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Old 11-01-2009, 09:39 PM   #31
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In a way I can understand how someone may hit something in peakhour traffic, but how on earth do you not notice going over a Mattress. I mean the things are bloody huge, on top of that, the car would be all over the place, and there would be a lot of noise you would think. Just another person too dumb to hold a licence.
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Old 11-01-2009, 10:09 PM   #32
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It may have been unavoidable to run over the mattress, but even with a plastic bag, I look in the rear view to check it didn't catch on the car. With a mattress, I'd be looking to make sure it stayed behind.
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Old 12-01-2009, 12:13 AM   #33
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Thats almost as good as one day I was at AAMI with my mum and someone rang up to make a claim........

They had just accepted delivery of their new Alfa and they didn't even make it out the driveway of the dealership. It was on a corner and they were in the driveway waiting to turn out and some C'dore Genius we around the corner burning rubber and spun the car straight into theres $62,000 alfa non-drivable and hadn't even left the dealership.

Life sucks for some people huh......
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Old 12-01-2009, 12:46 AM   #34
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Thats almost as good as one day I was at AAMI with my mum and someone rang up to make a claim........

They had just accepted delivery of their new Alfa and they didn't even make it out the driveway of the dealership. It was on a corner and they were in the driveway waiting to turn out and some C'dore Genius we around the corner burning rubber and spun the car straight into theres $62,000 alfa non-drivable and hadn't even left the dealership.

Life sucks for some people huh......

This is why you're not allowed to leave the dealership until you have proof of insurance.

Still gotta break your heart though.
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Old 12-01-2009, 12:49 AM   #35
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A car caught on fire the other day at the Golden Grove village. Guy came out of the bowling alley, started it, noticed smoke so ran into pizza hut to get a bucket of water, and when he came out it was up in flames. Pretty sure it was an old daewoo.
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Old 12-01-2009, 08:55 AM   #36
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Blonde + Mattress = Nah wont go there.
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Old 12-01-2009, 09:21 AM   #37
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Thats ok my Mother ran over a Mini
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Old 12-01-2009, 09:29 AM   #38
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man this is a good story, another one to ad to the annals' of funny insurance claims heheh
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Old 12-01-2009, 11:20 AM   #39
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Must of pulled some favours down at the RTA to pass the sight test :
I just renewed a 5 year licence the other day and for the first time ever I wasn't subjected to an eye test, it only asked if I require glasses to drive on the form.

Is this the norm now?
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Old 12-01-2009, 05:12 PM   #40
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Not nice to see what looks to be Cooper S Cabrio end up like that. If so, thats about $50K on the road. Looks like had no metal roof (cabrio) + bonnet scoop hole (Cooper S).

If my Mini (cabrio with Cooper S suspension) hit anything other than a thin magazine, you would really know about it, and you'd be on the side of the road, hell hitting a freeway expansion joint is almost enough to make me pull over, with the run-flats and all which the car in the article would have. I suppose that may go someway to explaining this. A Cooper S, with the sports suspension and run flats is HARD riding. Hitting a pothole is pretty severe, being new to the car, and maybe having passed over a few potholes before the mattress. she thought it was another big hit. Must have blunted the performance with the mattress stuck in there though.

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Old 13-01-2009, 06:03 AM   #41
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It's amazing the mini got over the mattress.
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Old 13-01-2009, 09:46 AM   #42
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…. when a couple had just picked up there new car and drove out the driveway only to be cleaned up by another car coming down the street.
I used to work for an insurer where we bought new cars for clients who wrote of there cars.
It happened a few times, where they would pick up the new car, insure it from the dealer, then drive out into on coming traffic and get it smashed. Brand new and BANG!

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Insureance should knock her back, being dumb enough to run over a mattress?? How the hell do you miss seeing the thing?
Firstly stupidity is covered by insurance.
Secondly, if they had. The owner would complain on the forums and all you guys would say how Insurance companies do that and never pay out or do anything not to pay a claim!
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