My car has just vanished

Green_hopeful

I had an old 1968 mini. We lost the key. A policeman friend lent me a box of random keys and we tried them until we got one to work. It looked like a padlock key.

It was a great car until I stalled it and the engine fell out and jammed in the engine mounts.

cubegame

Have you checked the google earth satellite images to see if the car park has moved?

Mr.Generous

Its in a crate on its way to Africa by now, re-allocated to a new owner.

prowla

It happened to me in the 80s in Manchester - I parked my tatty old 1.3 Ford Escort Mk II estate and when I went back to it at the end of the day it was gone!


I've no idea why someone would've nicked that car, as it was rusty, unreliable, and had no good features as far as I recall (and the radio had been nicked previously too).


To my knowledge it was never found.

summerwinter01

bloody insurance company isnt exactly prompt. i informed them on wednesday. they said someone will call me on friday at 2:45pm, but i had a meeting at 3pm. I spoke to them at 2:45pm on friday but said I have a meeting. They said we have to book you back in; let me see if monday is free. Monday wasnt free so now its Tuesday.

I never knew you had to be booked in to speak to the claims department. Thought the process would have been much more efficient than this.

Jackmydad

Green_hopeful wrote: »

I had an old 1968 mini. We lost the key. A policeman friend lent me a box of random keys and we tried them until we got one to work. It looked like a padlock key.

It was a great car until I stalled it and the engine fell out and jammed in the engine mounts.

I worked in a car accessory place in the early part of the 70s.
We had boards with numbered keys on, and you could just walk in and buy one.
They were numbered like "FS 501" I remember.
They even used to stamp it on the ignition lock of some older cars!

esmerobbo

summerwinter01 wrote: »

bloody insurance company isnt exactly prompt. i informed them on wednesday. they said someone will call me on friday at 2:45pm, but i had a meeting at 3pm. I spoke to them at 2:45pm on friday but said I have a meeting. They said we have to book you back in; let me see if monday is free. Monday wasnt free so now its Tuesday.

I never knew you had to be booked in to speak to the claims department. Thought the process would have been much more efficient than this.

You may have to have a wee bit of patience, your insurance will not consider it a loss for a while unless it turns up somewhere and is declared a loss. If it has simply disappeared you could have a long wait.

photome

summerwinter01 wrote: »

bloody insurance company isnt exactly prompt. i informed them on wednesday. they said someone will call me on friday at 2:45pm, but i had a meeting at 3pm. I spoke to them at 2:45pm on friday but said I have a meeting. They said we have to book you back in; let me see if monday is free. Monday wasnt free so now its Tuesday.

I never knew you had to be booked in to speak to the claims department. Thought the process would have been much more efficient than this.

They are ringing round everywhere first to see if anyone has it.

I have seen an illusionist make a plane disappear maybe that’s what happened

Herzlos

prowla wrote: »

It happened to me in the 80s in Manchester - I parked my tatty old 1.3 Ford Escort Mk II estate and when I went back to it at the end of the day it was gone!


I've no idea why someone would've nicked that car, as it was rusty, unreliable, and had no good features as far as I recall (and the radio had been nicked previously too).


To my knowledge it was never found.

Could have just been for parts or it was just the easiest one to steal and they couldn't be bothered walking.

AliceBanned

The insurance company won't play ball straight away. I had a car stolen and trashed. Until it was found and had been in for forensic testing, they weren't helpful at all. It was really distressing. The forensic tests showed up a known car thief on the police database whom the police had never managed to catch. The car had also been involved in an accident and injured someone whilst this guy and his mates were in it.


Until all this evidence came out, they treated me as the guilty party, or at least as one of those likely to be guilty. Once the fingerprints showed otherwise, they sorted my insurance claim, but until this point both the insurance co. and the police treated me pretty rudely and kept mixing up reference numbers when I called and saying the previous reference they had given me didn't exist! All mind games I think which completely changed once I was proven innocent. I am not sure what happens if the car isn't found.