I eventually got rid of the 107 after 18 days of its company. My car was repaired very well, some might say it actually represented a minor improvement on the first repair from April. Only problem I had (apart from the rubbish 107) was that they didn't replace the crumpled arch liner so there was a large gap between the inner rear arch and the liner itself. Not wanting this to provide a way in for dirt and water, I insisted they replace it as part of the repair. They did, even picking my car up from work as I didn't want to trek back over to the other side of leicester for it.
So, I've parted with my insurance excess for the repair but at least I was back in a reasonably safe car now. Then I get a letter from the police saying they aren't taking an action against the woman who hit me because of lack of witnesses (there may have been one but I had to race after the other driver so didn't hang around) and lack of CCTV. Not sure whether they actually tried to be honest, I know I spent hours putting as much detail into my statement as I could to help them. The only useful thing they did give me was her full name and address (
) and policy number for her insurers.This has all been passed to my insurers and much form filling has taken place. Originally my insurers reported that the other driver had not reported it to her insurance (not surprised really). But the latest letter I've had says that her insurance are contesting liability on her behalf. This makes me so angry - if she was the wronged party and I'd hit her, why did she drive away and not report it to her insurance or the police. Hardly the actions of someone who wanted to claim for damage.
Meanwhile I keep getting stupid letters from a solicitor advising me that I have whiplash and asking me to prove what I've spent on phone calls and put a value on loss of use of my car. The whole thing just annoys me really, one split second of stupidity by another driver and it creates months of hassle afterwards.
And to top that, my a3s air conditioning has packed up and it looks like its the compressor.....I guess they do say bad luck comes in 3s.
) and got me in to look through some mugshots of known crims, but they didn't take a photo of the injuries, there were at least 2 cctv camera's within 10 feet of it (council operated) and a month later the police said they still 'hadn't been able to obtain the cctv' so they'd be dropping the case... 
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