Motoring Discussion > Owner reunited with car after floods subside	Miscellaneous
Thread Author: VxFan	Replies: 31

New Thu 13 Mar 14 13:43   Owner reunited with car after floods subside - VxFan

www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-26557267 Reply to this message | Report message

New Thu 13 Mar 14 16:28   Owner reunited with car after floods subside - Dog

>>he bought the car two years ago for £600 but was hoping to get rid of it in the spring. (hehe!) - I larf. :o) Reply to this message | Report message

New Thu 13 Mar 14 17:48   Owner reunited with car after floods subside - Cliff Pope

It should be preserved in the no doubt luxurious foyer of the Environment Agency head offices. Reply to this message | Report message

New Thu 13 Mar 14 20:39   Owner reunited with car after floods subside - BobbyG

"and my sleeping bag literally weighs a ton and is full of water" Reply to this message | Report message

New Fri 14 Mar 14 08:50   Owner reunited with car after floods subside - diddy1234

I think for £600 he got his money's worth Reply to this message | Report message

New Fri 14 Mar 14 10:20   Owner reunited with car after floods subside - J Bonington Jagworth

>> It should be preserved in the no doubt luxurious foyer of the Environment Agency head >> offices. Or at least parked outside for a bit, with an attendant camera crew. Reply to this message | Report message

New Fri 14 Mar 14 11:07   Owner reunited with car after floods subside - Zero

>> It should be preserved in the no doubt luxurious foyer of the Environment Agency head >> offices. had the river been dredged, it would still be 10 foot under Reply to this message | Report message

New Fri 14 Mar 14 13:42   Owner reunited with car after floods subside - Slidingpillar

Not 9'11" then? :o) Dredging in the right places could be expected to have a small improving effect, but in terms of the flooding we've seen, it would have made only the most minor of improvements. I must admit, I expected a local housing estate to be flooded as the houses are built on what at some time would have been a water meadow. Not the case though, I assume only by virtue of the fact that the borehole for the local water supply comes from the source of the river. Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 17 Mar 14 08:39   Owner reunited with car after floods subside - Focusless

>> www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-26557267 Owner is putting it up for auction to raise money for charity - not a bad idea really: www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-26607154 And here it is - already up to £314: tinyurl.com/qcg3mqj Last edited by: Focusless on Mon 17 Mar 14 at 08:40 Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 17 Mar 14 09:14   Owner reunited with car after floods subside - Zero

>> And here it is - already up to £314: tinyurl.com/qcg3mqj >> Damn, and we have only just bought the Fiesta, too late to back out now, deposit paid, order signed. If only I had known and Nicole wasn't so impatient. She will be devastated. Last edited by: VxFan on Mon 17 Mar 14 at 10:22 Reply to this message | Report message       1

New Mon 17 Mar 14 09:21   Owner reunited with car after floods subside - Focusless

Not for me either - wrong colour. Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 17 Mar 14 17:29   Owner reunited with car after floods subside - Meldrew

Why hasn't he claimed on his insurance? He recovered the paperwork from the car so selling it on e bay seems an odd thing to dom even if it for charity. He could give the insurance payout to charity, surely Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 17 Mar 14 17:40   Owner reunited with car after floods subside - CGNorwich

Possibly only has TPFT cover. Even if he had fully comp the insurers may decline any claim if the driver deliberately tried to drive through flood water. Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 17 Mar 14 18:16   Owner reunited with car after floods subside - Zero

>> Why hasn't he claimed on his insurance? He recovered the paperwork from the car so >> selling it on e bay seems an odd thing to dom even if it for >> charity. He could give the insurance payout to charity, surely Its a 15 year old Leon, worth 500 quid max with a full MOT. Its only going to be third party. Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 17 Mar 14 20:30   Owner reunited with car after floods subside - swiss tony

>> Its a 15 year old Leon, worth 500 quid max with a full MOT. Its only going to be third party. >> Not necessarily... I run a sub £500 car on fully comp. Fully comp happens to be cheaper that TPFT! Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 17 Mar 14 21:38   Owner reunited with car after floods subside - Zero

Whats the excess, 500 quid? Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 18 Mar 14 06:28   Owner reunited with car after floods subside - swiss tony

