probrox Posted March 5, 2008 Author Share Posted March 5, 2008 Just got my car booked in for repair next week. The hire car they have said they will give me is a 3.0 litre Merc C200. Anyone know what they are like, as i haven't got a clue when it comes to Mercs ie. stats? pics? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl_S Posted March 5, 2008 Share Posted March 5, 2008 Good that you caught them. if they left that would be leaving the scene of an accident right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miko_supra Posted March 5, 2008 Share Posted March 5, 2008 can't believe they were laughing and about to leave?! its not like its their insurance, vehicle, money etc... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chingy Posted March 5, 2008 Share Posted March 5, 2008 Cant believe they were going to leave the scene of an accident ! Hope they make the claim easy for you mate same here, thats bad they where going to just drive off Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firepool Posted March 5, 2008 Share Posted March 5, 2008 Gutted to hear this mate. Im in the fire service in London and have never heard of this happening before. When reversing an appliance (fire engine), there has to be at least one person at the rear to see the driver back. This person must use hand signals and shout out if the driver is getting close to anything. In my experience, there has been the odd occasion when the person at the back shouts out but the driver doesn't hear first time. It sometimes takes a second or third shout which can be too late. This may be due to the fact that the person at the back is usually in a quiet environment and believes their voice is sufficiently loud for the driver to hear, but the driver is sitting on top of the engine and next to the officer in charge (who may be sending verbal messages over the radio), the heater blower would normally be on full blast this time of year and the switches and relays for the blue lights make quite a lot of noise. This obviously is no excuse but may be a contributing factor. If they have tried to leave the scene without taking any details then that is unacceptable and I would hope that this is an isolated incident. As for your insurance, I believe London's insurance company are fairly quick with any claims but don't know about Suffolk. Don't worry though, you won't have any problems. I think that's a shocking result from a public service. The fire service are honourable and do a fantastic job in crappy circumstances. To have their reputation tarnished by a couple of idiots is terrible The firemen responsible may be retained (part time) in your area and have another profession which they earn more money in but this is no excuse for leaving the scene of an accident. My mate in the police said that most officers and paramedics hate firemen because they're all lazy slackers, and they don't have the same moral fibre as they do!! In East London we work with the police and ambulance quite a lot and we have an excellent relationship. As for the lazy slackers bit, I suppose you could find a few of them in any profession. And as for moral fibre, I don't know any firefighter who I wouldn't put my life in the hands of. Anyway, hope you get it sorted out mate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
probrox Posted March 12, 2008 Author Share Posted March 12, 2008 The insurance company got me a 3lt Merc ML280 4 x 4 this morning. I was pretty happy with that until they phoned me this afternoon to say I wasn't insured to drive it (after I'd already been out to lunch in it), so now they are kindly coming to replace it with a diesel vectra, GUTTED. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Havard Posted March 12, 2008 Share Posted March 12, 2008 The insurance company got me a 3lt Merc ML280 4 x 4 this morning. I was pretty happy with that until they phoned me this afternoon to say I wasn't insured to drive it (after I'd already been out to lunch in it), so now they are kindly coming to replace it with a diesel vectra, GUTTED. Result....!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
probrox Posted March 12, 2008 Author Share Posted March 12, 2008 Result....!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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