judgejules

Gutted for ya

The company should have a copy of their public liability certificate on view. Speak to the council, explain the situation, see if they have visited the site recently to check for such things.

Make sure the driver doesnt get released on bail either, or they'll never see him again.

Best of luck.

J

reeperb5

see your point mate..

im just saying its not just the immigrants that **** this country over...

i know a white british 22 yr old mum claiming all the benfits possible and was still working for cash in hand.. (till she got sacked for havin a crim record)

Shes had a new kitchen fitted and got another on the way...

her and her fella do **** all and we pay for it... that makes me sick!!


sorry bit off topic..

ash002004

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free lolly? id say free bloody loRRy!!!! so many being driven by foreigners nowadays.

ash002004

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wheres this?!?!?!? milton keynes???!

Jonnys3

What's worse is knowing that realistically there's **** all we honest people can do about it!!!

ash002004

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Not all of them are bad...I worked for Parceline (wooo! lol )when i was 19, and we had a group of different foreigners every 5 months come over and help us with the night shifts, hardest bloody workers ive met in that industry, lol. Lovely bunch of lads always aswell, keen to learn, and better our language, very hard working, some of them even came out clubbing with us regularly, and even to the pub for a pint in the weekdays. some still stay in contact with us. Some of their stories were sad but most were ok and just honestly sending money back to their families. learnt some great swear words in polish

I also worked for a few years for an agricultural contractor (posh term for farrrrrmer lol) and i remember once going to a farm in northampton for a job and the farmer had 8 foreigners working for him, from as early as 3am in the morning all the way till 1am the next morning, their quarters was just a quarter of the barn with a few matresses and two meals a day. they worked everyday, i think one or two off a month, and i wont even say how much they were getting paid cuz it wasnt an awful lot.

I have a very good friendship with the local kebab owners here aswell and they socialise with us on the regular, very good friends. Not all are bad, dont get me wrong i have met some complete fools in my time and benefit cheats but the minority of them are decent people

all i can say is that my early family were immigrants once when they came to this country! Im sure the arguements were the same back then, and now its all sorted...well mostly!

lorrainecallison

Found out today that he was released after one night - so I don't suppose anyone will see him again -has only been charged with driving with no insurance; charge of TWOC has been dropped because apparently CPS said by leaving him keys that implied consent; dunno what happened to the charge of dangerous driving - looking at the state of my car in a 30 mile limit built up road, it's hard to see how that could not have been dangerous driving..................but what can you do?

I can either go completely barking mad with the utter injustice of it all or just get on with it........haven't made up my mind yet which way I'm going to go

ash002004

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Honestly feel sorry for you

yes he would of been released after one night (or whenever depending what time of day he was arrested) cps are tricky though as their tight when it comes to bringing things to court, yet when we go over the speed limit or whatever were bang straight in there!

I suspect the guy will of probably dissapeared by now but im sure you can sue the landowner? as it said in the post up there, get him done for all its worth, immigrant service/customs whatever. And try and get ur money back honestly good luck

Wenker Man

Thats not so true with modern cars:

They also have to re-code the chip within the key itself to start the engine (OE immobilser), and also replicate the remote to deactivate the alarm.

So the only method of stealing would be by pushing/towing. Which is easily answered by using a disklock (and not giving the valeter the key to it), which any Impreza owner would be silly not having anyway (in my opinion).


Car is repairable. But insurance-wise, the cost of doing so may write it off, it mainly depends on if the cam pulleys have been damaged on the engine (I think they would have been).

p1junkie

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feel sorry for them no i feel sorry for the oap who cant afford to keep warm,,i feel sorry for the british workers struggling to work when illegal immig take the jobs..i feel sorry for the nurses working for a pittance while an illegal gets given the cash that should be going to give her a decent wage for the thankless work she does..i feel sorry for the soldiers some little more than kids seeing the horror f their mates being blown apart and left to live on a stingy handout from this govt when in acton a refugee from some god forsaken ****hole lives is a 1million pound house with widescreen tv and numerous playstations

in short i really dont care as the whole of europe is free from oppression and to get to good old blighty u have to pass through numerous free democratic countries for gods sake we are an island but because we are weak and pathetic constantly bleating about their poor human rights we forget about the rights of the people in this country
time to get tough in this country coz if we dont theres trouble coming our way
if u want to come here apply for you visa and do it legally everyone else f--k off

Dracoro

Hang on, who said they were illegals?

p1junkie

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and you think this mauritian guy applied for his visa and was paying tax and national insurance at the hand car wash
or had he come accross with a bogus visa to study english at a fictitious english school
pound to a pinch of **** he is never seen again

Dracoro

I have no idea, and neither do you.

