Driver of 93 retires after a £60K Porsche claim - henry k
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some "interesting" photos. :-)

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Edited by Dynamic Dave on 15/04/2008 at 01:51

Driver of 93 retires afer a £60K Porsche claim - mss1tw
Poor old chap. Irony is that, if I had to chose, I'd rather he was still driving than the sort of person who would do that and keep on driving without giving stopping driving a second thought.
Driver of 93 retires afer a £60K Porsche claim - tintin01
Wow, what a nice attitude from the garage owner. Almost makes me want to take back what I said in a previous thread.
Driver of 93 retires afer a £60K Porsche claim - FotheringtonThomas
The article is scant on what actually happened. I wonder what the reality was.
Driver of 93 retires afer a £60K Porsche claim - Screwloose

Given the mention of reversing [although the Fiesta front looks quite bent...?] this could be the fairly common "foot on accelerator not brake" scenario.

Neither Porker looks anywhere near a write-off to me.
Driver of 93 retires afer a £60K Porsche claim - tr7v8
Neither Porker looks anywhere near a write-off to me.

One of the Porker owners is on PH his the silver one is OK, the 964 cab is a write off mainly on hood repair costs. The owner has a very different attitude to that described in the paper!
Driver of 93 retires afer a £60K Porsche claim - jc2
I was suprised by the minimal damage to the Fiesta!
Driver of 93 retires afer a £60K Porsche claim - Armitage Shanks {p}
Was the Fiesta an automatic?
Driver of 93 retires afer a £60K Porsche claim - Whisky
"I'm not too concerned about the cars" says the garage owner.

I bet he is not, they were not his cars and he will be rubbing his hands together at the thought of all the expensive repairs that need doing, not to mention the owner of the written off one will be looking for a replacement. Win win for the owner.
Driver of 93 retires afer a £60K Porsche claim - Pugugly
Perish the thought he was more worried about the 93 year old neighbour than a pile of automotive scrap - tut, where have peoples' values come to ?
Driver of 93 retires afer a £60K Porsche claim - Whisky
Capitalism my friend :) and whilst I'm not saying that the owner was not genuinly concerned for the old bloke he will make a nice profit out if it. Hence why he is not bothered by the damage been done. Might be a different story had they been his cars and the old guy not been insured.
Driver of 93 retires afer a £60K Porsche claim - Bill Payer
Hmm..wonder if he has right of way to get to his garage, and isn't car insurance cover a bit iffy when you're on private property?
Driver of 93 retires afer a £60K Porsche claim - daveyjp
"isn't car insurance cover a bit iffy when you're on private property?"

Not if it's a route of good intention, which it appears this is. Without checking property deeds no one can question the right of access.
Driver of 93 retires afer a £60K Porsche claim - daveyjp
On reading the report he's been using the access for 45 years - more than long enough to establish a right of way.