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| mat1600 | | Thunderbird |  |  | | Reg. Date | : | 06/03/2010 | | Posts | : | 8,596 | | Location | : | Bridlington, Democratic Independant State of Yorkshire, United Kingdom |
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| | Posted : 29 Dec 2010 - 14:43 Post title : £470 for a ten minute ride. | | | I got so bored, after 5 weeks and 3 days not being able to have a ride , I dug myself a path through the ice on the side street to the clear wet road. Great - I could finally get the Bird out and I did. Wet roads and freezing fog did not stop me for my 10 minutes of fun - it felt so good after all that time.
On my return I found that the remaining snow had launched itself off my workshop roof and shattered through my cars glass sunroof and filled it with slushy snow. Now I have to hand over £470 to Volvo for that small pleasure.
Seeing as I am now walking (till the 4th of Jan) I am going to take up drinking lots of beer.
 
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| Druid | | Jupiter | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 14/10/2009 | | Posts | : | 1,359 | | Location | : | United Kingdom |
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| | Posted : 29 Dec 2010 - 14:46 Post title : Re: £470 for a ten minute ride. (Re: mat1600) | | | Bummer ......
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| EnGage | | Thor | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 14/07/2009 | | Posts | : | 3,155 | | Location | : | Grand Rapids, MI, United States |
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| | Posted : 29 Dec 2010 - 16:33 Post title : Re: £470 for a ten minute ride. (Re: mat1600) | |
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| zolti | | Thor | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 23/03/2010 | | Posts | : | 3,127 | | Location | : | newcastle , United Kingdom |
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| | Posted : 29 Dec 2010 - 19:30 Post title : Re: £470 for a ten minute ride. (Re: EnGage) | | | sorry to hear of your misfortune matt, not a payout you want at anytime 
shouldnt volvo should have stronger sunroofs?
tell them its not fit for purpose if it cant withstand a wee drop of snow.
dont they have avalanches in sweeden?
did the snow damage the paint/roof shell? if it didnt maybe you have a case, just a thought
interestingly though isnt there a plus point in drinking beer? a siver lining!! 
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| mat1600 | | Thunderbird | | | | Reg. Date | : | 06/03/2010 | | Posts | : | 8,596 | | Location | : | Bridlington, Democratic Independant State of Yorkshire, United Kingdom |
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| | Posted : 29 Dec 2010 - 20:14 Post title : Re: £470 for a ten minute ride. (Re: zolti) | | | Bummer - yes, ouch - yes, Claim - no chance, can see Volvo saying its for letting a bit of sunshine in, not half a ton of snow.
On the bright side - it's not the bad luck that some have had on this site what with illness and crashes.
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| zolti | | Thor | | | | Reg. Date | : | 23/03/2010 | | Posts | : | 3,127 | | Location | : | newcastle , United Kingdom |
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| | Posted : 29 Dec 2010 - 20:20 Post title : Re: £470 for a ten minute ride. (Re: mat1600) | | |
mat1600 wrote:
can see Volvo saying its for letting a bit of sunshine in
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aye that would be right with our puny summers,
was hoping for a lot of sunshine with global warming pah!
glad to see the ammount of salt didnt put you off your ride though 
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| mat1600 | | Thunderbird | | | | Reg. Date | : | 06/03/2010 | | Posts | : | 8,596 | | Location | : | Bridlington, Democratic Independant State of Yorkshire, United Kingdom |
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| | Posted : 29 Dec 2010 - 20:26 Post title : Re: £470 for a ten minute ride. (Re: zolti) | | |
zolti wrote:
mat1600 wrote:
can see Volvo saying its for letting a bit of sunshine in
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aye that would be right with our puny summers,
was hoping for a lot of sunshine with global warming pah!
glad to see the ammount of salt didnt put you off your ride though |
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nothing was gunna stop me after all that digging. felt good though.
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| daz | | Zeus | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 12/05/2009 | | Posts | : | 7,731 | | Location | : | United States |
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| | Posted : 29 Dec 2010 - 20:53 Post title : Re: £470 for a ten minute ride. (Re: mat1600) | | |
mat1600 wrote:
Seeing as I am now walking (till the 4th of Jan) I am going to take up drinking lots of beer.
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Now see, there you go...theres your silver lining.... an excuse to drink more.
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| EnGage | | Thor | | | | Reg. Date | : | 14/07/2009 | | Posts | : | 3,155 | | Location | : | Grand Rapids, MI, United States |
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| | Posted : 29 Dec 2010 - 21:43 Post title : Re: £470 for a ten minute ride. (Re: mat1600) | | | Matt,
Will insurance cover this? In this country a comprehensive claim (non moving acident) will not cause your rates to rise
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| bratwurst | | Set | | | Reg. Date | : | 01/04/2010 | | Posts | : | 29 | | Location | : | Australia |
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| | Posted : 29 Dec 2010 - 22:07 Post title : Re: £470 for a ten minute ride. (Re: EnGage) | | | Hey Matt , I think you need to come to Perth , snow has never been heard of and rain is a rare event . Going for a run with some mates this morning , wish you were here .
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| CornerBanger | | Jupiter | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 07/07/2010 | | Posts | : | 1,113 | | Location | : | Charleston, SC, United States |
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| | Posted : 30 Dec 2010 - 12:12 Post title : Re: £470 for a ten minute ride. (Re: bratwurst) | | | You should have a discussion about this with Al Gore, his going to want proof.
