Grovey in the wars almost lost her
 

Not many know but 4 weeks ago grovey was hit whilst in a car park by a drunken female who drove off without stopping,we were in the carvery just about to leave when this lovely couple came and asked if anyone owned a nice shine orange,that was enough for me yes I said,they explained what they saw and off we trotted to survey the damage,well I was empty inside,n/s wing bumper and bonnet damaged,along with headlight scratched,I rang the police to which they deployed the troops to catch her as they did,after she’d hit four more vehicles on route to her abode,from being arrested at 11,20pm fri night she was breathalyser sat at 1pm to be found over the dad limit still,so she did admit liability as I had witnesses etc,so on Sunday I was given a brand new 92 mile old bmw 318i tourer 1.5 turbo petrol in white,very nice but not my grovey,Tuesday morning came and so did repair company who was very surprised on condition and colour of her,after a few good stern words from me she was loaded and on her way,with a signed bit of paper saying she will not be released unless it’s to me under no uncertain terms was I going to lose her,three days later their loss adjuster told me she was beyond economical repair,my heart sank,I just had to sit and wait,all weekend like a cat on a hot tin roof,Monday came then so did the insurers engineers,well after I told him she wasn’t being written off we came to an agreement of cash to fix her and her back at no charge,well I could’ve hugged him if he was in the room and he told me he wasn’t looking forward to settling as he thaught I was gonna be harder work than what I was,so she goes in on this fri 20th for 5-7 days then home cleaned as much as I can for the nec which hopefully she will make,so the moral to my story is stand by your decision and stand up for what you want,I hope it hasn’t bored you but I’m so happy to be part of this forum and share a positive insurance story cheers

Fantastic news mate glad it's getting sorted :) Know what it's like waiting for that call from the insurance engineer to see what they're going to decide on. Sounds like the insurer you were dealing with was more willing to help you out, had to have a right go at the insurer of the guy who hit my Typhoon in Jan this year before they agreed to send me a payment of how much I wanted for the repairs.

At least on the bright side Orange Grove is much cheaper per litre than Typhoon !

Where is the work being done? at a garage of your choice or one the insurer uses? :)

So the third bonnet and bumper for Grovey awaits :drool4:

It'll be like a new car soon :D

Good to here that news mate, stunning motor ..... I may pop to NEC to have a butchers :drool4:

My choice rick I’ve provided the parts they’re doing the rest it’s having both wings done as there’s a nasty stonechip on the drivers wing top so hopefully it’ll be as good as she was or better.

Good stuff mate well done on the outcome :) seems bad at first but all works out in the end :)

Good for you matey, glad there's an happy ending for you and your stunner of a car! Hmm.....is the orange colour custom? Cause I think it looks so nice and unique 😍
Cheers ste

good news. When you want the car always good to have it repaired

macafee2

Its a monogram colour and from memory i think the ztt is 1 of very few orange grove tourers :)

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