Someone drove into me and took off!!

Musicman2006

Parked on a side street in town this morning and went off to do the shopping. When i came back some muppet had taken the side off the car! No cctv around or anything that would help me catch this arsehole! I drive a nice car, always look after it, im a careful driver and it makes me sick that some cnuts are so stupid and disrespectful that theyd take off like that!! Absolutely gutted and now ive to foot the bill - which i cant afford but it looks like ****e at the moment :-(

I would love to have caught him just about to drive off!!

Some people need to be taken off the road!

chiefwiggum

where did this happen? tell us ,you might get a witness..hope you get a result?
any pubs /shops with cctv

Destroyer666

If you were near some shops it might do no harm in asking some staff members did they see anything or they might even have there own private security cameras which may have picked up something. Hopefully the mongo shall be caught, good look.

flutterflye

Sorry bout that.

syklops

It was me! Haha!

padd b1975

Musicman2006 wrote: »

Parked on a side street in town this morning and went off to do the shopping. When i came back some muppet had taken the side off the car! No cctv around or anything that would help me catch this arsehole! I drive a nice car, always look after it, im a careful driver and it makes me sick that some cnuts are so stupid and disrespectful that theyd take off like that!! Absolutely gutted and now ive to foot the bill - which i cant afford but it looks like ****e at the moment :-(

I would love to have caught him just about to drive off!!

Some people need to be taken off the road!

If you can afford to drive a nice car, surely you can afford to insure it properly. Ever hear of no claims bonus protection??

abouttobebanned

You mean someone drove into your car?

mikemac

Which town?

Where are you OP?

Musicman2006

It was on little green street, just off capel streetin dublin. My cars a silver 3 series bmw and there seems to be some red paint on the rear bumper. No cctv around unfortunately, its a quiet area so i wouldnt hold my breath for a witness - but if anyone did happen to see anything that would be class!

policarp

Could've been Brian Cowan. . .

mikemac

That's a business area

Call into local shops, might have been someone outside having a smoke at the time

Edit, google street view is showing me lots of forklift drivers as there is a warehouse on the street

Some hungover forklift driver reversed into your car maybe? I know it's Sunday but people are still working

Biggins

Any paint work on the car from the other one?
Its possible to trace the make of car and some details by examination of any paint from the offending transport that hit you.
(I had to get this done - and they traced the bugger)

Musicman2006

Biggins wrote: »

Any paint work on the car from the other one?
Its possible to trace the make of car and some details by examination of any paint from the offending transport that hit you.
(I had to get this done - and they traced the bugger)

How do they trace the particular car? I would have thought theyd just get as far as make, model, colour?

MeganM

padd b1975 wrote: »

If you can afford to drive a nice car, surely you can afford to insure it properly. Ever hear of no claims bonus protection??

One two three dot eye eee just log on and save moneeey

lastlaugh

Maybe whoever did it was afraid they would have to pay for the damage and couldn't afford it, especially if it's a high spec car that would cost loads to fix.

Biggins

Musicman2006 wrote: »

How do they trace the particular car? I would have thought theyd just get as far as make, model, colour?

True but in my case, of that type, how many were around my area at the time, who was available at that time to drive it, etc... they used a process of elimination - and eventually got the guy.

Musicman2006

Biggins wrote: »

Musicman2006 wrote: »

How do they trace the particular car? I would have thought theyd just get as far as make, model, colour?

True but in my case, of that type, how many were around my area at the time, who was available at that time to drive it, etc... they used a process of elimination - and eventually got the guy.

Thats great! Id say the process cost a few quid though?

lastlaugh

Biggins wrote: »

True but in my case, of that type, how many were around my area at the time, who was available at that time to drive it, etc... they used a process of elimination - and eventually got the guy.

Sounds like a lot of effort was involved.
Was it just that someone knocked into your car or was there something more serious involved that would merit such effort?

Biggins

Musicman2006 wrote: »

Thats great! Id say the process cost a few quid though?

