A near do!

roverbarmy · 23rd February 2017, 19:16

I usually park next to the fence. Today, there was already somebody there, so I parked a bit further down.

I'm glad that I did! I wonder if they moved their cars before the wind got up?
Mike

keithst24 · 23rd February 2017, 19:21

Wow.....someone was looking after you

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bl52krz · 23rd February 2017, 19:25

Yes. Went out today and wished I had stayed home. Branches off trees, fence panels, and a plastic dustbin up in the air on telephone wires. Was time to get home, before I lost more lives.

steve-45 · 23rd February 2017, 21:29

There was a big crashing sound outside about lunchtime ........

A bungalow over the road had lost its shed .... the wind picked up the tin shed and threw it over the bungalow and deposited it in the road .....

Glad it was about 4 properties up and my car was in the driveway ....

Tourist · 24th February 2017, 08:15

It was no better in Cambridge - parked the Tourer outside the brewery where I work and five minutes later a sheet of corrugated iron from the roof of the farm building next to it came loose and thankfully flew in the opposite direction.

I very quickly moved the car to a place of safety I can tell you!

When I got home, a couple of our trees had divested themselves of quite a lot of dead wood - exactly into the spot where I usually park the car and I'd gained quite a lot of cardboard packaging that I didn't previously own.

Ah well, at least the Rover didn't get scratched.

RobSun · 24th February 2017, 13:37

It's a real sickener when your car does get damaged though. In 2013 my house roof blew off and landed on my brand new car only done 1400 miles. Thought they would write it off but the insurance company repaired it. Took them six weeks. Frankly I wish they had because it was plagued with electrical issues which started before it was damaged when 3 days old and only done 150 miles.

When I went looking for insurance quotes at renewal as it had gone up do to a no fault claim I was told there was a marker on the database saying the car was subject to an unresolved claim. They looked into it turned out the insurance company hadn't paid their repairer because the bill was to high. Once it was proven it was nothing to do with me I got quotes but I was told it could have restricted me to the original company until sorted. Apparently the body parts had cost more from the manufacturer than the assessor had got prices for off them. The cost to repair it was therefore more than they would have paid out and they would have scrapped it. Just my luck.

23rd February 2017, 19:16	#1
roverbarmy This is my second home Roverless + 1.7D Sportage Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: East Norfolk Posts: 7,050 Thanks: 729 Thanked 2,021 Times in 1,449 Posts	A near do! I usually park next to the fence. Today, there was already somebody there, so I parked a bit further down. I'm glad that I did! I wonder if they moved their cars before the wind got up? Mike __________________ Oil in my veins!

23rd February 2017, 19:21	#2
keithst24 This is my second home X Power Grey MGZT 180+ Auto... Bumble & 1.8T Odessey Rover 75 Contemporary SE manual Join Date: Nov 2015 Location: Reigate Posts: 5,375 Thanks: 2,254 Thanked 1,801 Times in 1,403 Posts	Wow.....someone was looking after you . __________________ [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC] Bumble Membership Number 35478 Born Monday, 16th June 2003 @ 14:30:35 This vehicle was the 9,196th ZT to run off the production line, out of 18,894 This vehicle was the 576th ZT 180 + to be made out of 828 This vehicle was the 871st ZT in XPower Grey (code: LEF) to be made out of 3,143 XPower Grey ZTs

23rd February 2017, 19:25	#3
bl52krz This is my second home Rover 75 cdt club + Rover 2.5 KV6 Conni SE Join Date: May 2008 Location: Birmingham Posts: 11,387 Thanks: 6,587 Thanked 2,262 Times in 1,729 Posts	Yes. Went out today and wished I had stayed home. Branches off trees, fence panels, and a plastic dustbin up in the air on telephone wires. Was time to get home, before I lost more lives. __________________ Great Barr, Birmingham.

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23rd February 2017, 21:29	#4
steve-45 This is my second home Rover 75 Saloon CDTi Join Date: Oct 2015 Location: Belvedere Posts: 4,076 Thanks: 108 Thanked 1,089 Times in 774 Posts	There was a big crashing sound outside about lunchtime ........ A bungalow over the road had lost its shed .... the wind picked up the tin shed and threw it over the bungalow and deposited it in the road ..... Glad it was about 4 properties up and my car was in the driveway ....

24th February 2017, 08:15	#5
Tourist Loves to post 2004 Rover 75 Tourer CDTi Join Date: Apr 2016 Location: Fulbourn, Cambridge Posts: 455 Thanks: 105 Thanked 123 Times in 101 Posts	It was no better in Cambridge - parked the Tourer outside the brewery where I work and five minutes later a sheet of corrugated iron from the roof of the farm building next to it came loose and thankfully flew in the opposite direction. I very quickly moved the car to a place of safety I can tell you! When I got home, a couple of our trees had divested themselves of quite a lot of dead wood - exactly into the spot where I usually park the car and I'd gained quite a lot of cardboard packaging that I didn't previously own. Ah well, at least the Rover didn't get scratched.

24th February 2017, 13:37	#6
RobSun Gets stuck in MGZTT Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: Bradford Posts: 529 Thanks: 148 Thanked 256 Times in 138 Posts	It's a real sickener when your car does get damaged though. In 2013 my house roof blew off and landed on my brand new car only done 1400 miles. Thought they would write it off but the insurance company repaired it. Took them six weeks. Frankly I wish they had because it was plagued with electrical issues which started before it was damaged when 3 days old and only done 150 miles. When I went looking for insurance quotes at renewal as it had gone up do to a no fault claim I was told there was a marker on the database saying the car was subject to an unresolved claim. They looked into it turned out the insurance company hadn't paid their repairer because the bill was to high. Once it was proven it was nothing to do with me I got quotes but I was told it could have restricted me to the original company until sorted. Apparently the body parts had cost more from the manufacturer than the assessor had got prices for off them. The cost to repair it was therefore more than they would have paid out and they would have scrapped it. Just my luck.