Thanks in future I am going to leave my car completly empty and I am going to buy a big camp style rucksack and put computers in that so people cannot see me carrying the laptop bags.
I don't think I need that kit as the seat belt works perfectly the plastic outshell has just snapped when the gits climbed into the back.
Autoglass are here now chap seems very pleasent well until I told him it had electric windows!
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I am no expert so happy to be proved wrong but I suspect that seat belt buckle may fail the MOT, regardless of whether or not you think it works correctly or not......
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Rattle, Hope im wrong here but i hope it's not somebody who reads this site who recognise the photo's you put up of where you live and know what you carry a bit less information now and again may help you.!
Like i say i hope im wrong but be carefull who you trust old mate there's far too many scumbags out there.!
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I put the pics up to stop any accusations of trolling by a certain member but it did come to my mind too. The pics are rather generic though.
My car is all fixed up now and they even hoovered it all out for me. It took him 50 minutes to do the job in total, the electric window is a little bit squeeky now though.
The seat belt buckle will probably fail the MOT as it is, but its just two bits of plastic that clip together as far as I can tell, the actual assembly seems to be working perfectly. Actually I am just going to test it now.
I think I just need to go to scrappy and get a cheap part.
I may still be scrapping the car anyway under the scrappage I am not sure yet.
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Just come on and seen your tale of woe, Rabble.
It does seem you have some bad luck recently, I hope it changes soon.
I have seen where you park, naturally you want to park outside the house, but it is tucked away round the corner. Would parking round the corner on O. Road, where there is more passing activity make sense ?
BTW...When I saw the picture of your passenger seat, I thought you'd been round here with your camera. Mine looks like that all the time, apart from the glass !
Ted
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I should have moved it actually. I normally don't park there but the last time I used it the I dropped my grandma off and the engine didn't sound that well so I was a little annoyed with it. I then lost my space and had no choice but to park there. It it is usualy outside my house with my dads.
I will not be parking there ever again anyway.
Taking it to Andy's (is it Andy or Ian get the two mixed up) on Thursday so he can check out my head gasket. I am sure he will advise on the seat belt issue too.
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I will not be parking there ever again anyway. >>
Your insurance company will be very pleased to quote you happy come renewal time, since you will have had two break-ins within 7 or 8 weeks. :-)
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A couple of points that may or not be helpful.
My previous car (S-reg Ibiza) got broken into twice in a few months in Manchester in 2005. Once in the city centre (round the corner from Lime, all designated parking) and once at home in Hulme. Seems that the rear speakers (nothing special) were to blame. They came out and I got an alarm installed - no more problems in the following year I had the car.
I think there is also the assumption that older cars are easier to break into, I wouldn't have thought the corsa had deadlocks. Whilst I wouldn't use it as an excuse to get a new car, I personally think a new car is less of a target in some respects. But that still didn't stop friends having their cars (Auris and 1-series) broken into in residential car parks off Palatine Rd, Didsbury. Sometimes it doesn't matter where you live, it'll still happen.
As for Autoglass, I got one fixed by them for the excess (£50 at the time) the second I paid the full price myself (about £130 iirc). Why? Well, my insurance policy would only happily pay out for 2 glass claims in a year. I was doing a lot of M-way miles at the time and didn't want to risk having to pay for a windcreen out of my own pocket. So maybe worth checking about any claim limits for glass in your policy.
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I think its two but will double check.
I know that part of Didsbury all too well :(
My car does actually have deadlocks, but it seems it may have actually caused more damage as they had to climb into the car rather than get in through the door. My car cost over £9k in 1999 so it is actually very well equiped for its age.
The police said I might find some blood when I clean it all out properly and if I do to contact them.
I don't think it will affect my insurance too much because I didn't claim last time (I just informed them about it). I have a mate who lives in Salford and he looses a car each year as they just get vandalised I mean properly vandalised, at least all I have is a bit of broken plastic and £75 out of pocket.
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I thInk It's possIble to be too 'chatty' wIth Insurance companIes when there Is no damage to others.
I know someone who fItted new wIngs, a bumper and a door to theIr wIfe's old Polo (separate IncIdents) and replaced a radIo - all from the scrapyard.
Then, when theIr wIfe's drIvIng had Improved enough for the fIrst new FIat, Insurance was only around £250.
Cough ...
Glad It's fIxed Rattle, here's wIshIng you better luck.
Edited by oilrag on 17/02/2010 at 05:39
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Other more in the know than I will probably confirm or deny this, but I suspect that the people who did it were probably the same lot, they got something last time, could see bits throught the window and decided it was worth a second go... When I lived in Edinburgh I got done twice in quick succession and thats what the Police said then...
You could fit an alarm, but if its just a quick "smash and dash" they'd be gone by the time you get there... best bet, as everyone else has said, is to make the car as empty as possible...
Rent a garage perhaps?
Edited by b308 on 17/02/2010 at 08:19
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There isn't any garages close enough, and if I have to walk five minutes down the road to get to the car then faff about with opening it and it won't save any time and the car will be pointless.
I am simply just going to leave the glove box open from now as suggested.
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And don't leave things like cds on the seat!
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I never leave anything on the seat, the theif put emptied my glove box onto my seat. My car was very tidy inside all the mess you can see is the work for the scum that did it.
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Sorry, it looked like the cd was already on the seat as the glass from the window is on top of it!
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As said above it looked like somebody has climbed in (a kid no doubt) so the glass will be disturbed slightly. There is no way anything at all was left on the seat, I had a passanger in the car the last three times I used it.
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I had a passanger in the car the last three times I used it.
I don't suppose there's a chance you accidentally locked him in and the mess was caused by him subsequently escaping ;o)
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Who said it was a he? ;-)
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i cant wait for tommorows riveting installment ( thursday, decision day) its a shame that the low life didnt torch the motor then all this cafuffle wouldnt have arisen....
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its a shame that the low life didnt torch the motor then all this cafuffle wouldnt have arisen....
Nice...........................
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dox, the cars more trouble than its worth, im surprised poor rattle is still of sound mind, the sooner it goes the better for all of us.. its not even a runner by all accounts !!
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It runs pefectly, just been out in it, just lots of smoke and dripping with water. It COULD be condensation but new mayo has appeared after just two miles so head gasket is most likely cause. There is nothing wrong with it other than a bit of wear and tear. Tracking is all it should need for the MOT if the head gasket is fine.
It is just a breath of fresh air to drive compared to my dads Fiesta, it has excellent visibility, good brakes, very light steering (nice for the city) very good clutch (no signs of any wear) and everything works.
If tomorrows test confirms it is the head gasket then I will get shut, either way I could not have left it parked outside my house with a broken window.
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Saw on tv in south africa car muggers can get a flame thrower pointed at them now this would be a great idea here if you break in to a car you get burned ok the car goes up but so does the scum bag..
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