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well my insurence premium was £580 whitch is cheap concidering im only 18 and that was baced on my car being worth £1400 as an agreed value...i didint think id ever have to make a clame as any repare work i could get my boyfriend to do as hes a car restorer and sprayer boy!
i havent even filed to make a clame at the moment...iv just informed them that its been stolen...i dont want the money i want my car back!!!
amy x
i havent even filed to make a clame at the moment...iv just informed them that its been stolen...i dont want the money i want my car back!!!
amy x
If only everyone would fit a secret petrol pump switch - it would cut the 'stealing' by half. Ok - a very determined thief will still tow it away or put it on a trailer, but most are just taking it for a ride. I would say never leave anything of value in a car with such simple locks as a Minor - it's just asking for trouble. Agreed value - well, it would have been up to you to supply the valuation certificate surely, not the insurance Co.
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I was told taking the rotor arm from the distributor works too if your storing a car long term.bmcecosse wrote:If only everyone would fit a secret petrol pump switch - it would cut the 'stealing' by half.
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But often leads to dirty hands. Secret switch for the pump - only you know where it is, normally inside the car, so clean and easy to do. I parked in Biggar yesterday - returned to car a few minutes later -and drove off only to splutter to a halt 100 yds down the road! Yes - I had forgotten to switch on the secret switch.
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Have you posted how to fit one somewhere on the site please?bmcecosse wrote:So - where DO these stolen Minors go ? Hardly worth stealing them to break for spares - are they just stolen/trashed/dumped in a quarry for a laugh? Do they get a new identity ?
Please all - fit a secret fuel pump switch (and USE it) - and not in the obvious place !
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It'll just be a switch inbetween one of the wires going from the fuse box to the fuel pump I expect Squiggle. The wires come through the bulk head where the passenger sits in the front. You could take the wire elsewhere (ie into the boot) on it's way from the fuse box to the fuel pump and put a key switch, toggle, push button, key pad with code anything. I think this is what Bmc means anyway. I'm sure someone could explain it better.
Yes - but the wiring and switch location must not be too obvious! You must choose where to put the switch - and make it so a quick look under the bonnet doesn't show the new wires going to/from the fuel pump!
The point of this mod is - the car still starts ok and thief drives off - and then 50/100 yds down the road it splutters to a halt. Thief is most unlikely to start fiddling with it - and will likely just run off leaving the car very obviously out of position.
The point of this mod is - the car still starts ok and thief drives off - and then 50/100 yds down the road it splutters to a halt. Thief is most unlikely to start fiddling with it - and will likely just run off leaving the car very obviously out of position.