as i have mentioned on here before
i wrote my dad's off at about 90mph on the m56. managed somehow to avoid hitting anyone else, but the car and the motorway barriers were a write-off on both sides. luckily for me it was on my dad's work insurance, as otherwise i'd never have got insurance again - it costs hundreds of thousands of pounds to close the motorway for a few hours to fix the barriers, apparently!

no claim, as none of us were injured and we aren't thieving pikeys. but i worked for 2 years as an insurance litigator, acting for the insurers. some people you feel so desperately sorry for, like the woman whose honeymoon jeep safari resulted in her being left paralysed from the neck downwards when the driver flipped it, or the man who lost all the nerves in his mouth when he went through the windscreen and couldn't taste, eat without drooling, kiss his wife, or the poor bastard who was crossing the road, got hit by a lorry doing about 5mph, but it just happened to come to a halt on his right leg.... then there were the ones who were clearly faking it. finding them out was a great part of the job. but overall it's a massively depressing area of law and i couldn't do it myself.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 17 Nov 2010, 11:59, 3 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

What sort of car did you manage to write off?

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Wed 17 Nov 2010, 12:02, Reply)

A red one.

(Reverend Fister "a disciplined fuckwit", Wed 17 Nov 2010, 12:06, Reply)

red pink


surely.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 17 Nov 2010, 12:08, Reply)

And what type of barriers?
Standard Armco bolt downs? Or did they have the special shock absorbing legs?
(Cave Duck, Wed 17 Nov 2010, 12:12, Reply)

As a random fact
if you crash on the Nurburgring you have to pay to repair the Arnco. 28 euro a lap, your insurance isn't valid, and you have to pay to repair the scenery. Nice.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 17 Nov 2010, 12:15, Reply)

If this isn't POTD then the internet is wrong.

(Cave Duck, Wed 17 Nov 2010, 12:16, Reply)

I don't mean to sound harsh to Badger
It's a nice fact to know 'n' all, but I wouldn't say it's POTD worthy.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Wed 17 Nov 2010, 12:17, Reply)

totally concur
it's at best mildly interesting.

but I suspect Mr Duck of being guilty of a soupcon of sarcasm, non?
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 17 Nov 2010, 12:18, Reply)

It was both random and relevant - that's a winning combination.
Though I hope you didn't learn it from bitter experience.
(Cave Duck, Wed 17 Nov 2010, 12:23, Reply)

luckily no.
I managed to get through my "owning high performance sports cars" phase without any really serious incidents. Did spin off a track once because I'd left the handbrake on, though, Long story. only hit a couple of braking markers though, luckily.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 17 Nov 2010, 12:32, Reply)

I have to disagree, LM.
However if you can come up with a better random bit of information, I'm prepared to reconsider. None of that polar bears are left handed shit, though.
(Cave Duck, Wed 17 Nov 2010, 12:20, Reply)

Dog can't look up my arse.

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 17 Nov 2010, 12:20, Reply)

Daddies bently
obv
(PsychoChomp, Wed 17 Nov 2010, 12:14, Reply)

there is a certain degree of accuracy in this, yes
(unlike your spelling of bentlEy)
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 17 Nov 2010, 12:16, Reply)

You're such a hooligan, Swipe
Disregarding laws and inconveniencing other motorists.
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Wed 17 Nov 2010, 12:05, Reply)

how does it matter whose insurance it was on?
you still have to declare it as you were the driver.

but good work, though. To quote my brother after he wrote off my dad's car three weeks after passing his test, by the tried and tested method of hitting a telegraph pole at 80 and rolling the car 4 times, "if you're going to crash someone else's car, crash it properly. if their initial emotion is amazement you're alive, they'll shout at you less"
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 17 Nov 2010, 12:08, Reply)

hmmm
i don't know. i think because it was a company policy, and then i was on my dad's for the next few years (i was only 19 at the time), and then by the time i got my own policy it was too long ago to matter.

either that or insurance fraud of some sort. meh, touch wood i've never even scratched a car since, so it's fine!

but yeah, if you're going to write off your dad's brand new car, make sure he's in it. then he will be too shocked to bollock you.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 17 Nov 2010, 12:15, Reply)

there's a 5 year limit anyway
so doesn't matter now, obviously.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 17 Nov 2010, 12:16, Reply)

i think that is how it happened
by the time i bought my own car it was more than 5 years ago
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 17 Nov 2010, 12:20, Reply)