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Todd! · Oct 27th, 2004, 08:10 AM

Well as you can see by the title... I had dramas!!

I left home to go to the post office to pic up my GbT - thanks Gaz and GoMiniGo it looks great and works well!!

Well on te way I stopped by work...

My work is on a busy - busy for Geelong anyway

- road and a Light truck tried to sneak up the inside past my car to get the lights...

Well there wasnt enough room...

He took my mirror cap off, bending my mirror around...

Just as he did it I came out of work to find the bits down the road.

I gave chase on foot, but retreated to the Mini for the real chase.. I hooned through peak hour traffic (For geelong anyway - hehe

) to find him but he was gone...

A person in the traffic yelled out to me and told me he had cut down the sidestreet near my work, so I headed back there...

Upon arriving back at work, the driver was there with all his details etc... told me he'd pay for everything...

So Im not happy, but happy at the same time... $140 later though... I get the new mirror cap Friday (- thanks Campbell!!

)

Todd

MickyD · Oct 27th, 2004, 08:13 AM

wasn't it a carbon fibre mirror cap

Todd! · Oct 27th, 2004, 08:15 AM

The CF' s arent in the country yet!! Otherwise they would be

I tried that

Todd

minigolf · Oct 27th, 2004, 08:20 AM

Alls well that ends well ... a close call though, woulda sucked big time if he really did a runner.

ScottyB · Oct 27th, 2004, 08:30 AM

Bugger!

At least it ended well (as well as can be expected anyway

)

Todd! · Oct 27th, 2004, 08:39 AM

I got his plate as he drove off... so it was only a matter of time before I spotted him again and I would have struck in a much severe way

Lucky this was avoided... it could have been messy otherwise.

Now I've jus got to get the money from him...

Todd

swamos · Oct 27th, 2004, 08:58 AM

Happy ending to a sad story

new skool · Oct 27th, 2004, 09:38 AM

god your a unlucky bugger todd! atleast it will be paid for mate

poki · Oct 27th, 2004, 11:00 AM

Good to hear that there are people out there that do the right thing when they stuff up.

Speaking of which, somehow

the inside edge of my passenger side mirror cover (the black plastic bit) is all scratched up. Am still at a loss to figure out exactly what someone did to it to cause that!

enzothemaddog · Oct 27th, 2004, 11:19 AM

Speaking of truckys who damage cars.
Last year my Brother had a tray top courier try to squeeze up beside him in his cranked STI WRX. The guy basically shreds the front right panel like a tin can (with my brother in the car screaming...) and then drives off knowing well what he is just done.
thinking he can outrun a super quick Sti he takes off with my brother in murderous pursuit. After he pulls him over yelling at him as to what he has just done, the dirty

says "was'nt me mate, theres alot of delivery guys around".
Anyways, the

got a night in Gaol and a panel of lawyers suing him for grievance.
Panel damage - $1800, Legal Revenge - Priceless

ethos: Take responsibility for you actions

Im just glad that the guy owned up to his mistake Todd, its a rare thing in Sydney!!

Todd! · Oct 27th, 2004, 11:47 AM

Hey Nick...

You want a broken miror case to make a CF mould from??

Maybe you can engineer some sort of metal clips in them rather than some sketchy little plastic clips!!

Todd

enzothemaddog · Oct 27th, 2004, 12:15 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by Red&blackS

Hey Nick...

You want a broken miror case to make a CF mould from??

Maybe you can engineer some sort of metal clips in them rather than some sketchy little plastic clips!!

Todd

sorry, already ordered some mirrors through Craftsquare.
Check E-mail pics on way

Todd! · Oct 27th, 2004, 01:14 PM

Thanks mate!!

What style of Mirrors are you getting??

Have you gone with the jap style? or just getting covers?

Todd

Smurfn · Oct 27th, 2004, 09:10 PM

Sorry to hear this Todd. At least he is paying you for the damages.

enzothemaddog · Oct 28th, 2004, 12:05 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by Red&blackS

Thanks mate!!

What style of Mirrors are you getting??

Have you gone with the jap style? or just getting covers?

