My poor old Goddess got shunted rather violently today by a flippin b*****d delivery van
. Im going along minding my own business [with my 5 dogs] when he decides to overtake, realising he couldnt due to oncoming traffic,tries to pull back in but ends up taking me out
. Catapults me onto the pavement, how i missed the wall i'll never know, and when i finally brought my out of control truck to a halt, i was in the middle of the road. Thank god no-one was on the pavement, and i didnt hit other traffic.
Not only did he take me out, but the poor lady coming the other way,also with 2 dogs in her car, had nowhere to go but into his front bumper.
Assessors will pick up my old lady tomorrow and im praying shes not written off. Visually, broken tail light,fog light, bent the rear crossmember,so my spare wheelcarrier is skew-wiff-[theres a lot to be said for a spare wheel on the back door. Saved my dogs from possible injury]. Dont know if theres damage to fuel filler pipe or the front axle yet. I hit the pavement with a hefty wallop. Will find that out tomorrow hopefully.
Up to now, the insurance company have been very helpfull, but if its a like-for like vehicle i get as a hire....will i get a nice shiny 110 hard top dropped on my drive....highly unlikely, more like a VAN!!!!!!!!
Anyway im keeping my fingers crossed my broken truck isnt to broken to repair