So my car was stolen last night.....
- Thread starter Princey
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Hope your motor gets robbed up real soon pal.
They can have it - I couldn't care less. It's rubber and metal at the end of the day.
An OTT Astra VXR, 40" plasma TV and a £1500 Omega watch? It's all insured anyway. How can you be so attached to such superficial junk? Societal values really have taken a turn for the worse when people place such a high value on such meaningless 'bling bling' junk.
Have you considered that the items are perhaps more than superficial junk to some people? Not only are they items that may be worth a lot of money to the people involved they are probably items that he has had to put a significant amount of time and effort in to be able to afford. Somehow I think you would be singing a very different tune if someone had entered your home without your consent and taken what are probably the 3 most expensive things you own.
I think it is you that needs to re-evaluate their values.
Although I'm a bit of a lurker on here I had been following your posts so as others have said sorry to hear it happened fella.
I'd just buy another one with the insurance money. Or an Audi, or Golf or Focus. It's not as if there are a shortage of cars out there. Or a shortage of watches, or 40" plasma TVs.
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Big wheels are a performance limiting modification maybe, should premiums go down? What about a big ICE install, or a bodykit, or lexus lights? Under Body Neon lights? Are they a performance modification too?
Have a claim refused or not isn't really the point. There are plenty of stories of obvious undeclared modifications slipping under the radar of claims adjusters, that make it right does it?
I am not going to bother arguing with you because it is pointless, instead here is a picture of a cat.
they can set your house on fire too
its bricks and glass at the end of the day.. doesn't matter that you wont have a place to sleep.. doesn't matter that your insurance will never pay out the amount to cover everything.. doesn't matter that your insurance premium will increase the next year.. doesn't matter that you wasted loads of time putting everything together.. it just doesn't matter does it? jump of the roof.. break your legs.. does it matter? dont think so.. its just bones after all 
Thanks - I like cats. That one's a bit fat though.
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they can set your house on fire too
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When you're in a hole, the best course of action is to stop digging...
Wow MarkDavis wow. And yes the watch was a 21st birthday present from my dad as was my gold chain which was also stolen. Even the TV has a sentimental value to me as it was my first large purchase I made after starting work full time.
Glad to hear everything is getting sorted Princey. Plus as a little bonus you get a decent price for the VXR 
Joking aside, hope everything get sorted for you. Gutted about the insurance on the new motor though thats a fair whack!
Joking aside, hope everything get sorted for you. Gutted about the insurance on the new motor though thats a fair whack!
I really feel sorry for people who cant have emotional attachment to inanimate objects - there are plenty of things that I own which have sentimental value, even things with zero monetary value.
Things I've been given by important people in my life, things that I've acquired during memorable times... just because the object can be replaced, doesnt mean the sentimental value can be. This sounds exactly like Princey's situation so I do feel really bad for him - I know h'es also put a lot of work into the car which also adds to the emotional attachments.
That's not even starting to scratch the surface of the sense of personal violation, feeling of insecurity etc that comes along with these things and that insurance cant pay for
Things I've been given by important people in my life, things that I've acquired during memorable times... just because the object can be replaced, doesnt mean the sentimental value can be. This sounds exactly like Princey's situation so I do feel really bad for him - I know h'es also put a lot of work into the car which also adds to the emotional attachments.
That's not even starting to scratch the surface of the sense of personal violation, feeling of insecurity etc that comes along with these things and that insurance cant pay for
I feel for you mate, especially so after seeing your new sig 
At the end of the day, yes it is just rubber and metal, thats to anyone outside the situation, just like I'm sure a lot of people would say if it happened to mine. A lot of people don't have a personal attachment to cars etc.. which is fair enough, but people who own a nice/expensive/personalised/tuned car, such as Princey falling into one of these brackets, will feel more than just the loss of "A lump of metal".
At the end of the day, yes it is just rubber and metal, thats to anyone outside the situation, just like I'm sure a lot of people would say if it happened to mine. A lot of people don't have a personal attachment to cars etc.. which is fair enough, but people who own a nice/expensive/personalised/tuned car, such as Princey falling into one of these brackets, will feel more than just the loss of "A lump of metal".