2 years, 3 months and 5 days...
25-03-2013, 03:28 PM
#1
2 years, 3 months and 5 days...
Thats how long it has taken to finally close the chapter on my old 3dr!!
providing i dont have to go to court to give evidence against the twat the van was registered to at the time of the crash...
Signed a letter from the third party insurers this morning to that they can now start legal proceedings against the registered keeper to recoup their costs.
So, thats it, 5 years to build and was wrote off on the way back from the MOT station having just passed its mot.
I drove it a massive 168 miles after the build
oh well - thats life!
providing i dont have to go to court to give evidence against the twat the van was registered to at the time of the crash...
Signed a letter from the third party insurers this morning to that they can now start legal proceedings against the registered keeper to recoup their costs.
So, thats it, 5 years to build and was wrote off on the way back from the MOT station having just passed its mot.
I drove it a massive 168 miles after the build
oh well - thats life!
25-03-2013, 03:31 PM
#2
Zee Germans are coming
Are you gonna build something else
Remember looking over it at ford fair as it was being built
Was a nice car
Shame but I'm a firm believer in things always happen for a reason
Remember looking over it at ford fair as it was being built
Was a nice car
Shame but I'm a firm believer in things always happen for a reason
25-03-2013, 03:56 PM
#4
Glenn, no, the insurance and solicitors were fucking useless from the off...
v man, yes, building this lol
https://passionford.com/forum/restor...ed-pg-5-a.html
shortly after the crash i was old i was getting a payout for the car within a couple of weeks - so should have been sorted by the end of jan, i was offered Ł7800 for the car and i kept the salvage. so i borrowed that amount off the old man to buy a new family car as our 406 was fucked. so bought a cmax for 7k, and myself a puma to run around to work and back for Ł1500...
then the cunts didnt payout as the other driver was unisured so that left me in the shit a bit... so i stripped and sold the parts off the 3dr to pay dad back, and then in october 2011 i finally got that cheque - some 10 months after!
so put that in the bank along with some other savings and got some plans drawn up for an extension (the wife wanted a conservatory - fuck that lol) then my grandma died in feb 2012 and i got some inheritance from that. so instead of dad just giving me all the cash, as id have just gone and bought an ultima gtr - i used the money on the house!
in the near future id ideally like a westfield or lotus elise with some audi power. but for now, painting and fitting kitchens etc will have to do
v man, yes, building this lol
https://passionford.com/forum/restor...ed-pg-5-a.html
shortly after the crash i was old i was getting a payout for the car within a couple of weeks - so should have been sorted by the end of jan, i was offered Ł7800 for the car and i kept the salvage. so i borrowed that amount off the old man to buy a new family car as our 406 was fucked. so bought a cmax for 7k, and myself a puma to run around to work and back for Ł1500...
then the cunts didnt payout as the other driver was unisured so that left me in the shit a bit... so i stripped and sold the parts off the 3dr to pay dad back, and then in october 2011 i finally got that cheque - some 10 months after!
so put that in the bank along with some other savings and got some plans drawn up for an extension (the wife wanted a conservatory - fuck that lol) then my grandma died in feb 2012 and i got some inheritance from that. so instead of dad just giving me all the cash, as id have just gone and bought an ultima gtr - i used the money on the house!
in the near future id ideally like a westfield or lotus elise with some audi power. but for now, painting and fitting kitchens etc will have to do
25-03-2013, 05:04 PM
#5
May seem a long time to you with all that's gone on. But I remember reading your thread of the accident. Seems like not that long ago at all.
Such a shame what happened bud but as some one earlier posted. These things happen for a reason
Such a shame what happened bud but as some one earlier posted. These things happen for a reason
25-03-2013, 05:31 PM
#7
Way smaller scale, i rebuilt the engine in a MINT saxo VT then my gf slipped off the clutch and slammed it into garage moving it right after the build. It needed a new front end, so new wings, door, bonnet, slam panel, rad, lights etc later i drove it up the road and the bonnet came up smashing the roof down.
I was so gutted. Im now breaking it.
On your scale, i think i would have been sick. Shit that its taken so long to sort.
I was so gutted. Im now breaking it.
On your scale, i think i would have been sick. Shit that its taken so long to sort.
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25-03-2013, 08:27 PM
#8
Cheers lads. After the crash, paul costina came round and we managed to pull the back end out a bit and i cable tied a saph rear light cluster on lol. I had to use the car to get to work for about 2 weeks as i had just started a new job and lost a company vehicle.
Tbh to drive on the road it was fucking awful lol...
Nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing booooooost, and you were facing the other way
Im sure on a track it would have been great fun lol, but on the road, it was horrible.
So on that fact alone, then yes, the gypos probably done me a favour. But i was still rather pissed off lol.
If it hadnt of happened, then i wouldnt have started the extension, so every cloud does indeed have a silver lining.
Main thing was neither will or i were seriously hurt, and unfortunately the gypos didnt crash and burn to death...
Tbh to drive on the road it was fucking awful lol...
Nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing booooooost, and you were facing the other way
Im sure on a track it would have been great fun lol, but on the road, it was horrible.
So on that fact alone, then yes, the gypos probably done me a favour. But i was still rather pissed off lol.
If it hadnt of happened, then i wouldnt have started the extension, so every cloud does indeed have a silver lining.
Main thing was neither will or i were seriously hurt, and unfortunately the gypos didnt crash and burn to death...
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