No. I have to say to their credit, it was all done by the local gardi and Dublin Castle detectives.

m5ex9oqjawdg2i

padd b1975 wrote: »

If you can afford to drive a nice car, surely you can afford to insure it properly. Ever hear of no claims bonus protection??

That's some serious logic flaw you got going on there...

Biggins

lastlaugh wrote: »

Sounds like a lot of effort was involved.
Was it just that someone knocked into your car or was there something more serious involved that would merit such effort?

I was injured badly. Grand now - well as much as one can be when the wife claims I'm nuts anyway!

Monty Burnz

lastlaugh wrote: »

Maybe whoever did it was afraid they would have to pay for the damage and couldn't afford it, especially if it's a high spec car that would cost loads to fix.

An uninsured driver you mean? Yeah, there are an awful lot of them around. I don't know why the government don't just put a bit more tax on petrol and give everyone third-party insurance. You'd pay more if you drive fast or have a powerful engine (more fuel consumption) and you'd pay less if you didn't use the car much (low consumption) - exactly as it should be. And no need to waste time spending money on enforcement either.

Lanaier

lastlaugh wrote: »

Maybe whoever did it was afraid they would have to pay for the damage and couldn't afford it, especially if it's a high spec car that would cost loads to fix.

Ah! yeah that's probably it... I was thinking they were afraid OP had magical apple creating powers and would ask them to eat apples which they're not really all that keen on.

You've an eye for detail. :pac:

TheZohanS

ALL of the city centre is covered by CCTV.

alwaysadub

lastlaugh wrote: »

Maybe whoever did it was afraid they would have to pay for the damage and couldn't afford it, especially if it's a high spec car that would cost loads to fix.

So the owner of the now damaged car should just have to foot the bill?!


Same thing happened to my mam twice in quick sucession recently. Someone left a huge dent in the car while she was parked in the local shopping centre, CCTV isn't pointed at the car park so no way to trace the culprit. She had to fork out 600euro she didn't really have, to get it fixed, then about 2 weeks later some other gobsh1te hit it again, and again drove off. :mad:

lastlaugh

Biggins wrote: »

I was injured badly. Grand now - well as much as one can be when the wife claims I'm nuts anyway!

I suppose if you were injured and some f*cker drove off it's completely different than if some one just caused damage to a car, I wouldn't say the Guards would have time to waste.

I remember I was on a night out with work a few years back.

A few of us were outside smoking at the front of the pub and we saw some one reverse smack bang into a big new Merc. A girl got out looking really shaken up asking what should she do, should she give her details etc.
We told her to just leave and say nothing, if someone has such an expensive car they could/should afford to have it fixed themselves.

Liam Byrne

lastlaugh wrote: »

Maybe whoever did it was afraid they would have to pay for the damage and couldn't afford it, especially if it's a high spec car that would cost loads to fix.

Well if they're not prepared to pay for any damage they might cause then they shouldn't be on the road.

Musicman2006

lastlaugh wrote: »

We told her to just leave and say nothing, if someone has such an expensive car they could/should afford to have it fixed themselves.

You muppet! My car loan is now paid off. I bought it when i had the money for it a few years ago - that doesnt mean i have an endless supply of cash to foot the repair bill everytime some irresponsible arsehole damages it!

lastlaugh

Monty Burnz wrote: »

An uninsured driver you mean? Yeah, there are an awful lot of them around. I don't know why the government don't just put a bit more tax on petrol and give everyone third-party insurance. You'd pay more if you drive fast or have a powerful engine (more fuel consumption) and you'd pay less if you didn't use the car much (low consumption) - exactly as it should be. And no need to waste time spending money on enforcement either.

Yawn...

chiloutus

lastlaugh wrote: »

I suppose if you were injured and some f*cker drove off it's completely different than if some one just caused damage to a car, I wouldn't say the Guards would have time to waste.

I remember I was on a night out with work a few years back.

A few of us were outside smoking at the front of the pub and we saw some one reverse smack bang into a big new Merc. A girl got out looking really shaken up asking what should she do, should she give her details etc.
We told her to just leave and say nothing, if someone has such an expensive car they could/should afford to have it fixed themselves.

