My life is like a frigging soap opera...

Bri · Post by **Bri** » Fri Mar 15, 2013 4:33 pm

Mate I know how things go, my mum is not in a good way ATM and was taken into hospital. Its tough times for many at the moment, the only thing I can say that may help is YOU DO NOT HAVE TO GIVE YOUR CAR TO THE INSURANCE COMPANY, they always try and take the older cars away after a bump. Ask them to pay out and get the work done yourself, you have this right. Source a door and any body shop should charge you around £100-150 to paint it. Take no jobby off them insurance people, I managed to get paid out, they wanted to take my red lude. I told them there is no way you are taking this car off me.

Sink seem to be a happening a lot at the moment around the world.

Post by **RattyMcClelland** » Fri Mar 15, 2013 6:04 pm

To complete the soap opera story all you need to do now is to

...come out of the closet but then get killed by a bomb in a local pub once a year.

stk prelude · Post by **stk prelude** » Fri Mar 15, 2013 6:10 pm

Sorry about all the bad news.. thinking of your mum.. and no not in a milfy way

like people say its always the same.. bad news all together but once its cleared.. just think of all that good luck your going to be getting... when you do.. buy a lotto ticket

bennyboy · Post by **bennyboy** » Fri Mar 15, 2013 7:04 pm

stk prelude wrote:thinking of your mum.. and no not in a milfy way

Ha! I needed that, thanks man

Post by **Donald** » Fri Mar 15, 2013 7:53 pm

Terrible news bud but best of luck for your mum!

mercutio · Post by **mercutio** » Fri Mar 15, 2013 9:19 pm

chin up bud everything seems bad now but your mum will be lifted when the little un comes along and that will help keep her spirits up you can keep and repair the car so thats not such a biggie and the sinkhole could be used to get shut of the peeps you dont like

and you get paternity leave just as the good weather is coming in

Post by **4thgenphil** » Sat Mar 16, 2013 8:36 am

Sounds like you having a bad time of it mate, it will get better even if it doesn't feel like it at the time.

Whenever I feel low I sit down, close my eyes, put my head back and repeat to myself "at least I'm not nitin"

If you need help with anything we are all here for you bud!

bennyboy · Post by **bennyboy** » Sat Mar 16, 2013 11:06 am

4thgenphil wrote: Whenever I feel low I sit down, close my eyes, put my head back and repeat to myself "at least I'm not nitin"

If you need help with anything we are all here for you bud!

Thanks Phil

I am honestly not moaning, everyone has their cross to bear at times, I learned that the hard way a loooong time ago, I think I'm just venting

but you guys are genuinely making me laugh about it all

bennyboy · Post by **bennyboy** » Sat Mar 16, 2013 11:14 am

Bri wrote:Mate I know how things go, my mum is not in a good way ATM and was taken into hospital. Its tough times for many at the moment, the only thing I can say that may help is YOU DO NOT HAVE TO GIVE YOUR CAR TO THE INSURANCE COMPANY, they always try and take the older cars away after a bump. Ask them to pay out and get the work done yourself, you have this right. Source a door and any body shop should charge you around £100-150 to paint it. Take no jobby off them insurance people, I managed to get paid out, they wanted to take my red lude. I told them there is no way you are taking this car off me.

Sink seem to be a happening a lot at the moment around the world.

Fear not Bri - I have ZERO intention of letting the lude go anywhere.
The facts (if I have this right) are:

Repair £532.80
In order to be 'uneconomical to repair', that has to be 60% of the 'market value' of the car, which would mean £888.
Frankly, there is no market value for my car, 99% of the ones that are available are rotten sheds (sadly), it's US, forums, clubs, enthusiasts, that determine what a GOOD example is worth. If I put my car up for sale on here for £888 I like to think people would laugh, and expect it to be a few thousand.
When I had the Mustang, the insurance companies would come to the club to determine what a given Mustang was worth, so that they could insure it for value.
I am expecting the engineer to call on Monday so will of course update.

On a lighter note, the guy from her insurance seemed to think that I was joking when he offered a Renault Clio as a courtesy car, and I said, 'If you give me a Clio, I'll burn it....'