Bad luck

EazyD

So yet again I've had another incident with my MX5 (no fault of my own) 4th time since owning it 18 months.

Stopped in traffic outside the Bell, Castleknock when the car behind (which was initially stationary) lept forward into my rear bumper. Luckily no visible damage but the old guy who did It was fairly ignorant which riled me up that bit more.

All my other cars have never been touched which lead's me to believe I'm just really unlucky with this one. Any posters have similar misfortune with their current or past cars?

Toyotafanboi

Have to say my glanza. i was so careful with where i'd leave it etc, but if i had a euro for every time someone else damaged it, i'd have, €3.

similar ****, the worst one was some asshole in her brand new pisshat reversed into it while it was parked, "ah a few scratches, it's only an auld 98"... i'd be a different story if i put "a few scratches" on hers :rolleyes:

bear1

That sucks OP.
Why yes, yes I have. A week after I got my first Alfa I was driving through Waterford when a woman coming out from a smaller street failed to stop and ploughed into the side of my car.
Damage wasn't too bad, the wing was knackered and scrapes on the side of the bumper.
The best bit? She ran out of the car and into a local restaurant where less than a minute later out she comes with a "friend" who had seen everything and said I was driving like a maniac.
Police called and low and behold she has no NCT.
I was absolutely raging at this point that she was so obviously trying to scam me.
What ensued was months and months of insurance companies battling it out.
Couldn't believe it.
Bought my S40 on the cheap after getting rid of the Alfa.
A few days or so after buying it the clutch and the DMF failed.

dodderangler

Toyotafanboi wrote: »

Have to say my glanza. i was so careful with where i'd leave it etc, but if i had a euro for every time someone else damaged it, i'd have, €3.

similar ****, the worst one was some asshole in her brand new pisshat reversed into it while it was parked, "ah a few scratches, it's only an auld 98"... i'd be a different story if i put "a few scratches" on hers :rolleyes:

Jaysus I'm pretty much identical with ya an glanza although if I had a euro for every time it actually was robbed I'd have 2 euro.
Since I sold it I have been thinking of getting another one. Just an all round great car but they're all in Shiite in this country now.
Love a 98/99 shape bog standard with nothing done to it. Factory turbo model

bbari

EazyD wrote: »

Any posters have similar misfortune with their current or past cars?

I was in the similar situation 4 times! Thrice on one car and once on a different car. Twice out of the four times the driver in the other car was uninsured, no tax, no nct. Grrrrr!

BMJD

hmm my GF had an MX-5 that was rear-ended twice, the last one writing it off, luckily there was nobody in it

are they invisible??

EazyD

BMJD wrote: »

hmm my GF had an MX-5 that was rear-ended twice, the last one writing it off, luckily there was nobody in it

are they invisible??

One of my observations of owning this car is that generally people tailgate more, cut me off, just be general dicks.

I occasionally use two other cars and never experience these things to the same extent.

Anjobe

My current car is my most accident prone - 4 now. I've been rear ended twice, reversed into a lamp post and most recently, forced off the road and into a tree by someone emerging from a side turn without looking. I didn't mind the 2nd rear ending so much as the paint was peeling on the rear bumper from the previous repair.

No other car I have owned has ever been in more than 1 accident, and I have always had the good luck of being run into by reasonable people who didn't try to weasel out of their liability.

biko

Rear ended while stationary at light only once, didn't touch bumper as they impacted only with the hitch.

*touches wood like crazy*

JohnBoy26

It seems the more someone tries to look after their car the more it tends to get damaged by someone else's actions. It's can be very frustrating after all your hard work gets undone.

I had a car once that I minded like a baby and yet no matter how careful I was, there always someone there to put a fresh scratch or dent on it.

In the end I said fe*k this, so I stopped looking after it cosmetically. From that day on nobody went near it, even the birds stopped doing their business on it :pac:

porsche959

Had a MX5 as a daily driver for 5 years, only incident was when I skidded in rain and rear-ended somebody on Stillorgan dual-carraigeway. Fortunately, it was just a bounce, no damage to either car.

Now that I think of it did get seem to get tailgated more than with other cars.

131spanner

I had the 'Rolla parked in the underground of the local Supervalu. I came out to find someone had grazed the bumper, drivers side, and brought away my fog light surround. No biggie, still would rile you though.

Another time I had it parked in Limerick city (my own fault, I know!) while I was at the dentists. Came out to find someone made a failed attempt at the driver side lock with a screwdriver or something. Funnily enough, the most vaulable thing in there was the iPod connection, about €15!

josip

Is the tailgating a matter of perspective?
Being lower down on the road does the car behind appear closer?
In the same way that SUVs always appear to be driving up my asre.

EazyD

josip wrote: »

Is the tailgaing a matter of perspective?
Being lower down on the road does the car behind appear closer?
In the same way that SUVs always appear to be driving up my asre.

I initially thought that but having spent equal time in two other saloons, I find it far more prevalent when driving the Mazda.

edburg

2 cars I have/had were jinxed.

1. Pug 205 gti, lovely immaculate car. But in a couple months hand brake snapped twice rolling in to other cars, was hit by a stolen car while I was parked, was accidently lifted by insurance company from bodyshop, returned but then said bodyshop was robbed and loads of parts were stripped of it. Took it home while waiting on insurance only for it to be stolen when I went away for weekend.

2. My current car over last 5 years has seen multiple car park incidents, culminating in new front end, new sideskirt, needs new rear bumper currently. 2 year ago a car coming out of junction drove straight into side of me left car needing new door on drivers side.

Joys of car ownership lol

dmc17

JohnBoy26 wrote: »

It seems the more someone tries to look after their car the more it tends to get damaged by someone else's actions. It's can be very frustrating after all your hard work gets undone.

I had a car once that I minded like a baby and yet no matter how careful I was, there always someone there to put a fresh scratch or dent on it.

In the end I said fe*k this, so I stopped looking after it cosmetically. From that day on nobody went near it, even the birds stopped doing their business on it :pac:

Bad drivers are a bit like magpies...they seem to be attracted to shiny things