Crashed into a postbox

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ismi01

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7 posts

47 months

Sunday 27th December 2020
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So last night around 3am heavy rain and heavy winds was doing about 30 turned right onto a back road and see a fox in my lane without thinking quickly manoeuvred the car to the other side and went up the kerb into the postbox bumpers gone and radiator. Now for the Insuarance what do I tell them I’ve got fully com.

BertBert

19,709 posts

218 months

Sunday 27th December 2020
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ismi01 said:
So last night around 3am heavy rain and heavy winds was doing about 30 turned right onto a back road and see a fox in my lane without thinking quickly manoeuvred the car to the other side and went up the kerb into the postbox bumpers gone and radiator. Now for the Insuarance what do I tell them I’ve got fully com.
What do you have in mind to tell them? I'd go with telling the truth.

stinkyspanner

833 posts

84 months

Sunday 27th December 2020
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I'd tell them I was drunk

anonymous-user

61 months

Sunday 27th December 2020
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I’m confused. What are you actually asking? You’ve said what happened so usually you’d just tell the insurers that.

anonymous-user

61 months

Sunday 27th December 2020
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odd time to be driving 3am in the morning on xmas day?

bigandclever

13,948 posts

245 months

Sunday 27th December 2020
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It amuses me that you also posted this in Motoring News.

SAS Tom

3,547 posts

181 months

Sunday 27th December 2020
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BertBert said:
ismi01 said:
So last night around 3am heavy rain and heavy winds was doing about 30 turned right onto a back road and see a fox in my lane without thinking quickly manoeuvred the car to the other side and went up the kerb into the postbox bumpers gone and radiator. Now for the Insuarance what do I tell them I’ve got fully com.
What do you have in mind to tell them? I'd go with telling the truth.
The truth probably isn’t the story he told us.

A500leroy

5,594 posts

125 months

Sunday 27th December 2020
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yes our postboxes are quite solid arent they.

Phone your insurance company and tell them you had an incident with a postbox and where it was, take some pics if you can. insurance company will do the rest

sherman

13,837 posts

222 months

Sunday 27th December 2020
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That you swerved to avoid a fox and werent driving to the conditions with due care and attention.
Say good bye to your no claims and pay your excess.
Wait and see how much the post office chargeyou for a new post box.

You would of been better to hit the fox.

GR_WILL

780 posts

85 months

Sunday 27th December 2020
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What does the fox say?


crankedup

25,764 posts

250 months

Sunday 27th December 2020
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ismi01 said:
So last night around 3am heavy rain and heavy winds was doing about 30 turned right onto a back road and see a fox in my lane without thinking quickly manoeuvred the car to the other side and went up the kerb into the postbox bumpers gone and radiator. Now for the Insuarance what do I tell them I’ve got fully com.
Something tells me that a Jasper Carrot moment is approaching (older posters will know) laugh

markymarkthree

2,545 posts

178 months

Sunday 27th December 2020
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Has the silly season started ?
Do you have issues with bulbs, not the Dutch type that you will find in small towns like Schermerhorn ?

poo at Paul's

14,331 posts

182 months

Sunday 27th December 2020
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Did the fox have his flippers on?

I’d change your story a quick google tells you Foxes tend to stay well away from such conditions as well as cars and roads,,,, how about a deer?

‘Foxes are much like cats, a fox can swim well, and does swim. However, foxes generally avoid water and prefer not to get wet. They shelter from the rain where they can.’


p4cks

7,014 posts

206 months

Sunday 27th December 2020
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A fox ran out and you swerved to miss it doing just 30mph resulting in you hitting a postbox so hard you wreck your bumper and radiator?



Edited by p4cks on Sunday 27th December 14:56

Downward

4,079 posts

110 months

Sunday 27th December 2020
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GR_WILL said:
What does the fox say?

Don’t underestimate understeer

Monkeylegend

27,210 posts

238 months

Sunday 27th December 2020
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Tell them you will fill in the claim form and post it back to them, but it could take a while.

Steve vRS

5,043 posts

248 months

Sunday 27th December 2020
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Monkeylegend said:
Tell them you will fill in the claim form and post it back to them, but it could take a while.
biggrin

loskie

5,668 posts

127 months

Sunday 27th December 2020
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tell them that you lost control of the car in the wet as you were driving too fast, showing off and possibly drunk or lie to them and make up some story about a fox/badger/deer/unicorn.
The insurance co will know that you are stting them.
Expect the insurance claim to be large, Royal Mail will charge an awful lot to replace one of her maj's finest post boxes.

Evanivitch

22,075 posts

129 months

Sunday 27th December 2020
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ismi01 said:
So last night around 3am heavy rain and heavy winds was doing about 30 turned right onto a back road and see a fox in my lane without thinking quickly manoeuvred the car to the other side and went up the kerb into the postbox bumpers gone and radiator. Now for the Insuarance what do I tell them I’ve got fully com.
Make sure you state manoeuvre in your statement to the insurance company.

noun: maneuver
1.
a movement or series of moves requiring skill and care.

baconsarney

12,049 posts

168 months

Sunday 27th December 2020
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I thought the title was a crossword clue, I was going to ask how many letters jester