Was driving down plenty road this morning round 830ish, bit of traffic... Slowed down near the lights due to the traffic, yet the lights were still green. Completely stopped minding my own business then BANG... got hit behind by a new bmw, it threw my car forward and hit the other lady in front of me. Front headlights are totalled, radiator leaking etc... Rear quarter damaged exhaust taillights etc... pretty huge gaps between boot lining and around the wheelbase so yea.. tow truck driver told me it is definately a write off The lady behind me (the one who hit me) was looking in the next lane as she was bought to change lanes and didnt realise that the traffic ahead of her had stopped.. an it ended in her car being halfway through changing lanes, and halfway through my car As it turns out just my luck out of all this happening, it turns out that the lady that hit me has been friends with my parents for over 25 years... lol and also in irony I was on my way to the hospital to visit a friend that was in one of the tragic car accidents last week... and if that wasnt enough, just as we had our stack in the right lane... a truck was watching us and decided to hit the MG in front of him. lol so yea.. the tow truck driver told me they had already towed 7 cars soo far this morning... so people please be careful on the roads! and dont hit our babys! btw this was a thread i did not to long ago as i was tihnking of selling my car... http://www.calaisturbo.com.au/showthread.php?t=23497 and a few pics of it before she got smashed up... http://www.pbase.com/oso85/matts_vl_calais

unlucky dude

damn, that sux, especially when it's not your fault!!!

Bad luck mate. At least you're all right. Gotta feel for the guy in the MG, too! If she's got a bimmer, I'm sure she can afford to pay. On the bright side.

yeh true oldgold, hopefully ur car was insured for a decent price

Hey man, i no how it feels, i wrote off my VL yesterday... Its still up in the air who will be charged cause i cut across his path but he was speeding (which is why i didnt see him). Hopefully they find him at fault cause i reckon i can scrape up enough for an NA Calais. Or at least an 88 manual, with a taco instead of a stupid clock..

damn i hate that clock, its a waste! i dont even use the bloody thing! sorry about that, its been happening about twice a week now, i hate that clock!

mite get a vlt with the money, depends how much i get... gona salvage my stereo and steering wheel after they asses it... might get a vlct.. who knows :/ luckily i can use my old mans work car (vl berlina) lol he can get his new car dirty lol

Mate if your going throught insurance be prepared to pay your excess, because you hit someone in the rear your at fault! I hit someone in the rear once, i had to pay an excess of $750. It wasnt even my fault, some halfwit old man was driving down the wrong side of the road 2 days b4 christmas, traffic stopped to avoid him and unfortunately i was unable to stop in time and i hit one of the people who stoped. According to insurance company's any rear ender's and its your fault no matter what!!!

im not 100% sure on that, from the sounds of it u were to close to the person infront and that was the reason for the accident since he was arse ended and "thrown" into the car infront he shouldn't have to pay it should fall on the bmw chick. that or i would be really pissed since u were stationary minding your own business

If you are a couple of meters behind someone and someone hits your arse which makes you hit the person in front of you then it's not your fault. I've had 3 accidents in the first two weeks of Jan this year, none my fault, first accident I wasn't even in the car, it was in a car park.

yeah he will be ok. just has to make sure he points out he was at rest when the accident occured.

look on the bright side u will be able to buy a new calais that isnt that ugly white Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

Quote: " im not 100% sure on that, from the sounds of it u were to close to the person infront and that was the reason for the accident since he was arse ended and "thrown" into the car infront he shouldn't have to pay it should fall on the bmw chick." Its a long and complicated story but i was over 2 car lengths behind her, and the police found that i was not at fault. As for insurance companies they just want your money. Technically he should have left enough room b/w himself and the car infront so that if someone was to hit him from behind there would be enough room infront and not hit the other car. I know many people who have been in this situation and have been at falt for the car infront for not leaving enough room infront even though they were stationary! Interesting to hear about the out come

yea waitin on insurance, will be assesed by tuesday so ill know whats going on but they said from the looks of it, i wont have to pay any excess as theres no fault of mine clearly through my statements, the witnesses, and the lady that hit me so yea, just hope i get decent $$$ or then ill really be cut

Quote: Technically he should have left enough room b/w himself and the car infront so that if someone was to hit him from behind there would be enough room infront and not hit the other car. What if you get hit by a semi doin 100km/h? That's a stupid law.

yea the insurance rang and yea, the car in front of me is going through her insurance (the lady who hit me) so both my car and the lady i hit in front of me are both going through the lady who hit me... if that makes sense :P so yea all good got ntohing to do with me, just have to wait until tuesday for feedback on $$$ then i have to start looking for another car which is abit of a pain in the *** but yea, just have to wait and see

good stuff mate, keep us posted

aw man, bad luck, hope everything turns out