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Please drive into my transit afterall its only a transit

Postby AK » Wed Jul 02, 2008 7:51 pm

What is it with people at the moment, I've been driven into 3 times in the last 4 days, and had one emergency stop to do when this woman pulled off the pavement in her car with children in the back while I was doing 40mph, but of a brown trouser moment for me let alone her and her children.

First prang all happened in London, Sunday night this guy in is top end Range Rover, cut me up cos his lane turned right and he wanted to go straight on, so drove into my wing mirror, end result he smashed his wing mirrow.

Second one, yesterday, I'm driving along in the correct lane to go straight on, when this muppet in his car while on the mobile phone decides he now wants my lane, end result, he has a nice scratch on his rear wing, and huge chunks of alloy missing from his rear alloy, I know this, as I sat there and picked the allow out of my wheel studs.

Third one today, again another junction in London, my lane goes straight on, lane to the right of me goes right, but no the guy in is Caddy van to the right of me thought he would accerate hard and try cutting me up, and ended up with my tail lift re-arranging the paint on his front wing.

Luckily no damage to my van at all, but its only a matter of time before one of these idiots ends up damaging my van.

Do transits have secret writting on them that only other road users can see which says please drive into me?

I've had enough and its only Wednesday
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Re: Please drive into my transit afterall its only a transit

Postby FredTransit » Wed Jul 02, 2008 9:05 pm

Been there seen it done it. Lucky for you all of the things that hit you were smaller, and came off worst.
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Re: Please drive into my transit afterall its only a transit

Postby Terry » Wed Jul 02, 2008 10:19 pm

Many a time , I have got out the van and walked to look at the front in case some graffitti atrist has sprayed ' Drive like a C*** here' on the bonnet.
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Re: Please drive into my transit afterall its only a transit

Postby bigmastif » Thu Jul 03, 2008 6:45 pm

think its summit to do with transit lutons know

what the muppets in glasgow and stirling are like up here :evil:
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Re: Please drive into my transit afterall its only a transit

Postby AK » Thu Jul 03, 2008 7:17 pm

Its really starting to annoy me. Its my van I pay for it, its not like its a company van that I couldn't give a shite about. ho hum, today has been clear lol
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Re: Please drive into my transit afterall its only a transit

Postby bigmastif » Thu Jul 03, 2008 7:25 pm

AK wrote:Its really starting to annoy me. Its my van I pay for it, its not like its a company van that I couldn't give a shite about. ho hum, today has been clear lol


know how i felt in the last bump with the rep mobile :evil: so

cant imagine how you feel mate but people see a big van like a luton and will always

think that it belongs to a big firm when it doesnt :roll: free bit of advice....dont ever come to paisley in scotland there is a firm called a.k self drive and its lutons they have and tehre wrecked :lol: :lol: so stay well clear lol
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Re: Please drive into my transit afterall its only a transit

Postby AK » Thu Jul 03, 2008 7:43 pm

I've seen their vans down here, or it could be another AK Self Drive.

Oh well another day in London tomorrow, I think its time to fit dash cam and a seperate camera at the rear recording to a hard drive
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Re: Please drive into my transit afterall its only a transit

Postby BigNeil » Thu Jul 03, 2008 7:53 pm

are they not red and called AMK ??
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Re: Please drive into my transit afterall its only a transit

Postby Terry » Thu Jul 03, 2008 9:44 pm

I am in town tomorrow afternoon , so try not to hit me :)
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Re: Please drive into my transit afterall its only a transit

Postby AK » Thu Jul 03, 2008 10:42 pm

lol DOn't worry I'll be out by afternoon, but sadly I have to return for 6.30pm to do a couple of de-rigs.

I seem to spend my life in London at the moment.

I'll never spot your van, you could at least make it stand out, maybe paint it pink then it gives me something to aim for lol
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Re: Please drive into my transit afterall its only a transit

Postby sc_BK » Thu Jul 03, 2008 10:57 pm

It boils my blood when people say "it's only a van" :evil: :evil: :|
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Re: Please drive into my transit afterall its only a transit

Postby MrMPuk » Thu Jul 03, 2008 10:58 pm

sc_BK wrote:It boils my blood when people say "it's only a van" :evil: :evil: :|

Especially when it's Transit Parts Centre saying it when they supply you with crap!
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Re: Please drive into my transit afterall its only a transit

Postby Gurj51ngh » Thu Jul 03, 2008 10:59 pm

sc_BK wrote:It boils my blood when people say "it's only a van" :evil: :evil: :|



i know the feelimng mate a few weeks ago someone reversed in to the back of my van quite hard scratched the bumper so i was like hwta the hek mate. he got out saying ''come on mate, its only a van''!! :evil:
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Re: Please drive into my transit afterall its only a transit

Postby bigmastif » Fri Jul 04, 2008 10:13 pm

BigNeil wrote:are they not red and called AMK ??


there in glasgow neil, AK are in paisley :wink:
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Re: Please drive into my transit afterall its only a transit

Postby LSi » Wed Jul 09, 2008 10:24 am

I had someone reverse into me at a petrol station the other day whilst waiting for a pump, they realised at the last minute that their filler cap was on the other side, and without looking reversed straight into me in order to move over to another pump.

Left a nice scrape on my front bumper, the chap was apologetic, but when I asked him what he was going to do about it, his answer was 'But it's a van?'

We then got into a mild argument with him trying to acuse me of trying to make some money out of him, as if for some strange reason it's understandale to want to repair the scrape on a car bumper, but if it's a van it's all well and good, because it's a van.

He eventually gave me his insurance details, but I don't know where that'll go as it was at a garage and not on the public highway, he left in a huff accusing me of being petty.

Best part about it, is after hitting me, he got out, came up to the window of my big orange van and said 'sh*t, sorry mate, I didn't see you there'
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