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Thank goodness this has been found in one piece... It is good to hear that the little twit that lifted it was caught red-handed also! I do hope that the proper punishment is served so as to teach the thieving low-life something of a lesson...
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OK so I've been in contact with the impound, and I can't take it away yet as the police are doing forensics and what not. The bloke on the other end said that there is a broken window and the ignition has been hotwired. I'm guessing this means I won't be able to start it with the key? How is best to go about driving the thing away?
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Hotwire it, they have probably broken the steering lock too.
If the window is in one of the doors then clingfilm is a good way to keep things dry.
Beware of possible costs of it being in the impound yard, might be recovery and storage costs.
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Thank goodness this has been found in one piece... It is good to hear that the little twit that lifted it was caught red-handed also! I do hope that the proper punishment is served so as to teach the thieving low-life something of a lesson... The appropriate punishement should be 6 months locked up with ' big dave ' , who likes 'cuddles '. |
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By hotwired they probably mean the ignition switch was smashed off the back of the barrel and they a screwdriver was used to turn the switch. It happened with an old Fiesta of mine and I drove it around using the same method the tea leaf did, got in an interesting conversation with a copper at 2am when picking up some mates too
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Have updated the listing in the upcoming CCB to list this as found.
Glad to hear you have it back, Tim. Looks like it's been all over town if the sightings on B31 Voices are to be believed!
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Wow, great to see it was found so quickly. Sounds like you did a smashing job of getting the news around as quickly as possible!
Maybe time to invest in a decent steering lock once you get it out of the impound? Should stop the little scrotes like this one...
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I had my 205 "borrowed" a few year s back, mum gave me a lift to the compound and i hotwired it and drove home via gsf to pick up a new ignition barrel.
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I have a window here for postage mate just pm me if needed,
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OK so it's back on the drive in one piece. The damage includes a smashed drivers side quarterlight and a couple of bits of trim have been peeled off for no reason, and a big crack in the windscreen. The brakes go almost to the floor, the clutch is ruined and the hand brake is fooked. It's been well and truly thraped, but after getting it running again the engine sounds as sweet as ever! I imagine the brake fluid was boiled, the handbrake cables stretched and the clutch may just need adjustment. My entire CD collection has dissapeared though, apart from some horrible Bassline CD left in the stereo  Weirdly, two 50 litre containers of IPA alcohol were in the boot, empty :S I've had no further information from the rozzers, but from what I can gather they arrested the bloke driving and the whole car has been dusted for prints. Fingers crossed he'll get more than a slap on the wrist. Thanks again to everyone for the support. This really shows how important it is to get information on social media as soon as you can. |
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I have a quarter lite, windscreen and possibly a steering column
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Do you mean kegs in the boot ? If so may have been on the way to the scrappy .
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Glad you got it back, sorry it was damaged, I hope the little turd pays the price.
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Last Edit: May 9, 2014 20:22:49 GMT by 120y
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Do you mean kegs in the boot ? If so may have been on the way to the scrappy . No, large plastic containers with highly flammable written on them. Very odd |
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I have a quarter lite, windscreen and possibly a steering column Windscreen and quarter lite would be brilliant. How much do you want and where abouts are you? |
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Sorry thought you ment IPA asin beer [ real ale for us older gents ] !!!! IPA is probably isopropyl alcohol , used for various industrial uses .God knows what they would be doing with them , empty or full . I saw the facebook comments and did i see one that said they were near a industrial estate , that would figure for the barrels , maybe going to nick fuel  |
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I have a quarter lite, windscreen and possibly a steering column Windscreen and quarter lite would be brilliant. How much do you want and where abouts are you? I'm in Nuneaton, I paid £20 for the last screen so £20 for both? |
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A relief to hear this is found, even if it is a little worse for wear, and that there are folks with the parts to put it all right again.
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Glad it's back and hopefully sorting out the issues won't cost much.
Have you kept the barrels?
Might look cool on a rat-look roof rack - you could sell them to put towards repairs.
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Good news.
Yeah, sounds like someone was planning to do a drive off with 100 litres of fuel?!
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Weirdly, two 50 litre containers of IPA alcohol were in the boot, empty :S
