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Thought id give a lil update...

After a bit of a hussle getting parts/ Panels for my car, so it can be sprayed.

Finally got the Bonnet to the guy roughly 2 weeks ago..

Gave him a call yesterday to find out that he is closing down..

And has until tomorrow to get out of the shop.

My car is not finished, early touched.

So now its being towed over to someone else in Fyshwick, which i have no idea about.

So as you can imagine, im not very happy and a bit scared on whats gonna happen next.. :confused:

Goin out to the guy in Fyshwick today to suss him out.

So there we have it...

Oh and the girl who hit me, has got till th3 6/3 to get back to me on the summons papers.. or i have to take things even further.

So all fun and games..

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More news..

The guy who origanally was spraying my car, has taken off with $1500 of my money..

Money he was ment to give to these other guys.. and told them i owe him more than im ment to..

So they were gonna do the work for $1000 more..

Car is now.. some place in Queanbeyan...

With some people i dont know..

Keys were lost.. but just been notified there found.

True mess.

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sounds like you should get your car out of there and go somewhere that has a reputation and that wont mess you around. cut your losses and start over. it'll be expensive and you'll loose a bit of money, but you wont get messed around......

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I agree however in this case which i have pointed out IT SHOULD NOT MATTER... if he is not at fault and as long as he had 3rd party insurance his insurance company should be doing ALL the work. I know when i got rear ended by some woman in a BMW with my first car i only had third pary insurance however i got her licence number and rego details passed them onto NRMA and they sorted the whole thing out all i had to do was go get a couple of quotes to fix the damage...

Although it would have probably been fixed quicker he had full insurance :D

ps this is not rage at anyone here it just amazes me that andrew has had to do some much of the running around himself considering he was not at fault

/end rant :cheers:

Moral of the story:

Full comp insurance saves your time and your money!

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I am surprised that Andrew is doing allot of the work and I admire his efforts but i felt he should have contacted the Insurance agency by now and get them do their job- what he pay's them for!!!

But Andrew - hats off too you!!!

getting parts- now the shit with spay painters

Frustrating!!!

Now that more serious money is being thrown around then

Let the insurance people step in and do their thing!!!

This is a lesson to us all!

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Moral of the story:

Full comp insurance saves your time and your money!

(sorry dude but I had too!)

{No! I don’t work for an insurance agency}

Unfortunately this isn't always the case as I had full comp insurance when I had my accident and it still took 10 months and my constant chasing up to get something done about all the problems I had.

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Well..

Ive tried my insurance company.. they wont help out..

So they can go stick themselves for a renewal..

Can turned up in my driveway today.. and is stored safely in my garage..

The car is in the worse condition you could imagine. scratched and marks that were never there before..

Rat poo in the engine bay. parts missing..

So im gonna have to start from scratch..

Goin for new quotes.. re-assessing the court case..

Will keep you all posted on how things go

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