paul;
a shotgun would be the thing. i hate frigging thieves.
dick
48mgtc
62tr3b
On Wed, 18 Jun 1997, Paul Hunt wrote:
> Looked out of the bedroom window this morning to see the
> V8's windscreen trim and sundry pieces if rubber strewn
> across the garden. First thought was vandalism but closer
> inspection showed that the bastards had cut the rubber seal
> back from the glass, removed the inner beading as well as
> all the trim and tried to lever the glass out in several
> places. Amazingly they did not succeed in removing it, just
> cracking it from top to bottom in several places.
>
> Police came and said they were probably just after the radio,
> they had also been to a Discovery locally where they had got
> the glass out in one piece just for the radio. I wondered
> if they had been after my car, being a bit of a rarity, but
> the Police said they would have gone for the locks. Then
> found that they had had a go at both locks, but so half-
> heartedly that I hadn't even noticed at first, and they both
> still work.
>
> So, back to my friendly windscreen man for the second time
> in six months. Located a set of trim at a local place for
> 50 Pounds, and last time the glass alone was over 200 Pounds.
> I have a 200 Pound excess and wondered if the Insurance Co
> would treat this as a general claim under the circumstances
> rather than a windscreen claim, which *only* carries an
> excess of 50 Pounds, but fortunately not.
>
> Question is, how do I best protect the car? Imobiliser in
> case someone wants the car? Wheel clamp to stop them
> wheeling the car away and fiddling with the imobiliser at
> their leisure? Alarm to detect them getting in whatever
> the reason? I have had at least one car with a
> manufacturers alarm that only went off if the glass was
> smashed, not if it was removed.
>
> PaulH.
>
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