Just back from a half term trip to Scotland where I had a great time inspite of being reversed into twice in a week.
The first time i was visiting my favourite Valeters before taking the car to visit our friends. I parked in the "Drying bay" as a gypsy guy had abandoned his transit van in the "washing bay". The valeter shouted for the van driver and he ran to the van jumped in and reversed straight towards the front of my car. I was parked but I managed to get the parking brake released so I'd roll back when he hit me.
His tow hook hit the bumper and the car rolled back a little bit. I got out and went to see the damage. To my great surprise it hadnt cracked my bumper but had scuffed a golf ball size mark on the paint.
The gypsy said "thats not too bad it'll just polish out" so I said good lets see shall we, seeing as we are at a valeters. I got him to pay for a wash, t cut (bumper only), wax, wheel clean, windows inside and out. He was right it did polish out. :bannana:
The second time I was in Perth and was coming back to my car only to see a people van (carrier) reverse into the front of my car. I ran across the road and stopped the car that was trying to drive off(!) and checked the car again. Fortunately the cars hit number plate to number plate and again there was no damage.
I guess I was pretty fortunate to get away with it twice in a week!
The first time i was visiting my favourite Valeters before taking the car to visit our friends. I parked in the "Drying bay" as a gypsy guy had abandoned his transit van in the "washing bay". The valeter shouted for the van driver and he ran to the van jumped in and reversed straight towards the front of my car. I was parked but I managed to get the parking brake released so I'd roll back when he hit me.
His tow hook hit the bumper and the car rolled back a little bit. I got out and went to see the damage. To my great surprise it hadnt cracked my bumper but had scuffed a golf ball size mark on the paint.
The gypsy said "thats not too bad it'll just polish out" so I said good lets see shall we, seeing as we are at a valeters. I got him to pay for a wash, t cut (bumper only), wax, wheel clean, windows inside and out. He was right it did polish out. :bannana:
The second time I was in Perth and was coming back to my car only to see a people van (carrier) reverse into the front of my car. I ran across the road and stopped the car that was trying to drive off(!) and checked the car again. Fortunately the cars hit number plate to number plate and again there was no damage.
I guess I was pretty fortunate to get away with it twice in a week!
Nice to hear a 'happy' ending. Sounds like in your second incident 'both vehicles were simply 'trying' to exchange registration numbers!! 
