just had an accident - the pearl is messed up!!

ukdy · Post by **ukdy** » Wed Aug 18, 2004 4:07 pm

the garage just called. car all fixed. the trackin is half a degree out but thats because the dented alloy and damaged tyre is on the car. the new alloy is in the boot which i have to get fitted and it should be A OK then!!

pick up at 5pm... they're washing it for me at the moment !!

Post by **Lyndon** » Wed Aug 18, 2004 5:54 pm

excellent m8

hope that they have done a good a job as they say,as they are still monkies

ukdy · Post by **ukdy** » Thu Aug 19, 2004 11:07 am

to be fair the guy has done a gr8 job. 24hr turn around and he even took me home when i took the car there on monday. i looked at all the stuff they replaced and it was all bent and twisted and they even had to cut parts off that we so badly damaged they couldn't be removed otherwise

i am due for my 30k service tomorrow... but mentioned about the roof problems to pug (as a result of the accident, but didn't mention the accident) and so pug in redditch asked me to come in today as i'm still under warranty to look at the parts needed to overnight them and fix it tomorrow morning.

it's my day off work and im there at 9am and then when it's all fixed i've gotta drive up north!!

i want to sleep late !!!

ukdy · Post by **ukdy** » Thu Aug 19, 2004 12:51 pm

just took the CC to the monkeys and they said the roof catch cannot be fixed for no charge because the car is no longer under warranty!!!

i protested saying it is a 52 model and they then told me that is was an import and only comes with a 2yr warranty!!

this explains why the people who sold me the car didn't give me the handbook - it was probably in another language!!!

so i have to pay for the roof to be fixed - Â£100!!

total cost of repairs so far - Â£520... excluding 2 new tyres which i now need to buy (these were new tyres 2 months ago) !!

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

VickyRachel · Post by **VickyRachel** » Thu Aug 19, 2004 3:31 pm

i'm sorry to hear about your accident Dom x

ukdy · Post by **ukdy** » Thu Aug 19, 2004 3:58 pm

thanks, i've been so busy/stressed this week and now i have no bl00dy money!!

VickyRachel · Post by **VickyRachel** » Thu Aug 19, 2004 4:06 pm

I sympathise with you, i had the same trouble with my old car and when i came to sell it after having hundreds of punds worth of work done i hardly got any money for it!

Hope your ok though x

Derek · Post by **Derek** » Thu Aug 19, 2004 5:04 pm

i hope the price you paid for the car reflected the fact it was an import

Danielle · Post by **Danielle** » Thu Aug 19, 2004 10:12 pm

A guy pulled out on me earlier this year & caused me to hit him. I only scuffed my bumper, but it was just before my insurance was due, so when I reported it I was told my no claims had been frozen. Fair enough if it was my fault but it was some tos*er in a company car that hadn't adjusted his mirrors or checked where his indicators were! Anyway, I pervailed & got my money back through my insurance company's solicitors and my no claims remained intact. I got more money than I was expecting & ended up spending it on something else...can't remember what now, probably Smirnoff & shoes...but anyway I just wanted to say I feel for you Dom. Stupid, ignorant drivers that we all end up paying for....I HATE YOU! Rant over.

(Feel better now!)

VickyRachel · Post by **VickyRachel** » Tue Aug 24, 2004 1:02 pm

Is everything sorted for you now Dom with you car?

ukdy · Post by **ukdy** » Tue Aug 24, 2004 2:46 pm

yeah VR.

i've been soo busy at work last week and what with my car accident and being in preston at the weekend i've not had much chance to do anything else. i've just cut myself off from everyone to get things sorted!

thanks for checkin in tho.

i'm back at PUG on friday to have the other roof catch replaced!!

i got a 15% discount from the monkeys though!!

VickyRachel · Post by **VickyRachel** » Tue Aug 24, 2004 4:18 pm

That's not bad 15%. Mail me when you get chance

Vicks x

whiteknight · Post by **whiteknight** » Tue Aug 24, 2004 10:12 pm

ive found a bodyshop that is repairing my bumper & bonnet & spraying a new wing for Â£250. yipee !!. told the insurance to go kiss my arse with their Â£1350 figure for the damage so my no claims bonus is intact as i'm payin for the work myself ( cheaper than seein my premium go through the roof next year). on the down side my cars engine is in bits at pug as it went for minor warrenty work & they told me that coz its runnnin lumpy they have had a recall to fit hardend piston & valve seats apparrently. therefore if your cars runnnin a bit rough, give em a call coz i dont think theyr advertisin the fact their engines are a bit ropey