairer the IQ went to, has told me insurance claims are reputedly down some 20% since the economic meltdown took place. It's believed to be due to punters requesting much higher excesses in order to keep the premiums down and thus the claims for minor stuff are plummeting. Or there's more uninsured on the roads without a policy to claim against...
The Old Dear recently caught her IQ on a piece of stone used to pretty-up a neigbour's grass verge (the neighbour's cat wasn't sat on the stone at the time alas...). The scrape must've taken place at less than walking pace. The damage was a lightly scraped wheel (matt chrome), a very small crease in the lower rear-most edge of the NSF wing and a very small indentation in the sill.
Repair cost was £1,280.00 plus VAT.
Interestingly, the friend (aka robbing-bastard) who owns the repairer the IQ went to, has told me insurance claims are reputedly down some 20% since the economic meltdown took place. It's believed to be due to punters requesting much higher excesses in order to keep the premiums down and thus the claims for minor stuff are plummeting. Or there's more uninsured on the roads without a policy to claim against...
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From: Sheffield
I followed a black GTR the other day in Sheffield and never have i seen such bad driving. Swapping lanes without signalling, and not just once but around 5 times in less than a mile! Cut several cars up and generally didnt have a clue what was going on.. turned out it was a woman driving, with a bloke offering some directions from the passenger seat! She was perched 6ins from the steering wheel! Hilarious to see but also quite worrying! Looked awesome but she really didnt have a scooby about driving!