Sorry but that is THE most f*cked up morals I've seen on boards! So if I work hard to buy nice things, some moron can come and f*ck my stuff up, cause I "could/should afford to have it fixed"??? Wow...

westendgirlie

lastlaugh wrote: »

Maybe whoever did it was afraid they would have to pay for the damage and couldn't afford it, especially if it's a high spec car that would cost loads to fix.

It was you! Wasn't it?

lastlaugh

Musicman2006 wrote: »

You muppet! My car loan is now paid off. I bought it when i had the money for it a few years ago - that doesnt mean i have an endless supply of cash to foot the repair bill everytime some irresponsible arsehole damages it!

I thought it was good advice to give the girl at the time. Probably cost yeman a few quid but by the looks of it he had the money.

Maybe you should just get a banger?

AnonoBoy

Took off eh?

Try not parking so close to the airport next time. Those pilots are bastards.

Musicman2006

lastlaugh wrote: »

Musicman2006 wrote: »

You muppet! My car loan is now paid off. I bought it when i had the money for it a few years ago - that doesnt mean i have an endless supply of cash to foot the repair bill everytime some irresponsible arsehole damages it!

I thought it was good advice to give the girl at the time. Probably cost yeman a few quid but by the looks of it he had the money.

Maybe you should just get a banger?

Ok ill trade in my nice motor for a banger so people can damage it. Why didnt i think of that before? Why dont we all drive bangers then we wont even need insurance?

lastlaugh

chiloutus wrote: »

Sorry but that is THE most f*cked up morals I've seen on boards! So if I work hard to buy nice things, some moron can come and f*ck my stuff up, cause I "could/should afford to have it fixed"??? Wow...

We all had a good few beers on us at the time and the girl was pretty upset.

What should we have done? Get all righteous and start demanding her details so we could give them to the big wig who owned the Merc? Taken her Reg and ratted her up?
It made perfect sense at the time to put her mind at ease and tell her to head off and we wouldn't say anything.

Monty Burnz

lastlaugh wrote: »

Yawn...

Good point. One of your better posts, tbh.

Monty Burnz

TheZohan wrote: »

ALL of the city centre is covered by CCTV.

Which city centre?

lastlaugh

Monty Burnz wrote: »

Good point. One of your better posts, tbh.

Yaawwnnn...

Biggins

Monty Burnz wrote: »

Which city centre?

Silly you!

THEE city centre of course! DOH!

Big Nasty

Monty Burnz wrote: »

I don't know why the government don't just put a bit more tax on petrol and give everyone third-party insurance. You'd pay more if you drive fast or have a powerful engine (more fuel consumption) and you'd pay less if you didn't use the car much (low consumption) - exactly as it should be. And no need to waste time spending money on enforcement either.

Are you out of your mind!?! :eek::eek::eek:

If that was the case many people wouldn't give a toss and driving a car would become like demolition derby because there would be no direct consequences for the indivdual who fcuked up my car!

Claims would be massive and very, very regular and drive up cost of fuel to €10 / litre before long.

Monty Burnz

chiloutus wrote: »

Sorry but that is THE most f*cked up morals I've seen on boards! So if I work hard to buy nice things, some moron can come and f*ck my stuff up, cause I "could/should afford to have it fixed"??? Wow...

Yup. That's the way Ireland is run. This is exact same thing as the debt forgiveness campaign - I fcucked up, you pay.

chiloutus

lastlaugh wrote: »

We all had a good few beers on us at the time and the girl was pretty upset.

What should we have done? Get all righteous and start demanding her details so we could give them to the big wig who owned the Merc? Taken her Reg and ratted her up?
It made perfect sense at the time to put her mind at ease and tell her to head off and we wouldn't say anything.

Well personally, I would of told her to stay where she was, she has insurance for a reason? Look you can try justify it whatever way you want...but if you bought a 60,000 euro car and came back to have your rear bumper smashed up and the person who done it is off scot free I know you'd be pissed! No-body wants to spend money they don't have to.
BTW the incident was probably on CCTV so your good deed? Probably in vain after she gets the call about a "hit & run" she's prime suspect for.

