nothin like a t bone to start your day

[jennie285]

I was too! Either off with the fairies or too distracted by the GPS or mobile phone.

Thursday night at the local shops, I was stopped at the end of a row in the carpark waiting for a gap in the traffic to turn right into the exit road, and this 17 year old girl, red P-plates (just got her licence 2 weeks ago), got in her car while yapping on her iphone, started the car, and drove straight out of her spot on the end, right into my front wheel. Luckily it was only superficial damage to the tyre & hubcap, but it still needs an alignment & new hubcap. Her excuse? "I didn't see you" - No shit! You can imagine what I wanted to do with that phone.....

I hope you told her you were watching her, and that you wanted the money for the wheel alignment, as it would be in her best interest as neg. driving will immediately disqualify her :Chin:

[commodorenut]

Because it's a carpark, and not a public road, the police aren't interested in these sorts of things (unless they turn violent - hey there's an idea).

She rang her father (after she finished her previous conversation), who asked to speak to me, so I told him exactly what she'd done.
He went off his brain at her (I was 2m away and I could hear every word he screamed down the phone - along the lines of "I'll sell your f-ing car" etc). His solution? She had a card linked to his account, cash was withdrawn & handed to me. Smart father!

Oh - the girls name, you'll love the spelling: Brittne, with one of those little french things over the top of the e. :knockout:
Can't they just use something simple like Brittany or Britney?

[jennie285]

- along the lines of "I'll sell your f-ing car" etc). His solution? She had a card linked to his account, cash was withdrawn & handed to me. Smart father!

Oh - the girls name, you'll love the spelling: Brittne, with one of those little french things over the top of the e. :knockout:
Can't they just use something simple like Brittany or Britney?

Poor little girl now I feel sorry for her, being spoken to like that... I would never nor, would Rodney speak to our kids like that, even though she is silly for being on the phone, she prob has twits for parents so would know no better...they probably were too stupid to know how to spell Brittany so spelt it the way they would say it... at least the stupid father paid you...its a wonder he didn't pretend it was your fault....

[ozbox]

I hope you told her you were watching her, and that you wanted the money for the wheel alignment, as it would be in her best interest as neg. driving will immediately disqualify her :Chin:

dont kid yourself on that one jennie..police were called and attended but because both cars drove no charge...**** OFF..i went off..the cop had his hand on his gun until i calmed down..lazy farkin *****...mind you her car was rooted..but it drove and because her airbag sensor was obviously faulty she could drive it away regardless of the coolant runnining out of the radiator...i dislike lasy police that do not know what is safe or not..thats why i was goin off...paperwork is too hard..lazy pricks..:knockout:

[ozbox]

well ill be PG13ERED...assessed as a total loss.offered me a cheque to the correct value and the ute and i didnt have to argue with them...very happy...going on the rack on monday to give it a suck on the side and we can go from there..

[Pacvan]

nice ,,what more could you want for an outcome ( besides not doing it the first place haha )

[HK1837]

well ill be PG13ERED...assessed as a total loss.offered me a cheque to the correct value and the ute and i didnt have to argue with them...very happy...going on the rack on monday to give it a suck on the side and we can go from there..

Good work. Hope yourself will recover OK. I am still getting physio for my neck, stiffens up bad still. Worst case with the ute, wreck it out. Or buy a 6cyl one and swap the V8 stuff and gas across. Should fixup OK though, just have to wonder if it is worth it in the end.

[ozbox]

yeh byron i went to my osteo within 2 hours of the accident and again on tuesday..i had actually been to him the day before the accident so it was easy to see what was out of line...as for the ute i have the parts and its not gunna cost much coz i dont want it painted..do that myself later..im also doing the crappy labour like pulling the gas tank etc...mates rates for repairs..so the ute lives for some more hard work..

[adam perth]

i know its off topic now, but that dog was a mastiff cross Pitbull. not are pure bred pitbull.
i feel for the family.
but as a breeder and owner of american pit bulls, i always find the people who critisie them have had no exposure to them.

by the way, they are 24th on the list of dog breed attacks in the USA, and when you consider that some of the work they do, like guard dog duties, this is an impressive stat.
The American Pit Bull Terrier has HUGE breeding selection pressure against biting humans.. when was the last time you were bitten by one? when was the last time a blue heeler nabbed you or a chiwower bit you??????

they are an awesome dog, and should never be banned. Bad owners should be banned from owning them....

[ozbox]

i must agree with you adam..no bad dogs just bad owners..