Todd

Is no Jap Style

. But yeah that litle mirror look. Done by a Jap company called CraftSquare.

chosta · Oct 29th, 2004, 12:07 AM

Its the worst thing that could ever happen...a hit and run!

it scares me how bad drivers can be...esp in Sydney's west...alot of crummy old cars with inexp drivers who dont give a damn wat car it is...if they parked next to a ferrari(highly unlikely) they wouldnt care and do the usual of openeing their door and nipping the car ever so slightly(then again, they prob dont knw wat a ferrari is).

Im driving a new civic and i get paranoid parking my car in a praking lot...imagine if i had my mini (ill be freaked!)....just cant stand it when ppl dont consider other ppl's car!

chosta · Oct 29th, 2004, 12:11 AM

i had a friend who was driving on a highway and cut infront of a motorcycle...it wasnt that close but it

ed the biker off...then at the next traffic lights, he drove up the queue and kicked my friends lights out!!! what schock! and in a situation like that, what else can you do but to run out and confront the guy...being the 18yo agrresive he is, he ran towards the biker and fly-kicked him off the bike as he tried to ride off!!! lol! my friend drove off while the guy lied trap on under the bike....it was a major traffic light and everyone witnessed it...no one helped....got what he deserved!

you gotta be careful when driving in sydney...anything coould happen.

MickyD · Oct 29th, 2004, 12:32 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by chosta

.got what he deserved!

maybe your friend should look before changing lanes....

Todd! · Oct 29th, 2004, 12:56 AM

Im with Micky on this one!!

If I was on the bike... I think I would have let him know what I thought - maybe not so harshly, but having riden bicycles around busy areas for many years, I can tell you that the level of care many use is just not good enough!!

I once got hit by a car in a Safeway carpark when it backed out into me... destroyed my bike, left be with some MASSIVE gougs out of my legs... the women was like "I didnt even see you there!!"

IT was a real shame considering I was wearing a cycling top and a BRIGHT yellow helmet ona white bike at 5pm!! My guess isthat she just had more important things on her mind like whether she got the bread rather than someone elses life...

Todd

new skool · Oct 29th, 2004, 01:02 AM

As someone who has a motorbike licence there is two sides to this, yeah for sure you should have looked but then again some riders just sit in blind spots not thinking that the driver cant see them!..when im riding i make sure the driver has seen me by trying to make eye contact with them in the mirrors...But i would be very angry if someone kicked my light in!

Oct 27th, 2004, 08:10 AM	#1
Todd! Boy who made the wolf cry Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Geelong, Vic, Aus Local Time: 06:27 AM Posts: 10,450 Offline	Nooooooooooooo, why me!?!?!?!?! Well as you can see by the title... I had dramas!! I left home to go to the post office to pic up my GbT - thanks Gaz and GoMiniGo it looks great and works well!! Well on te way I stopped by work... My work is on a busy - busy for Geelong anyway - road and a Light truck tried to sneak up the inside past my car to get the lights... Well there wasnt enough room... He took my mirror cap off, bending my mirror around... Just as he did it I came out of work to find the bits down the road. I gave chase on foot, but retreated to the Mini for the real chase.. I hooned through peak hour traffic (For geelong anyway - hehe) to find him but he was gone... A person in the traffic yelled out to me and told me he had cut down the sidestreet near my work, so I headed back there... Upon arriving back at work, the driver was there with all his details etc... told me he'd pay for everything... So Im not happy, but happy at the same time... $140 later though... I get the new mirror cap Friday (- thanks Campbell!!) Todd PROJECT POLARIS - Die Wiedergeburt eines kultautos

Oct 27th, 2004, 08:15 AM	#3 (permalink)
Todd! Boy who made the wolf cry Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Geelong, Vic, Aus Local Time: 06:27 AM Posts: 10,450 Offline	The CF' s arent in the country yet!! Otherwise they would be I tried that Todd PROJECT POLARIS - Die Wiedergeburt eines kultautos

Oct 27th, 2004, 08:20 AM	#4 (permalink)
minigolf Blue is the colour! Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Canberra, Australia Local Time: 07:27 AM Posts: 13,849 Offline	Alls well that ends well ... a close call though, woulda sucked big time if he really did a runner. Sabine Schmitz: Fear disturbs your concentration.

