I'm an idiot!

ducktape69 · Postby **ducktape69** » Sun Oct 14, 2007 3:57 pm

OUCH!
i feel ur pain.
did a similiar thing on a fence gate before....and a kerb.... :roll:

i just sat there and slapped myself lol

Fatty · Postby **Fatty** » Sun Oct 14, 2007 4:04 pm

yeah i bent my drivers door in half going out of the garage. all my own fault. it sucks doesn't it?

Fatty · Postby **Fatty** » Sun Oct 14, 2007 4:30 pm

first thing i'd be doing is getting some weedspray and cleaning up that driveway so it doesn't happen again!

RaYmO · Postby **RaYmO** » Sun Oct 14, 2007 7:10 pm

Might be time to pay Hume Smash a visit for a quote dude...

That's gotta hurt :cry:

Benny · Postby **Benny** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 12:50 pm

Fatty wrote:first thing i'd be doing is getting some weedspray and cleaning up that driveway so it doesn't happen again!

I you have animals or small children at home, it's better NOT to use a sprayed-on chemical to get rid of the weeds.

Instead, boil up some water in the kettle, and pour the boiling hot water onto the offending weeds, making sure you get it where it pops out of the ground (in other words, near the roots) and in a couple of days, the weeds will be dead.
Then the wind will eventually get rid of the deadens for you, or you can pull them out easily.

Much safer than using chemicals that can get into your good plants.

Andy Wana · Postby **Andy Wana** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 12:53 pm

Who needs Jamie Durie when we have Benny?
Great gardening tip/advice there, Benny!

Postby **Okibi** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 3:35 pm

Benny wrote:..I you have animals or small children at home, it's better NOT to use a sprayed-on chemical to get rid of the weeds....

Glyphosate is not as evil as people make out. :roll:

JBT · Postby **JBT** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 3:51 pm

......unless you're a plant

bruce · Postby **bruce** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 4:21 pm

If you own the place, I would dig it all out and put in a concrete shallow gutter.

marcusus · Postby **marcusus** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 8:04 pm

SpeedRacer wrote:Went out to Hume and about $1800 but I'm also going to get some paintless dints taken care of on the other side at the same time. Unbelievable that its actually more cost effective to pay for this repair myself than do it on insurance.

And it's still cheaper to go privately for $1800?? :shock:

How much is your premium going to go up? How much is the excess? I thought Shannons were quite reasonable usually. If I claimed through Just Car, even with my age excess it'd be $1200...

marcusus · Postby **marcusus** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 11:02 pm

Wow

I thought Shannons had cheap premiums? You aren't in the mega young range of drivers or anything are you?

marcusus · Postby **marcusus** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 11:22 pm

That's odd. I seemed to get the impression that Shannons had a cheaper premium than Just Car... Maybe it depends on the area a lot more than I thought.

Hopefully I can settle this once and for all when I hit 25 and Shannons will actually insure me.

Alf · Postby **Alf** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 10:04 pm

Dodgy Haro wrote:
marcusus wrote:Wow
I thought Shannons had cheap premiums? You aren't in the mega young range of drivers or anything are you?

Wow ... I've always had the most expensive comprehensive quotes from Shannons ... I would never have thought them to be competitive although some pay extra for better cover / services I guess.

Shannons were the cheapest by quite a long way on the SE. However, their premiums seem to vary randomly with time. Went from $650 the first year to $420 the next, to $520 this year. And that's with my under 25 son as a nominated driver (but only when I'm passenging). They seem to have limitless capacity for special conditions on their policies.

That said, a mate recently got refused insurance with Shannons on his new Golf GTi, because he didn't meet the specifications for being an "enthusiast".

Cheers,
Alf

marcusus · Postby **marcusus** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 10:35 pm

Alf wrote:That said, a mate recently got refused insurance with Shannons on his new Golf GTi, because he didn't meet the specifications for being an "enthusiast".

I remember hearing about that on here I think a while back. I guess it pays to be a member of the club and to have modified the car if you want to go with Shannons.