Some Bastard Broke Into My Car

When I got up on Friday morning and went to put my bag and laptop in the back of the car, I found that the passenger side door had been wrecked. The sod had smashed the lock right into the door, but this hadn't released the door so they then smashed the window. The car was full of glass and there wasn't a great deal I could do at the time as I had to go to work. Because the car is in need of other work too (welding on the floor panel and a new clutch) I've decided not to replace the door, and so ends the life of another car :( I'll be sending this one off for parts though, and the money from that will go towards my new car.

On Friday when I was on the way out to lunch I said "hello" to a colleague in the building and then randomly added a jokey "I don't suppose you have a car for sale, do you?" Imagine my surprise to find out that he had a car he wanted rid of and he didn't want any money for it. The catch? Well, it needs a fair bit of work doing on the engine due to the fact that a valve has gone, and it's been standing for 7 months or so, but other than that it's all good. It just needs a new battery and a few hundred pounds worth of work doing to the engine. The net cost will be far less than the cost of a similar car from a private trader. And yes, it has an alarm.

Hopefully in a week I will have a new car.