Monty Burnz

MCMLXXV wrote: »

Are you out of your mind!?! :eek::eek::eek:

If that was the case many people wouldn't give a toss and driving a car would become like demolition derby because there would be no direct consequences for the indivdual who fcuked up my car!

Claims would be massive and very, very regular and drive up cost of fuel to €10 / litre before long.

Moral hazard, you mean? No - we don't believe in moral hazard in this country. No such thing.

*sticks fingers in ears*
la la la la la

Little Miss Lady

If your car was parked on Little Green street
There's a credit union there that might have caught it happening on CCTV.
That's bloody awful carry on and the 'morals' of some people on here leave a lot to be desired!! :eek:

Biggins

Don't forget that if there is paintwork of the other transport on your car, if they can trace the model, sooner or later that transport has to pass through a camera somewhere (O' look, there one that matches the exact model that uses that particular paint - and who is in it? Lets look...) and a glimpse (or better) of the vehicle would have been taken - with a bit of luck.
Its harder now to avoid cameras in a lot of towns, than to try be caught on one on purpose!
So if the Gardi deem it worth it (or you), it might be possible, again by process of elimination and relevant timing, etc to possibly get your man/woman.

Monty Burnz

lastlaugh wrote: »

Yaawwnnn...

I didn't think it was possible, but this reply is even less amusing second time around. Try it a third time and we'll see if you get a few charity laughs.

lastlaugh

chiloutus wrote: »

Well personally, I would of told her to stay where she was, she has insurance for a reason? Look you can try justify it whatever way you want...but if you bought a 60,000 euro car and came back to have your rear bumper smashed up and the person who done it is off scot free I know you'd be pissed! No-body wants to spend money they don't have to.
BTW the incident was probably on CCTV so your good deed? Probably in vain after she gets the call about a "hit & run" she's prime suspect for.

There was no CCTV so she definitely got off scott free. As regards the Merc, it was probably a company car.
If it wasn't a company car, and some spent a sickening amount of money on it, well then they either bought it for show or they have sh!t loads of cash. Either way, I've no sympathy for them if they don't have fully comp insurance.
Maybe I have twisted morals.

chiloutus

lastlaugh wrote: »

There was no CCTV so she definitely got off scott free. As regards the Merc, it was probably a company car.
If it wasn't a company car, and some spent a sickening amount of money on it, well then they either bought it for show or they have sh!t loads of cash. Either way, I've no sympathy for them if they don't have fully comp insurance.
Maybe I have twisted morals.

Yes sir you do.

Monty Burnz

Biggins wrote: »

Don't forget that if there is paintwork of the other transport on your car, if they can trace the model, sooner or later that transport has to pass through a camera somewhere (O' look, there one that matches the exact model that uses that particular paint - and who is in it? Lets look...) and a glimpse (or better) of the vehicle would have been taken - with a bit of luck.
Its harder now to avoid cameras in a lot of towns, than to try be caught on one on purpose!
So if the Gardi deem it worth it (or you), it might be possible, again by process of elimination and relevant timing, etc to possibly get your man/woman.

The guards won't 'waste' two minutes on this. Not a prayer. You are right of course that it could be done if they were interested.

lastlaugh

Monty Burnz wrote: »

I didn't think it was possible, but this reply is even less amusing second time around. Try it a third time and we'll see if you get a few charity laughs.

Sorry, but I wasn't trying to amuse you or anyone else.

Were you being sarcastic in your first post or was it your opinion?
Maybe I interpreted it the wrong way.

Biggins

Monty Burnz wrote: »

The guards won't 'waste' two minutes on this. Not a prayer. You are right of course that it could be done if they were interested.

Aye. They put in the effort because I was hit badly. In most cases, they probably won't go to such an effort - and I can understand why in a lot of cases. Short version: economic viability.
(The government even further cuts on their resources will not help either in this regard)