An Eventful weekend,

[Pete.]

Just got back from a weekend away with the Mrs. Our first break alone since having the kids. Got a deal on the Ultimate Weekender at Butlins in Minehead. Got held up in traffic for an hour and a half due to an accident involving an orange Focus ST with stripes and an Audi A4 estate. Both cars were totalled and blocked both lanes of the road, hope occupants were all okay as it looked bad. Got to Minehead no problems and enjoyed the nice twisty roads around Minehead. Got up the next day and went to my car to discover:-

Obviously the local seagulls found the car most attractive. So the bra doesn't work as a bird scarer then.

Decided that I needed to get rid of the bird crap asap and went to Bridgewater. Found a car park where they were doing hand washes. Looked at some of the cars they had finished and looked acceptable. Left the car there and they said it would be done in an hour. Came back and found a huge black line on drivers side bump strip, rear wheel and bumper. Of course none of the car washers had seen or heard anything, even said that the mark was there when I arrived. Knowsit it wasn't. Anyway after they polished off the black marks discovered the extent of the damage:-

Oh well! Time to get philosophical about it and not waste negative thoughts on the blind t**t who parks by feel that caused this. So having survived the bird pooh eroding the paintwork scare, the washing by someone else than me and the scrape down the side, thought that this was enough for the weekend and nothing worse could happen and indeed how fortunate I was that the car was okay really and I was feeling like s**t due to a heavy cold.

To cap it all the main act that evening was f**king Chico time.

So drove home today. stopped at Street so that the missus could enjoy some retail therapy. Driving back to Southampton got stuck behind a lorry struggling to do 40. Managed to pull out to overtake when this happened:-

A stone thrown up from the wheel of the lorry I was following hit the windscreen. The sound woke the missus up and didn't do my blood pressure much good either. Well at least I made it home without the cracks getting any worse.

I suppose I am either the luckiest or unluckiest bloke at the moment.

The moral of this story, if there is one, is to prove that old myth wrong that it is lucky if a bird s***s on you. (I think!)

 

[len_beach]

That's a shitter son. Car was looking great as well.

Take solice in the fact that you enetertained the better half right through the pine without the kids hearing.

 

[Renault_Boy01]

unlucky mate

 

[Ryan k]

Thats abit of bad look there mate

 

[Russ_16v]

typical matey,always the way,at least the dent didnt crack the paint

 

[Day]

I got full whack from a stone that fell off a quarry lorry, scared the s**t out of me. Managed to stop and check out the damage and it was the size of pin head, must of had luck on my side!

 

[Greeny.]

That a huge stone chip, bad luck dude

 

[Matt_Clio172]

As if things could get worse hey! I have been there and got the Tshirt. Infact twice.... In the end I sold my car as my luck was soo bad

How much for a new windscreen as that is rather massive

 

[-Leigh-]

Gutting!! That's quite a bit of bad luck in a short space of time. Especially the Butlins part

 

[Pete.]

Just arranged for a new windscreen. Luckily only have to pay £60.00 excess for replacement with my Insurance company. It's booked in to be done tomorrow.

But my luck continues to run on. Dropped my son off at work this morning in my wife's car and decided to treat us to a Mc breakfast on the way home and went through the drive thru. Paid and was waiting for my breakfasts when I noticed the temp guage shoot up. Switched the car off to allow it to cool down and then it went bang! As this was in the hood everybody was used to explosions. The guy behind the counter asked what happened as I sat there with a car surrounded by a dense fog of steam. Pushed it away and waited for the RAC. They arrived about an hour and a half later and towed me to my local garage. The top hose had blown taking out a huge two inch square chunk of it. Waiting to find out the worse news as it is a Rover 100 Convertble and the K series is notorious for head gasket problems. Hopefully it's just the hose but the way things are going for me at the moment???

Waiting for my son to have a word with the Dent man at his works to see how much it's going to cost me for the dent repair.

The other bummer is that the tax is out at the end of the month as well and I haven't had my reminder yet due to the postal strike. This is going to be one expensive month car wise.

At least I can laugh about it all Hey!!!

 

[Matt_Clio172]

Bloody hell! I wouldn't wanna be living under the same roof as you lol

 

[Ali]

These things are sent to try us!

 

[shaun_cliosport]

sounds like you had a bad weekend with the car then p.j hope all gets sorted soon fella.

 

[DH_GTI]

unlucky mate. i would have rather licked the bird poo off than pay some1 to clen my car lol

 

[GarethM]

unlucky fella

hope it gets sorted

 

[Leeshez]

Hope you get it sorted.

