This photograph shows a view of the foot pedals in a car that is not mine.
My car is in the dealers to be repaired following minor accident caused when the chap in the car in front of mine at a junction rolled backwards then forwards a few times then finally reversed into my car. Arrggghh!!!!
The dealer has lent me a car whilst my Smart Roadster Coupe is fixed. You can see the car, a Nissan Note in the photo below.
The reason I showed the pedals is because it has been quite a while since I drove a car with a normal gearbox and clutch pedal! After the girl dropped it off it took me 10 minutes to get out of the car park. Being a cautious chap I realised that using standard stick gearbox was a lot more complicated than the semi auto tiptronic in my Smart Roadster.
My car or a least a small view of my damaged vehicle can be seen above. Luckily the woman in the car behind mine was outraged that he should just drive off after shunting my car and gave me her details for the police and the insurance company as a witness to what really took place.
My car tax is due at the end of the month also my MOT but I cannot get either till it is fixed. Although in theory pretty simple repair I really do not want to think about what a Nissan dealership will make of my baby. But that is the garage my insurance wanted.
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Oh what a shame! That happened to my daughter a week after she bought her brand new little Mercedes. She was stopped behind a woman who for some reason put her car in reverse and started backing up without looking behind her. I hope yours get fixed OK!
ReplyDeleteDealing with insurance/ garages/ loan cars is allways an ordeal. Hope all is returned to normal soon :)
ReplyDeletePoor car... hope it is feeling better soon. How are you finding the Note? I got one as a rental and loved it. Very useful for taking my Grandma out shopping!
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