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Conference terri::cars_uk

Title:	Cars in the UK
Notice:	Please read new conference charter 1.70
Moderator:	COMICS::SHELLEYELD

Created:	Sun Mar 06 1994
Last Modified:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	2584
Total number of notes:	63384

644.0. "Hanging too good ?" by CURRNT::EVANSC () Mon Jun 19 1989 13:12

    So there I was gently snoozing off the previous night excesses,
    when at about 1:30 am Sunday morning I hear what sounded like drunken
    kids (must have been teenagers). I did what I normally do when awoken
    by such noises, went to look out of the window to make sure my car
    was ok. I couldn't see any damage and the kids had gone, so back
    to sleep.
    
    The next morning I go out and find one front wiper seriously bent
    and a broken ariel ! My neighbour had a similar problem, except
    they had done both his front wipers and the rear one.
    
    I have never experienced this problem before, and am very annoyed
    to say the least. What can be done about it ? I suppose you could
    say I should put the ariel down, but you can't exactly remove the
    wipers every night ! Would an alarm have helped ?
    
    If they've done it once will they do it again ?
    
    No - hanging is not too good for them, it just depends what you
    hang them by.....
    
    Chris.

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
644.21		OVAL::SAXBYM	Contentious?Moi?Rides again!	`Mon Jan 14 1991 13:04`	12
	A big thank you to the fatherless soul who desperately needed a new Pioneer radio-cassette for his car. I REALLY wanted a busted passenger door lock and a buckled door. I don't know quite what was inserted in the lock to break it, but I do know where I'd like to insert it! I suppose I should be grateful that they didn't damage the car inside stealing the radio, but it is bloody annoying to have to make one of my two 'free' claims because some p***k didn't have the sense to break the bloody window! Mark
644.22	Smashed glass makes a lovely noise!	VOGON::MITCHELLE	Beware of the green meanie	`Mon Jan 14 1991 13:16`	3
	Sorry to hear that Mark. Where was the car parked? Maybe your 'friend' decided that it was quieter to bend metal than to smash a window.
644.23		NEWOA::VANDIK::HENNEMAN	Reality? - not today thanks	`Mon Jan 14 1991 14:01`	9
	Bad luck Mark. I had the radio stolen out of my new BX a couple of months ago, but I was fortunate in that they broke in without doing any damage - don't know how. Came out of it quite well as I ended up with a better radio than before as Blaupunkt had upped the spec on the old Atlanta 47 that Citroen fitted. Dick
644.24	Remove it	BAHTAT::FORCE4::hilton	How's it going royal ugly dudes?	`Wed Jan 16 1991 10:34`	10
	re .21 Mark, I thought the Renault radio was meant to be removable. ;^))) Greg
644.25	"Fancy a screwdriver in your lock sir?"	SYSTEM::GOODWIN	Pete. DEC/EDI. Wassa Data Server? ARM-wrestler	`Wed Jan 23 1991 14:03`	13
	A month or so back, some kind souls decided to investigate the possibilities of inserting a screwdriver in my door lock. Just to make life even more interesting, they decided Daz was appropriate, so my car got covered in blue powder (and suds later as I drove to work, it was raining). I did tell PC plod, who wrote to me weeks after the event stating they were still looking into the incident. Luckily, they didn't break in, just destroyed the lock. Maybe the Daz was a subtle hint... Pete (aka Mr. Suds)