Let the rant begin.
It all began at 7 o'clock last Weds. I missed my train to London and worked out I wouldn't get to my hotel till 1am.
Bright idea ......... let's jump in the car stick on Sat Nav and a choice selection of Cd's in the changer. 2 1/2 hours there or there abouts.
Jumped into the car got set up. Pulled up to the first set of lights and BANG. Some girl in a Mini drove straight into the back of me. We pulled over to assess the damage. I got out of the car and a lens fell out of my glasses. Proceeded to the back of the car and (glassesless) I couldn't see any damage. Didn't exchange details due to this and we went our separate ways.
Proceeded to destination. Flew along the (comparatively) dead M4 without a care blasting out a choice mix of The Who, Stone Roses and a bit of Hendrix. Until I got to Reading when the sat nav decided to lose it's bearings and guide me North through the fields of Oxford. By the time I got to the M25 save nav made out I was in Kettering !!!!
Found location on my iPhone from M25 to Watford. Then ..... Down to 1 lane. 1 1/2 hours later I left the M25. Battery on iPhone died. An hour later (after asking 2 drunks in Watford for directions to the hotel) I arrived (note later than if I had caught the train).
Checked in.......no parking left but for a very tight spot on the hotel front. Reversed in but failed to notice a small chunk of raised curb with a pothole in front of it. BANG ....... Grounded the car. SCRAPE.......as I pulled forward. Landed up driving the car into said space with half of the car on the pavement.
Following day I came out to assess the damage. A 6 inch curbing to my front left alloy :-(. Further, some scrote had pinched my stubby !!!!!
To make matters worse, 3 days later I got home my fiancée looked at the rear of the car and pointed to a huge crack in the paint on the bumper (just to the right side of the reg plate). On closer inspection the are also 2 small dents in the plastic. How I didn't see it at the time I will never know. I blamed the loss of lens in my glasses (my other half is convinced the person that hit me was a leggy blonde with fluttery eyelashes).
In summary :-
Rail journey - free
Z4 journey - £60 fuel, est £70 alloy referb, est £200 bumper mend/respray, new stubby a fiver.
Still love the car though ...........
Arse
It all began at 7 o'clock last Weds. I missed my train to London and worked out I wouldn't get to my hotel till 1am.
Bright idea ......... let's jump in the car stick on Sat Nav and a choice selection of Cd's in the changer. 2 1/2 hours there or there abouts.
Jumped into the car got set up. Pulled up to the first set of lights and BANG. Some girl in a Mini drove straight into the back of me. We pulled over to assess the damage. I got out of the car and a lens fell out of my glasses. Proceeded to the back of the car and (glassesless) I couldn't see any damage. Didn't exchange details due to this and we went our separate ways.
Proceeded to destination. Flew along the (comparatively) dead M4 without a care blasting out a choice mix of The Who, Stone Roses and a bit of Hendrix. Until I got to Reading when the sat nav decided to lose it's bearings and guide me North through the fields of Oxford. By the time I got to the M25 save nav made out I was in Kettering !!!!
Found location on my iPhone from M25 to Watford. Then ..... Down to 1 lane. 1 1/2 hours later I left the M25. Battery on iPhone died. An hour later (after asking 2 drunks in Watford for directions to the hotel) I arrived (note later than if I had caught the train).
Checked in.......no parking left but for a very tight spot on the hotel front. Reversed in but failed to notice a small chunk of raised curb with a pothole in front of it. BANG ....... Grounded the car. SCRAPE.......as I pulled forward. Landed up driving the car into said space with half of the car on the pavement.
Following day I came out to assess the damage. A 6 inch curbing to my front left alloy :-(. Further, some scrote had pinched my stubby !!!!!
To make matters worse, 3 days later I got home my fiancée looked at the rear of the car and pointed to a huge crack in the paint on the bumper (just to the right side of the reg plate). On closer inspection the are also 2 small dents in the plastic. How I didn't see it at the time I will never know. I blamed the loss of lens in my glasses (my other half is convinced the person that hit me was a leggy blonde with fluttery eyelashes).
In summary :-
Rail journey - free
Z4 journey - £60 fuel, est £70 alloy referb, est £200 bumper mend/respray, new stubby a fiver.
Still love the car though ...........
Arse
That is a seriously bad day!
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