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[bob.dent]

No offence to any truckers on here but some lorry drivers are just bloody dangerous. Driving to work this morning on a country road section and a low loader with and excavator on the back comes round a bend using half of my side of the road. I had to take immediate evasive action by going half way up the bank on my side and he still took my bloody door mirror off!!

Obviously he didn't stop (probably didn't know he'd hit me) and it was too late to get reg No. or name of the firm as I was too busy getting out of the way. There was also a huge queue of traffic behind him so no point in stopping to turn round and go after him.

Some of these drivers just think they own the bloody road and don't give a sh*t because they're bigger than everything else.

A nice repair bill coming my way methinks.

[shyboy]

Sorry to hear that, Bob. Bloody annoying to say the least.
Didn't knock out the dent in the bonnet, did it?  (Cancel that last comment. Not very nice).
Does it mean a complete new mirror?

[bob.dent]

Sorry to hear that, Bob. Bloody annoying to say the least.
Didn't knock out the dent in the bonnet, did it?  (Cancel that last comment. Not very nice).

Thanks mate, nah it's not really a bad dent and you can only see it in certain light.

Does it mean a complete new mirror?

Unfortunately it does. Although I managed to clip what's left of it back in, the glass is smashed and the outer edge is smashed off.

[cem_devecioglu]

sorry to hear that

[SP_3.2]

Sorry to hear about that Bob hope that you are ok. Hope the cost is not to much  

[Jimbob]

That is bad luck, probably not worth repairing, tell you what...

I'll do you a favour and take it off your hands, £100 do?
beats sending it for scrap

[bob.dent]

That is bad luck, probably not worth repairing, tell you what...

I'll do you a favour and take it off your hands, £100 do?
beats sending it for scrap

£100 for the smashed mirror James? That's very generous of you!

[Jimbob]

That is bad luck, probably not worth repairing, tell you what...

I'll do you a favour and take it off your hands, £100 do?
beats sending it for scrap

£100 for the smashed mirror James? That's very generous of you!

As long as the rest of the car is still attached to it

[Martin_1962]

New you have entire assembly or just the bits

Parts are cover, and black plastic bit, metal arm and the motor.

Mine got smashed similarly.

Repaired the cover, bodged the black plastic bit and got a glass from Halfrauds.

Motors were fine

[albitz]

you could try ebay or ring round local scrappys

[bob.dent]

New you have entire assembly or just the bits

Parts are cover, and black plastic bit, metal arm and the motor.

Mine got smashed similarly.

Repaired the cover, bodged the black plastic bit and got a glass from Halfrauds.

Motors were fine

Can't repair the cover as the end of it was smashed to pieces and is spread out along the road. Not sure about motors or electrics yet.

[bob.dent]

you could try ebay or ring round local scrappys

Biggest problem with that is getting the correct colour cover.

[Markie]

Another name change methinks from bob.bonnetdent to bob.wingmirrorlessdent  

Seriously though its typical of truck drivers  

Gonna have your work cut out getting that colour Bob  :-/

[bob.dent]

Another name change methinks from bob.bonnetdent to bob.wingmirrorlessdent  

Consider it done!

Seriously though its typical of truck drivers  

Gonna have your work cut out getting that colour Bob  :-/

Yeah, that's what I was thinking.

[amigov6]

Sorry to hear that Bob, & after all my hard work!!! Sometimes we're sent down small lanes in big trucks & it can be tricky. As a wagon driver in such situations i can tell the locals because they back off & leave you room to get round...i always thank them. Others just try to drive round you resulting in me having to stop, wait for them to realize thier mistake & back up. It's not a case of me wanting all the road, sometimes i actually need it. I don't want to go somewhere so tight anymore than people want me there but Industrial Units are'nt always put in the best of places & we still have to deliver.
    Some car drivers have no idea how much room an artic NEEDS, but i admit some wagon drivers are total arrogant pillocks who use the size of thier vehicle to give it the big i am & in doing so get the rest of us a bad name. Looks like you met one Bob so i'll apologize on his behalf. I crawl along roads like that so i can stop in time.
     I know we're as popular as Traffic Wardens but if we all took a week off together the country would grind to a halt, none of you would work, power would go off & shops would be empty.
    Sorry to hear about your car though mate, no excuse for that.