lastchancer Posted April 1, 2009 Share Posted April 1, 2009 Took car for a new sill welding on today but whilst welding it he set fire to seat belt taking out the interior of door side of seat etc etc as well as the windows being black from smoke damage He said it will be fine as he is going to replace the burnt bits including seatbelt from his ford scrapyard ...Hmmm I thought what about the smoke damage to all the rest of car as well as two childseats that were in the back so I rang up my insurance who have declared car a write off and said they will claim through his insurance nice and simpleOnly it would be but it turns out he hasnt got any Its going to be a messy situation but the worst thing is is the escort is no more I am gutted Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScORTED Posted April 1, 2009 Share Posted April 1, 2009 moral of the story there is if you'd let him fix it you'd still have a car Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeeWee Posted April 1, 2009 Share Posted April 1, 2009 moral of the story there is if you'd let him fix it you'd still have a car Agreed pmsl, bet you wished you had took his offer now & probably wouldnt of had to pay for the work too, instead your on an uphill battle through trying to get more cash. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScORTED Posted April 1, 2009 Share Posted April 1, 2009 his excess is probably more than the cars worth.. fail Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shawdreamer Posted April 1, 2009 Share Posted April 1, 2009 <points>.............<laffs> in a world no longer content with the simple fact that sometimes "accidents happen" and people would rather grab for everything they can get over simply relying on a appology and gentlemans agreement....... Im quite pleased to see someone get bitten on the arse <chuckles to self> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lastchancer Posted April 1, 2009 Author Share Posted April 1, 2009 Thats bang out of order at end of day i have a 13 month old baby and a 3 year old would you be happy drining your kids around in a car that had been filled with smoke ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shawdreamer Posted April 1, 2009 Share Posted April 1, 2009 Ive got a 8 year old disabled child unable to walk (seen as ya seem to be playing the "Im so hard done by" game) and ya know what......Id have still gave the bloke the benefit of the doubt and simply asked him to pay a fair price for a full valet. <kicks soap box out from under lastchancer> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeeWee Posted April 1, 2009 Share Posted April 1, 2009 Blimy mr dreamer, good to see you back out of hiding. Thats bang out of order at end of day i have a 13 month old baby and a 3 year old would you be happy drining your kids around in a car that had been filled with smoke ??? No, i would rather have the car sorted all for free by the bloke & sort it out there & then rather than make them walk? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JC Posted April 1, 2009 Share Posted April 1, 2009 If the insurance have written it off, have they paid you? Buy it back and repair n clean it yourself? Blimy mr dreamer, good to see you back out of hiding. Has his mrs let him out after the colour coding incident? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny1107 Posted April 1, 2009 Share Posted April 1, 2009 I was thinking to myself earlier while in the shop, I should buy some popcorn... why didn't I? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shawdreamer Posted April 1, 2009 Share Posted April 1, 2009 If the insurance have written it off, have they paid you? Buy it back and repair n clean it yourself? Blimy mr dreamer, good to see you back out of hiding. Has his mrs let him out after the colour coding incident? PAH FOOLISH MANCHILD...I WEAR THE PANTS IN MY HOUSE!!!! ..... plus the missus let me off after some pleb in a suped/chav'ed up pug 306 wrapped into the front of my Si at a cruise/race meet and I nearly cried Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
louise Posted April 1, 2009 Share Posted April 1, 2009 i personally would of let him fix the damage and made him pay for a valet!!! next time you may listen and actually get some where!! but i do think its totally bad luck for yourslef!! hope it works out for you in the long run!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hertsescort Posted April 1, 2009 Share Posted April 1, 2009 i d go back and tell him you want everything put back right and if he is in a proper garage doing this call the police or some sort of law people or benfits agency as he is obvisoly doing this illegally so he should be stopped before someone actually gets hurt upto you byut the bloke obviosly didnt have a clue what he was doing and took it on as a bit of extra cash Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shawdreamer Posted April 1, 2009 Share Posted April 1, 2009 I know long term time served highly sort after master welders that still occassionally set fire to things.....its part and parcel with the job of welding so assuming he's done it out of incompetance is a bit of a leap there.... as for the suspicion that he might have been doing the job on the side for extra cash........ Im sure thats exactly the reason why the car was taken to him, cos it was cheap! IF anything you've assumed is correct then again it'd come right back on the car owner aswell.....you get what you pay for....pay cheap.....get cheap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danposs86 Posted April 1, 2009 Share Posted April 1, 2009 http://pressthebuttons.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/nelsonmuntz.gif Haw Haw! If he offered to fix it then you should have let him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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