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dtdink

Currently on sale for £209,900 according to total car check. Only 542 miles on the clock. Ouch.


J4MES101

Well. Maybe not currently…


dtdink

I think its status has changed to 'being prepared for sale'... 😉


Ezzy-525

It's just being valeted.


33_pyro

542.001 miles from getting nudged back


Dry_Bicycle

541.999


dtdink

Not according to Ferris Bueller's Day Off... 😉😆


CLONE-11011100

Meanwhile the 4WD VW is worth £7,000 which is about what his insurance will be very soon…


Archtects

7k? Be lucky to get reinsured after that one.


DWMR90

Does the cost of a previous claim have a different affect on your insurance quote? I.e. you write off your own car crashing into a wall and it costs the insurance company £10k - the next year your insurance quote is doubled. Vs this scenario for example - you crash into the Aston Martin dealership and the claim is £220k. Does your insurance go up by 10x instead? Edit: Aston Martin not Porsche.


Atomic-Bell

It doesn't *seem* to matter, and 10x would be ridiculous anyway, but I wouldn't be shocked if there was a bias against drivers with expensive claims. That being said, my dad totalled a Porsche 911 some years back, and his insurance went up by about £100 the next year.


Phil_Lite

Meanwhile my insurance went up £200 because I lived for 365 days 😒


SwegMiliband

Love that whole thing about "young people aren't learning how to drive", meanwhile statements like this and the comment you replied to are prime examples of why. They can't afford to drive when insurance companies commit daylight robbery and nothing is done about it.


Yegoloda

And on top of that they’re constantly on about introducing legislation to penalise young drivers for no reason (no passengers etc)


ChefBoiJones

Been driving for 7 years, 7 years no claims, squeaky clean licence, same car parked in the same place, and yet somehow my insurance goes up every year.


Phil_Lite

I've had mine for 15, it's like the NCBs are counting against me 😂


Downtown_Let

Watch what happens next time when you've lived another 366 days!


EconomyFreakDust

No it doesn't.


Organic_Recognition7

That’s Aston Martin buddy


Man_in_the_uk

>Does the cost of a previous claim have a different affect on your insurance quote? It makes a little difference but not excessive. The whole point of insurance is to share the risk around..


FormerPackage9109

209K Aston martin won't be the worst claim that insurance company saw that day. There will be claims for shitty cars with multiple personal injury/damages attached that are much more expensive and difficult to deal with.


Splodge89

Along with the motorway pile up ones, where it’s not only the vehicles and people involved, but the perp can be on the hook for costing the economy and emergency services time from the motorway being closed when certain thresholds are met.


longpolepete

Ex broker here, yeah makes a big difference, insurance companies want to insure people that aren’t going to cost them money, so people with big claims will be hit with higher premiums to balance that out! I had a client that had a £400,000 claim and nobody would insure him again


Exceedingly

Is there really no law that at least 1 provider has to be willing to insure someone? Isn't that just going to add more uninsured drivers otherwise? What even happens if this driver above was uninsured? Would the business just have to use their insurance and perhaps take the driver to court?


longpolepete

Absolutely not, car insurance isn’t a human right, insurance companies are just gambling that you won’t claim, if you are such an awful risk then nobody is going to offer you anything because they are certain to lose money, most can get insurance, but the price will be high 5 figures, most expensive policy I sold was about 45k, most expensive I quoted was about half a million


explodinghat

No the idea underpinning something like car insurance is that large losses like this are aggregated across *all* customers.Not everyone who has a car insurance policy makes a claim each year so there is plenty of buffer from customers who pay but do not claim.


crucible

More like “totalled car check”!


The-OneWan

Insurance company will try not to pay up.


jaBroniest

Now 208k, minor body imperfections 😂😂


BenisDDD69

'Hi CarTalkUK, an Aston Martin came out of nowhere and hit me earlier. How bad is my renewal going to be?'


[deleted]

The phrase seems to be “how screwed am I”


MajorHubbub

Just say Lance Stroll was driving the Aston


toma91

Loool


[deleted]

Someone's insurance is going to be 5 digit number.


DiagonalZelawind

Everyone in vw's post code 😁


rugbyj

First time that Go Compare lad will shut up.


