My car was picked up and the salvage agent drove off into the distance in the pouring rain....
He drove out with fuel leaking from my car as he drove the card hard up against the van's ramp and it made lots of scraping sounds as he was trying to force the broken bits of my car up the ramp too. The ramp was wet, so also lead to my car's wheels spinning.
He tried to avoid signing the V5C, saying the office would sort it but I insisted he sign (I can do the SORN online, but would rather have something in writing in case).
I did the SORN online (https://www.gov.uk/sold-bought-vehicle if you're curious) and got the confirmation from the DVLA that I'm no longer the owner of the vehicle, but will get a letter in the post. I still have the Section 9 from the V5C but will not need to send it apparently.
The pouring rain continued throughout the whole day and after I finished work, so no after-work walk as I normally do and have been doing every day after work.
I did do my FitBit workout though. 29 minutes today.
V5C completed and my car was supposed to be picked up today, got called saying the driver had called in sick and has been rescheduled for tomorrow.
Bizarrely, my insurance company emailed saying that my car had already been collected, which it obviously hadn't. But that's probably just because it's automated.
Went for my walk and did the long loop. Co-op had no queue, my local fruit n veg did, but not as big as it normally does. Tesco Express petrol station had a small queue, Sainsbury's had a relatively big queue, but also not as big as it normally does. Tesco Express Supermarket, had a reasonably sized queue and Aldi surprisingly had no queues.
So far, out of all the car brands I've queried about new vehicles, only Toyota have replied and been engaging with my queries. I guess my next vehicle will be a Toyota.
Another walk in nice weather. Did the longer walk today. Queues outside the local fruit n veg. No queue outside Co-Op (though there was on the way back). Small queue outside Tesco Express petrol station, big queues outside Sainsbury's no queue outside Tesco Express supermarket, and small queues outside the butchers and the fruit n veg stores nearby to there.
Did my shopping this morning. Missed my usual 5:30am queue up and ended at the Tesco at 6:15am and there were no queues. No idea why, there's normally queues until past 6:30am at least.
And the shelves were pretty well stocked up. So perhaps the panic buyers have finally bankrupted themselves.
This will be the final weekend with my car since it will be being picked up Monday for recycling. So I made sure everything was emptied out of the car today. Out of curiosity, I turned on the ignition (but not the engine) and the electrics all came on and the radio was fine and still had its memory of my stations, and there were no warning alarms. Whether the car is driveable or not, we'll find out when the salvage agent comes on Monday.
4.70km walk (though my FitBit lost GPS for a while so the tracking was all over the place). No FitBit workout after the walk.
Insurance came back this morning and confirmed my car is a writeoff. The assessors called in the afternoon and valued my car at just over £3000. Considering it's an 09 plate, that isn't too bad, I think. Will discuss with family before giving the go ahead. The car next to mine is also written off, with value of £2200. Meaning a total of £5200 will be claimed from the third-party insurance, and that's not including the damage from the other two cars, and the driver's own car.
3k walk today, which took me about 30 mins, then I decided to take up FitBit's offer to a 3 month trial of Premium, which included access to FitBit Coach (which I used previously). Picked up where I left off and resumed my "Get Lean" program. Today's workout was also 30 mins long and definitely made me sweat. God, I'm so out of shape... :-(
In other news, I finally got called by my insurance company and have so far spent two hours on the phone with different companies -- the insurance company, the accident claims management company partnering the insurance company and the assessors who are responsible to checking whether the car is repairable.
My dad's car, which was also damaged has been declared a writeoff, even though it suffered less visible damage than my car. Mine hasn't been declared written off yet, although I've sent all the videos and photos I have to the assessors. We shall see whether or not I need to get a new car....
5k walk today, lovely weather, but surprisingly few people queuing. Got in to Co-op without anyone in front of me in the queue, Tesco Express petrol station had no queues, neither did Sainsbury's. Tesco Express supermarket had 1 person in the queue who just entered as I walked past. Only a few people queuing at my local fruit n veg shop, and the one by Tesco Express supermarket wasn't open today.
Long walk round, and something happened to my fitbit on the route and it stopped tracking, leaving a half complete loop, even though I did finish it. Maybe it was because I decided to run a bit and perhaps the tracker stopped because it could see I wasn't walking any longer....
Another gorgeous sunny day, and a 5km walk this time, 51m 34s.
Queues outside fruit n veg store and Co-op (for the first time)
Tesco Express petrol station had no queues, neither did Sainsbury's, but the Tesco Express supermarket did along with the fruit n veg nearby to that store (although the queue was not that big)
Did some shopping this morning in the early hours, queuing up outside Tesco Perivale, waiting 45 minutes before I could get in. How early? About 5 am early. 15 minutes later, and the queue extended way past the visible corner of the store and I could not see the end of it.
Gorgeous Good Friday weather, went for a brisk walk, covering 5.35 km in 50m 28s.
Queues outside my local fruit n veg, the local pharmacy, Tesco Express petrol station, another pharmacy, Sainsbury's (about 400m queue here), Tesco Express supermarket.
Trying to find some entertainment in games right now. And I've started looking at some strategy games. Stellaris was a game I used to play for a while, so redownloaded it. Got a bit bored for a bit.
Tried to play Planet Zoo. Bought the deluxe version, played for a bit. But when I tried to reload it, it wouldn't display properly for some reason. So asked for a refund from Steam.
Also looking at Magic The Gathering Arena. An interesting game. I've been contemplating taking up Magic in physical form, but this might let me at least get some practise in before going down to the my nearest game shop. Which is in Finchley from what I can find.
Also it turns out they do rotation which means some cards become illegal in normal and competitive duels, and means you have to keep buying new cards in order to keep up to date. Magic, it seems is an expensive hobby to maintain....
The upcoming set is Ikoria, which has hints of giant monster, Japanese style B-movies. And yes, Godzilla is in the list
No queue outside Sainsbury's or Tesco petrol station or Co-op, but there was outside the fruit and veg store, albeit not as big as I've seen on previous days.
Walked a longer lap today, 4.85km. Really nice weather to go out walking too. Went past my local Tesco petrol station -- they now have implemented a queue system with one in/one out. My local Sainsbury's had a queue of about 250m (sometimes it does have a queue sometimes it doesn't). A Tesco Express near Barnet Everyman Cinema also had a queue, but it was only a couple of people.
When Strava finally synced with my Fitbit and I checked the flybys, holy crap, there were a lot of people out exercising...
Walked through the park today, and it was a really nice warm day, so a lot of people were out running, cycling and walking. Annoying, and reminded me why I don't use the park anymore.
Meanwhile, on the way back, I saw the council had done up the local flowers, and they looked pretty good (and smelt nice, although it set off my hayfever....)
