UKAirborne
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I can't believe it, just my b** luck! 
Finished a night shift this morning, got home did a few jobs, jumped in the Landy to go to town to get a few parts (only £20) worth of kit, following two cars, the one in front must have been a complete idiot, heavy braking on the slightest of corners down to 30-40mph and rapid acceleration to 60mph on the straights, neither of us could pass him/her
Just my luck we all turning onto the mini slip road that goes off onto a road not far from the Land Rover specialist/parts place, when for some reason the car in front decided to do an emergency stop at a give way sign with NO fecker coming and the clearest visibility junction you could ask for (weird junction layout), the car behind manages to stop but myself with a 2T beast and a slippery road surface had no hope, hard on the brakes, steering to the left but nope, it glanced off the womans VW beetle bumper, needless to say the prat whole had done the emergence stop drove away oblivious of the problem they had caused..
More annoyed that the VW beetle suffered a bad scuff and a 1cm length ding, her bumper looked fine (not saying there may be damage behind it), but it was such a low-speed collision I didn't hardly feel a thing, they felt a bit but not a lot, everyone is fine, except but my pride (7+ years driving no accidents) However the O/S bumper was bent in towards the tyre and it's cracked the center part, also the bumper bracket has pulled a small chunk of the wing out, I was roughly estimated £1k replacement/respray/labour
I know, I know.. my fault, I didnt manage to stop in time but it's b** annoying the person that caused the incident drove away oblivious.. Last year was crap, this year seems to be getting worse, will my luck ever change
Just thought I'd vent that here, may cheer someone up that's having a bad day.. to think I only really went in to get a few bulbs for the heater unit :frusty:
Finished a night shift this morning, got home did a few jobs, jumped in the Landy to go to town to get a few parts (only £20) worth of kit, following two cars, the one in front must have been a complete idiot, heavy braking on the slightest of corners down to 30-40mph and rapid acceleration to 60mph on the straights, neither of us could pass him/her
Just my luck we all turning onto the mini slip road that goes off onto a road not far from the Land Rover specialist/parts place, when for some reason the car in front decided to do an emergency stop at a give way sign with NO fecker coming and the clearest visibility junction you could ask for (weird junction layout), the car behind manages to stop but myself with a 2T beast and a slippery road surface had no hope, hard on the brakes, steering to the left but nope, it glanced off the womans VW beetle bumper, needless to say the prat whole had done the emergence stop drove away oblivious of the problem they had caused..
More annoyed that the VW beetle suffered a bad scuff and a 1cm length ding, her bumper looked fine (not saying there may be damage behind it), but it was such a low-speed collision I didn't hardly feel a thing, they felt a bit but not a lot, everyone is fine, except but my pride (7+ years driving no accidents)
However the O/S bumper was bent in towards the tyre and it's cracked the center part, also the bumper bracket has pulled a small chunk of the wing out, I was roughly estimated £1k replacement/respray/labour I know, I know.. my fault, I didnt manage to stop in time but it's b** annoying the person that caused the incident drove away oblivious.. Last year was crap, this year seems to be getting worse, will my luck ever change
Just thought I'd vent that here, may cheer someone up that's having a bad day.. to think I only really went in to get a few bulbs for the heater unit :frusty:
