my veccy t boned

**buffallobill** · 19th March 2010, 23:49

got t boned by a 4x4 with bull bar attached as he came out of right hand junction between standing traffic just as i was passing ,
he said sorry didnt see you or your head lights (3.30pm) i was waved out of junction by standing traffic motorist.
my reply was ?????? dont you look left.
luckily for me he admitted full liability. and car in body shop getting sorted after engineers inspectio report.

**Ademusic** · 19th March 2010, 23:52

Ouch...looks painful, should do a good job at the body shop though. A friend of mine had part of the roof of his house fall on his car..by the time it was repaired it looked better than it did before the accident happend. Hope it all gets sorted for you mate!

**Marcosuk** · 19th March 2010, 23:53

OUCH!... at least he admitted it...

**buffallobill** · 20th March 2010, 00:01

thanks for replies, the body shop said the engineer qouted 10 full working days, plus body panels cost and paint job. i think it is going to cost a fair packet , i thought they might have classed it as beyond economical repair considering the hourly labour charges, my veccy is a july 07 model.

**Ademusic** · 20th March 2010, 00:10

well considering the damage you've been lucky. Quite a bit of money's worth of repair there, just lucky he admitted liability otherwise could've taken alot longer!

**jlock** · 20th March 2010, 00:14

Ouch, and im surprised it wasnt a cat d after that, hope it gets sorted soon

**Lao** · 20th March 2010, 06:46

What do you guys mean by "oh, at least he admitted it"? What if he didn't admitted it? Wasn't his fault anymore or what?!

**Ademusic** · 20th March 2010, 08:34

If he didn't admit he was at fault, the whole situation would take alot longer to sort out and the outcome may not have been so good for buffallobill. It would've been down to the insurance companies to decide who was at fault and his car could've been written off if the other guy wasn't found to have caused the accident...if you want me to justify anything else I say, just let me know

**Lao** · 20th March 2010, 09:19

No, I understand. It's the same here in Romania, but it's not that critical. What I mean is, in situations like these, it's obvious who's to blame and not admitting being your fault in an accident like this shouldn't have so much impact on the final conclusion.

**Ademusic** · 20th March 2010, 09:31

Thats fine mate, I was in an accident where someone hit the rear end of my old car whilst I was stationary on a roundabout. He refused to admit it was his fault and it took nearly a year for the insurance companies to come to any conclusion. He was found guilty in the end (even though it was obvious it was his fault), but it still took all that time to sort out, could've taken this guy alot longer to get his car fixed had the other bloke not admitted he was to blame.