Christmas is expensive this year

[tabbypurr]

no big deal. I looked at an Octavia a few years ago that turned out to be worth scrap, just way overpriced looking for a sucker.

NT

[Richard]

+1 Even if it has more mileage than the works van, it's still better. Bought a 1.4 petrol Skoda Fabia a few years back with 18000 miles on the clock parted with it at around 150000

[ARW]

Well my brother who is a mechanic has had it today to fit a new timing belt and he likes it. Usual crap wrong with it if you were a perfectionist eg broken interior door handle in the back, facia around stereo missing etc. All stuff that I have no intention of fixing. A dealer would tart it up for £100 and sell it for £2500.

On the plus side the police have arrested 3 people with regards my van getting emptied. No chance of getting the tools back IMHO but it's still good news.

[ARW]

Additional info. It has two switches that we do not know what they do. Got to be something to do with towing is our best guess.

That might mean that I have bought a car that has clogged up A roads and Motorways for several miles whilst towing a caravan and caused loads of inconvenience to other road users.

I'll get the next door neighbour to give the car a quick exorcism over the weekend.

[Cynic]

Well if she wears the boots and bends over she probably will. 

--  Adam 

Bloke I knew bought his wife a pair of slippers. He gave her them one at a time so she was grateful twice ?

[Richard]

That is good news. Would be nice if the tools were recovered.

So, the ejector seat isn't working...

[The Natural Philosopher]

No. That is the worst possible thing.

When I got burgled they DID find some of my stuff - CDS mainly and some vinyl.

The insurance refused to pay for their loss, and the police kept them for 18 months while the trial went to appeal.

And I had to make two 100 mile round trips to identify them and collect them from where they were held.

What I SHOULD have done is simply identifed a couple of items, and said the rest were gone

[tim...]

wot

every cooked I have owned says that the door should be closed when the grill is on

[spuorgelgoog]

Mine says the door should be open :-)

Owain

[GB]

I can't believe you can kill it easily that way, though. It ought to have overheat protection.

Still, it's an excuse to get her to wear the fancy legwear.

[GB]

The police arrests often follow them tracing the stolen gear, so maybe there's hope? Although you may not get the tools back for ages.

[Tim+]

Which only goes to show that you?ve not owned every cooker. ;-)

Mine very clearly states that the door MUST be open.

Tim

[S Viemeister]

I have an electric one which should stay open, and a gas one which should stay closed.

[Dave Plowman (News)]

Mine is part of the small oven, and if you do close the door the thermostat soon switches the grill off - to protect the glass, I assume.

[ARW]

The CCTV picked up the car reg when they did my van. They were stopped days later with other peoples stolen tools on their car.

[Max Demian]

I used to use one which had a microswitch that ensured that the grill only worked with the door open, and the oven element only with it closed.

[F]

None of ours (gas and electric) have.

[GB]

Not so good. :(

[Andrew]

All you need now is a caravan. I think that car was highly regarded by the camping folk as a tow-car.

[tabbypurr]

That's something. But not your tools.