topgear
14th October 2003, 21:27
Heres a little one to amuse you all. :)
The other day waiting in traffic in a well loved part of Hampshire, a lorry basically decided to push beside me in the next lane waiting at a roundabout.. unfortunately his lane narrowed on a bend, and he got just that little bit to close to me. Soon enough, a scraping noise is heard from the surrounding area.. and his back end of this truck is scraping against my drivers side wingmirrow bending it backwards... he didnt realise, and i didnt have any room to move, so i just watched as my mirror cracked, and being a VDP, the silver metal plate from the back bend and fall off, under his wheels! And that was that, basically it, my mirror is now severly cracked and the because the back sort of plate thing has been lost, the glass isnt secure.
So, today i made enquiries into getting a new one as i do not have any VDP mirrors as spared. I enquired through a local source and to my amazement a replacement would cost £150 inc VAT!! :banghead: Huge, major con artist seeking blackmailing swines! was my thought.. and then, they said they couldnt get hold of any. apparently nobody can!
So, what im going to do is glue up the damaged one and spray the back silver as a temporary "that looks ok" sort of measure. lol.
Anybody had the same experience? ITs fun, i'll give you that! :rolleyes:
The other day waiting in traffic in a well loved part of Hampshire, a lorry basically decided to push beside me in the next lane waiting at a roundabout.. unfortunately his lane narrowed on a bend, and he got just that little bit to close to me. Soon enough, a scraping noise is heard from the surrounding area.. and his back end of this truck is scraping against my drivers side wingmirrow bending it backwards... he didnt realise, and i didnt have any room to move, so i just watched as my mirror cracked, and being a VDP, the silver metal plate from the back bend and fall off, under his wheels! And that was that, basically it, my mirror is now severly cracked and the because the back sort of plate thing has been lost, the glass isnt secure.
So, today i made enquiries into getting a new one as i do not have any VDP mirrors as spared. I enquired through a local source and to my amazement a replacement would cost £150 inc VAT!! :banghead: Huge, major con artist seeking blackmailing swines! was my thought.. and then, they said they couldnt get hold of any. apparently nobody can!
So, what im going to do is glue up the damaged one and spray the back silver as a temporary "that looks ok" sort of measure. lol.
Anybody had the same experience? ITs fun, i'll give you that! :rolleyes: