Recent content by FS1819

Nice to meet you! To be honest, your car was way cleaner than mine. Hope your drive home was okay after the jam! I finally got to drive my own car on the A470 this trip, and it was lovely! Would love to drive on it all the way to north Wales another time

I was driving from Surrey to Wales in my blue GR86. On the M4, I encountered a red 73-plate GR86. We had a brief chat while we were stuck behind a traffic jam. Once I cleared the jam though, I never saw the red GR86 again

Or as I was taught “do as you’d be done by”. I’ve been very careful when opening doors in the car park. I’m always conscious to keep two seconds from the car I overtake. I do not overtake cars already driving near/at the speed limit on country roads. And if I’m not confident to drive at the...

That’s an interesting perspective with plenty of assumptions behind it. I witnessed someone speeding outrageously on a single carriageway and didn’t leave me enough space while overtaking, leaving me with negative consequences. As a taxpayer, I think I have the right to report this to the...

I gave it a wash at my parent’s place. On my way back driving 40 on a 40 road, an Alfa Giulia overtook me while kicking up a lot of dirt and fallen leaves against my front end. I can see lots of marks on the RHS of bumper and got a chip in my windscreen. Too bad my dash cam (sold and installed...

Great news! A Dacia would be a car you can go to Lidl's in, knowing that you don't care much about it. The GR86 though, is a bit too nice to get door dings from irresponsible people

Having used my car as a daily and for a road trip to Yorkshire, I’m finally going to surpass the 5000 miles mark today. In the past few months I have noticed some weird low-pitched buzz noise from the fan coming up. At first I thought it were static from the radio signal or the speakers...

I drive a GR86 and I have also run into this problem. I drove past a spreader in January and it seems the subsequent exterior jet wash didn’t get everything out in the engine bay. But I have also noticed the dirt building up in recent weeks despite no spreading operations. Still, I want to wash...

The black eyebrow trim is scratched and needs replacing. The tow hook cover is visibly cracked and needs replacing. The bumper itself is also cracked from the impact, but they would just repair it instead of replace it. As for the photo, I went for the SupaGard thing so they had it applied...

Took the car to the dealer body shop. Turns out the bump has cracked my bumper too. Just for the damages they can see, the repair cost is £2341… I have been so careful with my car, why is this still happening to me 😔 To rub salt on my wound, I found a photo of my car before delivery...

He admitted to being at fault on site. I‘m not sure if this incident and the subsequent repair would affect my warranty in anyway. Hence I wanted it done by the dealer. But I have already started the claim process with Aviva and I am not sure if it’s too late now to do it that way. Thank you...

The earliest repair date Aviva can find for me is 21 April. I’m not sure about driving around for weeks with the damages like that 😔 Should I try to put the bumper hooks back on? Or should I wait until someone from the insurance company to inspect the car first? I’m annoyed as I was planning to...

He reversed into me at a higher than usual speed. There was a scratch high in the bumper where I had not expected. I hope there aren’t any structural or mechanical damages underneath

Everyone at the company was deflated by the announcement of pending redundancies yesterday I guess. So this incident has just made my day even better 🤦🏾‍♂️ I want to get it done properly by the Toyota dealer, but I have a feeling Aviva (my company) isn’t going to allow that. I was hoping to do...

Got hit by my colleague this morning just less than a minute after I parked the car. I was at the back taking stuff out of the boot when it happened. Luckily I parked far away from the fence and I wasn’t trapped. The tow hook cover is cracked and there are scratches on the bumper. The bumper is...