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Defrost car then ...gone
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howardl
07-12-2016
I know there was a thread about getting car going and going back indoors, But near me there's been two incidents in the last 48 hours where the car owners left their car running to de-frost and then had the car stolen..idiots.
srpsrp
07-12-2016
Originally Posted by howardl:
“I know there was a thread about getting car going and going back indoors, But near me there's been two incidents in the last 48 hours where the car owners left their car running to de-frost and then had the car stolen..idiots.”

That's specifically not covered by my policy ! ( leaving keys in ignition)
Pitman
07-12-2016
that's one of the bonuses of having a shitcart, I can leave it running for days and no-one in their right mind would try and nick it
Richard46
07-12-2016
A friend of mine had her car stolen from in front of her when she just walked a couple of yards to close a drive gate and left it running.
Ancient IDTV
07-12-2016
Lock it with the spare key.
Andrew1954
07-12-2016
I've never found it necessary to leave a car running to defrost it. Not only is it a stupid thing to do it's also antisocial - cars running unattended in the street, belching out noxious fumes.

Scrape car windows. Start car. Start windscreen blower to stop misting. Go! That's it.
tealady
07-12-2016
Would there be any gain in claiming the car was stolen?
Pitman
07-12-2016
Originally Posted by Ancient IDTV:
“Lock it with the spare key.”

breaking a window gets round that, these car thieves are geniuses
Pitman
07-12-2016
Originally Posted by Richard46:
“A friend of mine had her car stolen from in front of her when she just walked a couple of yards to close a drive gate and left it running.”

if you have a road accident, don't get out without your keys, it's a known scam
CaptainObvious_
07-12-2016
Originally Posted by Richard46:
“A friend of mine had her car stolen from in front of her when she just walked a couple of yards to close a drive gate and left it running.”

Wow
Caxton
07-12-2016
It would be great to see someone catch a car thief red-handed and knock the living daylights out of him. Justice would then be done.
RebelScum
07-12-2016
Originally Posted by Caxton:
“It would be great to see someone catch a car thief red-handed and knock the living daylights out of him. Justice would then be done.”

The advice is to let them go, with the car. There have been serious injuries and deaths caused by the thieves running over people trying to stop them getting away with their cars.
WhatJoeThinks
07-12-2016
Originally Posted by Caxton:
“It would be great to see someone catch a car thief red-handed and knock the living daylights out of him. Justice would then be done.”

Justice, eh?

It would be even better if people didn't steal cars.
GusGus
07-12-2016
Originally Posted by Pitman:
“that's one of the bonuses of having a shitcart, I can leave it running for days and no-one in their right mind would try and nick it ”

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This reminds me of an episode in One Foot In The Grave. Victor had a crap car that got nicked and finished up in Finland. He was delighted but the car was returned to his dismay, it was then stolen many times but was always returned
SaddlerSteve
07-12-2016
Originally Posted by Andrew1954:
“I've never found it necessary to leave a car running to defrost it. Not only is it a stupid thing to do it's also antisocial - cars running unattended in the street, belching out noxious fumes.

Scrape car windows. Start car. Start windscreen blower to stop misting. Go! That's it.”

I do something similar except I start the car first.

Go out, keys in ignition, start car, whack all the blowers and heat on full, get scraper out of glovebox, shut car door, start scraping side windows first. By the time I get to the front it's started to melt at the bottom where the blowers are warming up the screen. Scrape the front screen then get in and clear what's left of the front and rear with the wipers. Car is then starting to get toasty for the drive.

People seem to leave the car defrosting because they can't stand a few seconds in the cold. Just laziness.
WhatJoeThinks
07-12-2016
Originally Posted by SaddlerSteve:
“I do something similar except I start the car first.

Go out, keys in ignition, start car, whack all the blowers and heat on full, get scraper out of glovebox, shut car door, start scraping side windows first. By the time I get to the front it's started to melt at the bottom where the blowers are warming up the screen. Scrape the front screen then get in and clear what's left of the front and rear with the wipers. Car is then starting to get toasty for the drive.

People seem to leave the car defrosting because they can't stand a few seconds in the cold. Just laziness.”

What a peculiar definition of laziness.
MC_Satan
07-12-2016
Switch on ignition, switch on climate windscreen, rear defroster. Scrape front windows. Back in car. All done in less than a minute.
Maxatoria
07-12-2016
When I had a shop many years ago this guy would pre pay for the local paper and literally be in and out within 30 secs at the most but one day he pulled up and left the engine running and someone decided to 'borrow' it. It was found a few miles away undamaged but it shows how quickly these things can happen.
Pitman
07-12-2016
Originally Posted by Maxatoria:
“When I had a shop many years ago this guy would pre pay for the local paper and literally be in and out within 30 secs at the most but one day he pulled up and left the engine running and someone decided to 'borrow' it. It was found a few miles away undamaged but it shows how quickly these things can happen.”

to turn the engine off and on again must take about a second, was he always trying to break his personal best on the journey to work ?
gdjman68wasdigi
07-12-2016
Climate on, heated seats, heated screen and bobs your uncle. Very quick
Maxatoria
07-12-2016
Originally Posted by Pitman:
“to turn the engine off and on again must take about a second, was he always trying to break his personal best on the journey to work ? ”

He'd done the same thing for years just this time someone probably didn't fancy the walk decided to borrow some wheels.
Pitman
07-12-2016
Originally Posted by Maxatoria:
“He'd done the same thing for years just this time someone probably didn't fancy the walk decided to borrow some wheels.”

it was bound to happen one day
Nigel Goodwin
07-12-2016
Originally Posted by Andrew1954:
“I've never found it necessary to leave a car running to defrost it. Not only is it a stupid thing to do it's also antisocial - cars running unattended in the street, belching out noxious fumes.

Scrape car windows. Start car. Start windscreen blower to stop misting. Go! That's it.”

You obviously don't live anywhere cold then
ajman
07-12-2016
Originally Posted by Andrew1954:
“I've never found it necessary to leave a car running to defrost it. Not only is it a stupid thing to do it's also antisocial - cars running unattended in the street, belching out noxious fumes.

Scrape car windows. Start car. Start windscreen blower to stop misting. Go! That's it.”

Obviously I've been buying rubbish scrapers then. In my experience without assistance from the blowers and windscreen heaters it would take forever.
SaddlerSteve
07-12-2016
Originally Posted by WhatJoeThinks:
“What a peculiar definition of laziness. ”

Laziness as in they can't be bothered to stand there in the cold scraping and would rather go inside in the warm whilst the blowers do all the work.
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