Matt's Dad
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My Dad had his Range Rover Vogue set on fire while it was parked outside a friends house at the weekend. The Police said it was the third car in three hours that had been torched, and they had all started from the passenger side front wheel arch.
My Dad called his insurance company today (Tesco) and as he's never claimed he just assumed it would be a simple call to get things started - They were trying to find ways out of paying from trhe very first call, they were asking if it had a full MOT, if it had any problems on the last MOT etc etc they even called him back to ask if he knew of anyone that had a grudge against him The car was collected and the insurance company called and said that stainless steel side steps were fitted on the car, and they would of made it a target to steel the car or attack the car They have said that because the side steps were not declared that the insurance may be void - my Dad explained that they were on the car when he bought it, and as far as he knew, everything was genuine Land Rover - he's now worried other things like DVD/TV and upgraged wheels, will now be an issue, even though they were fitted from new (so the last owner said)
No one from our family has ever had to claim off of insurance, and it's a bit of an eye opener considering my Dad doesn't know if they will now pay to replace his £20k car
My Dad called his insurance company today (Tesco) and as he's never claimed he just assumed it would be a simple call to get things started - They were trying to find ways out of paying from trhe very first call, they were asking if it had a full MOT, if it had any problems on the last MOT etc etc they even called him back to ask if he knew of anyone that had a grudge against him The car was collected and the insurance company called and said that stainless steel side steps were fitted on the car, and they would of made it a target to steel the car or attack the car They have said that because the side steps were not declared that the insurance may be void - my Dad explained that they were on the car when he bought it, and as far as he knew, everything was genuine Land Rover - he's now worried other things like DVD/TV and upgraged wheels, will now be an issue, even though they were fitted from new (so the last owner said)
No one from our family has ever had to claim off of insurance, and it's a bit of an eye opener considering my Dad doesn't know if they will now pay to replace his £20k car