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1781cc 13th October 2016 04:10 PM

Not having any luck with this car...
 
Came back from Stansted airport to find someone had driven into my car at the Short Term Green Car Park - no note, nothing, filled the Police form out as any CCTV has to be requested by them, if there is any at all - so until that comes to light I have to claim off my own insurance for the repair.

So, less than 12 months in, I have had two people drive into the car, a dithering old fool reversed into me while I was waiting at the lights, and now this...

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notorious 13th October 2016 04:30 PM

Sorry to see this. Hope it'll be fixed soon.

Hate small parking lots in this country.

moltuae 13th October 2016 04:30 PM

Really feel for you. I'd have been absolutely gutted and livid! :(

I've had similar anonymous car park scrapes in the past. These days I park in the emptiest, furthest away spaces and reverse in (so that my dashcam captures any frontal movement).

Turbo Tony 13th October 2016 04:31 PM

Oh dear. I'm really sorry to hear (and see) the damage. Hopefully, the CCTV will be able to identify the culprit so the insurance won't class it as a fault claim.

On the upside, you'll soon have some shiny new panels on the already beautiful car.

1781cc 13th October 2016 04:43 PM

I think the case has been made for a dashcam purchase! This wouldn't have been an issue if I had one, so good point well made.

I don't hold much hope of someone anonymous getting found for this, two dings in less than a year has got me wondering if I should consider something I care much less about :-(

homer simpson 13th October 2016 05:02 PM

Probably the staff!

Ameiseuk 13th October 2016 05:17 PM

Camera
 
I have the Aguri DX10 for exactly that purpose. After getting hit in a shopping centre car park. Same issue, no note, no help from car park staff and 'broken cctv' I invested in one of these - have it on the Infiniti. Thankfully so far have had no need to interrogate it.
....but there is a new one sitting in a box in the garage for the S8 when it's back from the painters.

Audidothat 13th October 2016 07:53 PM

Sorry to see that, bloody irritating to say the least, hope it all gets sorted easily for you.

Conquistador 13th October 2016 08:04 PM

Ahh bloody hell :mad: It happened to me shortly after I got mine too - an anonymous unidentified car in Tesco scraped right along the n/s/r (http://forum.a8parts.co.uk/showthread.php?t=10998). It makes me so mad that we work hard to have nice things and then have to pay for the carelessness and complete disregard that some other people have.

I hope it gets sorted smoothly and quickly for you :-(

YorkshireBloke 13th October 2016 08:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by moltuae (Post 118421)
Really feel for you. I'd have been absolutely gutted and livid! :(

I've had similar anonymous car park scrapes in the past. These days I park in the emptiest, furthest away spaces and reverse in (so that my dashcam captures any frontal movement).

Brilliant idea re dash cam... :cool: Have we any threads on recommendations for models to buy, fitting / wiring in?

Robert


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