I tend to fly out of Manchester Airport these days and stay in the short stay parking at Terminal 3 or the short stay at Terminal 1, it’s Like £25 a day but at least my car is undercover and In a secure part of the airport…
well I parked in the short stay carpark on the 20th of last month, I was only away 1 night and when I came back one of the supporting box sections had rusted through and dropped a 1 foot lump of metal and crap on my BMW..
photo’s :
Car park:
BMW 5 Series:
I’m just happy it didn’t hit me on the head !!
DaveN
18 Comments
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6th October 2007 @ 15:28
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Ouch, how’s the car looking?
6th October 2007 @ 16:22
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Damn that sucks real bad. I get paranoid about something walking past my car and check for any scratches. To come back to that on what is also a brand new car would drive me crazy. Would suck if you have to claim on your insurance rather than the parking place paying the costs.
6th October 2007 @ 20:02
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Did you have to fork out? Or did they hit you with the old “Visitors park at their own risk?”. For £25 a day, I’d be kicking off a proper fuss.
6th October 2007 @ 21:52
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It’s a BMW. A ton of crap falling on it can only help.
7th October 2007 @ 00:18
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Thats a biatch, but looks more like crap rather than metal, so it looks like most of it will clean off, and you should be alrite.
8th October 2007 @ 00:55
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Man thats a real bummer.
8th October 2007 @ 05:04
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That’s some nice parking there, Dave. No-one would guess you drive a Beemer
8th October 2007 @ 13:17
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I am sure it will be expensive to fix, so I hope the airport does pay up I had a very small bump and BMW charged £2,500 to fix it, it was a good job I was sat down even though I was not paying
10th October 2007 @ 12:01
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Hey what happened to the old man volvo estate you had?
12th October 2007 @ 10:19
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volvo estate you had.. NEVER HAD A VOLVO ..LOL I have only had BMW tourers the other was the 330 sports.
12th October 2007 @ 10:25
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I never liked BMW but I cried when I saw that. Hope she’s looking like a millions now.
15th October 2007 @ 20:48
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Dying to know how your ‘negotiations’ are going with regards to the damage to your vehicle.
17th October 2007 @ 09:16
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Ok the car is been repaired today, and the claim is in the hands on the insurance company. So this will be the acid test i guess on how good my insurance company is.
17th October 2007 @ 15:28
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If you want reasonably priced parking 100 yards from terminals 1 & 3 terminal 2 a short bus ride away, check out http://www.holidaycarcare.com based at the Crowne Plaza Manchester Airport - really good service !!
20th December 2007 @ 17:40
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If you had parked behind the line and not too far forward it prob would of missed ya car!!!
22nd January 2008 @ 15:38
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Dave
Mind if I either link to this page or take some of the comments off it. I run a small airport parking comparison site called http://www.compare-airport-parking.co.uk.
Its nice to see some photographic evidence of problems as I always feel car parks should be seen in both good and bad views to let customers see for themselves and make an informed decision with that information.
Can you let me know, i’ve attached my email. £25 for a single day, I could have found a cheaper site for you.
Andy
22nd January 2008 @ 17:07
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Did the airport pay up? Like a few others, I’d like to mention my business which is based next to Terminal 2, offers valet parking so no bus journeys, and is fully insured.
Cheers15th January 2009 @ 19:44
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So the more expensive parking is not only safer due to vandalism, but safer because parts of the building won’t fall on your car.
I guess airports worldwide are equally bad these days.