 

[Dan@SJM]

Did you have to walk round clarks village with her? if so i feel so sorry for you!! also, having stopped in bridgwater be thankful you still have a car! letalone wheels!! they usually stea; your wheels before you've stopped moving!!

which car park did you use? angel(pmsl) place? or currys?

 

[Bl1ng3r]

thats unlucky mate, especially while being at the Maccy D's Drive thru...hope i gets sorted ok

 

[Pete.]

Bad luck update.

1. The windscreen was replaced at Autoglass this morning. They couldn't save the Cliosport sticker but re attached a parking ticket from the weekend. Are they having a f**king laugh or what?

2. Picked up the missus' car from the local backstreet garage. Replaced the blown hose and fitted new sensor to the fan all for £50.

3. Initial estimate for the dent removal is £20 - £40.

So overall not too bad considering how I felt on monday night.

Cheers for all the replies and well wishing its been good to be able to laugh about it all.

 

[Ollie82.]

Well they say bad luck comes in 3's....lets hope thats your lot for a while!

 

[cliovicky]

Well at least you have had your three bad things happen !! Bad luck ! i would have been fuming !!!

 

[rustybolt]

its funny i think how it all comes at once, theres definately something in that saying bad luck comes in three's.

Sorry about whats happened PeeJay, it will be fine by the looks of it.

Well off topic i know but a little story about something that happened to me when i was about 21 (28 now)


I was out on the town with some mates and ended up in a local night spot, i was overlooking a balcony and ending up spilling some drinks on some lads below who obviously came upstairs and starting having a fight with us all, i knocked one to the ground and then got punched over by his pal, then my mate decked them both!

So with my black eye i got thrown out of the fire escape by the bouncers. I started walking down, on the 2nd flight up because i was pissed i slipped on the wet metal steps and went straight over the side railing landing on my head.

All i can remember is waking up in hospital about 2 days later feeling like i was about to die, my head was split completely open and i had massive swelling all over my head. To say i looked a state is an understatement.

Basically i flipped over a 2nd floor railing and landed on my head on the pavement, im lucky i didnt snap my neck.

The doctors said i was lucky.

Anyway, im home in a state with 36 blue stiches in my head and a black eye.

A week or so later the guy who lived next door was my friends dad who i was very good pals with. I went round the following week on a night for a couple of beers as i didnt want to go the pub looking like i did. I was stroking his 14 year old labredor when she suddingly bit my lower face without warning, it felt like it had hold of my face for about 15 seconds, in reality in was more like 5 but when she released her bite i just felt loads of blood rush into my throat.

She'd bitten through my lower lip and part of it was hanging down. Brian smacked the dog into the bedroom and came back with a towel.

He was fuming and upset at the same time, i didnt provoke the dog at all, i used to walk it for him sometimes so it knew me well.

The thing had gone senile and just lashed out for some reason, it just happened to me in firing line with my black eye and my fooking 36 blue stitches in me head.

So after another 32 stitches to sew my lip back on and about 6 different jabs with massive needles (which i dont like btw) to get rid of any doggy flu i was back in my house again. The dog was put down by Brian.

My girlfiend at the time was keeping away a bit cos i was grumpy and fooking fuming tbh.

this is all true btw.

Anyway, 2 weeks after i fell over a railing onto my head, and a week after a bloody dog had bitten through my face i was sat in my flat eating some fruit.

Have you ever bit into an apple and got some skin down the side of your tooth and couldnt get it out, well it happened to me and i woke up the next morning with toothache. By that evening it was unbearable and my face was killing.

Within two days id got an abcess and my left hand cheek looks like it had a golf ball in it, im not kidding.

I had never had so much bad luck happen to me at one, and thats why the rhyme rings true with me, i had the worst three things happen to me in the space of 3 weeks.

I fell over a 2nd floor railing landing on my head, i was bitten by a dog and then i got an abcess.

I never went out 4 a month til i looked better, cos believe me i looked like the fooking elephant man, think yourself lucky PeeJay!

 

[Anim@l]

Unlucky peejay, sorry to hear about this but at least you say you can laugh about it! I would want anyone in Bridgwater to wash my car. :quiet: There is a jet wash at the Esso on Bath Road, but I only use that if I'm desparate and I don't touch the brush! lol. If you don't know the area though it's a different story. Hope you get it sorted soon mate and also that you don't get any more bad luck!