And it's only just July
Independance day for the millions of Americans across the world yet today for me was marked by a loss of independance albeit temporary.
The day was actually going reasonably well, work wasn't too bad and I had managed to book Friday off to go into the city with Tom to choose wedding rings. About 6:15pm Tom rang, a car had just run a red light and loughed right into our car. Thankfully he was unhurt, the other driver had a gash on his forehead from headbutting the steering wheel. The main damage was to the back door area and wheel arch on the drivers side; if it had collided further forward Tom might not have the use of his legs. He was eventually towed home with a wobbly rear right wheel. Neither door on the drivers side worked, the boot wasn't working properly either and Tom was somewhat shocked by the whole experience.
What else can happen this year??
The insurance people arranged for a garage to collect the car on Friday but told us we couldn't get a courtesy car until Monday. We live in the countryside and not having a car is a disaster for Tom as it adds about an hour onto his journey to work. Thankfully when they collected the car they randomly decided to provide a courtesy car as well. The guy who collected it was really nice, we talked for a while and he thinks it might be a write off.
So Tom and I have looked at alternative cars for about the settlement figure we are expecting and now we just need to wait and see what happens.
Needless to say our trip into the city is cancelled, the money now needs to be our excess for the insurance. Tom is tired and achey, he has a bruise and nice little lump on the side of his head from the crash. It's just not our year.
The day was actually going reasonably well, work wasn't too bad and I had managed to book Friday off to go into the city with Tom to choose wedding rings. About 6:15pm Tom rang, a car had just run a red light and loughed right into our car. Thankfully he was unhurt, the other driver had a gash on his forehead from headbutting the steering wheel. The main damage was to the back door area and wheel arch on the drivers side; if it had collided further forward Tom might not have the use of his legs. He was eventually towed home with a wobbly rear right wheel. Neither door on the drivers side worked, the boot wasn't working properly either and Tom was somewhat shocked by the whole experience.
What else can happen this year??
The insurance people arranged for a garage to collect the car on Friday but told us we couldn't get a courtesy car until Monday. We live in the countryside and not having a car is a disaster for Tom as it adds about an hour onto his journey to work. Thankfully when they collected the car they randomly decided to provide a courtesy car as well. The guy who collected it was really nice, we talked for a while and he thinks it might be a write off.
So Tom and I have looked at alternative cars for about the settlement figure we are expecting and now we just need to wait and see what happens.
Needless to say our trip into the city is cancelled, the money now needs to be our excess for the insurance. Tom is tired and achey, he has a bruise and nice little lump on the side of his head from the crash. It's just not our year.
posted by stunted at 4:31 AM
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