My car has absconded

A global place for general discussion (Volvo, V3M or non-Volvo related topics).
Please introduce yourself here, your Volvo 300 hobby...
NO technical support, parts requests or car advertisements here
mickt
*** V3M DONOR ***
Posts: 177
Joined: 02 Feb 2005 11:46 pm
Location: Milton Keynes

Re: My car has absconded

Post by mickt » 04 Aug 2011 06:23 pm

No money will be coming from insurance company as I left keys in the ignition and car unlocked - having made the claim I lose my No Claims bonus even though I get no compensation for its loss


mickt

User avatar
jon-ovlov
Posts: 1291
Joined: 30 Jul 2010 09:45 pm
Location: Bristol/Birmingham

Re: My car has absconded

Post by jon-ovlov » 04 Aug 2011 06:44 pm

that's a right shame mate! I feel for you! I hope you find the bastards. :(
Image
Speedy88 wrote: Leave choke on, idling obnoxiously until neighbours peer out windows at the noisy exhaust
Give neighbours thumbs up
Rev engine to 7K
Exit street sideways
Win at life.

User avatar
trabitom99
*** V3M DONOR ***
Posts: 4398
Joined: 06 Jan 2007 02:38 pm
Location: Bonn, Germany

Re: My car has absconded

Post by trabitom99 » 04 Aug 2011 06:56 pm

mickt wrote:having made the claim I lose my No Claims bonus even though I get no compensation for its loss
That's ridiculous. Change your insurance company straight away :?

Tom
343 GL Touring B14.1E CVT (155) 98000kms 1980 (sold)
343 L Junior B14.3E MT4 (155) 229000kms 1981 (scrapped)
343 DLS B19A MT4 (155) 167900kms 1982
360 GL Injection B200F MT5 (231) 348598kms 1988 (scrapped)
360 GLT B200F MT5 (302) 230000kms 1988

User avatar
Alex Laidlaw
Posts: 230
Joined: 10 Nov 2009 01:54 pm
Location: Oxford and Worcester

Re: My car has absconded

Post by Alex Laidlaw » 04 Aug 2011 07:06 pm

Terribly sorry to hear that Mick and the insurance company is just insult to injury :(

User avatar
foggyjames
*** V3M DONOR ***
Posts: 9361
Joined: 29 Jan 2004 04:20 am
Location: Nottingham, UK

Re: My car has absconded

Post by foggyjames » 05 Aug 2011 03:41 am

That's perverse about the NCB. Could the crooks have seen that the keys were in it?

I must admit, I was doing exactly the same with the 343 before it was legally back on the road, although it was safely behind a roller shutter door. Keys are now secured before anyone gets any ideas...sm56

cheers

James
VOC 300-series Register Keeper
'89 740 Turbo Intercooler
'88 360 Turbo Intercooler
'85 360 GLT
'81 343 GLS R-Sport
'79 343 DL
'70 164
...and some modern FWD nonsense to get me to work...

CBA
Posts: 1071
Joined: 24 Mar 2010 02:14 am

Re: My car has absconded

Post by CBA » 07 Aug 2011 07:56 pm

get a set of volvo keys.
keys weren't in car.
car turns up with keys -> lock have been changed by thief obviously :roll:

User avatar
jtbo
Posts: 5805
Joined: 23 Jul 2004 03:50 am
Location: Finland, middle of nowhere
Contact:

Re: My car has absconded

Post by jtbo » 07 Aug 2011 10:29 pm

Here we have even instruction to keep keys in or immediate vicinity of the car when it's in garage, just so that in case of fire it can be moved.

My 360 has no all running parts installed, that is very good theft protection, take distributor or pats of it with you and arseholes can't drive it away, simply taking ignition lead that runs from from renix to distrubtor is making quite good measure. Insurance companies generally do try to avoid paying up, but if car is taken from locked up garage, there surely is break in marks and that should be plenty of enought to have it in locked space.

With their logic it should be then that as your tv is not locked or bolted they do not pay up if it is taken? That does not make sense, they should be charged from fraud really.
Volvo 360GL -88 -under restoration-
Volvo 343DL vario -81 -running- Image
Volvo 240 Diesel -83 -undecided-
Citroen ZX Dturbo -97 -daily- ImageImage

Post Reply