Having the polycarbonate windows is a corker - I bet they'll think twice
before trying that type of smash-and-grab again!
I guess you'll be fitting bull-bars front and rear now eh?
*feigns a concerned look*....They can really injure pedestrians in
collisions, so I've heard.
Regards,
Nick
PS For research and modification tips you can watch the Mad Max movies!
----- Original Message -----
From: David Costello <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2000 4:09 PM
Subject: Re: bastards (LONG)
> I'm in brisbane
> and I've never heard of this kind of thing before it happened to me
> since my encounter I've heard from others who have had the same thing
happen
> even a few that described the same car
> as for your comment on america, while the whole thing was happening my
mate
> that was with me the whole time kept saying over and over again "This kind
> of shit doesn't happen to me, it only happens in the movies"
>
> it was actually quite funny in a way cause I found out he had never been
in
> a fight before and had also never been even threatened by anyone so he was
> almost crying the whole time hehe
> he kept screaming at me to pull over and just give them our wallets and
get
> it over with
> but as I said to him "do you honestly think they were after our wallets
> after what I did to their car" hahaha
>
> Dave
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chris Halpin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Wednesday, 13 September 2000 4:00
> Subject: Re: bastards (LONG)
>
>
> >dave, where abouts do you live? I thought that kind of stuff just
happened
> >in America, not australia! I hope that one day those guys are there and
> you
> >get them big time!
> >good luck - chris (PS - the bus took over 1 hour to get to uni
thismorning,
> >and it usually takes 20mins) :(
> >
> >
> >
> >>From: "David Costello" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >>Subject: Re: bastards (LONG)
> >>Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2000 10:35:13 +1000
> >>
> >>I have the worst luck with cops
> >>I was at the maccas in Springwood (the 24 hour one for those in
brisbane)
> >>and as I was driving out the exit some homies cut my path of with a very
> >>newish toyota paseo (I'd guess 94-95ish model) and jumped out of the car
> >>trying to smash my windows and yelling at me to give them my wallet, but
> me
> >>and my dad had earlier that week and I had replaced the windows with
> >>perspex
> >>(my dad does it to all my cars for security, if anyones interested he
oes
> a
> >>real good job and they still wind up and down cause he curves them to
> suit)
> >>so it was just kind of funny watching them try to smash the windows, I
> gave
> >>him the finger which just enfuriated him more and his mates all started
> >>smashing up the front end of my car (a rusty and dented up old bomber XC
> >>ute
> >>but a very worked 383 stroked 351 sitting under the bonnet they were now
> >>smashing up) I looked at their car and figured "hey mines allready
dented
> >>up, who cares" dropped mine back to first and planted the front end of
my
> >>car as firmly as I could into the passenger door of their car. haha
should
> >>have seen the looks on all their faces change from worrying about my
> wallet
> >>to worrying about their car. It was then I realised (by the looks on
their
> >>faces) that it obviously either belonged to one of them or one of their
> >>parents and wasn't stolen like I first thought so I backed up and rammed
> it
> >>again. One of them jumped in the car quickly as possible and reversed it
> >>out
> >>of my way and I planted it out of there knocking one of the guys flying
> >>into
> >>the garden with my car and running over the foot of another. I drove
off
> >>and the dickheads gave chase I kept slowing to let them catch up to me
> then
> >>planting it and speeding off ahead playing with them cause I knew I had
> the
> >>faster car, then I had another idea, I let them get up behind me then
> >>slammed on the brakes smashing up their car even more but they managed
to
> >>only clip the corner of the rear end so it didn't put their car out of
> >>action like I had hoped it would. My next idea was to speed off ahead
> into
> >>some back streets and drop my mate who was in the passenger seat at the
> >>closest payphone and get him to call the cops which I did. I told him
