As Thick as Thieves
On his way home the other night, Gareth's biggish, fastish car started to overheat and - to cut a longish story short - because he knows about cars, he worked out that it was the radiator.
So he booked it in to the garage for a new radiator. Very slowly, stopping frequently so that it didn't overheat, he drove it to the garage.
That was yesterday. Today, the garage decided to move some cars around and so left Gareth's car, key in lock, engine running, outside for just a moment while they worked out where to put - - oh, it's gone.
For someone had jumped into the driver's seat and sped off in it.
All very infuriating for many reasons, primarily because Gareth needs his car to get to work but also because Emily's lovely coat and lots of cds were inside the car.
It will be messy and unutterably tedious to sort out, insurance-wise. The only tiny shred of pleasure comes from the idea of the Thickest Thief in Leeds using this car in some kind of bank job. Because yes, it will go fast - right until it overheats and stops dead. Because if you steal a car from a garage, when a mechanic is right in the middle of working on it, d'you know, it's entirely probable that there'll be SOMETHING WRONG WITH IT.
I feel very tired sometimes.
So he booked it in to the garage for a new radiator. Very slowly, stopping frequently so that it didn't overheat, he drove it to the garage.
That was yesterday. Today, the garage decided to move some cars around and so left Gareth's car, key in lock, engine running, outside for just a moment while they worked out where to put - - oh, it's gone.
For someone had jumped into the driver's seat and sped off in it.
All very infuriating for many reasons, primarily because Gareth needs his car to get to work but also because Emily's lovely coat and lots of cds were inside the car.
It will be messy and unutterably tedious to sort out, insurance-wise. The only tiny shred of pleasure comes from the idea of the Thickest Thief in Leeds using this car in some kind of bank job. Because yes, it will go fast - right until it overheats and stops dead. Because if you steal a car from a garage, when a mechanic is right in the middle of working on it, d'you know, it's entirely probable that there'll be SOMETHING WRONG WITH IT.
I feel very tired sometimes.
posted by Daphne at 8:37 pm
3 Comments:
Oh but I know THAT feeling. My car was stolen by an opportunist thief when I was filling up at a petrol station. I left the keys in the ignition when I went to pay and watched in horror as some kid jumped in and drove it off.
The insurance company refused to pay up as I'd not taken 'due care and consideration' or some such double talk and so I got the ombudsman on the case and within a few days, I got a cheque for the full book price.
Given the radiator problem, I feel the car will have been abandoned and will be located soon.
If not, the garage should be the ones to pay up. The car was entrusted to them.
Good luck, Gareth.
Ian
aarrrrgggghhhhhhhh what a mess, the idiots. Well it's the garages mess and he needs a new car, else their reputation is in ruins, seriously, I'd get watchdog onto it if they don't comply, or one of those magazines that chases stories up and gets you lots of compensation. You couldn't make this stuff up.
The bummer is, of course, that he has no transport to go LOOK for a car.
Gareth's insurers (Yes, THOSE, the ones with THAT name) are not able to be helpful. Their computer system is down.
Garage seems to have lapsed into silence.
(mutter mutter)
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