m4ttm4son Posted April 2, 2011 Report Share Posted April 2, 2011 Does anyone else find it ironic Eddie Stobart's life was limited to 56? Harsh, but Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patently Posted April 2, 2011 Report Share Posted April 2, 2011 Harsh, but +1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booster Posted April 11, 2011 Report Share Posted April 11, 2011 No wonder insurance costs are going through the roof: Client of mine has an 09 520d. His wife had a no fault accident and was contacted by Helphire (or one of those companies). A brand new 530d arrived at their house the next day and their car was taken away. Two weeks later their car is sitting in the repairer's yard waiting for an insurance assessor to come and look at it. The courtesy car is being billed to the at fault's insurance company at £110 per day!! What a joke! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theduisbergkid Posted April 11, 2011 Report Share Posted April 11, 2011 And your client will think "oooh, this is good service", then wonder why their premium (and everyone else's) has gone through the roof at renewal time. And that's before we start on the bloody Ambulance chasers... Fear not, my fellow Tyresmokers, because someone is chasing the ambulance chasers... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tipex Posted April 11, 2011 Report Share Posted April 11, 2011 You want to see the per day hire costs for a courtesy car licensed and plated as a taxi then! It'll make your eyes water! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theduisbergkid Posted May 1, 2011 Report Share Posted May 1, 2011 Hello Flynn, still checking out Tyresmoke I see, don't worry though as we'll all forget about this thread sooner or later. Ooops, sorry, bumped it again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cabby Posted May 1, 2011 Report Share Posted May 1, 2011 No wonder insurance costs are going through the roof: Client of mine has an 09 520d. His wife had a no fault accident and was contacted by Helphire (or one of those companies). A brand new 530d arrived at their house the next day and their car was taken away. Two weeks later their car is sitting in the repairer's yard waiting for an insurance assessor to come and look at it. The courtesy car is being billed to the at fault's insurance company at £110 per day!! What a joke! A similar thing happened to a friend of mine. His older shape M3 went into BMW for an insurance repair and the dealer put him in touch with a company which in turn provided a brand spanking new M3 - I seem to recall he had it for 3 weeks. Now how much would that have cost? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patently Posted May 6, 2011 Report Share Posted May 6, 2011 Now how much would that have cost? Painful if you're on the receiving end, indeed. However, there is another side to it. The guy has paid for an M3. He may be paying for it each month. 3 weeks is a about 75% of a month's payment, and could be substantial - but the default is for him to get a Micra or the like for those three weeks. So thanks to the person whose negligence caused the accident, he would be paying M3 money to drive round in a Micra. I had that conversation with a broker some time ago, before this credit hire scam took off. Their client had taken my car off the road for a week or so; I asked them whether it was fair that I was paying for a new 530i but driving around in a Micra thanks to the negligence of their client. Trouble was, in those days there weren't any firms set up to provide this service. So I have to say, the idea of providing a proper hire car in these circumstances is right, imho. Where there is a problem is that there is no effective control over the cost; the person hiring doesn't care, and the insurer is presented with the bill after the event (I assume). Seems the insurers need to grow a pair and make clear that they will not accept hire costs that they haven't approved up front, and query the estimates to get them down to something reasonable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booster Posted May 6, 2011 Report Share Posted May 6, 2011 Seems there isn't as much money in this game as I thought!! http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/epic/hhr/8497208/Helphire-dives-on-profits-warning-accounting-errors.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roger482 Posted May 9, 2011 Report Share Posted May 9, 2011 Everyones insurance has gone up, insurance companies have been trading at a loss, and now they've decided they don't want to rely on outside investments, so as a result, everyones insurance is rising.The only exceptions are low risk groups (no longer includes women thanks to euro ruling), for example, my taxi insurance was £980 last year, I renewed it yesterday for £899 as cab drivers are a lower risk (99% of accidents involving taxis are not the cab drivers fault). Although that might seem like an expensive policy, you have to remember it includes public liability etc for something like 10 million. Jeezzzzz, most Taxi drivers around here cannot even master the English language, never mind the bloody Highway code, driving standards are absloutly shiteeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tipex Posted May 9, 2011 Report Share Posted May 9, 2011 Maybe so, but how often do you see them upside down in a ditch? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theduisbergkid Posted May 9, 2011 Report Share Posted May 9, 2011 Maybe so, but how often do you see them upside down in a ditch? Or rammed into the side of an Avensis in Eastbourne ? Oh, wait.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shao_khan Posted May 9, 2011 Report Share Posted May 9, 2011 Jeezzzzz, most Taxi drivers around here cannot even master the English language, never mind the bloody Highway code, driving standards are absloutly shiteeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!! Around here the taxi drivers used to be top notch, but in the last ten years its gone well backwards, i got in one at the station who asked me for directions last week, he had no idea where i wanted to go - 6 miles from station which i think is innexcusable. Demographic has changed mind esp in last few years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Insurance Jon Posted May 14, 2011 Report Share Posted May 14, 2011 They aren't much better up north, they give badges away free with rice crisps up here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theduisbergkid Posted July 3, 2011 Report Share Posted July 3, 2011 As Bob mentioned - he's back ! And getting banned by PH too.... Rate my tyre setup Oh Yashar Makhzani, how you make us laugh... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bazza_g Posted July 3, 2011 Report Share Posted July 3, 2011 As Bob mentioned - he's back ! And getting banned by PH too.... Rate my tyre setup Oh Yashar Makhzani, how you make us laugh... One of the biggest internet 'tards I've ever read on the web Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xaddiction Posted July 4, 2011 Report Share Posted July 4, 2011 One of the biggest internet 'tards I've ever read on the web But it is so entertaining watching the threads as you guys tear him apart! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mort Posted July 4, 2011 Report Share Posted July 4, 2011 Invite him back I say.... Flynn-baiting is most entertaining. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biscuits Posted July 4, 2011 Report Share Posted July 4, 2011 invite him back i say.... Flynn-baiting is most entertaining. +1 :d Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stooH Posted July 4, 2011 Report Share Posted July 4, 2011 Is it true that Yashar Makhzani aka Flynn bums cats? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biscuits Posted July 4, 2011 Report Share Posted July 4, 2011 Is it true that Yashar Makhzani aka Flynn bums cats? He's related to the Stig.... so each week he gets a new "some say that when Flynn talks, it smells like cows" type tag Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theduisbergkid Posted October 12, 2011 Report Share Posted October 12, 2011 There is no valid reason to bump this thread, other than I just chanced upon this pic, and snorted tea through my nose... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biscuits Posted October 12, 2011 Report Share Posted October 12, 2011 There is no valid reason to bump this thread, other than I just chanced upon this pic, and snorted tea through my nose... Brings back fond memories... I wonder what's happened to young Flynn ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patently Posted October 12, 2011 Report Share Posted October 12, 2011 The cats took revenge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theduisbergkid Posted December 20, 2011 Report Share Posted December 20, 2011 Someone has been busy... Help - has my cat been bummed? - PistonHeads mobile Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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