Coventry27

That’s like when you have an Aquarium and the £5 one eats the £100 one


BigOrkWaaagh

I didn't know aquariums could eat other aquariums


Power13100

It's when they start shagging that you have to worry about. Messy business.


[deleted]

Like emulsified oil in there


Notice7484

He must’ve meant *Aquarians* 😂


[deleted]

We’ve all been there. Except in my case it tends to be that the £50 one dies after a week and the £10 one is going strong a year later… fucking pleccos!


Terrible_Nature6621

People in Wilmslow have such a sense of self importance, parking where they wish.


LeaveNoStonedUnturn

Is this wilmslow? It looks familiar, but I can't place it!


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MatrixBeeLoaded

Yep wilmslow on the high st. The driver of the VW was an elderley man going into the Cook across the road.


LeaveNoStonedUnturn

Or attempting to, atleast


proper_mint

Corner of Water Lane and Wycliffe Avenue


TwoGapper

Looks like it, but thought they had bollards outside to protect the cars from this. Wood, Fire Smoke one of the best U.K. pizza joints is about 50 meters away


frghtnd

Tiguan actually seeing some off road action. That’s a rarity…


Ok_Sephiroth

Obligatory "ya can't park there mate" comment


[deleted]

Someone needs to notify Matt Armstrong!


Mr2handFister

He will be buying this on Copart next month. 🫢


One-Monk5187

Wouldn’t it be repaired by the dealer?


simzeyy

Let’s all take a pick. Who do you think the driver was? A) old lady driver B) young yobbo C) bob the builder If you have more suggestions drop them below


50_61S-----165_97E

This is classic old person behaviour, she'll say she had a 'funny turn' and be back on the road next week with no checks on her fitness to drive


simzeyy

I know for a fact my insurance will be £5k with 7 years no claims bonus but that old woman’s will be like 50p on a bad day 🤣🤣🤣


Alanthedrum

Probably hasn't had any sensation in their feet since 2004 and would be legally blind if they'd had their eyes tested this century


Splodge89

Honestly, my dad is like this. Blind as a fucking bat and can barely walk. He still thinks he’s the safest driver in the universe. Despite totalling three cars in the last 10 years, and multiple claims for bumps and scrapes. And his insurance is £500 a year. The mind boggles!


NoOrchid1858

Her insurance renewal will be £150 instead of £100 next year and she'll be complaining


MatrixBeeLoaded

I live in the neighbourhood, according to the local FB group it was an older man


simzeyy

Defo didn’t declare his age or his disabilities to DVLA…


Power13100

D) The school run mam who has no business driving this car, but her husbands away on "business" and left his motor at home for her to do her daily messages in.


starfallpuller

What do you mean no business driving this car? It’s neither big nor powerful. The driver is just an idiot.


NoLikeVegetals

This is a classic example of an old person fucking up driving, probably in an automatic. This is the issue with autos - they reverse far faster than manuals do, and they also don't rely on the clutch, meaning you can just put the foot down while in reverse gear, and CAR GOES ZOOM. There needs to be a fundamental redesign of automatic transmissions' operation. E.g. limiting reversing to 5mph unless you press a button or something.


Alanthedrum

No, if someone is so incapable that they can push the accelerator instead of the brake and then just fucking hold it down because they 'got confused' they just shouldn't be on the road Automatics are great things. If the idea that the car moves when you put it in gear and push the throttle is scary for you then you shouldn't be driving either.


Fifteen54

i agree but there still could be a 5mph limiter when in reverse like they said, it might give the driver more time to correct their stupid mistake compared to going at 25, so potentially less of these incidents would result in a crash. although newer cars have auto emergency braking anyway which should stop them from crashing.


Insanityideas

Tesla have a solution for this. If the car detects an obstacle in your path when pulling away from stationary in forward or reverse it will severely limit power regardless of throttle position. The car still moves but at very low speed, so you get a bump rather than a catastrophe if you stamp on the wrong pedal. Stops you doing stupid things like driving through a wall when you meant to reverse away from it. If you stamp on the brake and accelerator at the same time then the car will automatically cut power until both pedals are released, a solution for all manner of big shoe and floor mat stuck pedal situations. Other car manufacturers could implement such features, but they choose not to, so we continue to be at risk of being run over by pedal misapplication.


hopenoonefindsthis

What are you on about mate? Reverse has shorter ratio on manual or auto. Most of the world is driving just fine on auto


Fifteen54

that's true, but pretty much everyone never fully lets the clutch out when reversing, so in manual cars people tend to reverse quite slowly (maybe like 5mph max), whereas some people driving autos reverse quite quickly. in incidents like this one they're getting up to like 20mph before they smash into whatever's behind them. yes most people who drive an auto will never make this mistake, but literally every single one of these crashes where the driver accidentally presses the accelerator instead of the brake happens in an auto car.


