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Aug 13, 2019 12:04:53 GMT
Post by PG on Aug 13, 2019 12:04:53 GMT
I took some sheep into a breeding ewe same at Shrewsbury Market this morning. While there and parked up, a helpful lorry driver (i.e some stupid bastard) in a 16 tonne cattle wagon managed to rip the front bumper off the Shogun. I managed to bodge it up to get home. Luckily there were some cable grippers in the car so I was able to attach the bumper enough to drive home, but it can't safely be used as they can easily break free and the bumper hit the ground. Closer inspection at home shows that they've done more damage than I originally thought. The headlight no longer lines up with the grille and wing, so the panel it is mounted on has clearly being moved. The metal panel that the bumper fixes to is also nicely bent. So I expect that's quite a lot of parts and straightening needed. Both us and the lorry driver are insured with NFU Mutual, so hopefully the claim should be easy. It is clearly a no fault claim. I've asked for a like for like loan car as I can't really tow a livestock trailer with a small hatchback and am waiting to hear back. I hope the claim is not so much that the NFU say it is uneconomic to repair - a 10 year old Shogun has a book value of £4-5k. The immediate aftermath -  And after I bodged it to get home -  |
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Aug 13, 2019 12:16:18 GMT
Post by bryan on Aug 13, 2019 12:16:18 GMT
Ouch in deed. At least no one was hurt and hopefully they can repair swiftly.
You spent a fair bit on it recently didn't you, so hopefully not written off
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Aug 13, 2019 12:38:12 GMT
Post by johnc on Aug 13, 2019 12:38:12 GMT
Did the lorry driver still have L plates on? What an idiot. It's not as if it's an artic so reversing should be fairly straightforward (or straight back!)
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Aug 13, 2019 12:57:28 GMT
Post by Deleted on Aug 13, 2019 12:57:28 GMT
Bugger!
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Aug 13, 2019 13:18:29 GMT
Post by racingteatray on Aug 13, 2019 13:18:29 GMT
Ouch indeed.
"Breeding ewe" sounds a little like a polite euphemism for what you really called him at the time!
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Aug 13, 2019 14:47:08 GMT
Post by PG on Aug 13, 2019 14:47:08 GMT
Did the lorry driver still have L plates on? What an idiot. It's not as if it's an artic so reversing should be fairly straightforward (or straight back!) It's even worse. He wasn't reversing. He was going forward and turned left too soon. There is an unofficial one way system at the market and like 99.9% of vehicles he should have turned right but he was just trying to queue jump the exit. Idiot indeed. I half wonder if he was on the telephone. |
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Aug 13, 2019 14:56:52 GMT
Post by Deleted on Aug 13, 2019 14:56:52 GMT
Nasty, is the hgv driver walking/talking funny now?
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Aug 13, 2019 16:51:51 GMT
Post by ChrisM on Aug 13, 2019 16:51:51 GMT
Ouch in deed. At least no one was hurt and hopefully they can repair swiftly. You spent a fair bit on it recently didn't you, so hopefully not written off +1, bad luck and hopefully you (a) get a decent loan vehicle, and (b) get it fixed without too much more hassle. Will you have to get comparative quotes or do your insurers have an arrangement with one bodyshop? Fingers crossed for you |
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Aug 13, 2019 17:24:40 GMT
Post by Boxer6 on Aug 13, 2019 17:24:40 GMT
From what I've seen of truckies lately, there seems to be no middle ground in ability; they're either very good, safe and considerate to other road users or complete cunts with little spatial awareness and no consideration for anyone else.
I don't think there's any need to guess which category he falls into!! Hope it's a simple resolution for you Peter.
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Aug 16, 2019 9:21:32 GMT
Post by Roadsterstu on Aug 16, 2019 9:21:32 GMT
Have you got a full size 4x4 loan car? Or a 1 litre Fiesta?
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Aug 16, 2019 12:13:39 GMT
Post by PG on Aug 16, 2019 12:13:39 GMT
Loan car delivered yesterday. An 18 plate 5 door Shogun. In white. White is not a good colour for a big 4x4.....
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Aug 16, 2019 12:21:38 GMT
Post by johnc on Aug 16, 2019 12:21:38 GMT
Loan car delivered yesterday. An 18 plate 5 door Shogun. In white. White is not a good colour for a big 4x4..... It's only that colour to make sure you don't want to hang on to it for too long. |
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Aug 16, 2019 14:31:13 GMT
Post by ChrisM on Aug 16, 2019 14:31:13 GMT
Yes, and don't forget, I think I am the only person who washes a hire car......
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Aug 16, 2019 14:59:12 GMT
Post by bryan on Aug 16, 2019 14:59:12 GMT
Never washed a hire car (well apart from working at Enterprise!) The Merc will get its annual wash when it goes in for a service next month!
