THE GUBBERMINT ALWAYS KNOWS BEST

[outlaw118]

Bradiford (near Barnstaple, N Devon) to Grays, Essex, 3 hours 15 minutes. 270 odd miles, averaged 28mpg.

 

Want to get ahead?, get a Moose.

 

[Luxobarges_Are_Us]

Does anyone have any opinion on whether it's worth pursuing the matter via police or the owners of the place with the CCTV?

[outlaw118]

Got to be worth a bash; what have you got to lose?

[Luxobarges_Are_Us]

Got to be worth a bash; what have you got to lose?

 

I guess I'm wondering about the likelihood of an insurance company finding a crime number for it in the future and invalidating a policy...

[dollywobbler]

The tailgate appears to be falling off the BX, thanks to a mangled hinge one side, and a completely mullered one the other side. I'm not sure even gaffer tape can resolve this. The 'get an MOT quickly' plan has just received a knock back, as IIRC, a non opening boot is reason to refuse a test?

[scaryoldcortina]

^^ it is a refuse to test, yes. edit - there is a way around. If you remove the handle and seal the shut line (with bodge or silicon will do) it isn't a door any more and doesn't have to open.

 

are the hinges the same as hatchback ones?

[M'coli]

Mention it to the Polis - it's criminal damage, not an accident. 0845 6060606 for West Yorkshire Fuzz. You don't need to mention it to your insurance because it wasn't an accident - it was deliberate.

[Luxobarges_Are_Us]

Mention it to the Polis - it's criminal damage, not an accident. 0845 6060606 for West Yorkshire Fuzz. You don't need to mention it to your insurance because it wasn't an accident - it was deliberate.

 

Cheers for that!

Thinking about it again, I guess that it's not even theft and, with the TPFT policy I've got, not even an insurable loss.

[Guest]

Don't bother reporting it to West Yorkshire Police, they might wear out their flat feet on the way to the phone.

[Luxobarges_Are_Us]

It's South Yorks. Amazingly, they even have a geographical phone number as opposed to the 0845 scam...They said that a local officer would call me tomorrow.

 

Norm, I would have no interest in getting a mouthbreather in trouble with the law if it'd cost me hundreds of pounds in additional insurance premia!

[Lankytim]

You don't have to get your insurers involved at all do you? Ask the operators of the CCTV system if they have what happened on tape, they may want to charge you but IIRC they can charge a tenner max or something (Freedom of information act?). If you can see the perpetrators vandalising your motor then hand the evidence over to the rozzers!

[Mr_Bo11ox]

I would defo make a token effort to have a look a the CCTV footage, though I would expect before I had even asked, that the holder of the footage would have 1000 reasons lined up why they are unable to let you see it.

 

Neat bin bag job BTW!

[dollywobbler]

^^ it is a refuse to test, yes. edit - there is a way around. If you remove the handle and seal the shut line (with bodge or silicon will do) it isn't a door any more and doesn't have to open.

 

are the hinges the same as hatchback ones?

 

Thanks SOC. Think I'll try and get the tailgate off so I can assess the damage more clearly. No idea if the hinges are the same. I reckon the estate tailgate is a lot heavier, so the hinges might be beefier too.

[John F]

It's South Yorks. Amazingly, they even have a geographical phone number as opposed to the 0845 scam...They said that a local officer would call me tomorrow.

 

It didn't happen in Bradford then?

[Luxobarges_Are_Us]

It's South Yorks. Amazingly, they even have a geographical phone number as opposed to the 0845 scam...They said that a local officer would call me tomorrow.

 

It didn't happen in Bradford then?

 

No. I was planning to drive there before I discovered that I had to do the binline dance.

[Luxobarges_Are_Us]

You don't have to get your insurers involved at all do you? Ask the operators of the CCTV system if they have what happened on tape, they may want to charge you but IIRC they can charge a tenner max or something (Freedom of information act?). If you can see the perpetrators vandalising your motor then hand the evidence over to the rozzers!

