My First Bingle

[_dunx_]

Sounds like a kid's storybook title...

Silly Dunx, slightly distracted while slowing for a red light, didn't hit the brake hard enough, hit a tow ball, light crunchy cosmetic denty badness, no damage to the HUGE 4WD, nice driver, gave me his card and advice on Googling for repair dudes, and on my way I went.

Comments

[_dunx_]

Hey there :)

7 years of motorcycling followed by six years off the road, and then I've been driving cars for a couple of years, so I'm still road-young in this incarnation, I guess.

[i_beloved]

:( That's a shame, but it's only a tiny dent.

[msmeg]

The excess isn't.

[ducayne]

Insurance companies being a shit. I'm shocked. *is shocked* Would you be better off fixing it without the insurance company (may be a little more, but then not affecting your premium)

[msmeg]

no....the quotes we got are up to three times the excess....

We can ill afford the excess, but we've got no choice.

[daibheid]

"bingle?" ok, that's a new one on me. where can i go and look up other "austrailian-isms?"

[_dunx_]

Here, pretty much the same place I had to.

[thomasbear]

The 4WD must have been a folloer of Nurgle --> http://www.kabay.arc.net.au/images/Symbol-Chaos-Nurgle.gif

[elven_night]

You whacky kiwis :) Pity about the dent, but I'm sure P is insured. Glad you're unscathed Mr!