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[egg_]

Damaged the bumper of the new(-ish) car on a stupid knee-high bollard that was beside the parking space I was in. It was on the passenger side, and invisible in the mirrors. FFS.

Quoted EUR1300 to fix it, which I knocked down to 970 by ringing the guy up and gently haggling ("it's more than I was expecting - needs to look ok rather than perfect, are there any corners you can cut?"). At what stage does it make sense to claim on your insurance (if you have bonus protection)?

 

[pete]

It's v handy, but afaict it's actually more expensive than diesel. Grand if you're mostly charging at home

Depends on how much your paying for filling the diesel tank at home I guess.

 

[therealjohnny]

Search 'thumped user the real johnny happy times keeping mini on the road' in all forums

damn your eyes

 

[Deadmanposting]

At what stage does it make sense to claim on your insurance (if you have bonus protection)?

Zero idea

Is 1300 about a year's premium?

 

[magicbastarder]

what's your excess?
my NCB protection allows one claim every three years i think - but the issue is that your no claims protection only works with the company you're with AFAIK.
i.e. if you wanted to jump ship to a different company at renewal, they will ask 'any claims on your policy' and you're legally obliged to tell them.

 

[egg_]

My premium is under EUR500

Don't think I can claim now anyway - I didn't report it at the time, and I have since renewed my policy

 

[magicbastarder]

Yep, you'll have to leave that one lie so. You're supposed to inform them of any incident that could result in a claim at the time it happens.

 

[ernesto]

It's v handy, but afaict it's actually more expensive than diesel. Grand if you're mostly charging at home

There's no way it's costing €100 to fill your batteries via a fast charger

 

[Deadmanposting]

Following on from BMWs etc trying to look like robots, your higher end sports cars - Ferrari and Porsche are trying to get more women to buy their cars, without letting blokes know they're driving cars designed for girls

That's why Emma Raducanu is the Porsche spokesperson and Ferrari's new car looks "prettier and softer" like this and is marketed in a kind of peri-blue


This is the "she-conomy" you might hear about

 

[Jerry Twig]

Fuck cars and everyone who gives them a second thought.

 

[ann post]

Following on from BMWs etc trying to look like robots, your higher end sports cars - Ferrari and Porsche are trying to get more women to buy their cars, without letting blokes know they're driving cars designed for girls

That's why Emma Raducanu is the Porsche spokesperson and Ferrari's new car looks "prettier and softer" like this and is marketed in a kind of peri-blue
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This is the "she-conomy" you might hear about

after one year of extensive crash testing

 

[chris d]

They'll only end up suffering from minor women's whiplash.

 

[magicbastarder]

was a loud enough bang earlier in the car as i was moving slowly (coming up to where i was going to turn right onto a bigger road) that took me about a minute to figure out - it was something in the window motor. i'd lowered the windows as it's a bad bend, so i could better hear approaching cars. i was worried briefly that the window itself (passenger side) had shattered, but it came back up with much grinding noises. so that's another couple of hundred quid gone i guess.

 

[flashback]

Following on from BMWs etc trying to look like robots, your higher end sports cars - Ferrari and Porsche are trying to get more women to buy their cars, without letting blokes know they're driving cars designed for girls

That's why Emma Raducanu is the Porsche spokesperson and Ferrari's new car looks "prettier and softer" like this and is marketed in a kind of peri-blue
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This is the "she-conomy" you might hear about

Just as well I didn't buy that yoke, I'd have to give it to my bird to drive it.

 

[pete]

this really hasn't aged well

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[ann post]

I'd a few hours of learnign about it last weekend online, which as usual made shit of my algorythms.

Anywhoooo whatever kinda unknown enemy lines defined in the land of queueing up to give elon musk a public hand job this is set in, it's pretty mad all told.

 

[pete]

Woman with rectifier and car 1912

nyheritage.contentdm.oclc.org

 

[ann post]

My stats are in - it's been a year i couldn't avoid driving A LOT with different stuff going on. I spent 32 whole days in my car in a year. In working hours it'd be 100 8 hour shifts.

FFS.