Ok, so last night... i get home. Wife has to leave at 5:15 for a bride appointment (she ownes a wedding flower business)
so I parked around the corner instead of having to deal with switching cars. She leaves... about 15 minutes later. Some guy shows up at my house.
him: "Hi, do you own that little silver car around the corner?"
me: "Yeah"
him: "Well, I just backed into it"
im thinkin... ok, little ding in the quater panel. Nice of him to come over and give his information to me.
We exchange info, and he leaves... so I go to investigate.
BAM!! [Just got the estimate: $2367.96]
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this was the car i bought while the jeep was getting fixed .. car came around a bend on my side of the road .... guy had no insurance and car was a write off .. never got paid.
God Damn! How can you guys total your cars like that . Tut, and my Mum and Dad said driving was a safe method of travel!
before the jeep, totalled my nissan twice, second time it was literally in 2 pieces. .. left side was totally gone .. right hand drive so lived to tell.
I was doing nothing wrong.. just geting out of a red light intersection... Technically, I had the right of way.. except I had a light car. The ******* in his '99 GMC Sierra (pickup truck, fyi) decided "red" meant "speed up"... and WHAM!!!!! Estimated $4,000 on-site for my car alone...
before the jeep, totalled my nissan twice, second time it was literally in 2 pieces. .. left side was totally gone .. right hand drive so lived to tell.
Thats awful man, glad you made it out though. Things like that put me off learning to drive, i know person who had a Citroen Saxo and ran it off the road by accident because of bad weather the side of his car collided with a road sign, the dent in his car was massive.
Just respect the fact that a car is a machine that kill with ease and that not all factors are in your control you'll be fine. Anticipate weather factors and other drivers' actions and you'll be ready for any eventuality
Originally Posted by ValleysBoy1978
Just respect the fact that a car is a machine that kill with ease and that not all factors are in your control you'll be fine. Anticipate weather factors and other drivers' actions and you'll be ready for any eventuality
That’s somewhat re-assuring . I'm sure i may get down to learning one day, but not yet. I'm waiting on a new job for a 2nd Line Engineer Vacancy at Bulldog Broadband so I can pay for University and I'm at college to so it would be too much hassle at the minute
Learn to drive now or you'll regret not doing it earlier because once you've passed it's done. Besides, they're supposedly intending to make the tests much harder now
harder? there isnt anything even remotely hard as it is! lol
the only thing that stinks is parallel parking in the test.. you get one shot (2 if your test instructor is cool)
but really, the test is so unrealistic.. you can go 25 in a 35 mph (just dont speed or its an immediate fail) just putter along and take your time. No one drives like that.
They should get you out on the highway... make you speed. then get you into a simulated snowstorm and see if you can get from one block to the other without hitting anything. LOL
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haha, thats the advantage of driving a Tank!!! (well not really) but my car is just a tank, its took a beating off my mams car and nothing happened to it, it just dented hers!!!
btw Dclamp! you might be a "perfect driver" (if its anything like my definition it means you dont get caught going a little over the speed limit *lol*) its more to do with the fact that the drunken idiot who doesnt know how to drive in the first place, has just drove his microwave on wheels head first into your car!!!
well I hate this - I have a chip on my windscreen less than the size of your little finger tip.... cost to repair.... £330... will post a picture as and when
never underestimate the road, or the idiots on it!!!
and speed limits shouldnt be a limit!!! - as far as im concerned, they are an advisory target!
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Learn to drive now or you'll regret not doing it earlier because once you've passed it's done. Besides, they're supposedly intending to make the tests much harder now
The older you are when you do it the harder it is to build confidence. My husband got his driving license last year at age 38, has already had a wreck, has a near-miss at least once a day...he's not what I would call a good driver. I let him do all the driving because he needs the practice. Learning to drive for me was easy as anything, since I started when I was 15 and bulletproof, since teenagers (as everyone knows) are immortal.
I'd advise anyone to get their license before they get into their 20s and start developing a sense of caution. Caution is good, don't get me wrong...but if you start driving in your 30s or later you may never develop the confidence you need to be even an average driver.
haha, thats the advantage of driving a Tank!!! (well not really) but my car is just a tank, its took a beating off my mams car and nothing happened to it, it just dented hers!!!
btw Dclamp! you might be a "perfect driver" (if its anything like my definition it means you dont get caught going a little over the speed limit *lol*) its more to do with the fact that the drunken idiot who doesnt know how to drive in the first place, has just drove his microwave on wheels head first into your car!!!
well I hate this - I have a chip on my windscreen less than the size of your little finger tip.... cost to repair.... £330... will post a picture as and when
never underestimate the road, or the idiots on it!!!
and speed limits shouldnt be a limit!!! - as far as im concerned, they are an advisory target!
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Thats awful man, glad you made it out though. Things like that put me off learning to drive, i know person who had a Citroen Saxo and ran it off the road by accident because of bad weather the side of his car collided with a road sign, the dent in his car was massive.
. I'm sure i may get down to learning one day, but not yet. I'm waiting on a new job for a 2nd Line Engineer Vacancy at Bulldog Broadband so I can pay for University and I'm at college to so it would be too much hassle at the minute 
