• Man owns car for 44 years, thieves steal it
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[QUOTE=NO ONE;39096601]How much suckier can it get for this poor guy? I will say though, a bit low for miles considering it's age and how much the guy loved it. My '01 Kia Optima has 201,000+ miles on it. Was my dad's at first. Not my pride and joy, but it is damn reliable.[/QUOTE] Works out at around 7,000 a year. The average British car does 10-12,000 a year, although it's a smallish island so you don't need to drive as much
Hopefully it didn't end up in a chop shop - I doubt there's a big market for these parts. And hopefully its age and appearance will make it easy to find.
[QUOTE=Frisk;39095860]I hope they find those who stole it and give them the death penalty. That car is practically family to him at this point, and while is wife is hospitalized no less.[/QUOTE] If only you was prime minister!
[QUOTE=Failgrenade;39095916]It probably got stripped and sold in parts.[/QUOTE] That's a real dick move if they did
[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/tomraworth/8096817630/][img]http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8044/8096817630_41649b70a8_z.jpg[/img][/url] [url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/tomraworth/8096817630/]My Morris Minor 1000[/url] by [url=http://www.flickr.com/people/tomraworth/]Tom Raworth[/url], on Flickr I have one pay like £40 to insure it for a year no road tax either real sad that people go around stealing them
Man. This is the exact reason that my 42 year old Mercedes got itself an immobilizer 2 years ago. If anyone breaks into the car and hotwires it, all they can do is fire up the pump, which gives a depressing noise, essentially the same as an old TV starting up. :v: have to press a button on a remote to turn off the immobilizer, so without it, it's not moving. This has to be one of my biggest fears though, getting it stolen. Pretty much every classic car still running has some sort of history behind it, so him owning it for 44 years. Damn. Hope he still has the memories, at the very least. [editline]edit[/editline] [t]http://i.imgur.com/7yybD.jpg[/t] The little red blinking light is for the immobilizer in my car. If you own a classic car and are afraid of getting it stolen, you can get an immobilizer installed for not too much. Even a fake blinking light in it will do a difference, will make a thief think twice before breaking in.
[QUOTE=garychencool;39096453]That's a nice car.[/QUOTE] garychencoo confirmed for thief
Man, even looking at the pictures in the source. [img]http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/01/04/article-2257019-16BF3BC0000005DC-219_634x431.jpg[/img] Damn.
[QUOTE=Frisk;39095860]I hope they find those who stole it and give them the death penalty. That car is practically family to him at this point, and while is wife is hospitalized no less.[/QUOTE] [QUOTE=Forumaster;39095954]Honestly, I think anyone who steals cars should have their drivers license revoked for at least 10 years.[/QUOTE] wow it's like opposite ends of the spectrum never serve on a jury please
My dad has one but it needs serious work. I doubt it even starts. Seeing pictures in this thread of restored Morrises really makes me want to spend this summer fixing up this car though. [t]http://i.imgur.com/6BDlC.jpg[/t] [t]http://i.imgur.com/gq0CR.jpg[/t]
[QUOTE=Shostakovich;39098930]My dad has one but it needs serious work. I doubt it even starts. Seeing pictures in this thread of restored Morrises really makes me want to spend this summer fixing up this car though. [t]http://i.imgur.com/6BDlC.jpg[/t] [t]http://i.imgur.com/gq0CR.jpg[/t][/QUOTE] Cabriolet Morrises don't come cheap. Afaik, they're easy and simple to work on, so it all really just boils down to money and tools. If you're seriously wanting to do a good restoration on it, get a Haynes manual. They pretty much describe the whole car, in and out. Great if you want to do stuff like a restoration. [editline]edit[/editline] parts also come relatively cheap due to the huge amount of cars sold. Not sure about cabriolet specific parts though, as there aren't as many cabriolets left.
Apparently you only get sympathy if you're car is cited as old and the journalist puts a lot of history behind it in one specific article. The other thousand people who had there car jacked in 2012 can go eat a statistics dick.
That's not really the point. This guy had the car since he bought it brand new, [i]44 years ago.[/i] You barely see people sticking around with their cars for 4-6 years anymore from brand-new, out the window with 44. The guy really loved it, he even gave it a name. Being sympathetic with a pensioner, who has had his car for 44 years, has given it a name and loved it so much that he got a birthday cake with the car on for his 80'th birthday is a bit more heart-breaking than that bloke down the road in his 40's who had his Audi A8 from 2010 stolen.
[QUOTE=Jackpody;39099580]That's not really the point. This guy had the car since he bought it [B]brand new[/B], [i]44 years ago.[/i] You barely see people sticking around with their cars for 4-6 years anymore from brand-new, out the window with 44. The guy really loved it, he even gave it a name. Being sympathetic with a pensioner, who has had his car for 44 years, has given it a name and loved it so much that he got a birthday cake with the car on for his 80'th birthday is a bit more heart-breaking than that bloke down the road in his 40's who had his Audi A8 from 2010 stolen.[/QUOTE] Except he bought it used.
Well, nearly. He has had it for 44 years though, so the point still stands. This kind of stuff is rare, so when a guy who really cared for his car and loved it more than most other gets it stolen, then it's just really sad. However being a bit of a clot about it, saying that "this guy gets an article written about his stolen car, everyone else who had their cars stolen can go eat statistics dick" is just not cool. This is unusual stuff, not just your ordinary car being stolen. [editline]edit[/editline] btw not pointing the last part to you, stopper.
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