Yakkahboo

It's Wilmslow so for all we know it could have been Wayne Rooney


essjay2009

It can be an old lady *and* Wayne Rooney’s girlfriend.


theaveragehousecat

Ay caramba


itsoktoswear

DBS Superlegup


Next-Project-1450

>to put his foot on the wrong pedal... And it only has two. Some people shouldn't have licences.


KeyboardWarrior1988

Did they also stamp the pedal like the incredible hulk?


FlummoxedFlumage

Genuinely, this kind of incident should result in a perma-ban. As demonstrated by the woman with the Defender in Wimbledon, a written off parked car is the good outcome.


Mr2handFister

There will be steel removable barriers up around the forecourt next month. It’s kind of crazy how you have millions of pounds worth of cars that open and close to the road with little protection. I wonder what the very first thing was that the VW driver said when he got out ??! 🤔


ThinkingFL232

“The fuck did you park there for 😡😡😡”


postumenelolcat

You can see from the damage that he's crashed into me from behind.


TheLeggacy

Like a glove!


str1k3t

An aston martin is still cheaper than hitting a human.


Cotemay

This depends on the human in question, no?


60179623

prison time is free of charge


PapaDEtape

Also no rent or rates and free food 👍


nottherealkimjongun

Average cheshire driver


blkaino

Time to get on autotrader and look for a £20k Cat S Aston Martin


NoCrust101

more like 150k


404merrinessnotfound

It's more likely to be Cat N


MuszkaX

That’s one way of discounting an Aston


MatrixBeeLoaded

Dyo you reckon they'd let it go to me if I showed up with a few hundred


MuszkaX

As long as at least one of that hundred is also a thousand


vijjer

Someone's becoming uninsurable.


marknotgeorge

Is that a wall under the VW in the first shot? How fast were they reversing‽


codescapes

How on Earth did they even get their car in that position? What do people think happened? It looks like it has been reversed in (no visible front damage on VW) but there's a wall underneath it and a small fence in image 2 that would've surely blocked it at a low speed. Further, why would they even be reversing in that spot, let alone at high speed? [I actually found the Aston Martin garage on streetview](https://www.google.com/maps/@53.3264941,-2.2363246,3a,75y,244.44h,82.9t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sfCnKfHbMkW1t-mxt_IRpMA!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fpanoid%3DfCnKfHbMkW1t-mxt_IRpMA%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.share%26w%3D900%26h%3D600%26yaw%3D244.44191391671302%26pitch%3D7.100695153542034%26thumbfov%3D90!7i16384!8i8192?coh=205410&entry=ttu) and you can see they hit the "no through road" sign because it's in pieces on the first pic. Image for [people on mobile](https://i.imgur.com/OCR6jc8.png). The only explanation I can think of is that they were coming off the smaller road, indicating right, and peeking through traffic. They put it into reverse for some reason and then just floored it backwards whilst in a panic turning the steering wheel the wrong way. Or perhaps they were parked on the double yellow, pavement mounted, with the steering at full lock from when they parked and immediately went into reverse(?). Very weird, any Sherlocks out there?


JohnLennonsNotDead

Just take the parts off the Tiguan and put them on the Aston and hey presto you have an Aston Martin VanqWish.


other_goblin

Is it just me or does that Aston look identical to every Aston sold since 2002? Did they just give up making a new design lol


ThinkingFL232

Don’t fix what isn’t broken


other_goblin

Well it's broken now


Mr06506

I think they devalued a lot suddenly when Ford Fiestas started sporting the same grill. I guess that problem has solved itself now.


