My Car a Write Off

Some 13 years ago I purchased a brand new Mazda Bravo plus.

It was decked out to suit my dog oriented life style; going to dog shows, obedience trials, a little tracking and the odd hunting trip.

Perfect for the job and I loved that car.

In that whole time it had been in two accidents. Both in a car park and both time my car was hit by a reversing car, both times I was not at fault.

This second time was very bad, very very bad. The only panel that was not damaged was the front quarter panel. I have no idea how the driver of the other vehicle could have done soooooooooooooooooo much damaged except to say he surely must have reversed way too fast and obviously was not looking for other cars.

My mum was in the front passenger seat and it was that passenger door that got the full brunt of the hit by the other car; window glass smashed and mostly landed in mums lap, some on the ground. Mum was very shaken up and was taken to Casey hospital for a check up. Thank the good Lord above, she was not hurt. She was kept under observation for some 3 hours (give or take) but was glad to be released from hospital and to come home.

I have to say publicly how wonderful my insurance company of choice, GIO, was. Within a week everything was sorted out and I was able to go and purchase my new car.

I purchased another Mazda. This time a BT50 dual cab turbo diesel. Dark blue, with bull bar and hard canopy already on. Not brand new but good enough for me. It is an ex Mazda demo vehicle which had done 12660 kms.

Thumbs down to the driver of the other car . . . watch where you are going and who is around you!