[pedy]

Im absolutely gutted, i am the most carefull person in the world when it comes to my car, was getting out it on tuesday during the high winds and a gust caught the door so hatd it nearly broke my finger.heres the result. Door isnt lined up and letting water in, only opens to first click and barely closes. And the doorskin is split. Most annoying thing is that im nightdhift until monday. So itl need to wait till then for me to fix it

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[phil739]

gutted for you , will insurance cover it ?

 

[dobe]

Not good mate.

New door hinges and a new wing?

Is there any damage on the door?

 

[Jonnyrocket]

Ouch! Someone at work has done the same thing, door is now way out of line. Several attempts to slam the door shut later and the whole thing is totally goosed.
Hope you get it sorted, its not nice especially when you're so careful

 

[shrek101]

Thats bad luck, it can happen to anyone. Hope it doesnt cost too much for you

 

[pedy]

Well, insurance wanted £550 excess because I'm a young driver (25 next week) so I'm tryin to source a wing for a decent price and sort the bodywork myself, just need to find a decent body shop for paintwork, may as well use my panel beating skills for something! and yeah theres a dent on the swage where it hit the wing, the door skin is split slightly on the front edge and slight outwards kink low down on the door. Hoping hinges will just need realigned. Prob not though. And I'm guessing a new check strap will be required

 

[Staffs Deltic]

That is really painful. Hope you get it sorted soon.

 

[Gp_kho]

Gutted mate hope you get it sorted

 

[dobe]

Are you a panel beater mate?

 

[pedy]

Are you a panel beater mate?

Yeah mate, done my apprenticeship then a year after that, garage ended up concentrating more on commercial vehicles than cars, so I left and found a more secure job with pension ans stuff before I got payed off!

 

[dobe]

Aye, it's hard times in the body trade at the moment.

Allied in Glasgow have done away with their backshift and a small bodyshop not far from where I work payed off 6 people about a month ago. I know a few others have went to 3 day weeks.

It's the sky high excess that people can't afford to pay, one of the draw backs of getting your insurance a bit cheaper.

We have 3 cars at work just now that the punters can't afford to pay so eventually they will belong to the insurance companies.

Hope you get it sorted okay mate.

 

[pedy]

Aye, it's hard times in the body trade at the moment.

Allied in Glasgow have done away with their backshift and a small bodyshop not far from where I work payed off 6 people about a month ago. I know a few others have went to 3 day weeks.

It's the sky high excess that people can't afford to pay, one of the draw backs of getting your insurance a bit cheaper.

We have 3 cars at work just now that the punters can't afford to pay so eventually they will belong to the insurance companies.

Hope you get it sorted okay mate.

Allied was one of my places main rivals! Loads of guys left and went there and vice versa!

 

[pedy]

Well.... How unlucky can one person be. Hit a big pothole last night. Resulting in this. Going down the official route to claim costs


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[androo]

OH man! Feel for you! Are you able to get the council to pay for that damage? Or are you going through insurance?

I believe insurance will force you to pay 2 claims unless they happened at the same time during the same incident. At least that's how it works in Australia.

 

[owls121]

Go to potholes.co.uk you can claim and the council will pay for it, don't be afraid to take say you are going to take it all the way with them, they will pay out!!

Good luck mate


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[pedy]

Go to potholes.co.uk you can claim and the council will pay for it, don't be afraid to take say you are going to take it all the way with them, they will pay out!!

Good luck mate


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Already on it mate! First thing i done thismorning was go straight onto potholes.co.uk. Got loads of pics then reported the potholes. Within 2 hours it was filled in. Obviously hoping i hadn't got pics yet

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[Warwick1984]

Well.... How unlucky can one person be. Hit a big pothole last night. Resulting in this. Going down the official route to claim costs


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That's not a pot hole! More like a small quarry!!You will get the money for that one- pal of mine had a similar thing happen to him last year - bad times for ya

 

[owls121]

Already on it mate! First thing i done thismorning was go straight onto potholes.co.uk. Got loads of pics then reported the potholes. Within 2 hours it was filled in. Obviously hoping i hadn't got pics yet

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Could have out a bet in that happening !


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[Robert Burns]

Good luck pedy,

Falkirk council are a complete bunch of :scream1::scream1::scream1::scream1: to get money from for pothole comp.

Good luck and don't take no for a answer!

 

[pedy]

Good luck pedy,

Falkirk council are a complete bunch of :scream1::scream1::scream1::scream1: to get money from for pothole comp.

Good luck and don't take no for a answer!

Luckily it happened in kilsyth so its north lanarkshire councils territory!

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