Morals, Resentment, and ICBC

[amalventano1@comcast.net (Allyn)]

congrats on the recovery. could have been much worse.
i would go at least talk to a mechanic at a shop. see if they can work something
out with ya. if the car actually is damaged somehow, i see nothing wrong with
trying to get money to fix said problems. try to keep it at just that though,
getting money that is. use this money towards upgrades. lucky for you, the abuse
seems to be the non-visual parts. manifold leaking? header! clutch slipping? new
clutch/16v pressure plate/lightened flywheel! sounds like you can get some cash
to back up some (probably overdue) upgrades to your favorite machine.
Good luck.
Al

----- 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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