Oct 27th, 2004, 08:30 AM	#5 (permalink)
ScottyB Take me down to Paradise My Classifieds Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: David McGhan's World Local Time: 07:27 AM Posts: 192,103 Offline	Bugger! At least it ended well (as well as can be expected anyway ) - Global Moderator - MY BLOG - Global Procrastinator - ... Buying the 8C for its dynamic abilities is like buying a porn film for its plot ...

Oct 27th, 2004, 08:39 AM	#6 (permalink)
Todd! Boy who made the wolf cry Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Geelong, Vic, Aus Local Time: 06:27 AM Posts: 10,450 Offline	I got his plate as he drove off... so it was only a matter of time before I spotted him again and I would have struck in a much severe way Lucky this was avoided... it could have been messy otherwise. Now I've jus got to get the money from him... Todd PROJECT POLARIS - Die Wiedergeburt eines kultautos

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Oct 27th, 2004, 08:13 AM	#2 (permalink)
MickyD MINI2 Master Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Melbourne, Australia Local Time: 07:27 AM Posts: 3,628 Offline	wasn't it a carbon fibre mirror cap

Oct 27th, 2004, 08:58 AM	#7 (permalink)
swamos MINI Traitor Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Brisbane, Australia Local Time: 06:27 AM Posts: 4,985 Offline	Happy ending to a sad story

Oct 27th, 2004, 09:38 AM	#8 (permalink)
new skool what was the speed limit? Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: melbourne australia Local Time: 06:27 AM Posts: 104 Offline	god your a unlucky bugger todd! atleast it will be paid for mate

Oct 27th, 2004, 11:00 AM	#9 (permalink)
poki Whatev. Join Date: Sep 2003 Local Time: 07:27 AM Posts: 2,885 Offline	Good to hear that there are people out there that do the right thing when they stuff up. Speaking of which, somehow the inside edge of my passenger side mirror cover (the black plastic bit) is all scratched up. Am still at a loss to figure out exactly what someone did to it to cause that!

Oct 27th, 2004, 11:19 AM	#10 (permalink)
enzothemaddog Un-Banned Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Train Station Toilet Local Time: 06:27 AM Posts: 2,067 Offline	Speaking of truckys who damage cars. Last year my Brother had a tray top courier try to squeeze up beside him in his cranked STI WRX. The guy basically shreds the front right panel like a tin can (with my brother in the car screaming...) and then drives off knowing well what he is just done. thinking he can outrun a super quick Sti he takes off with my brother in murderous pursuit. After he pulls him over yelling at him as to what he has just done, the dirty says "was'nt me mate, theres alot of delivery guys around". Anyways, the got a night in Gaol and a panel of lawyers suing him for grievance. Panel damage - $1800, Legal Revenge - Priceless ethos: Take responsibility for you actions Im just glad that the guy owned up to his mistake Todd, its a rare thing in Sydney!!

Oct 27th, 2004, 11:47 AM	#11 (permalink)
Todd! Boy who made the wolf cry Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Geelong, Vic, Aus Local Time: 06:27 AM Posts: 10,450 Offline	Hey Nick... You want a broken miror case to make a CF mould from?? Maybe you can engineer some sort of metal clips in them rather than some sketchy little plastic clips!! Todd PROJECT POLARIS - Die Wiedergeburt eines kultautos

Oct 27th, 2004, 12:15 PM	#12 (permalink)
enzothemaddog Un-Banned Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Train Station Toilet Local Time: 06:27 AM Posts: 2,067 Offline	Quote: Originally Posted by Red&blackS Hey Nick... You want a broken miror case to make a CF mould from?? Maybe you can engineer some sort of metal clips in them rather than some sketchy little plastic clips!! Todd sorry, already ordered some mirrors through Craftsquare. Check E-mail pics on way

