Damo_BF

Thanks Fluffa, I am a firm believer that insurance should be compulsory... It is ridiculous how many people drive around out there that have none! and most of them are down right twats that could not drive a greasy stick up a dogs arse hole!

His name rings a bell. I think he might? I don't know them personaly I just know they do great work as my car went there last time and came out better than before it went in.

I had one offer me $5,500 for a bike that was advertised for $4,250 silly Nigerian scamming *beep*

Well car is booked in... have to wait a month! Not going in til 09/05. I could possibly send the car somewhere else and it would probably be done quicker, but I know the boys work at C&L Jacobs and am very happy with it, which in turn is why there is such a long wait as I am not the only one who has faith in thier work For now, looks like I will be breaking out the good ole zip ties and race tape to hold the old girl together and stop sh*t from flapping in the breeze and vibrating through the whole car

Well, once again my car will be in the panel beaters thanks to Late model camira drivers that forget how sh*t their brakes are.... so unfortunately, I am out.... again....

Funny you say that. I drove a POS VR Late model camira for 4 years and never had anyone hit me. I have my pride and joy for 4 months and now its been mutilated twice

The worst injury any of us sustained was a bit of whiplash, and I think a bruised ego on behalf of the Commo driver... On a side note, can anyone recomend a decent hire car mob? I am googling through some now but want to find one that is happy with 2 under 25's (me and the wife) hiring a car off them at a reasonable rate for upto 1 month....

Mine is a Flare... I hunted for ages to find the colour but it is becoming apparent to me that it is a "dickhead attractant"

My Car is about to go in for more repairs (yay....) via CGU... 2nd time in 2 months and couldn't be happier with the service provided! I am also under 25, have a sketchy traffic history and the premium is cheap as chips for a turbo! only $900 a year I rate them quite highly, no hassles just pick up the phone, they asked where I want the car to go, I send it there and it gets fixed! No excess (if not at fault) and no hit on my NCD

So, after my beautiful T is about to be sent to the panel beaters for the 2nd time in 2 months because of some other dickhead, I feel like venting a bit..... It started 2 months ago when some whack off in a ute backs into my wife in a shopping centre carpark.... He gets out and his first words to her are "sh*t, I'm sorry.... Oh I have no insurance!" Great! He then admits fault to her and says he is more than happy to pay for all damages as it is his fault. Wife calls me in a panic because she has hurt our "first born"... after I calm her down I get the guys details off her and call him to sort out the nitty gritty. As soon as the formalities are out of the way he proceeds to tell me he will be calling his solicitor for legal advise because he believes he is not at fault.... WTF!!! My last words to him were something among the lines of get your head out of your arse and get some insurance you peanut and then let him know that the next call he would receive would be from CGU. After going to get a quote from C&L Jacobs at Tinglapa my car finaly goes in to get the rear door fixed 2 weeks later. It only takes them 3 days to sort it out and she is good as new. No excess to be paid by me, no affect to my 60% no claim bonus. Gotta love CGU! So I have had the car back for around 3 weeks now and I am sitting at a set of lights at Capalaba and hear the dreaded tire squeel. Before I can tell my wife to brace herslf we are shunted forward about 2 foot luckily for me I have the brains to leave a bit of space between me and the 4x4 in front and miss hitting his car. Great! Now my beautiful BF is crossbred with a digusting VT Commonwhore..... A quick look to asses the damage, and she is still driveable... I pull into the shopping centre and exchange info with the bloke. Poor bastard was a bit shaken up and says to me "My foot slipped off the brake pedal" . that's all good and well, but the dickhead fails to realise that I in fact use my rearview mirror and could see him up my arse all the way down Old Cleveland road fiddling with his radio or his mobile. Another call the CGU (at 6pm) and I am lodging a claim straight away. Once again, no excess and no hit on my NCD. Happy days! However the car is a little worse for wear.... Cosmetically it does not look to bad. But underneath she is a but bent... The spare wheel well is nicely crumpled, the left hand subframe is a bit bent and the cover around the fuel tank is hanging a bit low. So here I am sitting at work, nursing my whiplash and wondering if they will write of my car, which I have only had since New Years Well, that's my rant over. Stay tuned to see what happens with my car in the coming weeks!!!

In my line of work I see this frequently... My advice to you would also be to goto www.mycreditfile.com.au and pay the 30 odd bucks to get a copy of your VEDA credit file and see if it all marries up to what you have applied for in the past few years... It is happening more and more frequently to people because of a stupid cross referncing system that VEDA uses and it is a pain in the arse to sort it out and clear your name sometimes... Run the search on yourself, see what you get it might unearth some nasty surprises and you can stamp them out before they become a serious issue!