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| molinoman | | Set | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 26/09/2010 | | Posts | : | 189 | | Location | : | Molino, Florida, United States |
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| | Posted : 30 Dec 2010 - 12:48 Post title : Re: £470 for a ten minute ride. (Re: mat1600) | | | From the title of the post I thought you had slid your bike and damaged the bars or side covers or something...glad to hear it wasn't that... but sorry to hear the car was minding it's own business and got attacked.
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| mat1600 | | Thunderbird | | | | Reg. Date | : | 06/03/2010 | | Posts | : | 8,596 | | Location | : | Bridlington, Democratic Independant State of Yorkshire, United Kingdom |
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| | Posted : 30 Dec 2010 - 13:02 Post title : Re: £470 for a ten minute ride. (Re: EnGage) | | |
EnGage wrote:
Matt,
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Yes it would cover, but having had a few hours to scratch my head and think, I approached Mrs1600 (who owns a service garage) and she has got me one for about £90 and can have it fitted. I never thought of going to a breaker. 
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| mat1600 | | Thunderbird | | | | Reg. Date | : | 06/03/2010 | | Posts | : | 8,596 | | Location | : | Bridlington, Democratic Independant State of Yorkshire, United Kingdom |
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| | Posted : 30 Dec 2010 - 13:06 Post title : Re: £470 for a ten minute ride. (Re: CornerBanger) | | |
CornerBanger wrote:
You should have a discussion about this with Al Gore, his going to want proof. |
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Well it is a bit of a pipe dream of mine that Gore is right and soon we brits can enjoy a long hot summers ride and look forward to a pleasant winter. Looking outside, the only two words that spring to mind is 'Gore' and 'Twat'.
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| mat1600 | | Thunderbird | | | | Reg. Date | : | 06/03/2010 | | Posts | : | 8,596 | | Location | : | Bridlington, Democratic Independant State of Yorkshire, United Kingdom |
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| | Posted : 30 Dec 2010 - 13:08 Post title : Re: £470 for a ten minute ride. (Re: bratwurst) | | |
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Hey Matt , I think you need to come to Perth , snow has never been heard of and rain is a rare event . Going for a run with some mates this morning , wish you were here . |
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Hey - I wish I was there - if only to rub some snow in yer face. Have a good ride. 
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| Birdy68 | | Thor | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 16/07/2009 | | Posts | : | 3,352 | | Location | : | Bad Zurzach, Aargau, Switzerland |
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| | Posted : 05 Jan 2011 - 14:31 Post title : Re: £470 for a ten minute ride. (Re: mat1600) | | | It always feels that there's always something waiting around the corner...
Sorry to hear that Matt! Hope it gets sorted out soon.
I nearly got a 20 kg stone bolder fall onto the car as we were driving down a mountain side! The sun had melted things a little and with that scree and boulders had started to come down! Put a nice dint in the road... God only knows what it would have done had it hit the car - I was driving the wife's Mini Cabrio!
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| mat1600 | | Thunderbird | | | | Reg. Date | : | 06/03/2010 | | Posts | : | 8,596 | | Location | : | Bridlington, Democratic Independant State of Yorkshire, United Kingdom |
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| | Posted : 05 Jan 2011 - 14:43 Post title : Re: £470 for a ten minute ride. (Re: Birdy68) | | | Mother nature - there's no telling what she will spring on you next.
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| Theazrp | | Set | | | Reg. Date | : | 14/10/2010 | | Posts | : | 111 | | Location | : | Gold Canyon, Arizona, United States |
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| | Posted : 05 Jan 2011 - 16:35 Post title : Re: £470 for a ten minute ride. (Re: mat1600) | | |
mat1600 wrote:
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You should have a discussion about this with Al Gore, his going to want proof. |
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Well it is a bit of a pipe dream of mine that Gore is right and soon we brits can enjoy a long hot summers ride and look forward to a pleasant winter. Looking outside, the only two words that spring to mind is 'Gore' and 'Twat'.
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It's nice being in a climate where I can ride year round, but believe me "long hot" summers can seem to drag on just like winter used to seem when I lived where they have such a thing. 112+ degrees farenheit does take a tiny bit of the fun out of it. Glad the Bird wasn't the victim here Mat.
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| mat1600 | | Thunderbird | | | | Reg. Date | : | 06/03/2010 | | Posts | : | 8,596 | | Location | : | Bridlington, Democratic Independant State of Yorkshire, United Kingdom |
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| | Posted : 06 Jan 2011 - 08:25 Post title : Re: £470 for a ten minute ride. (Re: Theazrp) | | |
Theazrp wrote:
mat1600 wrote:
CornerBanger wrote:
You should have a discussion about this with Al Gore, his going to want proof. |
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Well it is a bit of a pipe dream of mine that Gore is right and soon we brits can enjoy a long hot summers ride and look forward to a pleasant winter. Looking outside, the only two words that spring to mind is 'Gore' and 'Twat'.
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It's nice being in a climate where I can ride year round, but believe me "long hot" summers can seem to drag on just like winter used to seem when I lived where they have such a thing. 112+ degrees farenheit does take a tiny bit of the fun out of it. Glad the Bird wasn't the victim here Mat. |
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112 would make up for the crap weather during the winter here. I was bought up under the African sun and could quite happily manage with it. I am a sun person.
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