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Balling

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6th Oct 05 at 15:30

http://www.striben-esbjerg.dk/galleri_m.php?mode=open&galleri_id=5&galleri_side_id=1

Text on the page reads:
"The aircondition caught fire and then exploded causing the brakes to malfunction. The car rolled to a stop on the hill where the driver escaped without any harm."

Insurance did not know of the 2.0 conversion, so the guy had to pay for it all him self! Tough luck, but purely his fault!

1.6Sport

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Registered: 2nd Nov 04
Location: Fife
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6th Oct 05 at 15:32

Fookin Hell

bradfincham

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Registered: 20th Sep 02
Location: East Of England Drives: Clio 172
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6th Oct 05 at 15:34

Jesus, i may invest in a plumbed in system as i only got a small extinguisher

Corsa_Carl

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Registered: 8th Oct 04
Location: Darlington
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6th Oct 05 at 15:35

bollocks, so wot happens if u hav a 2.0 and u just get pulled and the police see that it not the right engine ? wot wud they do ?

CCA

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Registered: 6th Dec 04
Location: Somewhere Drives: Not a bloody Vauxhall!
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6th Oct 05 at 15:36

Cant believe the front passenger side alloy stayed so white when the rest are black.

Driver was lucky to get out unharmed

Dan Lewis

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Registered: 31st Jan 05
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6th Oct 05 at 15:37

quote:
Originally posted by Corsa_Carl
bollocks, so wot happens if u hav a 2.0 and u just get pulled and the police see that it not the right engine ? wot wud they do ?

would they even know

why would they ask you to pop the bonnet?

bradfincham

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Registered: 20th Sep 02
Location: East Of England Drives: Clio 172
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6th Oct 05 at 15:39

When i had the red corsa that was declared as a 1.4 and was a 1.6, when they wrote the car off he missed the engine numbers and the mantzel box totally

and yes when i been pulled over in the gold corsa he checked to make sure it was registered as a 2ltr, he did have a astra gte with tb's himself though

Corsa_Carl

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Registered: 8th Oct 04
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6th Oct 05 at 15:48

quote:
Originally posted by almost_me

quote:
Originally posted by Corsa_Carl
bollocks, so wot happens if u hav a 2.0 and u just get pulled and the police see that it not the right engine ? wot wud they do ?

would they even know why would they ask you to pop the bonnet?

my mate got pulled not long ago and they checked his car and he had to lift the bonnet, just if they copper new about engines or wotever i wud b crappin ma self thinkin bastid im gonna get done for havin a diff engine

broster

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Registered: 6th Dec 02
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6th Oct 05 at 16:03

in the past i have been asked to oopen the bonnet.... the check stuff like the battery to see if its mounted properly etc

Tim

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Registered: 21st Apr 00
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6th Oct 05 at 16:18

I know this is a little beside the point, but how did he have airconditioning and the XE? I know J100 looked into doing it but it was too much of a pain...

At least he got out ok and no one was injured. Better the car goes this way than him being sued for killing someone without insurance...

Stoneyginger

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Registered: 25th Jan 01
Location: Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire
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6th Oct 05 at 16:18

ive never been asked to open my bonnet before but then when police are behind me they will see the 2.0 16v badge. Bet the police had something to say about that guys corsa

jamesw

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Registered: 28th Jun 02
Location: Station Town, County Durham
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6th Oct 05 at 18:35

been asked to open bonnet also queried engine etc - explained was all declared also checked on radio what car was registerd as and who to

Siberia

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6th Oct 05 at 18:46

quote:
Originally posted by broster
in the past i have been asked to oopen the bonnet.... the check stuff like the battery to see if its mounted properly etc

would be funny if they try that now

just tell them it runs with a flux capacitor

mav

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Registered: 19th Jun 01
Location: Scotland
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6th Oct 05 at 19:35

never got stopped

oh and that car is well......eh fecked

Mistamist

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Registered: 16th Jul 03
Location: Gillingham, Kent
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6th Oct 05 at 22:22

Now thats a quick way to lighten a corsa

CorsAsh

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Location: Munich
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7th Oct 05 at 00:27

Damn, how gutted would you be to see that happen?

Ren

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Registered: 16th Oct 04
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7th Oct 05 at 01:43

burp, serves him right

[Edited on 07-10-2005 by Ren]

broster

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Registered: 6th Dec 02
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7th Oct 05 at 12:14

quote:
Originally posted by Siberia

quote:
Originally posted by broster
in the past i have been asked to oopen the bonnet.... the check stuff like the battery to see if its mounted properly etc

would be funny if they try that now just tell them it runs with a flux capacitor

indeed.... may be worth a giggle, till they smell the exhaust..... hummm

Korsa

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Registered: 25th Jan 03
Location: Cardiff S.Wales Drives :Blue/Purple Corsa
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7th Oct 05 at 12:32