Guy trys to do runner on me after hitting my XR8 last night...

Windsor342ci · 30-10-2010, 04:49 PM

Afternoon all,

Last night on the way home from having dinner with my Mrs in the city I was stationary at the set of lights on Parramatta Rd and James Ruse Dr Westbound, lights turn green and I proceed to take off (I was in the middle lane) a VT commodore to my right took off with me and in the middle of the intersection I feel my rear end get tapped to the side, I looked back right away and saw him looking right a me, I indicate to him to pull over right away! After I pulled over he drove right past me and kept going, at this stage I took off again and caught up to him again saying pull over but in more of an aggressive manner, I pulled over too the left and he went to the far right lane to turn into a side street just after the rail crossing, At this point I was completely livered and pure adrenalin took over, right hand down and dropped the clutch, blocked off were he was trying to turn got out of the car and going off my tree, at this point traffic had completely stopped to watch what was happening....
I approached the driver and said "you go in there and park, I am not ********** with you anymore." At this point I think he knew he was in Grandville and didn't know what to expect so followed suit.
Eventually got his details and explained that he cant be playing these games. He had somewhat broken English so I tried to be tolerant.
Overall the damage is minimal, going to cost about $640 to fix and Im picking up the cash from him this afternoon...

Its just a shame I had such a good night with my Mrs and that had to happen and she saw that side of me. I'm thinking I done the right thing as at that point I didn't see the damage so my main aim was to just get to him and get his details.

gtfpv · 30-10-2010, 05:01 PM

it's not just unfortunate mate , this guy is a low life , and nothing less . be carefull getting cash off him , it could be a set up .

Windsor342ci · 30-10-2010, 05:06 PM

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Originally Posted by gtfpv

it's not just unfortunate mate , this guy is a low life , and nothing less . be carefull getting cash off him , it could be a set up .

To be honest I have thought of that and it gets me a little excited.... LOL
In all seriousness though Im a man of God and with his protection I will be fine.. And if not, I wil take one of them with me....... hhahaahhahaa!

3vXT · 30-10-2010, 05:15 PM

I would have done exactly what you did up to the point when you offered to accept cash from him. WTF? Do you have insurance?

Windsor342ci · 30-10-2010, 05:20 PM

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Originally Posted by ken2903

I would have done exactly what you did up to the point when you offered to accept cash from him. WTF? Do you have insurance?

Yeh I do but see this is acually a project car as I have documented in "Show N Shine, once the engine work is complete Im actually going to respray it and go for the Regency Red. So actually I will be leaving it till all engine work is complete (about Feb 2011) then go for the respray..

See, grass hoper has a plan....

3vXT · 30-10-2010, 05:23 PM

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Originally Posted by ELIIXR8

See, grass hoper has a plan....

That makes sense. I hope you applied an appropriate mark up to the quote

You could call it the 'you tried to drive off twice so now its time to pay, ***** hole' fee.

fmc351 · 30-10-2010, 05:27 PM

I always thought 'crunch' was a universal language.

Linkachu · 30-10-2010, 05:33 PM

And just under this thread is the Road Rage thread LOL

XCwillo · 30-10-2010, 05:50 PM

dont be sorry your missus saw that side of you, now she knows when the time comes that you're a man that will protect and act upon rather then cower away and just ignore and avoid conflict
I should put quotation marks on that cause thats exactly what my ex said to me one night after a party and a few low lifes haha
Just roll up with a carload of mates and nothing will happen ;D

Grippy · 30-10-2010, 05:55 PM

I feel for you mate. I had someone swipe my passenger door and front quarter panel and drive off without leaving a note while the car was in a car park. At least you were in the car to witness what happened, people just have no respect or responsibility.

GK · 30-10-2010, 05:56 PM

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Originally Posted by XCwillo

dont be sorry your missus saw that side of you, now she knows when the time comes that you're a man that will protect and act upon rather then cower away and just ignore and avoid conflict

Just roll up with a carload of mates and nothing will happen ;D

I agree, as a man of God myself, it's good that your Mrs knows you've got a man's ticker.