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Aug 16, 2019 15:24:27 GMT
Post by Tim on Aug 16, 2019 15:24:27 GMT
Loan car delivered yesterday. An 18 plate 5 door Shogun. In white. White is not a good colour for a big 4x4..... It's only that colour to make sure you don't want to hang on to it for too long. I think its so errant cattle float drivers are more likely to see it! |
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Aug 16, 2019 15:27:31 GMT
Post by PG on Aug 16, 2019 15:27:31 GMT
Yes, and don't forget, I think I am the only person who washes a hire car...... I can safely say that you will maintain that status.  |
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Aug 16, 2019 15:32:59 GMT
Post by Martin on Aug 16, 2019 15:32:59 GMT
Yes, and don't forget, I think I am the only person who washes a hire car...... I can safely say that you will maintain that status. Says the man who washed his wife’s friends car iirc!! At least Chris got to appreciate driving a clean car.  |
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Aug 16, 2019 15:59:19 GMT
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Post by bryan on Aug 16, 2019 15:59:19 GMT
Does this mean they are fixing the shogun or just assessing at this stage?
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Aug 17, 2019 8:46:07 GMT
Post by PG on Aug 17, 2019 8:46:07 GMT
Does this mean they are fixing the shogun or just assessing at this stage? It is still being assessed. Hopefully hear more next week. |
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Aug 21, 2019 7:13:33 GMT
Post by Big Blue on Aug 21, 2019 7:13:33 GMT
I wash and vacuum my hire cars.
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Aug 21, 2019 7:40:09 GMT
Post by PG on Aug 21, 2019 7:40:09 GMT
I can safely say that you will maintain that status. At least Chris got to appreciate driving a clean car. You've got a better memory than I have! You can probably tell me what make of car it was and then I might be able to remember. ;-) I will relent and certainly vacuum the inside of the hire car - a bag of horse shavings with a split put some of its contents in the boot and having used it to go to the tip this week, the interior is full of detritus from a shed roof. |
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Aug 21, 2019 8:09:46 GMT
Post by Bob Sacamano v2.0 on Aug 21, 2019 8:09:46 GMT
I wash and vacuum my hire cars. I black the tyres as well. |
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Aug 21, 2019 8:43:39 GMT
Post by Martin on Aug 21, 2019 8:43:39 GMT
Says the man who washed his wife’s friends car iirc!! At least Chris got to appreciate driving a clean car. You've got a better memory than I have! You can probably tell me what make of car it was and then I might be able to remember. ;-) I will relent and certainly vacuum the inside of the hire car - a bag of horse shavings with a split put some of its contents in the boot and having used it to go to the tip this week, the interior is full of detritus from a shed roof. Pretty sure it was a Macan! I wish I could remember the useful/important stuff as well as useless car related things... |
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Aug 21, 2019 12:23:28 GMT
Post by PG on Aug 21, 2019 12:23:28 GMT
Pretty sure it was a Macan! I wish I could remember the useful/important stuff as well as useless car related things... Aha - yes, thank you. I remember now - guilty as charged! She was going to a funeral the next morning and had not had time to wash her car - it was a blue Macan - and so I washed it for her while Mrs PG and her were out for the day somewhere. |
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Aug 21, 2019 12:25:01 GMT
Post by PG on Aug 21, 2019 12:25:01 GMT
And good news just in. I've had a call from the bodyshop. The insurance company have Ok'd the repairs and they are under way. Some parts are on back order so it will be about 10 days until it is ready.
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Aug 21, 2019 12:39:47 GMT
Post by Bob Sacamano v2.0 on Aug 21, 2019 12:39:47 GMT
And good news just in. I've had a call from the bodyshop. The insurance company have Ok'd the repairs and they are under way. Some parts are on back order so it will be about 10 days until it is ready. Yeah, that'll be the 13 pin towing electrics kit... |
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Aug 21, 2019 14:39:31 GMT
Post by Tim on Aug 21, 2019 14:39:31 GMT
At lunchtime I saw a bronze Shogun with no grille, a black bumper and some filler on the front right corner presumably heading from the local Mtisi garage to a bodyshop.
I imagine its exactly the same work that will be getting done to PG's.
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Sept 17, 2019 8:39:43 GMT
Post by PG on Sept 17, 2019 8:39:43 GMT
We got the Shogun back repaired. They've made a good job as the photo shows. I'm amazed that it was not written off. As we are VAT registered and it is a commercial vehicle, we have to pay the VAT and then recover it on our VAT return. The VAT was £869, so that means the repair was £5,200 inc VAT. Thank you NFU! 
The new driver's side headlight shows what a scratchy off clear mess the passenger one is - so that will need a good polish to try and make them match again. |
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Sept 17, 2019 8:51:37 GMT
Post by johnc on Sept 17, 2019 8:51:37 GMT
That looks a good job and i am sure it is worth much more to you back on the road instead of a cheque for a write off.
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Sept 17, 2019 9:00:55 GMT
Post by PG on Sept 17, 2019 9:00:55 GMT
That looks a good job and i am sure it is worth much more to you back on the road instead of a cheque for a write off. Yes it is worth far more to us than a cheque would have been. |
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