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What the hell hit my van?

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  • 08-08-2006 6:44pm
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    JonathanAnon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 23,718 ✭✭✭✭


    Dropped in to have a swift half and come back to find my van looking like this. Has anyone any idea what could do this sort of damage - it doesnt look like paint from another car, and the bottom half of the door is completely intact so I dont think that I hit it off anything.

    Loooking into getting the CCTV footage and see what really happened.


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    Thomas_S_Hunterson
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,151 ✭✭✭Thomas_S_Hunterson


    Whatever it was seems to have done a loop


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    Gordon
    Registered Users Posts: 35,524 ✭✭✭✭Gordon


    It's not a very clear pic tbh. It almost looks like heat bubbles from the pic.


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    LundiMardi
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,144 ✭✭✭LundiMardi


    someone with a grudge against drink drivers??


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    Thomas_S_Hunterson
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,151 ✭✭✭Thomas_S_Hunterson


    Maybe someone did a very acidic piss against the side of the car


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    Umiq88
    Registered Users Posts: 1,559 ✭✭✭Umiq88


    not a very clear pic at all im assume the two other dents where in there already the white parts look lik you caught the corner of a wall


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    peasant
    Registered Users Posts: 17,819 ✭✭✭✭peasant


    Something high with a big overhang reversed into you, turned the steering wheel fully opposite (which caused the rear overhang to turn slightly which explains the circular shape of the scratch) and then drove off again.

    Does this stuff look like GRP residue?

    In that case I'd say it was a motorhome ...:D :D

    (Wasn't me !!)


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    Wishbone Ash
    Registered Users Posts: 24,993 ✭✭✭✭Wishbone Ash


    Looks like the marks made by the "tail-swing" of a small truck.


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    Bushwhacker
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1 ✭Bushwhacker


    It looks like a cement/gravel type mark to me. Have you got any moving walls in the area.


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    testicle
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,430 ✭✭✭testicle


    That's what you get for drink driving!


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    crosstownk
    Registered Users Posts: 12,863 ✭✭✭✭crosstownk


    Wishbone Ash wrote:
    Looks like the marks made by the "tail-swing" of a small truck.
    Yeah- I'd agree with this. It looks like something rubbed it and then moved back.
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    JonathanAnon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 23,718 ✭✭✭✭JonathanAnon


    crosstownk wrote:
    Yeah- I'd agree with this. It looks like something rubbed it and then moved back.

    You see it is the circular thing that is confusing me. And I dont think it is concrete - it seems more like a type of plastic/plasterboard type of stuff. And no there are no moving walls in the area :-)


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    crosstownk
    Registered Users Posts: 12,863 ✭✭✭✭crosstownk


    JonathanAnon wrote:
    You see it is the circular thing that is confusing me. And I dont think it is concrete - it seems more like a type of plastic/plasterboard type of stuff. And no there are no moving walls in the area :-)
    I'm thinking maybe a plastic bumper of another vehicle (truck). The swirl could have been caused by the truck steering. Some vehicles change height (marginally) as the camber angles adjusts as the wheels steer.
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    peasant
    Registered Users Posts: 17,819 ✭✭✭✭peasant


    JonathanAnon wrote:
    You see it is the circular thing that is confusing me. And I dont think it is concrete - it seems more like a type of plastic/plasterboard type of stuff. And no there are no moving walls in the area :-)

    Camper van ...I'm telling ya :D:D

    (newer models are made out of GRP with a soft gel-coat)


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    Seth Brundle
    Moderators, Politics Moderators Posts: 39,746 Mod ✭✭✭✭Seth Brundle


    peasant wrote:
    Camper van ...I'm telling ya :D:D

    (newer models are made out of GRP with a soft gel-coat)
    This is yet another reason to hate camper vans / caravans!
    :D


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    cantdecide
    Registered Users Posts: 11,465 ✭✭✭✭cantdecide


    maybe the alleged driver was after a swift half as well???


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    Wishbone Ash
    Registered Users Posts: 24,993 ✭✭✭✭Wishbone Ash


    peasant wrote:
    (newer models are made out of GRP with a soft gel-coat)

    Excuse my ignorance peasant - GRP?


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    mike65
    Closed Accounts Posts: 88,978 ✭✭✭✭mike65


    Why were you drinking while in charge of a vehicle? (serious question)

    Mike.


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    maidhc
    Registered Users Posts: 7,660 ✭✭✭maidhc


    mike65 wrote:
    Why were you drinking while in charge of a vehicle? (serious question)

    Mike.

    Maybe not a commendable thing to do, but a half pint is well within legal limits.


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    ninty9er
    Registered Users Posts: 9,366 ✭✭✭ninty9er


    maidhc wrote:
    Maybe not a commendable thing to do, but a half pint is well within legal limits.

    You don't know that. It varies from person to person!!!

    Anyhow justifying it just makes it seem an OK thing to do. Just stupid!!


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    maidhc
    Registered Users Posts: 7,660 ✭✭✭maidhc


    ninty9er wrote:
    Anyhow justifying it just makes it seem an OK thing to do. Just stupid!!

    Not justifying it. Just saying it is more legal than driving at 101km/h where an 100km/h limit applies!


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    peasant
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    Wishbone Ash wrote:
    Excuse my ignorance peasant - GRP?

    Glass Reinforced Plastic aka fibreglass


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    unkel
    Registered Users Posts: 65,405 ✭✭✭✭unkel
    Chauffe, Marcel, chauffe!


    ninty9er wrote:
    You don't know that. It varies from person to person!!!

    Ah now, don't take the p!ss. A glass won't even put a skinny woman over the limit

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    Seth Brundle
    Moderators, Politics Moderators Posts: 39,746 Mod ✭✭✭✭Seth Brundle


    The OP never said that he was drinking alcohol!
    JonathanAnon wrote:
    Dropped in to have a swift half...
    Can we stay on topic now?


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    JonathanAnon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 23,718 ✭✭✭✭JonathanAnon


    I only dropped into the pub to leave presents for the kids, and to take care of some wounded small animals. Well I did have a few, but I know that I didnt hit the thing. I dont see how it is even possible that I made the mark given the nature of the mark anyway.


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    FX Meister
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,217 ✭✭✭FX Meister


    It's a few now, oh dear.


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    ninty9er
    Registered Users Posts: 9,366 ✭✭✭ninty9er


    unkel wrote:
    Ah now, don't take the p!ss. A glass won't even put a skinny woman over the limit


    It would do a few I know!!


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