Hi All

Picture the scene - long clear open road on Sunday morning 8am, visibility 100%, dry, slightly damp surface to road - doing about 40 and I had to brake for a flock of pigeons(no other choice other than run them all down or swerve) brakes hard, no abs though

next thing I know - BANG - the car behind me isnt paying attention and shes gone into the back of me - small peugeot, almost certainly a write off - My car - well Im not sure but it was a heavy impact I suspect it could be game over only had the thing 6 months. Boot well buckled in, rear bumper, parking sensors, boot floor, rear panels(these are huge), exhaust fell off and a selection of things under the car look damaged, let alone paint, labour, interior boot bits........

Gutted

Picture now below

 

Oh dear Andy, gutted for you.

Tailgating seems to be getting more common these days along with a general reduction in driving standards.

Hope it's sorted in the best way possible for you. Let me know if you need anything.

 

Sorry to hear it Andy

 

sorry to hear. not good. must be gutted

but i must admit i would not personally brake for a flock to pigeons and having had some one once brake very hard infront of me because there was a rabbit (unsighted by me) in the road its amazing how quickly you come up on them, even if you are a good distance away.

 

True.

Sorry you learned the hard way, never to brake or swerve for an animal.

 

Bad luck Andy.

Blimey, there's a been a few in the last couple of days!

 

Ouch sorry to hear that - which car? And are you ok?

 

unless its dog sized or bigger and therefore likely to do some damage to you and your car!

 

True.

Client of mine ran his Trafic into a white hart. Amount of damage it did, it might as well have been The White Hart!

 

One of my salesmen hit a stag in his company peugeot 407.

Wrote the car off.

I was not amused. The stag wasn't insured either.