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Derek’soldvan

Derek’soldvan

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Where are they taking your ‘van to…..?:unsure:
 
Was it you who stopped the bypass tonight ? :unsure:

Hope you get sorted out ok

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Been there, feel your grief .
Parked up in a French motorway aire having breakfast, when a Glaswegian HGV decided to use our van as a "bump stop"
 

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Oh dear did that with van conversion MK1, two engines 3 months later I called it a day and sold it for £1500.

I feel your pain, hopefully a clutch isn't too difficult. Hope you have a decent garage to hand?

Cheers James
 
Feel your pain. Mine was the top engine mounting. Dropped onto the drivers side drive shaft, ripping the gator and sheering some hoses. Also snapped a hose mounting point.

Recovery was a £580 fee, paid for by the RAC.

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Thanks to you all for the kind comments & wishes, looking as some of the mishaps etc above I’ve come off alright, it’s just a clutch.

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Mixyblob said:
Been there, feel your grief .
Parked up in a French motorway aire having breakfast, when a Glaswegian HGV decided to use our van as a "bump stop"
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Lovely vans, where is the “jock” hit it & how much damage?
 
Jamesh said:
Oh dear did that with van conversion MK1, two engines 3 months later I called it a day and sold it for £1500.

I feel your pain, hopefully a clutch isn't too difficult. Hope you have a decent garage to hand?

Cheers James
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There’s a good garage in Plymouth that when I get there will give the fan some tlc for me,
I’m thinking of renaming it to moneypit, I’ve seen the three re names or not but I am a namer.
 
martindevon said:
Lovely vans, where is the “jock” hit it & how much damage?
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After a couple of quotes from repair shops, eventually, our insurance company wrote it off and gave us what we paid for the van.
The damage, to us, seemed not too bad, but apparently the whole van was twisted.
The lamp post stopped us being pushed down the bank an probably rolling.
Good job really as I was in the shower.
 

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I’m glad you got what you paid for it, that it occurred is, well the words escape me, to lighten the thread, in the shower, did you get the soap off first?

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martindevon said:
I’m glad you got what you paid for it, that it occurred is, well the words escape me, to lighten the thread, in the shower, did you get the soap off first?
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Ha, yes, I had one leg in my underpants, ended up on the floor surrounded by broken glasss, the contents of the bathroom and coffee beans.
The HGV driver had just filled up with derv but had forgot to apply the hand brake.
When he came back from paying at the kiosk, his lorry wasn't there, it was buried in our beloved Hobby.
 
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‘Coffee beans’……..?
In the bathroom….?!?:unsure:o_Oo_Oo_O
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The force of the hit sent me through the bathroon door into the cor
AndyPK said:
‘Coffee beans’……..?
In the bathroom….?!?:unsure:o_Oo_Oo_O
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The impact from the HGV flung me through the bathroom door and I landed in the corridor. As we had not long finished breakfast, a lot of stuff got flung around the van….. including coffee beans.
 
that’s it I’m not taking unground coffee again, (forced or not) exfoliating isn’t gonna help me, glad we’ve got to wear masks
 
Ten years next Friday since our first van was "kissed" at the rear by an Asda home delivery van, and ten years next Sunday since a neighbour completed the job by "kissing" its front.
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jumartoo said:
No. To a Norwegian garage for a very expensive repair. After 5 days parked on their carpark waiting for parts, it was finally repaired at 4 times the Spanish price!
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Ouch, my van is very quickly eating it’s way through my resources, I was planning on Cologne but the Covid changes introduced recently put paid to that, glad I only went north.
Maybe when this mess settles Norway is one I can also visit but without your unfortunate expenditure
 
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Ten years next Friday since our first van was "kissed" at the rear by an Asda home delivery van, and ten years next Sunday since a neighbour completed the job by "kissing" its front.
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Kissing, lovely way to describe, I’m sure time has allowed that expression, I’d have preferred profanity
 
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martindevon said:
M6 at Chorley, just filled tank up & heading back to Devon last night, still as it’s on the back of a AA truck the fuel economy is spectacular currently, sadly the recovery fee is also spectacular.
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Do you not have breakdown cover? If not wouldn't it have been cheaper to get it fixed locally.
Good luck hope it gets sorted quick so you can be on the road again.

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