I was manoeuvring into a bay in the car park of my local Screwfix on Monday morning when a white transit van that was parked in an adjacent bay suddenly began to reverse at speed. My van was positioned approximately 45 degrees in relation to the Transit when impact occurred. The door-hinge of the Transit's back door caught the side of my van and ripped a gaping hole above the off-side rear wheel arch.

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My insurance company has estimated the cost of repairs to be somewhere in the region of £2500. I've only had my Caddy six weeks, and what took me almost two months of searching to find, took wetpants only 7 seconds to trash. When wetpants isn't installing hot water pipes directly on top of cables or installing a boiler directly in front of a consumer unit, he's ripping holes in the side of your van. I despair. :(
 
Because I am paranoid and have a bit of OCD I have a 4 channel CCTV system in my van (front, back and 2 sides) which runs off an inverter and a leisure battery.

It even records when the van is parked up.
Makes sense; just remembered My Nissan NV200 is supposed to have a dash cam. Agreed the discount and forgot to fit one. That Sunday's entertainment taken care of :(
 
20 quid for a NV200! You must have bought mine ;)
Seriously I will probably stretch to an HD for 60 quid ish. Useful for capturing moving number plates but you're right - can't beat a bit of on-line shopping.
 
20 quid for a NV200! You must have bought mine ;)
Seriously I will probably stretch to an HD for 60 quid ish. Useful for capturing moving number plates but you're right - can't beat a bit of on-line shopping.
i like to have a look on aliexpress.com every now and then. It amazes me the random stuff and often crap you get on there. as long as you dont mind waiting 2 weeks for delivery you can get some good bargains.
 
Got love a bit of used kit off the Web. Depreciation is like compound interest for people with no money (me for example).

Slow delivery from China? That is just an opportunity for forgetful people (err....me again), to be pleasantly surprised when the parcel finally puts in an appearance.

Sorry, I appear to be so far off thread I could be the apprentice with his first bit of steel conduit. I'll get my coat.....
 
Before I went online to renew my van insurance yesterday evening I thought it wise to give my insurance company a call to clarify a few points before renewing. I'm glad I did. I was told that the renewal premium of £654.00 would no longer apply due to my no claims bonus being suspended until such times as wetpants' insurance company admit liability. I was then quoted just under £1600 to renew. I politely declined and went elsewhere. After having spent several hours searching online, I eventually found a policy.

I now have to take several hours off work tomorrow so I can take my van to a repair shop on the other side of city to be assessed. May the fleas of a thousand camels infest wetpants' bed linen and underwear, and may the electrical gods fry the next boiler he installs.:mad:
 
Before I went online to renew my van insurance yesterday evening I thought it wise to give my insurance company a call to clarify a few points before renewing. I'm glad I did. I was told that the renewal premium of £654.00 would no longer apply due to my no claims bonus being suspended until such times as wetpants' insurance company admit liability. I was then quoted just under £1600 to renew. I politely declined and went elsewhere. After having spent several hours searching online, I eventually found a policy.

I now have to take several hours off work tomorrow so I can take my van to a repair shop on the other side of city to be assessed. May the fleas of a thousand camels infest wetpants' bed linen and underwear, and may the electrical gods fry the next boiler he installs.:mad:

If they admit liability and you are self employed can't you add consequential losses to the claim, you do pay the extra for "legal" protection on your insurance so should use it and remember I fired you from that £50k job as your van was trashed and you couldn't work. I will PM you my bank account details and we can go 50/50 when you get the cash.......
 
If they admit liability and you are self employed can't you add consequential losses to the claim, you do pay the extra for "legal" protection on your insurance so should use it and remember I fired you from that £50k job as your van was trashed and you couldn't work. I will PM you my bank account details and we can go 50/50 when you get the cash.......

Thanks for the heads-up SWD. I'll make enquiries with the insurance company and see what transpires.

If you say my salary was £100,000 pa and agree to a 75/25 split in my favour we have a deal.:D
 

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