Jetpilot Posted April 17, 2016 Posted April 17, 2016 My **** is boiled on your behalf had an old boy reverse into my daily recently, nothing serious, literally a bump, but enough to gouge my bumper, the first words he said were, thats the 2nd time I have done that today. After him rejecting my first two quotes as too expensive and me being incredibly patient I am still waiting for a token amount towards repair which I know I am not going to see and its not worth an insurance battle. I am pleased to own an automatic centre punch at times like this. Quote
Ekona Posted April 28, 2016 Author Posted April 28, 2016 Insurance finally agreed the bill, and it's being repaired at the garage of my choosing next week. Hopefully I'll have her back for next weekend More than a month later, but half of that was taken up with me faffing around with AMCs. If there's one thing I've learnt from this, just let your insurer take care of it as that's what you pay them for. Maybe I'll pay a bigger hit next year on the premium, but at least I get my car back all sorted and looking better than ever. Onwards and upwards! 3 Quote
Ekona Posted April 29, 2016 Author Posted April 29, 2016 So when you start talking to your wife about potential upgrades/mods and she readily agrees to them without argument, you kinda find yourself in a win/win situation. For those of you not yet married, that's very rare, trust me Time to break out the credit car then... 1 Quote
GMballistic Posted April 29, 2016 Posted April 29, 2016 ^^ What mods/upgrades have you got in mind then Dan? My Mrs is the same fyi, ...if I want to do it then it's fine by her. Can't understand these guys who are under the thumb at all. 1 Quote
Ekona Posted April 29, 2016 Author Posted April 29, 2016 Let's just say it needs to be brighter, and the wheels need to actually fit this time Quote
GMballistic Posted April 29, 2016 Posted April 29, 2016 Let's just say it needs to be brighter, and the wheels need to actually fit this time Yeah that would help. Look forward to seeing what you do. Quote
TT350 Posted April 29, 2016 Posted April 29, 2016 Hmmmn. I guess mine has been understanding. I'll have shot 20k on my Z by the end of this summer. Quote
Jay Kay Posted April 30, 2016 Posted April 30, 2016 She's after something, it's a trap Sent from my HTC One using Tapatalk 4 Quote
andybp Posted April 30, 2016 Posted April 30, 2016 So when you start talking to your wife about potential upgrades/mods and she readily agrees to them without argument, you kinda find yourself in a win/win situation. For those of you not yet married, that's very rare, trust me Time to break out the credit car then... Only just caught up with this thread Dan sorry to hear about the accident but I'm sure it will all be sorted soon as for the missus, money and mods I feel sorry for you guys my wife encourages me to spend money 1 Quote
Husky Posted April 30, 2016 Posted April 30, 2016 See's thread goes to page 19 reads about lorry smushing car scrolls for pics no pics much disappoint Sorry about your car though 3 Quote
Ekona Posted May 4, 2016 Author Posted May 4, 2016 Just had a phone call from my insurer, the lorry's insurer has accepted liability so I have zero excess to cough up for. More than that, I feel vindicated in knowing that it 100% wasn't my fault in the slightest So yeah, bit of a win/win now. Stupid sodding lorry driver! 5 Quote
rtbiscuit Posted May 4, 2016 Posted May 4, 2016 Just had a phone call from my insurer, the lorry's insurer has accepted liability so I have zero excess to cough up for. More than that, I feel vindicated in knowing that it 100% wasn't my fault in the slightest So yeah, bit of a win/win now. Stupid sodding lorry driver! least your lorry driver has a conscience; the guy who hit me is a monumental tool! Quote
grahamc Posted May 4, 2016 Posted May 4, 2016 So when you start talking to your wife about potential upgrades/mods and she readily agrees to them without argument, you kinda find yourself in a win/win situation. For those of you not yet married, that's very rare, trust me Time to break out the credit car then... That depends entirely on what she wants and there is always something Quote
Exec Posted May 13, 2016 Posted May 13, 2016 I had a little drive in an 04' 645ci today, I spent some time trying to tune the TV in, only to realise the old analogue channels were discontinued in 07'. The adjustable armrest was cool also. Must say it pulled quite well. I prefer my zed 1 Quote
Jay Kay Posted May 14, 2016 Posted May 14, 2016 Tv tuners are about £150 on eBay and will give you all the freeview channels. Sent from my HTC One using Tapatalk Quote
Ekona Posted May 15, 2016 Author Posted May 15, 2016 Didn't even realise TV was an option on these! Was it a manual one you drove Exec? How did you find it apart from pulling well and having a cool armrest? I've been busy this weekend on mine. Finally picked it up yesterday and spent the afternoon along with this morning cutting, drilling, grinding and bolting things in, on and to it... Feels good to have a successful day spannering, doesn't happen very often Quote
Stutopia Posted May 15, 2016 Posted May 15, 2016 Get some pics of this spannering up! Maybe forget about the TV, don't need you driving into the back of another lorry 2 Quote
Exec Posted May 15, 2016 Posted May 15, 2016 (edited) it was an 04' Dan, Automatic with 103k Miles, Black Leather, Sat Nav, TV, Its actually for sale (I work in a car dealership) its my job to put them all online so I will PM you a link once I've had it valeted and photographed. Edited May 17, 2016 by Exec 1 Quote
Ekona Posted May 15, 2016 Author Posted May 15, 2016 Pics will come when everything is done, still got a bit more tidying up to do yet as I need to fab some supporting brackets next week, hopefully done by Weds Quote
Ekona Posted June 12, 2016 Author Posted June 12, 2016 Car is finished, so I can finally post some pics! ...except I can't, as the bloody thing is stranded at a mate's house Long story short, but the day of stickering up for Le Mans yesterday was aborted when we discovered the expansion tank has developed a leak, flooding the drive with coolant. Yup, two days before I'm due to go away to LM, brilliant. Looks like ECP have a Hella one in stock in Stevenage so I've got to go get that tomorrow AM and hopefully fit that, if not my local indie is going to try and get an OEM one in for tomorrow afternoon. I must say, god bless Clive at Braintree Motor Works for answering his phone on a Saturday at 6pm, it's times like this that good garages and people really come into their own. Hopefully either solution will work, and I'll be back on schedule. And failing that, I've secured back up method of transportation in the form of my Dad's Hummer instead. I did want to take that one day, this wasn't how I planned it though... 1 Quote
GMballistic Posted June 12, 2016 Posted June 12, 2016 Aaahh that is gutting Dan. Fingers crossed you get it fixed tomorrow. Quote
Ekona Posted June 12, 2016 Author Posted June 12, 2016 Cheers mate, I really hope so but you never can tell with these things. Certainly the most stressful run up to LM I've ever had. Quote
GMballistic Posted June 12, 2016 Posted June 12, 2016 Still if worst happens at least your old man has come through with letting you use his Hummer. All you need then is army fatigues and a step ladder to get in & you're sorted. Quote
Ekona Posted June 12, 2016 Author Posted June 12, 2016 I need some green and grey vinyl, camo the hell out of it Quote
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