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 Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2012 3:06 am |
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Joined: Jun 07, 2011
Posts: 806
Trade Rating: +6
Location: Woolsery, North Devon
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Hi All,
Sadly the 206CC had a bit of a bump yesterday.
Was sat in a que of traffic, and the idiot behind was on his mobile an didn't stop in time 
Luckily, we were both fine. The car crumpled well!
Looks like the roof mechanism has been twisted a bit, along with ripples in the rear quarters and a bent bootlid. Along with a dented bonnet where we went into the 4x4 in front.
Didn't get a chance to get any pics for you guys as the Police were on scene pretty quickly. With all 3 cars and passengers to deal with, it was all pretty hectic!
So, at the moment, our CC is sat in a yard waiting for the insurence assesors. With the damage to it, it is highly unlikely that we are going to get it back.
So, at the moment, we are bombing around in a courtesy car. A little 700cc Smart car.
Sadly, this does mean that we aren't going to be able to get to the French Car Show as we don't know when the garage is going to need its car back.
Have put our tickets up for sale again
Hopefully someone can have a good day out through our misfortune.
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Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2012 3:10 am |
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Joined: Feb 07, 2010
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Location: Stevenage
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Sorry to hear that but at least your all fine.
Hope the police are going to be hard on the guy on the phone what an idiot
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Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2012 3:13 am |
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Joined: Feb 10, 2010
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I hate idiots that use the phone and drive, glad your ok.
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Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2012 3:29 am |
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Location: Woolsery, North Devon
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Thanks for the comments. Yes, we are very happy that we are Ok.
There were plenty of witnesses there telling the officers that he was on his phone, so he was banged to rights.
It really annoys us seeing people chatting/texting on their phones. Even more so now!
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Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2012 3:29 am |
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Joined: Jan 26, 2010
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Location: Kent
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Good to hear your ok, sad about the CC though sounds major I do hope they revise the law on the use of mobiles light fine points and a slap on the wrist is probably all he will get
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Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2012 3:45 am |
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Joined: Feb 08, 2010
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Location: Stafford
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| Big_Rich180 wrote: |
| I hate idiots that use the phone and drive, glad your ok. |
Some woman was sat in the middle lane on the M5 doing 60 on her mobile... no joke there was no other traffic around luckily but I couldn't think of much worse driving to be honest.
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Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2012 3:45 am |
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Joined: Feb 28, 2012
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Location: UK, England,Nottingham
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I agree, Whilst driving Phones / Texting / 3 Course meal should be a very serious offence, maybe some people don't care about there car's but others (like us on here) take great pride in our's and spend a lot of money on them, that we wont see a return if written off.
Not to mention the fact that your putting someone's lives in danger.
My Mums other half was in an accident 2 days ago, a driver on the other side of the road came into on coming traffic at 50mph and hit the car in front, bounced off and hit his nice MG ZT SE :-(. The car in front was a 206 and there unsure if the driver is going to make it :(.
Just glad to hear that your alright.
Maybe you can make it to the 206 meet in July ? 
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Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2012 4:09 am |
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Joined: Feb 07, 2010
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Location: Rugby,Warwickshire
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i hope its his insurance that covers for the damage of all the other cars due to her negligence and the renewal premium on his insurance will be affected.
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Last edited by DeadEyePaul on Wed Jun 06, 2012 4:10 am; edited 1 time in total
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Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2012 5:24 am |
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Joined: Feb 26, 2012
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Location: Isle of Man
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Sat in my van having lunch and I saw a woman drive past putting lipstick on :s
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Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2012 8:22 am |
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Joined: Jun 07, 2011
Posts: 806
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Location: Woolsery, North Devon
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Thanks again for all the comments.
Yeah, the damage to the CC looked pretty extensive. But was only crumpling the way it was designed to!
Yes, we are going to be making the Summer meet in July. Looking forward to it.
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Posted: Wed Jun 13, 2012 12:08 pm |
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Joined: Apr 15, 2010
Posts: 90
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Location: Wrexham
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Gutted 4 u mate. Just hope your insurance company dont mess around like they did with me!
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