volvotragic;130639 wroteThe mechanic should be responsible. The vehicle was in their possession at the time.
Depends on the shop's insurance. Been bitten by that before.
Years ago, I was out in North Sydney with then-girlfriend in dad's 244, when we get cleaned up by a drunken Fairlane driver cruising through at red light at Falcon St, Crows Nest, near that 24 hour service station that used to be a taxi base. Drunken Fairlane driving douche was reluctant to supply particulars and I was ... ummm.. 'a bit livid', if my mood at that time were to described by somebody with a talent for understatement.
(The drunk's wife, slurring her own words, said to me 'Listen, love, you don't get to be my age by (hiccup) getting so upset about things like this. It's just a car!' - to which I replied, Lady, the day your drunken f---ing c--t of a husband drives, I'm pretty f---ing lucky to be alive at
my present f---ing age!!
No; I was not happy. )
Anyway, drunk took off before the cops arrived and turned out he didn't have comprehensive insurance.
So off to the panel shop we go the next day, and claim eventually goes on dad's insurance. Very annoyed parent.
Two weeks later on a Friday afternoon, the 244's ready to be picked up. Dad says, I'm having some beers tonight at the pub, so I'll leave it there locked up tonight and pick it up tomorrow.
Saturday morning: we head over to pick up the 244, and the panel shop / service station has been broken into. Overnight. Scumbag thieves tried to ram raid the ATM safe and the panel shop's security doors. Two Group 3 VK Commodores were totaled, plus my old man's just-repaired 244....
The shop insurance excluded any vehicles not specifically within the building - so as dad's 244 was locked in the holding yard out back, it wasn't covered by them.
So dad had to file
another insurance claim, and his no-claim bonus effectively went to hell.