My cage got smushed by a truck o'doom!

**gijoe1313** · 14th December 2007, 22:20

Well, a little whiles back my car was being loaned out to a mate who needed some wheels. It was promptly sideswiped by a truck on the roundabout at Lambie Dr and Cavendish .. stoved in the left side, but is still "drivable". My mate's family were in the car in a funeral convoy they were attending.

Truckie was apparently all argie-bargie about how "it wasn't my fault" until he saw the kids crying in the back and the missus looking concussed.

All in the lap of the Otara Inspection Unit I guess, but it seems the truckie "merged" into the side of the car

Initial damage assessment reckons it may be written off

Looks like a down payment for the warchest on a CB900?

**Drum** · 14th December 2007, 23:20

Someone didn't obey the first law of the road?

Truck > Car > Bike

**The Pastor** · 15th December 2007, 07:44

you missed > cyclist after bike.

Sucks for your car gijoe, but as you hinted a cb900 would be a great way at err saving the envrioment and doing your part for global warming, in that way you sorta have to buy the bike right?

**gijoe1313** · 15th December 2007, 08:08

Originally Posted by renegade master

you missed > cyclist after bike.

Sucks for your car gijoe, but as you hinted a cb900 would be a great way at err saving the envrioment and doing your part for global warming, in that way you sorta have to buy the bike right?

Which is counter-balanced by my owning a two-stroker and working on bringing online two more of them! Save a tree, burn a dinosaur and eat a whale!

**The Pastor** · 15th December 2007, 08:23

but only if the wale is low carb.

**McJim** · 15th December 2007, 08:50

Woa! Sucks mate.

I remember my car getting swiped too...by a merc. Pics in the thread below.

http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/sh...26#post1085126

I was in it at the time too.

**gijoe1313** · 15th December 2007, 13:35

Originally Posted by McJim

Woa! Sucks mate.

I remember my car getting swiped too...by a merc. Pics in the thread below.

http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/sh...26#post1085126

I was in it at the time too.

I don't think mine even compares to yours! At least the bugger can still be driven! Just have the hori rubbish bag window on it!

**EJK** · 15th December 2007, 13:46

Originally Posted by gijoe1313

Well, a little whiles back my car was being loaned out to a mate who needed some wheels. It was promptly sideswiped by a truck on the roundabout at Lambie Dr and Cavendish .. stoved in the left side, but is still "drivable". My mate's family were in the car in a funeral convoy they were attending.

Truckie was apparently all argie-bargie about how "it wasn't my fault" until he saw the kids crying in the back and the missus looking concussed.

All in the lap of the Otara Inspection Unit I guess, but it seems the truckie "merged" into the side of the car

Initial damage assessment reckons it may be written off

Looks like a down payment for the warchest on a CB900?

Man that sucks! lol

but who cares? It's only a cage!

all the best for your CB900