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Ouch and bugger!

Post by sapphireblack » Thu Nov 24, 2011 11:03 am

Scenario: a tight underground car park, a dwarf wall, obviously unsighted, and PDC's that didn't warn :thumbsdown: . Result :cry:

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That will be £1650 please sir :o
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Post by baldguy » Thu Nov 24, 2011 11:09 am

Ouch and bad luck fella... loving your number plate though FFS ( For Fxcks Sake)
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Post by 5wany » Thu Nov 24, 2011 12:20 pm

Feel ur pain mate. :cry:

Rear PDC can be unheard if ur not paying full attention and music is on :o
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Post by pvr » Thu Nov 24, 2011 12:22 pm

Even with PDC it can happen, ask Mrs PVR :)

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Post by sapphireblack » Thu Nov 24, 2011 12:28 pm

[quote=""baldguy""]Ouch and bad luck fella... loving your number plate though FFS ( For Fxcks Sake)[/quote]


My reg plate summed up my thoughts exactly last Thursday evening, at around 8pm :(
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Post by AW8 » Thu Nov 24, 2011 2:00 pm

So then.......sapphireblack & Mrs pvr have had reversing incidents of late.

Sorry to hear of these frustrating occurences.

Perhaps now might be a good time as any to share that last night & on my own driveway I reversed the X5 into the front of the Z3 :oops:

Double Whammy ! :headbang:

I like to think that on a good day I do okay going forwards....I just seem to lose concentration at time when reversing. :x
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Post by pvr » Thu Nov 24, 2011 2:06 pm

Nah, Mrs PVR was about 5 years ago :)

... and on the 320, it was 7 years ago, and on the Golf 9 years ago ....
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Post by X5Sport » Thu Nov 24, 2011 2:58 pm

Sorry to see this happening - and yeah I bet the air went blue for a few moments!! Too easy to do even with PDC (and even with cameras too by the way) and the rear one isn't particularly er...loud either. It's a bit more of a 'scuse me but....' rather than an 'Oi!! You!!'
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Post by AW8 » Thu Nov 24, 2011 2:59 pm

[quote=""pvr""]Nah, Mrs PVR was about 5 years ago :)

... and on the 320, it was 7 years ago, and on the Golf 9 years ago ....[/quote]

Every 2 years until last time hopefully Mrs pvr has broken the cycle now :)
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Ouch and bugger!

Post by ianmaney » Thu Nov 24, 2011 6:38 pm

It's always a begged when things jump out and attack your prized possession ! However, on a different note, I love the colour of your alloys, could you possibly divulge the colour or paint code please............ Pretty please :)
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Ouch and bugger!

Post by ianmaney » Thu Nov 24, 2011 6:38 pm

Should have said bugger ! Bloody iPhone corrective text !
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Post by sapphireblack » Thu Nov 24, 2011 6:48 pm

[quote=""ianmaney""]It's always a begged when things jump out and attack your prized possession ! However, on a different note, I love the colour of your alloys, could you possibly divulge the colour or paint code please............ Pretty please :)[/quote]


I'm not aware of a colour code reference, however, they were refurbished by Lepsons in Gillingham, Kent, who said it was: McLarens SLR wheel colour. All i know is, it was a premium of £20 per wheel colour at £80 a pop. They are nice though and almost exactly brake pad dust colour ;)
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Ouch and bugger!

Post by Rusty » Thu Nov 24, 2011 6:58 pm

Sorry to hear of your misfortune. Is it just the bumper or has the rear panel or wing been damaged too.

Hope you get it fixed quickly and done well.


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Ouch and bugger!

Post by ianmaney » Thu Nov 24, 2011 7:21 pm

Nice one and thank you, I'll look into it.............
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Re: Ouch and bugger!

Post by sapphireblack » Thu Nov 24, 2011 7:41 pm

[quote=""rusty nail""]Sorry to hear of your misfortune. Is it just the bumper or has the rear panel or wing been damaged too.

Hope you get it fixed quickly and done well.


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Thankfully only the bumper and carrier, which is the only good part of this.

A BMW repair is now scheduled for next week
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