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I thought i would just vent to you all as i know everyone will be able to feel my pain!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am absolutely devo!!! :banana:

Sunday morning around 11am i was driving in redcliffe to go pick up my hungover boyfriend from his mates house! I had only been there a couple of times so i wasnt too sure which street i was meant to turn down!

Any way, I past Field street on Epsom ave and realised......oh crap that was the street i was meant to turn down!!! So i proceeded along Epsom ave waiting for a safe place to turn (as there was kerbs/trees in the middle of the road, separating both lanes).

I found a driveway coming up on the right that was reasonable low for my car to get up on. So i checked my rearview mirror, saw a white holden VS commodore about 150m behind me.

I judged that he was far enough back for me to make my turn. So i put my indicator on, slowed down and pulled to the left side of the road so i could get my big car around on to an angle for my car to get up the driveway.

While in the turning process i was looking out my drivers window and thought to myself...... where has that car gone? then................... BBBAAAAAAANNNNNNNNNNNNGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG!!!!!!!! no screaching of the brakes or anything!!!

This guy didnt even see me!!!!!!

I blacked out for about 30secs coz i hit my head on my drivers window, when i came to i pulled my car up on the driveway and started SCREAMING and CRYING!! hahaha (such a f***n sook)

This guy jumped out (must have been in his 50's) with his wife and daughter and come walking over. As they were walking over i screamed at them...... DIDNT YOU SEE ME INDICATE AND BRAKE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! hahaha (as u do)

To my astonishment, this guy and his family started telling me that ITS MY FAULT!!! apparently i did a U Turn right in front of him!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WAT THE? (the bad thing is I started to believe him! but never said anything)

He also said that i did not have my indicators or my brake lights! EXCUSE ME!! i said!! MY LIGHTS ARE LED TAIL LIGHTS............. YOU CANT F***IN MISS THEM!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thinking back now, I dont thinke he even saw me at all........... as he didnt even brake to miss me................

OH it gets better! He proceeded to tell me that he has been driving for 30years and is older than me, so that makes him a safer driver! and he has only had one accident! PFFFTT i have been in no accidents until this loser!

I was devo! so anyway my car is stuffed! the wheel is bent, i need a new rear quater panel, new rim, new bumper, new side skirt, and thats only the cosmetic stuff! I will find out what else is stuffed and keep ya updated!

The guys car had to be towed, his front end was really ugly!!! I could still drive away as my rear wheel took all the impact!

I have provided photos of the damage :P

And i have included a diagram just incase you cant understand how it happend! hahaha

So poor Anahera is off the road for a while. :D:banana:

But ill keep u updated on whats happening!

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eeks..sorry to hear that ><

i saw it at this years auto salon and it was looking mint.

I think if you put your case forward to the insurance company, it would seem you are not in the wrong. Good luck with the claim. Was police called to the scene?

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eeks..sorry to hear that ><

i saw it at this years auto salon and it was looking mint.

I think if you put your case forward to the insurance company, it would seem you are not in the wrong. Good luck with the claim. Was police called to the scene?

Yeh i have already rung my insurance, the said im totally not at fault coz i was hit in the rear and he hit me! :thumbsup:

no police, but i reported it to the police afterwards :)

Oh man

I lost my stagea in almost the same circumstances so I really feel for you.

Mind you, I was the "idiot" on the continuing road with a WRX doing the u-turn in front of me.

He lost :thumbsup:

Sorry to hear that.

Similar thing happened to my friends honda euro. He was making a U turn and got hit as well. Unfornt. he was found at fault. I hope its different for you... As he got hit in the driver side door. Not the rear.

Whats with all the skylines getting hit atm?...

**touch wood**

And ihate it when they come up and say they have been driving for longer bla bla, as that doesnt mean sh~t. Everyone makes mistakes no matter how long you have been driving for.

I bet if he hit a grandma or grandpa he would said it was their fault as they are too old to be driving or something sh~t like that.

lame.

Anyway i hope it all works out and the car is back on the road asap.

ACTUALLY you need to be careful saying you pulled left to turn right - that is an offence, it is called turning from incorrect position on the road and it gives following drivers the impression that you are turning left or pulling over notwithstanding you are indicating to the right.....

choose your words carefully on the report although from the impact, he is going to have a hard time to say he could not see, I mean it is not as if he was level with you when you turned, you must have almost been right the way through the turn and halfway into the next lane for him to smack you side on at the rear like he did.

I would have decked him!

Thanks for your support guys!

My insurance said it is totally not my fault, i explained the whole situation and they said because he hit me in the rear it is his fault!

On the police report i was very carefull in what i had written. As you can see from the diagram the road was pretty wide and i was pretty much in the middle when he hit me.

So he was driving more to the middle of the road!

My bf said there is some chasis damage............... mmmmmmmm NEW SKYLINE? heehehehe nah im devo i want mine back!!! hahaa

It went on the tow truck about 2hrs ago to get quotes so all i can do is sit and wait! :)

But mind you, i think my car is bad luck. This is the second time it has been hit on this side (first time was more door if anyone remembers), The whole right side of my car will be new panels soon! hahahahaha might be time to move on to a new project!

Wont be cruising for a while guys :rolleyes:

ACTUALLY you need to be careful saying you pulled left to turn right - that is an offence, it is called turning from incorrect position on the road and it gives following drivers the impression that you are turning left or pulling over notwithstanding you are indicating to the right.....

I was utilising the whole road (which is not an offence), i put my R indicator on then slowed down towards the left.

So there wouldnt have been any confusion.

Dont worry i didnt write that on the police report. I actually got a friend who is a "Public Servant" to help me write the report. So all sweet :rolleyes:

Even if you did pull slightly left to turn right, he should have been far enough back to see that you were slowing down, which means having enough time to brake until your car was off the road. Even so you said this road is pretty wide, so why did you even have to go left before right?? You could have just gone onto the other side of the road to the driveway, but it looks like you were trying to get on the driveway more the other way around

This happened to me on the way to central TAFE last year, I did the same thing, indicated right to do a U turn, moved slightly to the left then *BANG*...

I don't care, she fcked her stupid little POS charade, her left light was broken and most of he bumper tore off the front... I sustained a very slight scratch on my rear right wheel arch and my wheel got a few marks... Pretty much a case of Skyline and me 1 - stoopid bisch in crappy charade 0..

Still, that is of no good to you, bad luck ey, dero prick in a crumbledore...

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