to
> >>tell them to meet me at maccas and I would lure them back there. I
drove
> >>back onto the main road and saw the guys a few streets up driving real
> slow
> >>looking up side streets, I booted it around the corner making as much
> noise
> >>and smoke as I could to get their attention. I headed towards maccas
with
> >>the car following me but just as I turned the corner towards maccas the
> car
> >>turned off down a side street and just dissapeared. I did a u-turn quick
> as
> >>possible at the lights and straight into the maccas car park where the
> cops
> >>were waiting. slammed on the brakes got out of the car and run over to
the
> >>coppers. First thing I noticed was 2 car loads of homies all staring at
> me,
> >>one of which was on a mobile which explains how the car chasing me knew
to
> >>quickly turn off just before maccas. Then the cops begin to tell me
they
> >>are giving me a ticket for slamming on my brakes so hard as I pulled up
in
> >>front of them, a ticket for an unroadworthy car, a speeding fine,
charging
> >>me with assult for running over the guys foot and running into the other
> >>guy
> >>and just to top it all off charging me with road rage for smashing into
> the
> >>other guys car and that they acertained all this info from the guys
> >>watching
> >>and pointed at the homies. I tried to reason with the cops saying "come
> off
> >>it they are obviously friends with the guys" but they ignored me. I was
> >>given the fines for unroadworthy, speeding and undue noise and reckless
> >>driving and told they would contact the guys from the other car and get
> >>back
> >>to me if they decided to continue to press the charges. About a week
> later
> >>I recieved a phone call from the police saying a security guard had came
> >>forward saying he saw the whole thing (well the part in the car park
> >>anyways) and that his story matched mine, and that also what little of
the
> >>incident that could be seen on the security camera also matched my story
> so
> >>all charges were dropped and fines revoked. The funniest thing of all
was
> >>that because these homies thought they had me in trouble and thought
they
> >>were gunna press charges and perhaps sue me, they willingly gave their
> >>names
> >>and addresses to the cops, making them very easy to track down. Sad
thing
> >>is they are at it again I believe cause a mate of mine borrowed one of
my
> >>SSS Stanza's and came back with a dent on the drivers front quarter
panel
> >>and told me a nearly identical story and it happened at the same maccas.
> >>People like that need to be shot. A few times I have gathered a large
> >>posse
> >>and driven down there to give these guys a taste of justice the law
> >>obviously didn't give them, but they are never there when we go down.
> >>
> >>Dave
> >>-----Original Message-----
> >>From: 1600 BoY <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >>Date: Wednesday, 13 September 2000 12:21
> >>Subject: Re: bastards
> >>
> >>
> >> >chris,
> >> >bad luck man thats some seriously fucked up shit. i dred the day IF
that
> >> >happens to me. i know id have to open up a few cans on someone.
> >> >thats why i got a $400 security system, but i suppose if they are
gonna
> >> >steal it they are gonna steal it. i hope they catch the guys and we
get
> >> >their address.....hehe, show some real justice :)
> >> >i hate these ppl. why dont they get jobs and do something useful in
the
> >> >world instead of piss people off.
> >> >something similar happened today at my school.
> >> >this guy in my yr level(11) and this other kid went to maccas for
lunch
> >>and
> >> >they came back and parked right near the school about 50mtrs away to
eat
> >> >there lunch. they were at a dead end facing where you can get out when
a
> >>car
> >> >pulls up in front of them and blocks them in. then 5 skinheads come
out
> 3
> >> >with axes and 2 with baseball bats and roll them for their wallets,
> >>school
> >> >bags(why would u want a school bag???), car stereo and jumpers.
> >> >too bad wardy wasnt around on both occasions to open up a few cans of
> >>whoop
> >> >arse himself. imagine trying to get away from a turboed 510 cop car!!!
> >>good
> >> >luck :)
> >> >
> >> >well i hope insurance goes well for ya and they catch the small time
> >>losers
> >> >that totalled your car.
> >> >keep up the spirits.
