Wetpants Trashed My Van

[JK-Electrical]

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.

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.

 

[Marti]

Wittness....wittness saw it all (where was it So shocked at the carnage to an innocent Caddy I dropped David Beckham's book of excuses and lost my job as err....excuse carrier.

Seriously, I have protected no claims to cover my 12 years NCB but...the companies reserve the right to protect my NCB but still increase the premium...what!

 

[Marti]

Wittness....wittness saw it all (where was it So shocked at the carnage to an innocent Caddy I dropped David Beckham's book of excuses and lost my job as err....excuse carrier.

Seriously, I have protected no claims to cover my 12 years NCB but...the companies reserve the right to protect my NCB but still increase the premium...what!

MMM...How'd you delete and accidental second post?

 

[JK-Electrical]

11 months after the event, I've finally received a satisfactory offer from Wetpants' insurers. It was hard work trying to get them to accept 100% liability, but I got there in the end. At first, they tried to palm me off with a 50/50 admission, but I was having none of it. Wetpants was 100% to blame. So I dug my heels in and instructed solicitors to pursue the matter and take court action if necessary for recovery of my uninsured losses.

I now need to contact my insurance company to get my no claims bonus restored and obtain a refund of the excess premium that I had to pay. Now it's Wetpants turn to experience a loss of no claims bonus and a corresponding hike in van insurance.

 

[plugsandsparks]

I can only add that i reversed into a brand new VW transporter of a plumber working at the same client. He had put the old boiler outside and i was so keen to not hit the old boiler i totally missed the fact that his van was directly behind me... lol - No damage to the rear bumper of mine but crumpled 3 panels of his van... hey ho- what goes around.....

 

[telectrix]

I can only add that i reversed into a brand new VW transporter of a plumber working at the same client. He had put the old boiler outside and i was so keen to not hit the old boiler i totally missed the fact that his van was directly behind me... lol - No damage to the rear bumper of mine but crumpled 3 panels of his van... hey ho- what goes around.....

he put his wife outside????? ---- typical plumber.

 

[JK-Electrical]

I can only add that i reversed into a brand new VW transporter of a plumber working at the same client. He had put the old boiler outside and i was so keen to not hit the old boiler i totally missed the fact that his van was directly behind me... lol - No damage to the rear bumper of mine but crumpled 3 panels of his van... hey ho- what goes around.....

Wepants is 100% at fault here too. It was his fault for parking his van in an area that you would later be reversing your van.