Originally Posted by
10G
That is all crap PB, I went through the same thing last year.
My son was driving our old AU and some pumped up jerk went into the side of him. The jerk was unlicensed and uninsured. The AU was written off. So we were left with no car and no money, or so we thought. Rang up our insurer. They said "oh you're lucky we've just added cover to your policy for being hit by uninsured jerks". I didn't even know.
Our insurer paid out a fair figure, but we still had to spend more to get our son a new car.
Yep, it makes you wonder why you get licensed and insured, just do all the bad stuff, save time & money and if you get caught, don't sweat it, wait a week or 2 and do it all again.
And another thing, getting a stand in car while you get yours fixed or get a new one is a pain in the arse. The time, the cost etc etc.
I wish you could get these people and say OK, all is well, but you have to go and find me a stand in car, deliver it to my address before I need it. Make sure it's covered by any insurance for the time I have it. Also you have to pay for that & when I'm finished with it, you come to my place, pick the car up and return it.
There's hours in that shit as well as all the PITA stuff you have to go through.