Actually, I DO have an idea by the fact that the police let him go. No doubt they'd have probably checked with the BIA (or whatever they call themselves nowadays ) before releasing him, if he was an illegal, they wouldn't have.

I agree that the govt. should clamp down on illegals, but that's another thread entirely.

Be honest, a foreign national was mentioned and that's all you needed to have your little rant. c'mon, be honest now.

ash002004

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not technically right....the police no longer have the power to seize them, until a "immigration officer comes and picks him up", lol. If they arrested him, and they checked and he turned up illegal, they'd of provided him with a form to fill in, and directions to the immigration office (i cant recall what city its in) and the police will then release him for him to make his own way there. Wether he goes there or not, the police cant do a thing.

As seeing though that he has done a crime, if they have released him on delayed charged bail pending further enquiries, then he can be let go, but obviously not go anywhere. wether he does a runner now who knows? If he's denied it hell still be released, unless theres independent witnesses. But either way for a crime like that, they wont keep him in. Its completely upto the CPS now wether he gets remanded or not, thats if they decide to bring it to court? This country is shocking when it comes to the legal system. recently (not going too much into it) a guy attacked someone with a hammer, causing her to go to hospital for a broken shoulder blade, he was kept in over night, and released the next day on police bail. if he returned near her place of address, theyd arrest him, and release again, until CPS bring him to court. he should of been remanded in custody until a court date, time in prison would of taught the ****! but its ridiculous. he could be released again and go and kill someone and its not like u can say to the police "told you so" as they cant keep him in! its useless

lorrainecallison

Spoke to insurance today; car has been confirmed as total write-off and seems like they will pay out on my fully comp insurance; then they will try to recoup their money from the car wash/landowner/whoever - they more or less told me to leave it alone now and let them chase the car wash people.
That's a relief in a lot of ways; tho would have liked the chance to speak to owner myself and hear what he had to say A very elusive man however.

Still in 2 minds whether I should talk to local press to see if they will do story to warn other unsuspecting car owners and maybe damage his business a bit in the process Will wait and see.

Thank you everyone for replying and offering your advice and support - and the occasional boll***ing

JonnyUK1980

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I think you've taken this soooo well Lorraine, i think 9 out of 10 people on here would've been going ballisitic but you're so cool lol

Hope you get your payout asap

Suresh

That sounds like a good plan. Glad it looks like it will work out for you.

lorrainecallison

Oh I have had my ballistic moments believe me

But that's the thing with being a girl, you can cry and get it out that way!

JonnyUK1980

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If i'd been through what you have and my car ended up like yours id cry and im a bloke

Then i'd wanna go outand beat someone up because im a bloke and we're all tough guys and that's what we do!

LUCKO

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get the £ back for the car and move on i say

its been a horrid adventure so far and will only torture you more if you keep losing sleep over it

hope it all works out

JonnyUK1980

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Yeah get the £ back and go buy another scoob imediately!!!

ash002004

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yes congrats on the insurance, they seem really nice helping you like that, giving your money first then chasing themselves after the owner, very nice. And about the papers? definitely, even just to warn others so this doesnt happen again, most deffo!

good news though

S3TH

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I still think we should get "crewed up" and turn up at their site. About 20 imprezas roaring and dumping on their forecourt packed full of the 20 scariest looking members we have. Watch them instantly soil their pants and learn not to mess with the scooby brotherhood

WRX_Dazza

lol, gotta be worth a drive by at some point!!!

maybe hand out some leaflets to people waiting there to have a look at their previous work!!!!

glad for you Lorraine !!!

ash002004

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we better get Chocolate O Brian down there then hehe



good idea though

chocolate_o_brian

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Jimmy Soverville ain't scarey looking

Plus I don't have a Scoob

fivetide

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As a PR person (hence the reason for bringing up the press in the first place) i have to say that doing that will be the most likely way of finding out what the owner has to say. Go for it, you owe them nothing!

5t.

reeperb5

i like the idea....


but then it was only one idiot who drove her car.... not all of them...

lorrainecallison

If you didn't live so far away I'd say what a brilliant idea

lorrainecallison

Oh you've got me thinking now

ESC could organise a 'cruise' to Waltham Abbey parking up at the local car wash emporium - I could bring a few flasks of tea and some bags of doughnuts from Tesco's.................great day out