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 mscabrio
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| posted on March 25th, 2008 at 07:18 PM |
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Just rotten bad luck ........
On the weekend our friend needed emergency surgery, so I picked her up on Sunday and took her to our place so that she would not be alone while she
recovered. This morning I took her home and she was rather shocked to see her beetle parked on the footpath, when she clearly remembered parking it on
the road (she lives in the inner suburbs with no off street parking). It seems that some mongrel in the middle of the night has slammed straight into
her car, hitting it so hard that it pushed it up onto the footpath and snapped the back wheel off. A neighbour heard the bang an went out to
investigate to find a white car speeding off very quickly, unfortunatly too quickly for the neighbour to see a rego.
She has only had this car for a few months, her former car also a beetle was written off in accident last Novemember
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| posted on March 25th, 2008 at 09:15 PM |
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Talk about bad luck.
And really poor form by the other driver.
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| posted on March 25th, 2008 at 10:09 PM |
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report it to police. leaving the scene of a accident is an offence. collect the paint chips for possible match ups if the culpirit is caught. Then you
can charge him and collect damages through the courts. if nothing is reported nothing can be done. hope it works out for her.
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| posted on March 25th, 2008 at 11:10 PM |
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Pure bastard act running off, Hope they are caught. Sympathies
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| posted on March 26th, 2008 at 06:33 AM |
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cops were called on sat night when the neighbors went out to investigate. part of the car was left behind at the scene so they know the make model
and color of the car.
see.... air and water do mix 
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| posted on March 26th, 2008 at 08:26 AM |
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If you don't mind me saying, I think that's well outside the parameters of bad luck.
Was it insured??
Well my friends are gone & my hair is grey, I ache in the places where I used to play.
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| posted on March 26th, 2008 at 10:43 AM |
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i agree with spook. more then bad luck. feel sorry for your friend.
also, hope she is ok after her trip to hospital.
someone needs to slam the other driver... hope he gets caught
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| posted on March 26th, 2008 at 12:12 PM |
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car was insured.
see.... air and water do mix
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| posted on March 29th, 2008 at 05:35 AM |
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Any updates?? The law caught up with the bastard??
Well my friends are gone & my hair is grey, I ache in the places where I used to play.
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| posted on March 29th, 2008 at 10:20 AM |
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yeah pretty ordinary that..
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| posted on March 29th, 2008 at 02:42 PM |
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nothing to update on... car is being repaired and she hasn't heard back from the cops yet.
see.... air and water do mix
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| posted on March 30th, 2008 at 02:01 PM |
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[size=5]So sorry to hear about your friend...she doesn't deserve the bad she is having...hope her & her bug will be back to normal realsoon...Judy[/size]
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| posted on March 31st, 2008 at 01:54 PM |
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Jeez, that's terrible news. I hope your friend is on her way to recovering quickly, and that her car will be as good as new. Let's hope the cops
find the little so and so who did it too.
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| posted on March 31st, 2008 at 07:51 PM |
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They didn't find out who it was, but the main thing was that noone was hurt. The insurance company has taken care of it and it is being fixed and
should be ready within a couple of weeks. Big problem is that now my friend has had technically 2 at fault claims in 12 months so her insurance
company isn't too happy!!!! She is also driving around in a hire car - Hyundai Accent - so she isn't too happy either!!!!
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| posted on April 1st, 2008 at 08:38 AM |
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If she was not in charge of the car at hte time the insurance company should not consider that an at fault claim. What, do they expect that we have to
anticipate everything that could happen to our cars even when parked correctly outside our homes, i thought that was what insurance was for.
she should not incur an at fault rating for that
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| posted on April 1st, 2008 at 10:51 AM |
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problem is that they have noone to put the blame on and the costs... so the person who insures the car then has to pay for it.. so by using her own
insurance to fix the car she loses a claim.
see.... air and water do mix
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| posted on April 1st, 2008 at 11:58 AM |
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Some people suck, A few months ago my brother had a MK1 Escort all done up mags, injected 2.2, a really nice guy and had it parked outside his friends
house while there band was rehearsing when a neighbour knocked on the door and asked if anyone owned a escort. Someone had thought it would be fun t
ram a few cars in the street incl. Adrians. It was a right off and was so pushed in on the back you couldn't open the doors. Another 3 cars and a
trailer were also smashed. Thoughtless D--kheads. Hope you friends luck comes good soon. T54
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| posted on April 4th, 2008 at 07:57 PM |
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The cops didn't find out how who did this and today they told my friend that finding out is not a priority and that she shouldn't keep asking them
if they have found out anything.
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