LOL! This sort of thing must be very worrying for motorists. I mean,
who can you trust?

"When Mark Reece took his car for a routine service, he expected it to
receive professional care and attention.

But when the businessman came to collect his beloved Audi RS4, it was
not exactly in the condition in which he left it.

In fact the £50,000 estate had been driven no fewer than 27 times
while in the care of the registered Audi garage.

On several of these occasions it had been mysteriously racing around
his home town at more than twice the legal speed limit.

The excursions were exposed by a tiny security device fixed to his
car, which records every journey it takes.

'When I got the car back and looked at the log, I couldn't believe
it', said Mr Reece, an internet entrepreneur..."

More:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1052872/My-car-got-Audi-service-27-joyrides-included.html


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"Doug"  wrote in message 
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LOL! This sort of thing must be very worrying for motorists. I mean,
who can you trust?

---

Nothing new. Nothing interesting.
I'd trust any of them a lot more than I'd trust you to be rational, honest 
and reasonable.

"Doug"  wrote in message 
news:3c520603-d000-41a0-9726-a80d54e1a248@79g2000hsk.googlegroups.com...
> LOL! This sort of thing must be very worrying for motorists. I mean,
> who can you trust?


Well, I wouldn't trust a loony like you ... or any of your ilk.

Doug wrote:
> LOL! This sort of thing must be very worrying for motorists. I mean,
> who can you trust?
> 
> "When Mark Reece took his car for a routine service, he expected it to
> receive professional care and attention.
> 
> But when the businessman came to collect his beloved Audi RS4, it was
> not exactly in the condition in which he left it.
> 
> In fact the £50,000 estate had been driven no fewer than 27 times
> while in the care of the registered Audi garage.
> 
> On several of these occasions it had been mysteriously racing around
> his home town at more than twice the legal speed limit.
> 
> The excursions were exposed by a tiny security device fixed to his
> car, which records every journey it takes.
> 
> 'When I got the car back and looked at the log, I couldn't believe
> it', said Mr Reece, an internet entrepreneur..."
> 
> More:
> 
> http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1052872/My-car-got-Audi-service-27-joyrides-included.html
> 
> 
> --
> World Carfree Network
> http://www.worldcarfree.net/
> Help for your car-addicted friends in the U.K.

Wow, I bets this has never happened before.

-- 
Tony the Dragon

"Doug"  wrote


LOL! This sort of thing must be very worrying for motorists. I mean,
who can you trust?



We certainly can't trust you not to start threads about cars.



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http://trucknetuk.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=34657 (New 9th August 2008)

Doug wrote:
> LOL! This sort of thing must be very worrying for motorists. I mean,
> who can you trust?

Can't trust you to not start a thread that's anti-motorist, that's for sure.

> "When Mark Reece took his car for a routine service, he expected it to
> receive professional care and attention.
>
> But when the businessman came to collect his beloved Audi RS4, it was
> not exactly in the condition in which he left it.

Why, was it damaged?

> In fact the £50,000 estate had been driven no fewer than 27 times
> while in the care of the registered Audi garage.
>
> On several of these occasions it had been mysteriously racing around
> his home town at more than twice the legal speed limit.

Oooh. Naughty :$

> The excursions were exposed by a tiny security device fixed to his
> car, which records every journey it takes.
>
> 'When I got the car back and looked at the log, I couldn't believe
> it', said Mr Reece, an internet entrepreneur..."
>

Duhg, this is not news. This sort of thing has happened ever since cars were 
serviced at main dealers! It wasn't me, but when I was an apprentice 
mechanic working for Citroen in the late 80s, someone totalled a customers 
almost new BX GTi that was in for it's first service doing just what the 
chaps in the article were doing

Mike P

Doug wrote:
> LOL! This sort of thing must be very worrying for motorists. I mean,
> who can you trust?
>
Yawn. Yet another non-story from the daily wail about an everyday ocurrence.

Here's another non-story.

Doug swallows media scaremongering - hook, line and sinker.

Why is it a non-story? Because you do it every day Doug.

In message , Knight Of The Road 
 writes
>
>
>"Doug"  wrote
>
>
>LOL! This sort of thing must be very worrying for motorists. I mean,
>who can you trust?
>
>
>
>We certainly can't trust you not to start threads about cars.

Or indeed to deliver reports that he stated he would produce into how a 
couple working in different towns can both move to be close enough to 
their jobs as not to need cars.


-- 
Ed Banger

Ed Banger wrote:
> In message , Knight Of The
> Road  writes
>>
>>
>> "Doug"  wrote
>>
>>
>> LOL! This sort of thing must be very worrying for motorists. I mean,
>> who can you trust?
>>
>>
>>
>> We certainly can't trust you not to start threads about cars.
>
> Or indeed to deliver reports that he stated he would produce into how
> a couple working in different towns can both move to be close enough
> to their jobs as not to need cars.

That's obvious. Get new jobs close to each other. ;-)

Mike P

On Sat, 6 Sep 2008 10:34:10 +0100, "Mike P" 
wrote:

>Doug wrote:
>> LOL! This sort of thing must be very worrying for motorists. I mean,
>> who can you trust?
>
>Can't trust you to not start a thread that's anti-motorist, that's for sure.
>
>> "When Mark Reece took his car for a routine service, he expected it to
>> receive professional care and attention.
>>
>> But when the businessman came to collect his beloved Audi RS4, it was
>> not exactly in the condition in which he left it.
>
>Why, was it damaged?
>
>> In fact the £50,000 estate had been driven no fewer than 27 times
>> while in the care of the registered Audi garage.
>>
>> On several of these occasions it had been mysteriously racing around
>> his home town at more than twice the legal speed limit.
>
>Oooh. Naughty :$
>
>> The excursions were exposed by a tiny security device fixed to his
>> car, which records every journey it takes.
>>
>> 'When I got the car back and looked at the log, I couldn't believe
>> it', said Mr Reece, an internet entrepreneur..."

Well he started it. He abused them in the first place by using a
service to get 11 days free airport parking.

>Duhg, this is not news. This sort of thing has happened ever since cars were 
>serviced at main dealers! It wasn't me, but when I was an apprentice 
>mechanic working for Citroen in the late 80s, someone totalled a customers 
>almost new BX GTi that was in for it's first service doing just what the 
>chaps in the article were doing
>
>Mike P 

I know the local NSU dealer would take RO80's out for a thrash - it
cleaned the plugs.

There are a number of diagnostic tests that do require the mechanic to
"drive the car". Things like checking fuel pressure under load. Though
I'd hope the better shops use a rolling road.
-- 
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"Brimstone"  wrote in message 
news:YKmdnaPA4es-z1_VRVnyiwA@bt.com...
> Doug wrote:
>> LOL! This sort of thing must be very worrying for motorists. I mean,
>> who can you trust?
>>
> Yawn. Yet another non-story from the daily wail about an everyday 
> ocurrence.
>
> Here's another non-story.
>
> Doug swallows media scaremongering - hook, line and sinker.
>
> Why is it a non-story? Because you do it every day Doug.

And the moral of this story is ,don't leave an high performance car with a 
bunch of cow boys (sorry main agent ) for 11 days !