> >> >Ryan.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >>From: Andrew Robert GREENBURY <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >> >>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >> >>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >> >>Subject: Re: bastards
> >> >>Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2000 00:11:19 +1100 (AEDT)
> >> >>
> >> >>chris,
> >> >>that is seriously some really HORRIBLE news. hoping you get some
> >> >>justice... at least the police accusing you of doing it is getting
them
> >> >>fingerprinting the car. you never know it may uncover the culprits.
its
> >> >>bad enough when you are involved in an accident yourself, but when
you
> >> >>didnt even have anything to do with it, well its just wrong
> >> >>best wishes
> >> >>andrew
> >> >>
> >> >>On Tue, 12 Sep 2000, Chris Halpin wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> > Well guys, it finally happened. My car was stolen today from my
> >> >>University
> >> >> > carpark - yes the one with the big sign saying 'this carpark is
> under
> >> >> > constant security supervision'. The f**king prick[s] did it at
> about
> >> >> > 2:00pm, Tuesday (Melbourne Time). The thing is, they didn't even
> get
> >>it
> >> >>out
> >> >> > of Clayton (I go to monash) before they spun out through a dog-leg
> >>bend
> >> >> > going to fast (hugh skid marks) smashed the front into a telegraph
> >>pole,
> >> >> > fucking the whole front, bonnet, grill, bumper, disaligning the
> whole
> >> >>front
> >> >> > of the car, and pushing the fan right into the radiator. But
wait,
> >> >>there's
> >> >> > more - they then managed to spin the rear into a fence, knocking
the
> >> >>fence
> >> >> > over (brick) and totally crushing the rear quater pannel in,
pushing
> >>the
> >> >> > rear bumper into the body, and disaligning the whole rear (boot
lid,
> >> >>door
> >> >> > etc). Who knows what the did to the axles etc, but they are
> probably
> >> >>out of
> >> >> > alignment too. But hang on, that's not all. THey managed to take
> >>out
> >> >>the
> >> >> > power/communications for that whole region for ages.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > While this is all happening, I'm still in classes at uni, so the
> cops
> >> >>phone
> >> >> > home, and tell my parents that I've wrapped the car around a pole,
> >>and
> >> >>can't
> >> >> > be seen anywhere, sending my parents into
'shitting-themselves-mode'
> >>and
> >> >> > traveling all over clayton and surrounding hospitals to see if
they
> >> >>could
> >> >> > find me. The wankers then come into my class at uni (around 300
> >>people)
> >> >>and
> >> >> > tell me to come outside. THey had been given a description of a
guy
> >> >>running
> >> >> > away from the scene, and even though it is obviously not me,
> continue
> >>to
> >> >> > tell me that, 'it's a hoon's car, and that they expected to arrest
> me
> >> >>for
> >> >> > crashing and leaving the crime (in not so little words), thinking
> >>that
> >>I
> >> >>had
> >> >> > crashed the car, and decided to leave it in the middle of the
street
> >>to
> >> >> > return to the lecture I was missing.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > The police then told me that I was not to toutch the car, because
> >>they
> >> >> > wanted to fingerprint it, so I went to the place it was towed to,
> and
> >> >>they
> >> >> > stuck a huge 'DEFECTIVE VEHICLE (Major box ticked)' sticker on it
> >> >>becasue of
> >> >> > the wheels (worn-ish tyres and sticking outside the guards by a
few
> >> >> > millimeters).
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Having a shit day at uni, and then finishing to find that your
> >>beloved
> >> >> > 6-month old and yet-to-be-pranged car had not only been stolen but
> >>most
> >> >> > probably ritten off, and then called a hoon by some fuck-up of a
cop
> >> >>whose
> >> >> > never even seen me drive. Unbelievable. It's cops like that
> >> >>understanding
> >> >> > bastard that give the police force such a great name - he could
have
> >> >>just
> >> >> > told me to get them fixed, and I would have done so!
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Well I guess I should stop feeling sorry for myself, and begin to
> >>play
> >> >>the
> >> >> > waiting game, while I wait to find out whether I will get the
> >>insurance
> >> >>pay
> >> >> > out or not........
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Chris 'I wish I could slit the fucker's throat who stole it'
Halpin
> >> >> >
> >> >> > PS - sorry for the french.
> >> >> >
> >>
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