Hi solent60,
Thanks!
I parked the car on the street outside of a relative’s home, within the marked lines with no cars parked near. It’s a quiet, one way residential street. Literally, 30 minutes later, we heard a loud bang outside and rushed to the windows to find my car no longer parked in its space!
Turned out, a 3.5T delivery truck struck the driver-side rear-quarters and pushed the CH-R (lovingly referred to as the ‘Spaceship’ due to its design) a good 10 feet forward with the rear wheel pushed into the rear cabin (rear door couldn’t open).
I was quite surprised to find car had crinkled so much but the driver, who escaped unharmed and was in a state of shock, admitted that he wasn’t paying attention and was speeding, doing around 40mph.
After swapping details, I informed Motability of the accident and they were more than accommodating. A few weeks later, we were surprised to find a £250 “good condition” cheque from them and a goodwill gesture, partially refunding the initial AP. The car was 6 weeks old at the time with 5k on the clock.
Motability cars:
2015 RR Evoque AWD 2.0 TD4 SE Tech - written off
2017 Toyota CH-R 1.2T Dynamic CVT AWD - written off
2019 BMW X2 2.0L Sport
2023 Nissan Qashqai e-Power N-Connecta