Location: QLD - Sunshine Coast
Registered: July 2002
Pranged Seca....Help (must be the season for it)
Wed, 11 December 2002 12:05
What's going on? Is it the car accident season or something.
Driving through Blacktown this arvo and car in front turned right so I went to go round him to the left (there was a painted overtaking lane on the left specifically at that point for that side street) and got beside him and stopped as there was a Council street sweeping truck about 30ft ahead.
The guy beside me kept rolling so I couldn't fit between them as the guy in the truck decided he would clean the street in reverse at this point. My car was hanging out to the right of his truck by about 1/3 and I was franticly flashing my lights, blowing my horn and waving my arms but the tool kept coming. Threw it in reverse but could only go a short distance as there was another car that had come up behind me........he kept coming CRUNCH!!!! Three days before Saturday nights cruise >:
Two broken headlights, phucked grille, bumper, AC condensor and receiver dryer, bonnet, bent radiator support, slightly bent guard.
The dipshit driver, when asked if he was looking at the nice shiny TV screen that shows him exactly what's behind him from the video camera mounted on the back of the truck said :
-"Oh no I wasn't looking at that..........but I was looking at my mirrors"
-"If you had been looking in your mirrors you would have seen me flashing my lights at you" (seems logical doesn't it??)
-"Sorry didn't see ya"
Fortunately the Council have admitted liability and are going to pay for the repairs but that leaves me without headlights for Saturday night's cruise .
I think I can bend things out of the way far enough to mount the headlights and make them useful again for the sake of the cruise and I have a drivers side headlight but does anyone in Sydney have a spare passangers side AE92 Seca headlight they want to part with? Or even loan for a few days as once the cruise is over the car will go straight to the Panel beater. I WILL NOT MISS THIS CRUISE!!!
Wed, 11 December 2002 12:05
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