Oct 27th, 2004, 01:14 PM	#13 (permalink)
Todd! Boy who made the wolf cry Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Geelong, Vic, Aus Local Time: 06:27 AM Posts: 10,450 Offline	Thanks mate!! What style of Mirrors are you getting?? Have you gone with the jap style? or just getting covers? Todd PROJECT POLARIS - Die Wiedergeburt eines kultautos

Oct 27th, 2004, 09:10 PM	#14 (permalink)
Smurfn Smurfing Around Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Newcastle, NSW Local Time: 06:27 AM Posts: 42,149 Offline	Sorry to hear this Todd. At least he is paying you for the damages. http://www.flickr.com/photos/cheezelsmurf/

Oct 28th, 2004, 12:05 AM	#15 (permalink)
enzothemaddog Un-Banned Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Train Station Toilet Local Time: 06:27 AM Posts: 2,067 Offline	Quote: Originally Posted by Red&blackS Thanks mate!! What style of Mirrors are you getting?? Have you gone with the jap style? or just getting covers? Todd Is no Jap Style . But yeah that litle mirror look. Done by a Jap company called CraftSquare.

Oct 29th, 2004, 12:07 AM	#16 (permalink)
chosta MINI2 Regular Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Sydney Local Time: 06:27 AM Posts: 83 Offline	Its the worst thing that could ever happen...a hit and run! it scares me how bad drivers can be...esp in Sydney's west...alot of crummy old cars with inexp drivers who dont give a damn wat car it is...if they parked next to a ferrari(highly unlikely) they wouldnt care and do the usual of openeing their door and nipping the car ever so slightly(then again, they prob dont knw wat a ferrari is). Im driving a new civic and i get paranoid parking my car in a praking lot...imagine if i had my mini (ill be freaked!)....just cant stand it when ppl dont consider other ppl's car!

Oct 29th, 2004, 12:11 AM	#17 (permalink)
chosta MINI2 Regular Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Sydney Local Time: 06:27 AM Posts: 83 Offline	i had a friend who was driving on a highway and cut infront of a motorcycle...it wasnt that close but it ed the biker off...then at the next traffic lights, he drove up the queue and kicked my friends lights out!!! what schock! and in a situation like that, what else can you do but to run out and confront the guy...being the 18yo agrresive he is, he ran towards the biker and fly-kicked him off the bike as he tried to ride off!!! lol! my friend drove off while the guy lied trap on under the bike....it was a major traffic light and everyone witnessed it...no one helped....got what he deserved! you gotta be careful when driving in sydney...anything coould happen.

Oct 29th, 2004, 12:32 AM	#18 (permalink)
MickyD MINI2 Master Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Melbourne, Australia Local Time: 07:27 AM Posts: 3,628 Offline	Quote: Originally Posted by chosta .got what he deserved! maybe your friend should look before changing lanes....

Oct 29th, 2004, 12:56 AM	#19 (permalink)
Todd! Boy who made the wolf cry Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Geelong, Vic, Aus Local Time: 06:27 AM Posts: 10,450 Offline	Im with Micky on this one!! If I was on the bike... I think I would have let him know what I thought - maybe not so harshly, but having riden bicycles around busy areas for many years, I can tell you that the level of care many use is just not good enough!! I once got hit by a car in a Safeway carpark when it backed out into me... destroyed my bike, left be with some MASSIVE gougs out of my legs... the women was like "I didnt even see you there!!" IT was a real shame considering I was wearing a cycling top and a BRIGHT yellow helmet ona white bike at 5pm!! My guess isthat she just had more important things on her mind like whether she got the bread rather than someone elses life... Todd PROJECT POLARIS - Die Wiedergeburt eines kultautos

Oct 29th, 2004, 01:02 AM	#20 (permalink)
new skool what was the speed limit? Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: melbourne australia Local Time: 06:27 AM Posts: 104 Offline	As someone who has a motorbike licence there is two sides to this, yeah for sure you should have looked but then again some riders just sit in blind spots not thinking that the driver cant see them!..when im riding i make sure the driver has seen me by trying to make eye contact with them in the mirrors...But i would be very angry if someone kicked my light in!

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