So this happened to me today

[DuckKnuckle]

So this morning on my way to work, I decide I'm going to take De Waal into town.

I'm in the right lane doing about 80 as I'm approaching the last right bend before the camera. There's a bakkie in the left lane as we approach the bend and when I'm about halfway ahead of him, he turns straight into my lane.

There were no indicators as I approached him, so I'm definitely not at fault. We pulled over to assess the damage and he tells me this; "Eish I just didn't see you. The road it bends so I couldn't see." That threw me over the edge.

AR form has been filed and I'm in the process of speaking to the company (it was a company car) and getting all of this resolved.

 

[Ashy Boi]

that's messed up, sorry dude, hope it gets sorted soon

 

[Mo63]

:thumbdo: Sorry bud its really a crap time for this to happen hope you get it sorted out :sorry:

 

[car_fanatic]

Ouch. :thumbdo:

 

[ChrisBrand]

Ouch bud. Exact same rhing happened to me last year and insurance wanted to write off my car

 

[danieljames]

Eish. Bloody idiot!

 

[Gunner-Win]

Man that sucks! :sorry:

I'm so scared driving on our roads these days. So many bad drivers. :facepalm:

 

[ChefDJ]

:sorry::sorry::sorry:

Ouch bud. Exact same rhing happened to me last year and insurance wanted to write off my car

Yeah, look what happened to me 2 weeks ago.

 

[KPM3_30]

Man that sucks! :sorry:

I'm so scared driving on our roads these days. So many bad drivers. :facepalm:

I couldn't agree with you more.. It makes me want to drive around in a scrap heap :thumbdo:

 

[sash]

the worst part the crappy panelbeaters you get out there..... the car will never be the same again.

 

[DuckKnuckle]

the worst part the crappy panelbeaters you get out there..... the car will never be the same again.

I'm taking the car to Auto Atlantic for an assessment and it'll be repaired by a BMW-approved panelbeater. I would never take the car elsewhere.

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[ET was here]

not nice, but accidents happen, just a pity that we who love our pride and joy usually feel the pain worse than the average company driver in a company bakkie

 

[DuckKnuckle]

Just received my estimated repair quote from Auto Atlantic - R27 799.25. Very expensive lesson to learn for the guy who hit me.

I must commend Auto Atlantic on how efficient they are. I got there this morning at 08h50, left at 09h10 after going through all the damages, and received my quote at 09h25.

 

[200ts]

Sorry to hear this, at least you are ok, The major issue IMO is not whether you can repair properly or not, it's that your car now has comments on the system, lowering its resale value......


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[FEAR WP]

What is up with all these bad drivers on the road lately...?

 

[MikeR]

:thumbdo: sorry man, its seems to be getting worse over the past few weeks, I have had so many near misses for the exact same reason, they just move over without checking or indicating and when you hoot at them its like WTF is your problem. :RedNo:

 

[Thunder]

Sorry to hear bud.

People on our roads are terrible. And on a bike it's even worse. Specially guys that drive without lights at sunset and sunrise or the just turn where ever the F.... they want without indicators.

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[Nastaliq]

It's a shit thing to happen, but it looks worse than it is.

 

[Preston2711]

[eish].....sorry dude

 

[sash]

the worst part the crappy panelbeaters you get out there..... the car will never be the same again.

I'm taking the car to Auto Atlantic for an assessment and it'll be repaired by a BMW-approved panelbeater. I would never take the car elsewhere.

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For me approvals are just panelbeaters that managed to achieve a certain level of workmanship at a specific point in time, the time when they were being inspected. I dont believe any approved panelbeater will pass a unplanned inspection from whichever panel or board does the approval.

I have seen excellent work from people who have no approvals and also shoddy work from those who have lots of approvals.

In the end, i am saying dont take for granted that they are approved and the work will be good, rather treat them like a panelbeater that has no approval and be extremely critical about their work.