>> Whats the excess, 500 quid? >> No. 250. And a few years back I had a car repaired after some twit drove into the back of me - NO excess paid as it was non-fault. I had paid 250 for the car! Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 17 Mar 14 22:20   Owner reunited with car after floods subside - commerdriver

>> Why hasn't he claimed on his insurance? >> How much will a claim for a written off car add to his insurance premiums for the next few years? Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 18 Mar 14 07:07   Owner reunited with car after floods subside - Focusless

>> And here it is - already up to £314: tinyurl.com/qcg3mqj "This listing was ended by the seller because there was an error in the listing" at 8 last night. Bit strange. Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 18 Mar 14 10:34   Owner reunited with car after floods subside - VxFan

Now been relisted Current bid is £8000 !!!! www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Famous-flooded-seat-toledo-from-somerset-/191104919591 ("Sorry i had to end the other bid and re-list it as putting a link on here was violating an ebay policy") Last edited by: VxFan on Tue 18 Mar 14 at 10:35 Reply to this message | Report message

New Thu 20 Mar 14 07:48   Owner reunited with car after floods subside - Meldrew

Current bid is £29,200, owner says the money will go to charity but wants cash within three days of the auction end! MMM! Reply to this message | Report message

New Thu 20 Mar 14 08:43   Owner reunited with car after floods subside - Focusless

If you look at the bid history and click on the highest bidder link (currently £30,100) it says 'Feedback: 0% Positive'; not very promising. EDIT: although the others below it look ok Last edited by: Focusless on Thu 20 Mar 14 at 08:44 Reply to this message | Report message

New Thu 20 Mar 14 22:31   Owner reunited with car after floods subside - henry k

£1 0 1 K. Reply to this message | Report message

New Thu 20 Mar 14 22:36   Owner reunited with car after floods subside - rtj70

£101k for charity. Can we believe him? Last edited by: rtj70 on Thu 20 Mar 14 at 22:37 Reply to this message | Report message

New Fri 21 Mar 14 08:38   Owner reunited with car after floods subside - Focusless

Well at least the buyer looks legit - member since 2006, and 100% positive feedback out of 67 (66 buys). Reply to this message | Report message

New Fri 21 Mar 14 10:09   Owner reunited with car after floods subside - VxFan

>> Well at least the buyer looks legit Top Gears next reasonably priced car ;) Reply to this message | Report message

New Fri 21 Mar 14 10:25   Owner reunited with car after floods subside - Focusless

Could be something like that, couldn't it - TV programme, or novelty restaurant? Reply to this message | Report message

New Fri 21 Mar 14 12:44   Owner reunited with car after floods subside - VxFan

The 101K bid was a hoax www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-26676013 Mr Zajaczkowski said he contacted the bidder but he refused to pay, saying it had been intended as a joke. He told the Central Somerset Gazette the bidder was a 17-year-old boy who had been encouraged by his 12-year-old brother. He said he had now contacted two lower bidders who offered £101,000, in the hope that their bids were genuine. Last edited by: VxFan on Fri 21 Mar 14 at 12:44 Reply to this message | Report message

New Fri 21 Mar 14 12:52   Owner reunited with car after floods subside - Focusless

>> He told the Central Somerset Gazette the bidder was a 17-year-old boy who had been >> encouraged by his 12-year-old brother. So he can only have been 9 or 10 when he joined ebay in 2006. And by 2010 it looks like he was already buying Skoda parts. Odd. Reply to this message | Report message

New Fri 21 Mar 14 13:03   Owner reunited with car after floods subside - sooty123

Probably his parents account he knows the password for. Last edited by: sooty123 on Fri 21 Mar 14 at 13:03 Reply to this message | Report message

New Fri 21 Mar 14 13:08   Owner reunited with car after floods subside - Focusless

...or naughty/embarrassed parent blaming son :) Last edited by: Focusless on Fri 21 Mar 14 at 13:08 Reply to this message | Report message

New Sat 22 Mar 14 00:06   Owner reunited with car after floods subside - Fullchat

When one of my daughters was about 8 she unknowingly managed to bid and won a mobile phone whilst SWMBO's password was still live. It was not a lot of money and we tried to be cross but it was funny. Reply to this message | Report message