Roadside Mower = Hole In Car...

[boosted22]

wow thats scary as, lucky u didnt have kids in there or anything, if you have kids sorry, but yer would of scared the crap out of me if my lad was in the car.

[Dragonforce]

Ok a detailed report of everything that happened has been submitted to the council, and i have had confirmation that it was received. The guy in charge assures me it has been forwarded to the claims department and to get in contact with him in 3 weeks... I wont accept 3 weeks, ill be ringing him first thing monday morning. Apprently if it is established that it IS the councils fault i will have to get 2 quotes for repairs and then submit them and they will cover the costs...

Does anyone know what i will happen if they are unable to match the color? i have a custom pearl and if it dosnt look spot on I wont drop this...

Cheers.

[Bass Junky]

Yeah, you have done the right thing.

This has happened to me twice, once a mower, once a pothole and both times I had my car repaired at no cost to me.

Write a report, get quotes, get photos etc.

Take the car to the council.

You should be okay.

[Dragonforce]

I got my quotes for repairs,

Ranged between $1100-1400.

None of the dudes seemed too sure if they could match the paint shades either... The guy with the highest quote seemed most confident in getting it right though, but the council will just want to use the cheapest right?

[Bass Junky]

Get anther higher quote from somebody else.

don't show them the cheap quote because they will simply use that one.

[Kaz200]

do you guys know what happens when you hit something on the road (may have been a huge rock or a piece of tyre, unsure but heard the bang) and it buckles your rim and pushes out your tyre sidewall?! Luckily the wheel got pulled off that night, so it was noticed before it blew out on the freeway at 100k/hr..

But still, unsure of all details except for the exact spot/road, do you think there's much chance of compensation to fix it? Can get photos of the damage but it'd be hard to prove exactly where and when it happened because it wasn't even a pothole and who is responsible for road rubbish/tyres etc?

[AzzurrA]

honestly, i think you've got buckleys...

hell, i HAD all the evidence, photos, etc, and they still refused

[frx026]

Hi,

Councils are the worst to deal with, the are slow, so you will have to chase your money.

So just 2 suggestions

1 - Get a lawyer, bill the council for your legal costs as well as the cost of the repairs.

2 The magic words " trash TV", yep Today Tonight and current affair feed on stories just like this one. The angle to push is how scared you were at the time, how your only car will be off the road due to no fault of your own, how it is lucky you were not injured, and the best one, how the council has failed to respond to your demands. Nothing like a bit of bad press for the council to MAKE them pay.

Cheers,

FRX026

[Trust33]

So what about the hole in the door for the meantime.

[Duncan]

easy...racetape and cableties are the 2 essential car repair tools. In this case race tape seems more appropriate

[AzzurrA]

you can fix anything with zip ties and race tape!

[Eug]

got any pics?