And taking a few friends, leaving two in the car and having one stand beside you whilst you knock on the door is a good idea.

God be with you.

Shalom,

GK

rancidpunx · 30-10-2010, 06:39 PM

Did he have a license? There are so many foreigners on the road in cheap cars making up the rules as they go.

XCwillo · 30-10-2010, 06:41 PM

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Originally Posted by GK

I agree, as a man of God myself, it's good that your Mrs knows you've got a man's ticker.

And taking a few friends, leaving two in the car and having one stand beside you whilst you knock on the door is a good idea.

God be with you.

Shalom,

GK

Please tell me you're a preist and you own a Black XB GT Coupe called "The Reckoning" D:
My churches preist owns a black XR6T
And he's an old vietnamese bloke who used to be a POW!

GK · 30-10-2010, 08:05 PM

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Originally Posted by XCwillo

Please tell me you're a preist and you own a Black XB GT Coupe called "The Reckoning" D:
My churches preist owns a black XR6T
And he's an old vietnamese bloke who used to be a POW!

No, not a Priest. LOL! Perhaps I have confused some by saying I was a man of God, which for many = Priest! I am a Christian, so perhaps I should have said, I'm a God fearing man.

Sorry for any confusion or perceived misrepresentation.

Your Priest and the other one you speak of sound like pretty good guys.

As for being back on topic. I hope the ELIIXR8's Mrs understands the stance he took.

Shalom,

GK

b055m4n · 30-10-2010, 08:10 PM

you'll be lucky to get the money from the dick,hope im wrong.

Windsor342ci · 31-10-2010, 12:48 AM

Well alls well ends well. I got the cash this evening at 5:30. He was apologetic so I have no grudge......

Protadog · 31-10-2010, 01:09 AM

good to know you got the cash mate, hopefully it never happens again. id hate it if anything like that happened to my car.

Rich@NDRS · 31-10-2010, 05:44 AM

what a t**t glad it's all sorted now.

**Papa Smurf** · 31-10-2010, 11:04 AM

Being that you were in Clyde when it happened one would hazard a guess that the perpetrator would have come from Auburn? The regular inhabitants of Auburn are of the Middle Eastern crowd and that does not surprise me that they would try to do a runner.

FNQracing · 31-10-2010, 11:09 AM

Good to see you got it sorted. Your lucky the driver wasn't a crazed mental patient with a sawn off.

Personally, I would have just taken his plate number and gone to the cops. Could have turned real ugly real quick.

b0son · 31-10-2010, 01:28 PM

I'd have reported him to the cops for attempting to leave the scene. Broken english or not, he would have been well aware what he was doing.

GK · 31-10-2010, 02:22 PM

Great to hear it all came to a good outcome.

You get the money, your Mrs knows you have a ticker, and that guy will probably think twice before he tries to do a runner again.

Well done.

GK

gtfpv · 31-10-2010, 02:43 PM

repoting it to the cops would be like giving him a box of chocolates for hitting you .
i'm glad it worked out well

b0son · 31-10-2010, 03:12 PM

how so? he'd still be liable for the damage, but would possibly have a conviction.

gtfpv · 31-10-2010, 04:47 PM

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Originally Posted by b0son

how so? he'd still be liable for the damage, but would possibly have a conviction.

THE POLICE WOULD TELL YOU IT IS NT THIER DOMAIN AND INSURANCE LOOKS AFTER THAT . then you would go to your insurance who would make you make a claim on your vehicle and pay the excess, now you have a recorded claim of driver atfault unless proven otherwise in court or other party confesses . then the insurance company has somebody willing to pay ; you ! they contact the other party who says , i wasnt there , this is untrue / or simply hangs up when the insurance company states who they are ; yes nobody can force anybody to take a phone call , so the insurance company says , i'm sorry sir the other party wont answer our calls , you'll have to cop at fault , you then go back to the police , and get the im sorry this is an insurance problem , the insurance company then tells you you better pay up , and if its any consilation , dont feel bad this happens to people every day , so then you have a record of an at fault claim , and your insurance premiums go up for about 3 to 5 years .
dont believe me , this is what happened to my wife , this is 1st hand experience . this is why ethnics drive off , because they know once they are out of view , the case is over . in this case they were chased and caught , so they had to become nice , or kill the bloke that chased and caught them , or risk being followed home , the guy decided to be nice when caught .
this is how our system works . SOMEONE HAS TO PAY . the easiest target is the victim . this is why people always flee the scene, after that they plead no knowledge of the incident . then it goes to court , without evidence such as photos or witnesses the case is usually dropped . and the vicitm pays .
I'M SORRY , BUT THAT IS OUR SYSTEM OF LIBERTY .