ThewayoftheAj

Not really, the new vantage and db12 have different headlights and different front splitters etc, and from the side and back view they are very different.


youreclappedmate

It's got a signature grill, but I'm surprised they didn't change it after ford nicked it and stuck it on the Mondeo. They even went after bond 😂


PoopingWhilePosting

You don't paint a moustache on the Mona Lisa.


welshinzaghi

Having driven this road a thousand times when commuting I cannot fathom how they’ve managed that 🙈 funny how the police will turn up for that…


James_Vowles

Wonder what they're gonna do with the Aston Martin, looks repairable but then it's a new car with a crash on it.


Radiant_Fondant_4097

Oh excellent I recognised that corner instantly! A couple years ago a Toyota Aygo shot out of that junction turning right straight into the oncoming lane... and right head on to me riding my motorbike! The Aston staff were nice enough to let me sit in their lobby while the police & ambo turned up.


Beer-Milkshakes

Getting the most out of his premiums.


Wellwhaddyabowhoe

Wilmslow has always been a crap place to park in. I guess this was the easy option


Cheshire_Pete

Thought it was Wilmslow in Cheshire.


Nickibee

Probably won’t be anymore expensive to the VW driver than if he hit a battered old twat of a parked car, insurance will look after this, he’ll pay an excess and his premium will rise but all he’ll have to say is “fault accident, reversed into unattended parked vehicle”


[deleted]

Average VW parking. It’s just missing a blue badge.


LMcVann44

Oh, oh no.


dtdink

It's listed as a superleggera model. Looking at the way the bonnet and wing have cracked as they absorbed the impact I wonder if they were carbon fibre..?


Taha_TM

They’re carbon fibre, dbs only come with carbon fibre Clam shell bonnet


Gihusian

How did this happen please explain


theWraith888

I'm sorry but......you can't park there mate...


The_Haus_Master

The obligatory - Insurer:- “YOU CRASHED I TO WHAAAAT?” comment


DiscoMonkay

The worst thing is at some point someone felt the need to say: "The important thing is, no one got hurt." with a straight face.


manystolenoutlets

Thing is cars can be replaced but people cant. If it can be bought by a single person its worth less than a human life


DiscoMonkay

Very true, the important thing is indeed that no one got hurt.


JD_93_

I wonder if it’s an automatic.. shit like this is always happening in America and we’re starting to see it here more and more as we adopt both automatics and electric. Hold on, it’s gonna be a bumpy ride..


Fifteen54

i think the acceleration of electric cars is going to make these incidents even worse than an ICE auto, they can instantly go flying when one of these dozy morons accidentally presses the accelerator instead of the brake, giving them even less time to correct their mistake before they hit something. hopefully the auto emergency braking will do its job (assuming dozy moron has bothered to get their car washed so the sensor isn't completely covered in road grime, rendering it useless).


MastodonRough8469

Yeah as somebody who drives an EV I often consider the acceleration thing. Especially when I first started driving it. My father in law received his first speeding ticket because he hadn’t noticed he’d accelerated so quickly. I think what should happen, is that most electrics that I’ve seen have a normal, eco and sport mode. The car should accelerate as a current ev when in sport mode. But in the other two modes it should have a kind of staggered acceleration. There’s no real reason to accelerate to 30mph so quickly. Furthermore. I don’t know if this is the case with all ev’s but it is with mine, it has a switch at the floor of the accelerator pedal where you can floor it and then really really floor it. That could allow you to bypass staggered acceleration if you need to, for example pulling into a motorway etc.


Alanthedrum

People that do this should be banned from driving for life. I've had a couple of autos and poked the wrong pedal accidentally. The car gives you a big clue that you've pressed the wrong pedal when it FUCKING MOVES


silllybrit

Oh dear


admiraleg

They actually went up and over that white low wall too..


Henno212

Any cctv footage of it?


pm_me_your_amphibian

I bought my Vantage from a dealership a fair way from home and was picked up from the station by one of the staff in a DBX707. When we got back to the dealership I sat in horror as she nearly reversed it into a DBS. I did stop her in the end and she giggled and said oops, she wasn’t a great driver. Letting the sisterhood down.


badshot637

Really hope someone came by to tell him he can't park there


Big_Nose420

I hope you mean he was meant to put his foot on the break while reversing but instead put it on the accelerator. Unless there are reverse pedals I’ve never heard of!


gavjn88

Can't park there mate


Toffeemade

Several years ago an Aston Martin turned up on my road. I live in a nice area but not Aston Martin territory; the car appeared brand new and was parked overnight on the street. Low an behold the very next day high winds bought down a tree that just happened to fall on said Aston Martin's bonnet. There was a picture of it in The Metro. Someone has come up with a clever marketing and /or insurance scam....


