Had it parked up on the side of the road in Lymington last night, on a well lit urban street, with my hazard lights on. I'm offloading stuff into a first floor flat. Heard a big 'crunch' and ran outside to see a Rover 400 driven right up my vans chuff
Driver was about 85, could hardly see his hand in front of his face. Obviously didn't have his seatbelt on, his head cracked his windscreen. His Rover was absolutely totalled, and his wife taken to hospital by ambulance with neck pains.
My van is mullered at the back. Chassis bent in, door bollocksed, side panel knackered, exhaust wrecked... what a mess. Just glad I wasn't at the back of the van when he hit it. Got the glorious prospect of dealing with Saga insurance company now...
This is how it looks now:
I asked the cop who attended - how can someone miss seeing a great big van like that, in a well lit street? His reply was one word - AGE.
Bloody coffin dodgers, keep them off the roads for the safety of themselves and everyone else.
I've done about 3,000 miles in her in the last week or so, and she's never missed a beat, best van I've ever had by some way.
- definatly a write off but like siad before if you can buy it off the insurance company usually 10% of the payout you could bodge it up and run it to death - it will give you ages to search for a mint replacement 
