Someone I know had a guards red 964, it was his first porsche so he was really proud of it. He bought it "trade" from an independent dealer in London, what trade really meant was that it had some history. It had previously been involved in an fairly major accident, the details of which were not forthcoming. Oh its just had a range rover reverse into the back of it but its all fixed now.. were the dealers word. Anyway with the pipes leaking and it using up more oil than petrol ! he drove it home happy as larry.
After a few months he decided to get the stone chips done and was recommended a non-porsche garage somewhere in london. Sooo he took his car along an got a quote for re-spraying the bonnet. One week later armed with £200 deposit he took his beloved 964 to the garage for its paint job, he was told it would take just a couple of weeks. Over the next 4 months the garage sanded down nearly all the car much beyond what had been agreed. They then moved premises and my mate couldn't track his car down for a day or so. But all was well, it was in storage whilst the garage moved down the road. Back at the new premises they took the seats out.. to do some work and removed the wheels. They then told him would would be ready next week. The following week he went back to the garage and the car wasn't there, he was told that because the filter hadn't been changed in the off-site oven the body has attracted some dust and need some more attention. Don't worry it will be back next week !. Next week the car still hadn't returned to the garage so my mate told them that if the car wasn't there tomorrow he would call the police....
That evening he rec'd a phone call from someone saying they were a partner in the garage and didn't I know that car had been lent to someone who has crashed it and was in hospital. My friend was in complete shock and went to the garage first thing in the morning.. the owner claimed he knew little about the accident and didn't know where the car was. He basically blamed the other guy. But he assured me that he would pay me the market value of the car. My mate went straight to the police & the Insurance company. The garage guy told the police and the Insurance co. that he had sold the car on my friends behalf and now there was an argument about the price !
Anyway to cut a long story short in the end after two seperate dates at the crown court and nearly 1 year on the garage guy admitted handling stolen property and got sent down for a year. and my mate got most of his money back from the Insurance company...
Urban myth I hear you cry !! well guess what ...my mate was me !
Do I go straight to gold for this ? :wink:
Migration info. Legacy thread was 6923
After a few months he decided to get the stone chips done and was recommended a non-porsche garage somewhere in london. Sooo he took his car along an got a quote for re-spraying the bonnet. One week later armed with £200 deposit he took his beloved 964 to the garage for its paint job, he was told it would take just a couple of weeks. Over the next 4 months the garage sanded down nearly all the car much beyond what had been agreed. They then moved premises and my mate couldn't track his car down for a day or so. But all was well, it was in storage whilst the garage moved down the road. Back at the new premises they took the seats out.. to do some work and removed the wheels. They then told him would would be ready next week. The following week he went back to the garage and the car wasn't there, he was told that because the filter hadn't been changed in the off-site oven the body has attracted some dust and need some more attention. Don't worry it will be back next week !. Next week the car still hadn't returned to the garage so my mate told them that if the car wasn't there tomorrow he would call the police....
That evening he rec'd a phone call from someone saying they were a partner in the garage and didn't I know that car had been lent to someone who has crashed it and was in hospital. My friend was in complete shock and went to the garage first thing in the morning.. the owner claimed he knew little about the accident and didn't know where the car was. He basically blamed the other guy. But he assured me that he would pay me the market value of the car. My mate went straight to the police & the Insurance company. The garage guy told the police and the Insurance co. that he had sold the car on my friends behalf and now there was an argument about the price !
Anyway to cut a long story short in the end after two seperate dates at the crown court and nearly 1 year on the garage guy admitted handling stolen property and got sent down for a year. and my mate got most of his money back from the Insurance company...
Urban myth I hear you cry !! well guess what ...my mate was me !
Do I go straight to gold for this ? :wink:
Migration info. Legacy thread was 6923