Reply With QuoteUnfortunate, but s**t happens, most important thing is no injuries.
I went to visit my parents last night, all of 3 miles each way. I got there ok but knowing the roads were getting worse.
I stayed all of 30 mins, by that time it was 10.30ish. I left there house, drove down the hill........could'nt stop myself and went stright into a parked car.
Its a right #### as I was just about to protect my NCD because I would have had 4 years trouble free motoring in September!
Well my beloved Alfa is looking very worse for wear and Im certain they will write it off, the 08 Fiesta I went into needs a rear bumber but should repair.
Any advice would be much appreciated.
Unfortunate, but s**t happens, most important thing is no injuries.
Never touch 240v equipment with wet hands.Originally Posted by miniman1983
That's the best advice I've ever had.
Seriously - what do you need to know?
Bizarre, I managed to drive my Alfa into a statinary Fiesta just before Christmas! Mine was a mess, theirs looked particularly intact aside from rear bumper.
Bonnet, bumper, grille, all works done via insurance, repairs estimate was about 2.5k IIRC.
Took them a month (with sending it back for an unhappy repair job) and I got it back on Satruday.
My advice, just let the insurance company deal with it all. It's a fairly hands-off process. Did you find the owner of the parked Fiesta?
"Any advice would be much appreciated"
invest in some winter tyres, it's snow joke driving in these conditions.
Agree bout the winter tyres. Though as it's not a long lasting usually good all season tyres with M&S and mountain symbol are good enough.
Vredestein Quatrac,
Hankook Optimo 4S,
GoodYear Vector 4 Seasons,
Nokian All Weather plus...
My advice - buy a fiesta. They seem to fare well when hit by alfas.
Fiesta it is then!
Yes, I found the owner, she was fairly ok about it.
I insured mine with Quote me Happy, Ive recorded the incident now they will contact me within 24 hours! Grrrr. They just pass it to a third party.
I run my car on winter tyres from Mid November through to March. I bought spare rims so its just a matter of swapping them over when the weather turns had three years use so far and they will probably last another 1 or 2.
Don't worry about it. Your insurance company will probably attach all the blame to the Fiesta for being parked in the wrong place, at the wrong time, with no lights, in a 40 zone etc. !
+1 for the Hankook Optimo 4S, they are all season tyres but very effective in snow.
4x4 and winter tyres for snow..!!
this is exactly what I do, saves wear on my expensive summer tyres.
+1 I got Dunlop WinterSports SP and they are amazing - just bucket loads of grip on snow.
Buy another Alfa, nothing quite like them.
You could always pay for the repairs out of your own pocket. Obviously this depends on the extent of the damage.
don't matter you still need to tell the insurance and your renewal will go up, all you really save is the excess
Various staff members of mine have crashed into moving and parked cars, often customers! The last one was a 5 day old Beemer that needed a new bumper after a small scrape. Luckily I managed to jump out of the way in time! Cost £850 that I directly paid to the repair shop, to save a registered claim. ( I then deducted if from the lads wages over several months)
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