attempted break-in results

[Tom Nas <tnas@euronet.nl>]

Hi all,

I've been 'phoning around to see what my situation is for the damage to my
car after the attempted break-in last week. The insurance company told me
that yes, it was covered. Further questions on my part revealed that there
was a deductible (of course!), and that it would cost me part of my
no-claims bonus. This effectively means (after some maths) that I pay for
it myself (albeit over the course of a few years), except for the free
rental car. Given my current financial situation, I might take this deal
anyway as I'm really getting sick and tired of entering my car through the
passenger door.

On closer inspection, it seems that the creepy-crawly has used a large
screwdriver to pry the lock open- it was parked rather close to some houses
and he apparently didn't want to make any noise by breaking a window (or he
was just plain stupid). The result: the lock closing plate is completely
destroyed, the cast-iron door handle is bent and the whole door skin has
been damaged by levering the screwdriver in the lock. I now know why I
couldn't get my key in: part of the screwdriver is still in the lock. I'll
phone the zoo and see if King Kong has escaped- what an *ssh*le to cause so
much damage for nothing (what would he want to steal, my ice scrapers or my
road map? Or perhaps my supply of mints?)

Tom

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 Tom Nas                                          Zeist, The Netherlands
 tnas@euronet.nl
 1988 Audi 80 1.8S, mostly Tizianrot metallic, 215,000km

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