mickyyyy · 31-10-2010, 04:56 PM

The bloke is a scum bad as he tried to do the runner in the first place and thats a true indicator of who they are, and if ur car was in a car park and he hit it im sure he would of left without a note.

At least u got ur money for the damage

CODSASR · 31-10-2010, 05:50 PM

nicley done.
When I first got my p's I was at the mrs place and parked my car on the nature strip, her stepdad came and said you better check your car so went outside and found the front indicator smashed and front guard all dinted and red paint all over it (my car was a white ED XR6) turned out idiots across the road where doingg burnouts in a unregisted red XF. They where no wear to be seen so went to the cop station they said nothing we can do. But I am guessing the cops went to check out the guys because for the next 2 years I was getting death threats and almost ran over by them.

I confronted them about paying for the damage all I got was f off. So thats what I got from reporting it now I just deal with people the same way ELIIXR8 did.

fmc351 · 31-10-2010, 08:27 PM

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Originally Posted by gtfpv

THE POLICE WOULD TELL YOU IT IS NT THIER DOMAIN AND INSURANCE LOOKS AFTER THAT . then you would go to your insurance who would make you make a claim on your vehicle and pay the excess, now you have a recorded claim of driver atfault unless proven otherwise in court or other party confesses . then the insurance company has somebody willing to pay ; you ! they contact the other party who says , i wasnt there , this is untrue / or simply hangs up when the insurance company states who they are ; yes nobody can force anybody to take a phone call , so the insurance company says , i'm sorry sir the other party wont answer our calls , you'll have to cop at fault , you then go back to the police , and get the im sorry this is an insurance problem , the insurance company then tells you you better pay up , and if its any consilation , dont feel bad this happens to people every day , so then you have a record of an at fault claim , and your insurance premiums go up for about 3 to 5 years .
dont believe me , this is what happened to my wife , this is 1st hand experience . this is why ethnics drive off , because they know once they are out of view , the case is over . in this case they were chased and caught , so they had to become nice , or kill the bloke that chased and caught them , or risk being followed home , the guy decided to be nice when caught .
this is how our system works . SOMEONE HAS TO PAY . the easiest target is the victim . this is why people always flee the scene, after that they plead no knowledge of the incident . then it goes to court , without evidence such as photos or witnesses the case is usually dropped . and the vicitm pays .
I'M SORRY , BUT THAT IS OUR SYSTEM OF LIBERTY .

Puety or Pearly (black ute) had a different outcome. Cops dont like drivers who flee the scene. Its not an insurance matter, that is a police matter. You need some form of evidence that the person in question did in fact hit your car. This can be a sticking point as in for the post above, red paint isnt enough. In your case Im not sure why that would happen, but I would have tried another Police station.

CODSASR · 31-10-2010, 09:58 PM

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Originally Posted by fmc351

This can be a sticking point as in for the post above, red paint isnt enough. In your case Im not sure why that would happen, but I would have tried another Police station.

I knew the paint wasnt enough but thaught I would report it just incase I decided to get insurence to fix it. Apparently the guys had a rep for this sort of thing AKA Ferals

fmc351 · 31-10-2010, 11:47 PM

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Originally Posted by CODSASR

I knew the paint wasnt enough but thaught I would report it just incase I decided to get insurence to fix it. Apparently the guys had a rep for this sort of thing AKA Ferals

I wasnt knocking you for reporting it, that was smart IMO. Just reasoning why the Police may have had their hands tied.