What the hell hit my van?

JonathanAnon

Dropped in to have a swift half and come back to find my van looking like this. Has anyone any idea what could do this sort of damage - it doesnt look like paint from another car, and the bottom half of the door is completely intact so I dont think that I hit it off anything.

Loooking into getting the CCTV footage and see what really happened.

Thomas_S_Hunterson

Whatever it was seems to have done a loop

Gordon

It's not a very clear pic tbh. It almost looks like heat bubbles from the pic.

LundiMardi

someone with a grudge against drink drivers??

Thomas_S_Hunterson

Maybe someone did a very acidic piss against the side of the car

Umiq88

not a very clear pic at all im assume the two other dents where in there already the white parts look lik you caught the corner of a wall

peasant

Something high with a big overhang reversed into you, turned the steering wheel fully opposite (which caused the rear overhang to turn slightly which explains the circular shape of the scratch) and then drove off again.

Does this stuff look like GRP residue?

In that case I'd say it was a motorhome ...:D

(Wasn't me !!)

Wishbone Ash

Looks like the marks made by the "tail-swing" of a small truck.

Bushwhacker

It looks like a cement/gravel type mark to me. Have you got any moving walls in the area.

testicle

That's what you get for drink driving!

crosstownk

Wishbone Ash wrote:

Looks like the marks made by the "tail-swing" of a small truck.

Yeah- I'd agree with this. It looks like something rubbed it and then moved back.

JonathanAnon

crosstownk wrote:

Yeah- I'd agree with this. It looks like something rubbed it and then moved back.

You see it is the circular thing that is confusing me. And I dont think it is concrete - it seems more like a type of plastic/plasterboard type of stuff. And no there are no moving walls in the area :-)

crosstownk

JonathanAnon wrote:

You see it is the circular thing that is confusing me. And I dont think it is concrete - it seems more like a type of plastic/plasterboard type of stuff. And no there are no moving walls in the area :-)

I'm thinking maybe a plastic bumper of another vehicle (truck). The swirl could have been caused by the truck steering. Some vehicles change height (marginally) as the camber angles adjusts as the wheels steer.

peasant

JonathanAnon wrote:

You see it is the circular thing that is confusing me. And I dont think it is concrete - it seems more like a type of plastic/plasterboard type of stuff. And no there are no moving walls in the area :-)

Camper van ...I'm telling ya

(newer models are made out of GRP with a soft gel-coat)

Seth Brundle

peasant wrote:

Camper van ...I'm telling ya

(newer models are made out of GRP with a soft gel-coat)

This is yet another reason to hate camper vans / caravans!

cantdecide

maybe the alleged driver was after a swift half as well???

Wishbone Ash

peasant wrote:

(newer models are made out of GRP with a soft gel-coat)

Excuse my ignorance peasant - GRP?

mike65

Why were you drinking while in charge of a vehicle? (serious question)

Mike.

maidhc

mike65 wrote:

Why were you drinking while in charge of a vehicle? (serious question)

Mike.

Maybe not a commendable thing to do, but a half pint is well within legal limits.

ninty9er

maidhc wrote:

Maybe not a commendable thing to do, but a half pint is well within legal limits.

You don't know that. It varies from person to person!!!

Anyhow justifying it just makes it seem an OK thing to do. Just stupid!!

maidhc

ninty9er wrote:

Anyhow justifying it just makes it seem an OK thing to do. Just stupid!!

Not justifying it. Just saying it is more legal than driving at 101km/h where an 100km/h limit applies!

peasant

Wishbone Ash wrote:

Excuse my ignorance peasant - GRP?

Glass Reinforced Plastic aka fibreglass

unkel

ninty9er wrote:

You don't know that. It varies from person to person!!!

Ah now, don't take the p!ss. A glass won't even put a skinny woman over the limit

Seth Brundle

The OP never said that he was drinking alcohol!

JonathanAnon wrote:

Dropped in to have a swift half...

Can we stay on topic now?

JonathanAnon

I only dropped into the pub to leave presents for the kids, and to take care of some wounded small animals. Well I did have a few, but I know that I didnt hit the thing. I dont see how it is even possible that I made the mark given the nature of the mark anyway.

FX Meister

It's a few now, oh dear.

ninty9er

unkel wrote:

Ah now, don't take the p!ss. A glass won't even put a skinny woman over the limit

It would do a few I know!!