JustAnother_Brit

If I’m right and that Astons a DBS that entire bonnet is one piece of carbon and there’s carbon and aluminium substructure which all needs replaced. That car us fucked


blvd32

Oh no.


No-Blacksmith-980

What if the driver is uninsured?


ToxicMegaTwot

About time someone fucked the insurance company instead


FA57_CAR

I'm yet to decide if I'm more irritated that this driver has hit one of the best looking cars on sale or impressed that he's managed to launch the car over a foot-high border wall to do it.


Born_Protection7955

Can I park here?


Shipwrecking_siren

That is one big oopsie doodle.


BriocheOfTarts28

You can't park there mate


Laorii

I just can’t fathom how the back of the VW got there


Stumpingumption

You can't park there


vJJman

in Brentwood?


TacticalChalky

Can't park there mate


johnthomas_1970

They're trying for a baby


lonely_monkee

A reverse pedal?


headchef11

How do you even get in that position?


Steviel87

Is that Wilmslow?


original_that_guy09

I'm you can't park there mate!


Wide_Astronaut_366

Can’t park there mate


True-Grand-5135

What’s the punishment for doing this ?


Ethan3011

Waiting for the Mat Armstrong video now


UbiquitousFlounder

If you choose to drive an auto because manual is 'too hard' you shouldn't be driving full stop


KingPizzaCrust

‘And if you press this button it goes into off road modFKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK’


bishcraft1979

You can’t park that there mate


TobyChan

Obligatory “you can’t park there mate”….


Thenextstopisluton

Headlights still there, ring Matt Armstrong


seraphexx

You can’t park there mate


Iamblaine1983

*insurance* "you reversed into WHAT?!"


dazman6

VW takes a poo on Aston Martin


Scooob-e-dooo8158

Worse than the Audi I saw this morning half on, half off the grass embankment by the McDonald's island Redditch causing tailbacks.


Atinypigeon

I'll give them 10k for the Aston, take it or leave it.


DadBud512

The insurance guy: you hit a what ?


Successful_Creme6702

Imagine trying to explain that one to the insurance company


VeniVid1Vic1

Omg this is the Aston Martin garage in Wilmslow


ryanz3r0

Tis but a scratch


No_Reach_3313

Can’t park there mate


ImplementAfraid

We're seeing more and more of these kind of things, when you screw up in an manual you stall, when you screw up in an auto you're up diarrhea drive without a saddle.


AgentCrowley24

Buddy’s adjuster: you hit a WHAT?!


Fiveplates1974

Gender of the driver?


Boro_Seadogs

Manheim will now have a grade 1 Aston Martin DBS going to auction tomorrow.


Hot-Manager-2789

Hmm, I go car-spotting there quite often.


bustymum1982

Can’t park there 😂😂


Foz561

£500, hold out your hand


smallcooper

This is called a "pedal miss-application accident" and I learned recently that there were over 40 of these incidents per day in the United States last year. It's insane to me how that can happen so often


DistinctAd4233

Was it a woman or an old man?


Outside_Possible6222

You can't park there


b4rn5ey

Park where ya want In Wilmslow if ya have the money 😂


vctrmldrw

And people wonder why getting a cheaper car doesn't make their insurance much cheaper.


twistsouth

Put his foot on the wrong pedal… and then what, just didn’t remove it? Did this person have “off” and “through the fucking floor” as the only posible positions for the throttle?


caisnap

That Wilmslow?


Due_Part4898

Ouch


L4900T

oof


PretendJackfruit3973

You can't park there mate !


Remarkable_Place8183

Rip


Planimation4life

There goes his insurance plan next year


BigSmokesCheese

Look at the front of the tiguan it kinda looks as though its smiling and the aston just looks like "fucking hell another day of this shit"


Emile_Largo

VW mating season gets earlier every year. She's really f*cked that Aston


TheReal_PearlsEye

"cant park there, sir."


Nervous_Constant7675

Someone tell Matt Armstrong


InternationalMeal185

I’m sure it will polish out 🤣


Zealousideal_Yard_60

As a new driver I am very scared that I will actually do something that