 

Well, I'll speak with the police first and see what they say. I am definitely not going to involve the insurance, but I was thinking that they normally ask you to declare 'all claims AND LOSSES in the past X years'. Though if they come up with any rubbish, I will tell them that it's none of their business as it's a TPFT policy.

[Father Ted]

Inciting riot, disdain and disaproval off all here present, these are going on the K11 following a blazing row with the wife who decided that spending £3000 on leather sofas, sorry reclining sofas from DF fucking S was more important than me changing the mogadon on wheels that is the Micra.

So I went on the DVLA website and melted some plastic.

 

Bought some snow socks for the Micra also.

[Luxobarges_Are_Us]

THREE THOUSAND POUNDS on sofas?? The thought of it makes me cringe.

[Tayne]

ask you to declare 'all claims AND LOSSES in the past X years'. .

 

I've just gone through the hell that is insurance time and was only asked for "claims or accidents".

[Tayne]

What happened to to the beetle, ted?

[Father Ted]

Twas just a test drive.

Went to look at a Fronterror with LPG, wound up taking the Beetle for a drive ( mostly down to the wife) monthly payments were tempting, but I couldnt commit to finance and wanted something I could buy outright. Then days later the wife dragged me and the kids into DF nobbing S and bought 3x two seater reclining sofas and a bloody armchair for the living room as she is naffed off with non matching sofas that we currently have.

Apparently somewhere when I signed the marriage register it said that I forfieted my right to fun and any money of my own for the rest of eternity. She commented that she wanted to see Disneyland and I told her to Google Images it as it was fucking magic and she could see it any time she wanted.

She didnt speak to me for a whole day after that.

Bliss.

[Father Ted]

Oh, and bought a Refurbed Ripspeed in dash DVD player from Halfords (£59) which will be getting nailed to the dash when the adaptor leads I need to get it to talk Nissan arrive. Handy for entertaining myself whilst I "work overtime".

[Father Ted]

Wait until university rears its ugly head. You're paying out pence right now, Ted. It gets wayway "better" in about 15 years....

15 years?? Try 3 with child number 1. At least I get a break with the girls for a few years.

Oh and he wants the K11 for himself too

[trigger]

Let me get this straight Ted, Your only means of transport is a old Micra yet your wife would sooner have a £3k sofa?, Sometimes i feel really lucky to be married to my wife, she lets me do whatever i like, spend money on whatever i like and she even like old cars!

 

On the minus side we can't have children but you can't have everything in life.

[ashmicro]

Those (what must be) solid gold sofa's aren't going to be too comfortable. When I came back from UAE I went to a local auction and furnished an entire 3 bed semi for £900, and the suite and beds were new. They even chucked in a nearly-new 32" Sony CRT telly.

[Polystratus]

Let me get this straight Ted, Your only means of transport is a old Micra

 

 

Thought he had a Citroen C8 not too long ago?

[Luxobarges_Are_Us]

On the minus side we can't have children but you can't have everything in life.

 

You don't have to view that as a negative. I know that's me being a bit political, but I think there are too many people on this planet and, while I have no problem with those who choose to have kids, I see no compelling reason to make even more people...plus you always have the option of adopting.

 

OTOH, I had to split up with my ex-gf (good girl and super attractive) because I didn't want to have kids.

[John F]

the wife who decided that spending £3000 on leather sofas, sorry reclining sofas from DF fucking S was more important than me changing the mogadon on wheels that is the Micra.

 

3 grand on a glorified chair? Tell her to get to fuck.

 

I have a reclining leather sofa, and it cost almost nothing.

 

 

 

[andrew e]

Ted I feel your pain, so much that I refused to throw out my kip tastic bottle green leather 3 seater, when her new pair of sofas arrived

[ashmicro]

Joinery skillzorz John F! Is that a tailgate damper as well?