Renewed disgrace of my area

cyborg

cyborg

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I live in west Belfast, and often complain about my car insurance being so high, but now i can guess why.

I was walking down the road earlier (falls road for those who live in the NI) and me and my friend seen a 2005-06 Porsche (not sure what year, but it looked brand new) with southern Irish plates, and the guy talking on his mobile, i said to my friend that he looks lost, as you wouldn't see that sort of car often, and the fact he was on his mobile.

Just there i got a taxi home from my friends house and drove past some demolished bollards on the centre, and side of the road, i remember walking past them earlier and they were fine. So i asked the taxi driver if he knew what happened, and he says hes not sure, but there was a brand new Porsche burnt out on the duel carriage way (road not far from where i live) looks like the guy asked the wrong folks for directions, but needless to say i was shocked, it couldn't have been any other guy, and i feel for him, I'm sure he's having a **** night.
 
Unfortunately, this sort of thing can happen anywhere. It's horrible to see it close to your own home though :(.
 
This has been going on for years. I had to do a job in the early hours of new years day a couple of years ago in Poleglass. As I was driving into Poleglass I was overtaken by a Ferrari 575 being driven by what looked like a 15 year old. I seen it on fire beside a Jag on my way back a few hours later.
Sure the last time I was walking through Andytown, pretty much every car looked like it had been stolen :p

What they've been doing recently is stealing a crap car in Belfast, driving down the M1 to Lurgan / Moira, stealing a fancy car from one of the nice estates and then joyriding the whole way back to Belfast. Looks like they're heading over the border now.
 
Ahha scuzi, i was hoping you were from around these parts, but i had never asked. Luckily not many cars are stolen from my area, they are just burnt out here. Do you think the insurance company will lower my premium if i tell them that? :p
 
cyborg said:
Ahha scuzi, i was hoping you were from around these parts, but i had never asked. Luckily not many cars are stolen from my area, they are just burnt out here. Do you think the insurance company will lower my premium if i tell them that? :p
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Somehow I don't think it. Insurance was a killer for me. When I had my 1.4 Escort I was paying £2500 TPFT and when I upgraded to an '01 Passat TDi that jumped to £3200 TPFT. Insurance is a complete disgrace. Now that I'm in England I can afford insurance on a Grp 15 car, still a rip off though :(
 
£2400 for a 1.4 astra, which i exchanged for a 2.0 8v from a GTE, but i still got rid of it anyway because of the insurance, private taxi's works out cheaper for getting to work and back.

I wish that somehow these scum that would do this sort of thing could be washed away, but i guess its the same story for every city. :mad:
 
i dont get it?

what the porche crashed into the things? whats that got to do with asking the wrong people for directions? :confused:
 
A2Z said:
i dont get it?

what the porche crashed into the things? whats that got to do with asking the wrong people for directions? :confused:
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Joy riding, it's pretty popular over in West Belfast round Poleglass and all. When I lived in the Donegal Rd years ago people used to come down from the Falls Rd and Andystown to get some cars.

Then the local brigiders :rolleyes: decided to put a stop to this and, I felt slightly sorry for the people caught in the act.

But then I don't have much respect or time for joyriders.
 
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