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Offline avalon

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Re: The Curse of the Gti
« Reply #10 on: 04 February 2010, 09:03 »
Love your humour, R32 - I'm sure the exhaust does sound that bit better coming in to the car ...


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Re: The Curse of the Gti
« Reply #11 on: 04 February 2010, 11:52 »
Sorry to hear that.Remind me never to move to leeds,someone else on hear was moaning about gypo`s looking around and under his car before a guard chased them off,that was also in leeds :shocked:
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Re: The Curse of the Gti
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Re: The Curse of the Gti
« Reply #13 on: 04 February 2010, 21:06 »

sorry for your loss mate  :evil:


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Re: The Curse of the Gti
« Reply #14 on: 04 February 2010, 21:21 »
Horrible when something like this happens -  I know.


Let us know how you get on with the police/insurance/hitman.

(Probably the correct order to do things).
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Offline Neil gti

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Re: The Curse of the Gti
« Reply #15 on: 05 February 2010, 10:59 »
Horrible when something like this happens -  I know.


Let us know how you get on with the police/insurance/hitman.

(Probably the correct order to do things).

^^^ :grin: :grin:

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Re: The Curse of the Gti
« Reply #16 on: 06 February 2010, 13:30 »
Sounds like fecking story i know....  :angry:
Some stupid (unt has just my back screen through!!
more to follow..

I really feel for you. How awful. Makes me sick.
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Re: The Curse of the Gti
« Reply #17 on: 07 February 2010, 14:36 »
I don't think the fact he's in Leeds makes it any more or less likely to happen. Indeed, Leeds didn't even make it into the top 10 worst places for car crime that was in the papers this week. If I remember correctly Hull was the worst.
It's a problem with this country in general - it's full of jealous tossers so you can't have anything nice without someone wanting to damage it or nick it.

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Re: The Curse of the Gti
« Reply #18 on: 07 February 2010, 16:05 »
  Leeds is the car crime capital of Britain.The unwelcome label for the Yorkshire city, where owners have a 5.5 per cent chance of finding an empty space where their car used to be, has been awarded in a survey by the insurance company, Eagle Star.

London, which when mentioned in any telephone insurance quotation still receives an almost instant "Oh, that will put up your premium, sir", is apparently far from top of the theft league.

Residents of Birmingham, Newcastle upon Tyne, Manchester and Glasgow all have a higher chance of having their car driven off without consent, than do the residents of the capital city.

According to the Eagle Star survey, the first to rank cities by theft and car ...
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Re: The Curse of the Gti
« Reply #19 on: 07 February 2010, 19:16 »
  Leeds is the car crime capital of Britain.The unwelcome label for the Yorkshire city, where owners have a 5.5 per cent chance of finding an empty space where their car used to be, has been awarded in a survey by the insurance company, Eagle Star.

London, which when mentioned in any telephone insurance quotation still receives an almost instant "Oh, that will put up your premium, sir", is apparently far from top of the theft league.

Residents of Birmingham, Newcastle upon Tyne, Manchester and Glasgow all have a higher chance of having their car driven off without consent, than do the residents of the capital city.

According to the Eagle Star survey, the first to rank cities by theft and car ...

Leeds: the 'leader' of the pack!
Yes, there are some awfully jealous people out there.
It is all very worrying.
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