My front end has been destroyed!

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Re: My front end hase been destroyed!

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So not a million miles from Leeds Road then, now why doesnt this surprise me :roll:

That area is well covered by cameras for a number of reasons, if your insurance want to take it further there will something for them to look at, but be aware it will be unavailable if they leave too long, legally its 31 days iirc but from past experience its about 8 weeks they have the images for.

:P and you're a dwarf man, only 6 foot and a lightweight 17 stone :P ,
:P no wonder you needed that Hong Kong Fooey stuff to keep you safe :P

Nice to know there are some other headcrackers on here :wink:

6'3 and pushing 20 stone, would love to say its all muscle though :oops:
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Mountain wrote:Woke up this and couldn't move my neck or back! Supposed to be doing this tonight,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQltqe2FFcE
but gotta forget fight club for a couple of weeks at least now :cry:
Love the way the kid starts to look like he's having a REALLY bad day after about 4 mins in :lol:
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Righty ho Im off to Bradford to see some friends before i leave this sceptred isle for good,


bring on the Scum,


wish me luck 8)
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"would love to say its all muscle though"
LOL wouldn't we all.
However, you can't argue with the laws of physics. Force = Mass x Acceleration.........it's all about fast fat people :lol:

"Love the way the kid starts to look like he's having a REALLY bad day after about 4 mins in :lol:"
Yeah, he realises volunteering to be the fall guy was not his best idea of the day :D
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LOL Check this.
The scammer phoned me up today, to see if I was OK.....
He then starts saying I must have been going really fast...as the impact also smashed his dashboard and caused all the seats to bend. Must think I fell off a Christmas tree.
Now I've been 'rear ended' a few times in my life and I've never had an exploding dashboard or twisted seats.
Of course he'd also spent the night in hospital. :roll:
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Needless to say I told him to speak to my insurance company and blocked his number.
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It's a piss take "innit rite".

Bent dashboard, shame it wasn't his head that caused the dent.

I'm sooo glad I got out of Bradford when I did. Life is much more leisurely up here in the north. :D

Mountain by name, mountain by nature from the sounds of it. :lol:
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AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH, I left West Yorkshire 14 years ago and Bradford was still the a**ehole of the county then.
406 estate, 2.1TD, I fixed her, then part exchanged her for a Mercedes E300TD Avantgarde Estate.
Hmmmm, straight 6 goodness!
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Can't believe what I'm reading in this thread :shock: . Have you contacted the police yet Mountain?
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Bad ju ju mate. Glad you're ok-ish.

I've driven in Badford a few times, but being a 6'3" 240lb Phil Mitchell lookalike gives me a natural 50' exclusion zone around my car that even honest drivers are reluctant to encroach upon, and my stare while wearing my Davida sunnies is enough to make even Clint Eastwood himself sh*t his pants.

Bloody scamsters. If it was a stunt I hope they get what's coming chum.
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HI,

Its becoming ever more common.
We cabbies used to suffer this scam frequently as all of a sudden 4 non-existant passengers were claiming and a carful of 5 in front too.
So a total 9 claims all working together from one scam all for the price of a 50 quid banger with all the brake bulbs removed and a weeks worth of tempcover.
Howver CCTV in cabs now discourages half of this scam but the other still goes on.
The only thing you can do is carry a camera or use a mobile phone camera to bolster your case with evidence.
The alternative is be a good boy..drive carefully and keep your distance & get no-claims discount protection.
If I see a scummy looking car full of scallies then I hold back ......let them screw up someone elses day.

Recently a gang was caught & jailed near Manchester as they were targeting 'soft targets' like commercial vehicles and the elderly who were less likely to challenge the scammers. What caught the dickheads out was that they were performing the scam at the same roundabout (A34 at Cheadle)and office staff nearby saw the same guy getting hit by vans and pensioners constantly....!

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bangernom1cs wrote: What caught the dickheads out was that they were performing the scam at the same roundabout (A34 at Cheadle)and office staff nearby saw the same guy getting hit by vans and pensioners constantly....!
Not the brightest buttons in the tin then. :roll:
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