Wife being fobbed off by the police?

[glojo]

As a side note, this woman lives less than 400 yards from the gym where the shunt occurred and she drives there

She clearly puts in 100% effort at the gym and needs the car to get home.

Regards
John

 

[crockers]

That's a good idea

Hi Crockers,
Unfortunately the mountain cannot got to Mohamed.

Regards
John

Oopps....sorry

 

[crockers]

Quote:
Originally Posted by Sp!ke
As a side note, this woman lives less than 400 yards from the gym where the shunt occurred and she drives there

She clearly puts in 100% effort at the gym and needs the car to get home.

Regards
John






She pushes the car..................................:bannana:

 

[abdulclk230]

A polite and concise letter to the chief constable is probably in order.

Failing that, steal a police car

hehe - i always liked this idea!! wonder if it's still a crime if you bring back washed with a full tank of petrol?

 

[gl boy]

Just an update to this... the police still haven't written to the offender as of today.

We've been ringing them up every week and each week they say our case is at the top of the pile and will be sorted within 7 days.

On Friday we rang again to chase it along and were informed that there were still some outstanding cases going back to 2005 so we shouldn't get our hopes up.

Clearly this is a process that isn't working.

Anyway, still nothing back from the DVLA either but as luck would have it, we spotted the car on the weekend. Spoke with the owner of the car who initially said she couldnt recall the insident. When informed about the witness and the CCTV footage, she changed tack somewhat to "If I knew I'd done that much damage, I'd have stopped". No damage to her car at all so I'm guessing she must have had it repaired....

Well annyway, no thanks to the police, its now in the hands of the legal cover which was included with the policy. This seems to be very slick and thorough with 24 hour phonelines and people calling back when they said they would. The car is being booked in this week for the damage to be assessed.

All seems a bit unnecessary really as an N plated bravo has a ridiculously low book price of £350-£400 so its likely to be a write off. I cant see them fixing the bonnet, wing, headlamp and whatever else is lurking underneath the exterior that needs straightening for that sort of money.

Amasing that a relatively modern 60,000 mile car with no faults can be worth so little. The Bravo's are obiously not rated highly at all with even older Fiat Uno's commanding more money. I would bet that without even changing the oil the car would last at least 4 more years (20,000 miles) without problem - thats got to be motoring at its absolute cheapest.

Ah well it was a hand me down car from my mother anyway so writing it off may actually be a good thing as we were thinking how we were going to go about changing it without upsetting my mother anyway.

Still shocking the levels of apathy from the police service. I really ought to encourage the wife to make a complaint - if only to get the process re-examined.

good news and thanks for the update as glojo says and lets hope the outcome is soon and not later

 

[stevesey]

hehe - i always liked this idea!! wonder if it's still a crime if you bring back washed with a full tank of petrol?

Often tempted to "move" cars when I seen them left with the keys in the ignition - just 20 yards and then wait to see the expression when someone returns. Is that a crime.

Or just take the keys out and wait nearby!

 

[glojo]

Often tempted to "move" cars when I seen them left with the keys in the ignition - just 20 yards and then wait to see the expression when someone returns. Is that a crime.

Or just take the keys out and wait nearby!

What would you do if you caught someone getting into your car?

Thief,
"It's alright guv, the keys were left in the car and I was just taking them out for safe keeping!"

You,
"Thank you very much indeed, that's awfully kind"

Me thinks another option might involve fisty cuffs?

Don't do it.

REgards
John

 

[prprandall51]

Often tempted to "move" cars when I seen them left with the keys in the ignition - just 20 yards and then wait to see the expression when someone returns. Is that a crime.

Or just take the keys out and wait nearby!

Definitely a crime - that Brighton-based ex boxer bloke (Chris Eubank) moved a lorry and got done for it:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/southern_counties/4350723.stm

It was the best, most thoughtful thing he had ever done, too.

 

[Sp!ke]

It gets weirder and weirder...

The other parties insurance company has agreed to carry out over £1000 worth of repairs to this £500 car

The thing is, we want to get rid of the car and buy something else anyway.

Wondering if we should ring them and see if they'll give us the money instead. Would that be taking the Michael?

 

[IanA2]

It gets weirder and weirder...

The other parties insurance company has agreed to carry out over £1000 worth of repairs to this £500 car

The thing is, we want to get rid of the car and buy something else anyway.

Wondering if we should ring them and see if they'll give us the money instead. Would that be taking the Michael?

Unlikely, however what they probably will do is pay you an agreed amount for the car; so if you can research prices of comparable vehicle, and that figure comes to less than the repair costs to the damaged vehicle, I think there is good chance they will pay. Worth a go.

 

[Guy]

It gets weirder and weirder...

The other parties insurance company has agreed to carry out over £1000 worth of repairs to this £500 car

The thing is, we want to get rid of the car and buy something else anyway.

Wondering if we should ring them and see if they'll give us the money instead. Would that be taking the Michael?

You could sell the car, especially on a P/X, with the benefit of the insurance claim.

We had recently arranged a P/X of my mum's car aganst a Honda Jazz, deal set up signed etc. 2 days before we collected the new one, the poor soul drove into a 'stopper' at a deserted roundabout. She was devastated and thought the whole thing would be off. Truth is, the garage was perfectly happy to honour the deal; they accepted the claim and did the work - they probably made more money anyway.

 

[verytalldave]

I still reckon the "other" person is a police officer.

 

[Carrotchomper]

I still reckon the "other" person is a police officer.

Apparently the security services murdered Diana.

 

[verytalldave]

Apparently the security services murdered Diana.

Where is the relevance to this thread in that comment?

 

[mattc]

I think Carrotchomper is saying its a conspiracy...atleast thats what i infered from it

Where is the relevance to this thread in that comment?

 

[Carrotchomper]

I think Carrotchomper is saying its a conspiracy...atleast thats what i infered from it

No, I was pouring scorn on verytalldave's silly conspiracy theory- I think in this case the police have been far too inept to be corrupt. And in any case, you'd want to "abuse the power" for something slightly less mundane or interesting.

Perhaps I should have used a few of these

 

[verytalldave]

Everyone is entitled to their opinion. I think my suggestion is quite plausible.

 

[Carrotchomper]

Well I would say "There's no way a PC would risk their pension to help out some fat biffer who's also a mason".. but on recent examples of utterly trivial matters leading to officers being imprisoned for PCOJ-

Stranger things have happened.

Plenty of muppets have risked jobs for less so all I will say is...

Fair point, but still implausible IMHO!