Morals, Resentment, and ICBC

[ralexander03@snet.net (Rick Alexander)]

If it were me I'd just settle in with the good feeling that it's back. Fix
it as need be and install a really good alarm if I couldn't move to where it
was secure.

Congratulations on your recovery.

Rick Alexander
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Vince Royer" <vince@performancecarstereo.com>
To: "Scirocco List" <scirocco-L@scirocco.org>
Sent: Monday, October 07, 2002 3:10 PM
Subject: Morals, Resentment, and ICBC


> Hey folks
>
> Well there's good and bad news.  The good news is they found my car.
> Finally, it's been 2 weeks.  If it was gone for a few more days they would
> have forgotten about it.
>
> It was recovered with no damage. My drivers door didn't lock very securely
> so that's probably how they got in.  As for starting it, I'm not sure.
But
> it wouldn't be very hard, that's for sure.  Anyways, none of this is the
> problem.
>
> When it got stolen it had a full tank of gas, and when it was recovered it
> was completely empty.  It takes a hell of alot of driving to empty a full
> tank in that car.  You could probably drive it for over 12 hours.  The
motor
> doesn't sound very healthy, and the clutch is a little slippy.  There
seems
> to be a bit of a crack in the exhaust manifold, so it's making more noise.
>
> Needless to say, it's been abused.  It must have been driven cold and hard
> (I don't imagine the theives let it warm up every day).   How do I prove
> this to ICBC?  They told me I have to take it to a garage and have the
> garage prove to ICBC that something is broken directly because it's been
> abused.  But really, there's no way to prove that it was any better
before,
> so I probably won't get anything, and it'll cost me at the garage to have
it
> looked at.   I'm considering just firing it up cold and revving the shit
out
> of it to at least create some kind of a problem.
>
> See there isn't one thing that is defenately broken, rather it's that
> everything is worn down more and hurting.  So, what should I do?  Break my
> motor and have ICBC buy me a 2.0L with a new clutch?  Or forget about the
> whole thing?
>
> Thanks list
>
> Vince
>
>
>
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