Protruding Kerb stone damage to car!

paragp

Point taken, as i mentioned earlier, I was after information that could potentially help me. From the few constructive posts received, its become clear that I really don't have a leg to stand on. And that's okay, i don't see the need for people to ridicule someone looking for help/assistance from people in the know.

Robisere

I was in a similar position about 5 years ago. That was in a filling station I had not used before: the exit was a U-turn around the back of the shop/payment point. The Filler Cap was on the offside and from the driver's seat I never at any time, had a view of the kerb on my nearside. It was considerably higher and broader than your kerb, 10" wide and 6" high. I simply intended to drive out, and went halfway over before I could stop. It wrecked the nearside front wheel, steering and suspension, wing, sill, part of the bonnet (from deformation) and door. I am a Motability driver and had to be recovered by the RAC, which took forever because they would not take me home: RSA insurance used Enterprise to supply me with a Loan car, which I requested TWICE as an auto. I have severe spinal damage to my left side and cannot use a clutch. I had a nightmare getting home in the gathering Summer darkness, with crunching gearbox and much pain. Eventually Enterprise gave me an auto Quashqai, which I hated as it was too tall for me to enter and exit without pain.


Complaints to the filling station and Esso HQ, were treated with disdain: 'I should have seen the kerb.' I got nowhere, and RSA accepted Esso's version of culpability. Did I feel bitter? No - what is the point? I got on with my life and next time I drove through that town and needed fuel, I went to a Shell station.


OP you will get nowhere with this, I do have sympathy, but best forget it and get on with your life. The above story of my own incident, tells you that there are far worse events happening to people than what happened to you.

AndyMc.....

Robisere wrote: »

I was in a similar position about 5 years ago. That was in a filling station I had not used before: the exit was a U-turn around the back of the shop/payment point. The Filler Cap was on the offside and from the driver's seat I never at any time, had a view of the kerb on my nearside. It was considerably higher and broader than your kerb, 10" wide and 6" high. I simply intended to drive out, and went halfway over before I could stop. It wrecked the nearside front wheel, steering and suspension, wing, sill, part of the bonnet (from deformation) and door. I am a Motability driver and had to be recovered by the RAC, which took forever because they would not take me home: RSA insurance used Enterprise to supply me with a Loan car, which I requested TWICE as an auto. I have severe spinal damage to my left side and cannot use a clutch. I had a nightmare getting home in the gathering Summer darkness, with crunching gearbox and much pain. Eventually Enterprise gave me an auto Quashqai, which I hated as it was too tall for me to enter and exit without pain.


Complaints to the filling station and Esso HQ, were treated with disdain: 'I should have seen the kerb.' I got nowhere, and RSA accepted Esso's version of culpability. Did I feel bitter? No - what is the point? I got on with my life and next time I drove through that town and needed fuel, I went to a Shell station.


OP you will get nowhere with this, I do have sympathy, but best forget it and get on with your life. The above story of my own incident, tells you that there are far worse events happening to people than what happened to you.

Why feel bitter for your own error, it's not like its cost you in the long run.

AndyMc.....

General_Applause wrote: »

If your tyre was slashed by that kerb, the tyre must have been sub-standard anyway.


Just imagine if you had run over an old bottle top, or worse, a carelessly discarded ring-pull from a Coke can.

You're not a regular coke drinker then?

Robisere

" Why feel bitter for your own error, it's not like its cost you in the long run."



It did cost me, because I lost the £250 I have always received at the end of a lease, for no accidents causing insurance involvement, and keeping the car in good condition. The costs were not all measured in money, but also in pain and discomfort, IF you read the whole post.



I actually said this Andy, please read the post: " Did I feel bitter? No - what is the point? "


It was not an error on my part, if you read the whole Post you might understand better. It was an obstruction that I could not possibly have seen. To keep the story as short as possible, I did not include that an email to the local paper in that town, produced several examples of others having the same problem. It also produced a letter to me from a local there, who said that the curb had been removed and many locals had been asking for that for at least 4 years.


Hope that explains further.


Andy, I value your contributions here and you often give good advice, but I do not want a pointless argument with you. So that ends my last post in this Thread.