Whoops..........

[Albert Ross]

I went bargain hunting yesterday at my local Asda. I found what appeared to be a good space. P plate Escort to my left, 06 plate Mercedes S-class to my right Did the correct thing and reversed in, watching my mirrors as I went. There was a Multipla behind me, and the bonnet shape made it difficult to judge the distance......................The Escort disappeared from view briefly in my nearside mirror, so I craned my neck to keep it in view, and stopped. No, I hadn't touched the brakes. It was the rear crossmember of my Land Rover resting against the nearside rear door and wheelarch of the Mercedes....................BOLLOCKS! Scraped a 40K motor..........................The owner didn't respond to the callouts inside the shop, so I left my details with the Information desk, who passed them on to her................Thankfully not a Gippo!!!! She rang me last night, and was keen to get it done under insurance (thankfully) Seems either she or her husband is an Accountant or Solicitor.....good job I did the right thing! Well I spoiled her Christmas AND mine in one swell foop............ I had only just fitted bigger mirrors too! Must learn to use them.

[reallyloud]

Thats very commendable of you, I wish more super market car park users were like you. I've just come back from Sainsburys, and the car has been narrowly missed by 2 bints in swish motors both within 30 seconds of each other - its feckin' mayhem akin to Dresden circa 1944.

[Ratdat]

Easy done. I reversed my old '76 Datsun Laurel into a Micra once. Didn't do anything to my Laurel at all but stoved the rear quarter in on the Micra. I just paid to have it fixed rather than go through insurance. Cost me over £600. That was just before Christmas too

[MrRegieRitmo]

Easy done. I reversed my old '76 Datsun Laurel into a Micra once. Didn't do anything to my Laurel at all but stoved the rear quarter in on the Micra. I just paid to have it fixed rather than go through insurance. Cost me over £600. That was just before Christmas too

The equivalent of a Renault 30 reversing into a Clio!

[pogweasel]

Bumhats. I assume your LR is in hardtop van guise?My pick-up's were a piece of piss to park,despite the QEII turning circle. Did once have an 'entertaining incident' at Asda's in the Landie, when an irate woman bollocked me for parking it in the 'parent & child' section, which is according to her only for MPV's. The fact I had two kids with me, one in a stage 1 seat at the time seemed irrelevant.

[Albert Ross]

It's a 109 Hardtop (no windows) and its a little awkward. Thing is, I can reverse it onto my driveway on my cul-de-sac in the dark, with cars both sides for 150 yards...................go figure. I just effed it up, and chose the best car in the place! I feel such a pillock!

[andrew e]

Karma will repay you

[Guest]

I scraped an Escort in the work car park in my Mira a few months after getting it (put it down to a combination of driving inexperience and awkardly parked vehicles), it left a big scrape down the side of their bumper so I left a note with my number saying I'd pay the damages, arranged to meet them at work the next day and they were perfectly alright with it, I think I paid them £80 in the end. It wasn't a mint condition car and the damage was still there by the time I saw it last, but it's the principle of it really.

[Pillock]

I feel such a pillock!

Don't you dare ;)I also had a 'moment' in my Audi just before Christmas. It was the first day it had snowed after I got my 90 Quattro so I jumped in outside work aiming for 5 minutes of playtime in the back carpark before they locked the gates. In my haste to be Juha Kankunnen I didn't notice the 6 week old Passat queuing across the back of my car.... clonk :(Luckily because it was on snow it pushed her car rather than denting the panel too much. £120 the week before Christmas is still a bummer though.I too had someone clonk my car in Tesco carpark. PA announcement with my registration and I'm thinking "Oh cripes, did I park it in the middle of the road or something?". Went to the info desk and there's a lass there in tears, saying she'd driven out of the space next to me, misjudged it and scraped the corner of my bumper and 'smashed all the lights' on my Polo. Absolute hysterics. I went with her to look at the damage - popped the indicator back in (the whole indicator is on a little plastic clip, no screws needed) and showed her the other three identically scraped corners. She was trying desperately to give me a cheque for repairs, in the end I took a fiver off her to replace the red sticky trim thing on the bumper groove. And she gave me a hug and a kiss on the cheek Truth be known that was the only non-scraped corner before she hit it but it was worth it for the kiss.

[ashmicro]

Doing the right thing is always best, but it leaves a sour taste when the "injured party" tries it on. Years ago I was backing out of a space at Tesco, swung the front of my Alfa 164 round through the empty parking space next to me , just as a Nova drove into it. Cracked my bumper and indicator and scraped their rear wheelarch. Minor damage so I offered to get it sorted, booked it in at the bodyshop that was sorting the Alfa, paid upfront for their scrape. Then had a phone-call from the bodyshop telling me that they'd asked him to do the rusty arch on the other side as well and put it on my bill.More recently, I stupidly reversed into the bonnet of a Corsa. It was right behind me outside a shop, I had moved about 6", but just enough for the spare wheel cover of the Freelander I was driving to contact the bonnet of the Corsa. It was a small mark about the size of a 50 pence. I waited outside the shop for the owner and said I'd sort it, she said she wanted to go through the insurance so I provided details and informed them the following day.Didn't think to much about it until I receved a huge envelope, full of gumph from a solicitor, with medical report with a claim for whiplash, injury to shoulder, loss of earnings. I passed the whole lot onto my insurer, with a covering letter stating that whilst I had bumped her car, she wasn't in it and I would be prepared to go to court. never heard anymore so whether they just paid up I have no idea.On the other hand, when a chap rear ended the same Freelander (I was stopped for the lollipop lady, the sun was in his eyes he didn't see me) I wasn't too bothered, just rear lights and crumpled plastic bumper. Popped into the Land Rover dealer for some lights and for weeks afterwards had an ambulance chasing solicitor bothering me to make a claim for personal injury. In the end I had to tell them to go forth and multiply.

Similar thing happened to me about 8 years ago. The Punto I was in was rear ended, pretty hard, buy a chap in a 406 estate. Knocked the back bumper off, smashed the rear screen and split the boot floor. The other chap admitted responsibility straight away. Me and my colleague were totally uninjured, yet we had some bloody solicitor ringing us up for about 2 months.

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[Mr H Sceptre]

Fair play, at leat you came clean.I twatted the wing mirror off a Ford Orion a few weeks after passing my test & didnt stop at the time, was just an 18yr old in Dad's car, paniking. Not cool in retrospect.