Got to work today just after 7am this morning. 7.20am theres a knock on the door. Its a HOVIS bread delivery driver. Basically my handbrake failed , and it was rolling towards a brick wall and a parked up Mercedes.

Anyway, the lorry driver realised no-one was in the car, banged his truck in reverse and managed to stop my car going towards the wall and the car. Anyway sadly its taken my rear bumper completely out, the light completely out and has caused a kink to the quarter above the light and below the light.

Hopefully it can be knocked out. Shit happens eh!!!

**If anyone knows of a Magenta bumper for sale, can they please PM me.

 

Shite matey, not good

Good story from the trucker though - I'll remember that one for when I ram a car whilst out in my wagon!

Good of him to try and help though - now bill him for the damage

Si

 

You have P.M

 

man i feel bad for you! gutted mate

i always leave every car in gear now aswell just incase

carl

 

Thats shit mate
i guess it could be alot worse though
best of luck getting it fixed up

 

car could of been worse mate, could of been a lot worse, but i 2 will keep that in mind if i slap my lorry into something

 

Yer cant beat a good foookin HOVIS

 

Shit ian,after all your polishing work last weekend too.

 

Tell me about it ah well, could have been a lot worse if it had hit the 04 plate Merc I would have no choice but to go through the insurance.

May as well pay this out me pocket and not claim.

 

Not good mate

Dont you leave the car in gear though?!? i ALWAYS do as im well para!

 

I never actually thought until it said above but how do you know this guy didnt do that damage himself and just made up some bullshit so he doesnt have to fork out?

If he was telling the truth then good on him, you could have been facing big repair bills for a merc

 

Did your handbrake actually fail, or were you giving it a thrashing on the ay to work, then parked it on a hill using the handbrake? Cos it could be that the rear discs cooled down, which means they shrink a bit in size and the handbrake wasn't on tight enough anymore to hold it

 

The white locking nut things at the rear, the one on the passenger side was worn. I have a new handbrake kit, but due to rain on sunday didnt get chance to fit it, so yesm the driver was honest. My car was around 15 meters away from where the car is photographed now.

Good point. I wouldnt say thrashing but its 6 miles of dual carriegway with 3 roundabouts and i errr didnt want to be late but i guess that could be a cause.

 

Well, i managed to try and knock out some of the dent, i think the rest is best left now to a professional, fitted a new light cluster thanks to a mate, just need to source a Magneta bumper

 

sad news ian

mines back into the spray shop tuesday. via a taxi driver

but hes paying for the bill hopefully its only Cosmetic Damage

btw i always place the car in gear when i leave it.parked up

if you have been booting the car the disks can shrink allowing the h-brake to fail

bit late now but a thing to do.in hindsight

sozz i always speed read through the replys THRUSH spot on

 

gutted Ian,but i suppose it could have been worse.

hope you get it sorted ok.

 

hovis thats fuckin class the hovis lorry roun d my way has crashed ointo two of the managers at work one was in a new vectra and the other a porche boxter it was the same driver on the same corner the second one was his first day back after the first it was the cars fault

 

Cheers dave. Just a bumper inthat colour to find really tbh.

 

Not good Ian - hope you get it sorted mate.

 

As said tho mate ,,it could have been a thousand times worse

 

Not much help now, but perhaps useful for others - you should always firmly apply the footbrake, followed by the handbrake to fully engage the parking brake.

 

yep

thats what i do as my handbrae failed and my frshly painted front end was on my house when i woke up the day after i had the front end painted

sorry to hear about the car mate

but its worth noting that thats what you have to do to sierra brakes

 

good luck on finding a bumper, i allways leave mine in gear as i know the rear brakes are in dire need of an overhaul