IainMilford

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There was a small feature on scoobies and in particular a lad who lived in a car crime hot spot. In the last 6 weeks he said he had had the same car nicked twice and burnt out second time round, and the scoob he was doing up also got nicked, he had it parked up in a garage declared SORN and with no insurance ...... poor guy was gutted

Then they showed him at a meet with loads of scoobies going on a rolling road (as if he needed reminding) I recognised some cars out of a recent article in Total Impreza especially a blue blob with orange stickers, expect there were others too.

scoobynutta555

Saw this too. For the life of me I can't fathom why 'the most robbed bloke in Britain' would buy and uninsure one of the most desirable cars to be robbed in Britain

Most cars at that rolling road event appeared quite garish too.

jonny_693

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And how refreshing for the scooby owners to be branded 'boy racers' by Jamie Theakston. Gutted for the lad who had his scooby nicked but I cant help but think he's wasting his time driving round looking for it. In hindsight maybe insurance would of been a good idea

StickyMicky

i thought he said "boy racers dream" ?

meaning the boy racers can not afford to run them (or insure them tbh)

scooby L

Surely one of the essex crew know him?

He was with the scoobycity decal'd impreza I noticed.

T1000

I watched that too. It was a shame the feature on Imprezas wasn't for longer though

Dowsie WRX

I can't believe the bloke would not insure his "pride and joy" living in Basildon....I don't mean to sound harsh to the people of Basildon but it's not the nicest of areas!
I live in Southend which i'm guessing is just as bad if not worse than basildon for car crime and would never dream of not insuring my car even if it was locked away and declared sorn.

Really felt for the guy when he was at the meet though, that must of been torture for him!

IainMilford

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Good point. He might of well just put a big sign up

wrxseeker

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I think thats what he said too.

jonny_693

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I stand corrected.

greenperil

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cant understand is logic. all is previous cars got broken into or damaged then he when and bought a scoob.

scoobygreg

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what channels it on i missed it , will watch it later on catch up or bbc i

Lisawrx

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Was on BBC 1.

Phil

It was a Scoobycity Rolling Road day

I don't recognise him from the Essex Crew though

Shark Man

Some people are just stupid.

You can get "laid up" insurance for cars kept off the road which is significantlty cheaper than normal insurance.

I have SIX motorbikes in various states of repair with declared total value of £25K under the same policy: £120 a year - it would be stupid not to.

richardg

saw it too. i'm sure it's a lapse of judgement he won't make again.
...or maybe he'll move?

he said he'd racked up 3,000 miles in just a few weeks in the transit he bought whilst out looking for his car...i also noticed he was parked up at the mc donalds car park on the a127 (facing the kfc) and watching the cars go past

IainMilford

iTrader: (15)

what was he going to do - chase down his scoob in a battered old transit?

lol

RB5_203

I also live in basildon and in one of the worst parts, I have both of my RB5's in the garage/lockup about 5 minute walk from my house and I had to leave them uninsured for the last 4 weeks!

One of them has recipts for 40k and you can imagine how I have been feeling for the last 4 weeks! the lockup is on a family members property and has full security alarm system with both cars having trackers but this still has not stopped me thinking about it every 5 minutes!

Cars now insured

richardg

i did wonder that myself, but then if you're feeling that lost you're probably not thinking straight anyway

SqeekyMclean

Did anyone watch the clonded car episode? this guy did mycarcheck and every other check before buying his discovery.

Later got news it was stolen after buying it.

scoobynutta555

Yeah, he managed to get the insurance company to sell him the car for only £1000.

wazo'swrx

iTrader: (1)

I saw the scooby city race car ,orange graphics all over it . It was up for sale and it belonged to dannyboy the chairman of scoobycity ..im not sure but the black one with pinky/red graphics and painted wheels was big dave ..lol..

scoobygreg

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just watched it on i player he aint gonna see that again

IainMilford

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looks like the meeting is the one in total impreza magazine, recognised the classic with the red wheels

joshuaaaron

Theakstons little jibe about boy racers, at 41 i dont know whether to gutted or pleased haha

Tiny

LOL Yeah me to mate