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Man cuts up car in clamp protest         


Author: Krustov
Date: May 12, 2008 02:51

I'm with NCP on this one .

IMHO it was the guy who was responcible for making sure the car was
parked properly - instead of adopting a 'fuck it its close attitude' .

Although like yourselves i would like to see the NCP photo(s) .

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/gloucestershire/7395452.stm

Man cuts up car in clamp protest

Ian Taylor with his cut up Fiesta

Mr Taylor said he took the drastic action to make a point

A man has sawn his car in half with an angle-grinder in protest at it
being clamped outside his home.

Ian Taylor, from Tredworth, Glos, said the untaxed Ford Fiesta was
parked on his drive with only part of a rear wheel poking out on to the
pavement.

The 40-year-old builder said the vehicle was going to be scrapped
anyway, but he wanted to make a point.

A spokesman for NCP Services said half of the car was parked on the road
and should therefore have been taxed.

'Jobsworths'
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Re: Man cuts up car in clamp protest         


Author: Conor
Date: May 12, 2008 03:23

In article news.newsreader.com>, Krustov
says...
> I'm with NCP on this one .
>
> IMHO it was the guy who was responcible for making sure the car was
> parked properly - instead of adopting a 'fuck it its close attitude' .
>
Me too.

I guess he found out how easily brake fluid sets alight when he hacked
through the brake lines with a grinder.

--
Conor

I only please one person per day. Today is not your day. Tomorrow isn't
looking good either. - Scott Adams
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Re: Man cuts up car in clamp protest         


Author: DanB
Date: May 12, 2008 03:30

"Conor" hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:68qk4nF2trcoeU9@mid.individual.net...
> In article news.newsreader.com>, Krustov
> says...
>> I'm with NCP on this one .
>>
>> IMHO it was the guy who was responcible for making sure the car was
>> parked properly - instead of adopting a 'fuck it its close attitude' .
>>
> Me too.
>
> I guess he found out how easily brake fluid sets alight when he hacked
> through the brake lines with a grinder.
>
>

More to the point, it'll be much more fun to transport to the dump now...

--
Dan
Clio V6
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Re: Man cuts up car in clamp protest         


Author: David Hearn
Date: May 12, 2008 04:36

Conor wrote:
> In article news.newsreader.com>, Krustov
> says...
>> I'm with NCP on this one .
>>
>> IMHO it was the guy who was responcible for making sure the car was
>> parked properly - instead of adopting a 'fuck it its close attitude' .
>>
> Me too.
>
> I guess he found out how easily brake fluid sets alight when he hacked
> through the brake lines with a grinder.

Or maybe the fuel line?

D
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Re: Man cuts up car in clamp protest         


Author: Krustov
Date: May 12, 2008 05:11




<68qod7F2u5ap9U1@mid.individual.net>
>>> I'm with NCP on this one .
>>>
>>> IMHO it was the guy who was responcible for making sure the car was
>>> parked properly - instead of adopting a 'fuck it its close attitude' .
>>>
>> Me too.
>>
>> I guess he found out how easily brake fluid sets alight when he hacked
>> through the brake lines with a grinder.
>
> Or maybe the fuel line?
>

My guess is it was the carpet .

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Re: Man cuts up car in clamp protest         


Author: Conor
Date: May 12, 2008 05:58

In article <68qod7F2u5ap9U1@mid.individual.net>, David Hearn says...
> Conor wrote:
>> In article news.newsreader.com>, Krustov
>> says...
>>> I'm with NCP on this one .
>>>
>>> IMHO it was the guy who was responcible for making sure the car was
>>> parked properly - instead of adopting a 'fuck it its close attitude' .
>>>
>> Me too.
>>
>> I guess he found out how easily brake fluid sets alight when he hacked
>> through the brake lines with a grinder.
>
> Or maybe the fuel line?
>
Experience of seeing the monkeys in a breakers I worked at setting a
car alight tended to have the brake pipes as the cause as the fuel was
drained.
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Re: Man cuts up car in clamp protest         


Author: Chris Whelan
Date: May 12, 2008 06:13

Krustov wrote:
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Re: Man cuts up car in clamp protest         


Author: Krustov
Date: May 12, 2008 06:22





>> My guess is it was the carpet .
>
> Nah, it's an old Fiesta.
>
> Carpets would have been soaking wet...
>

Yes very funny :-)

But does he sound like the type of guy to have a bucket of water handy
just in case .

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Re: Man cuts up car in clamp protest         


Author: Dave Plowman (News)
Date: May 12, 2008 06:29

In article news.newsreader.com>,
Krustov privacy.net> wrote:
> Ian Taylor, from Tredworth, Glos, said the untaxed Ford Fiesta was
> parked on his drive with only part of a rear wheel poking out on to the
> pavement.

If part of the *wheel* was on the pavement a deal more of the car was too.

Seems this type aren't satisfied with having the roads for their use but
want the pavements too...

--
*Sorry, I don't date outside my species.

Dave Plowman dave@davenoise.co.uk London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.
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Re: Man cuts up car in clamp protest         


Author: Mike P
Date: May 12, 2008 11:13

"Conor" hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:68qt77F2uvscbU2@mid.individual.net...
> In article <68qod7F2u5ap9U1@mid.individual.net>, David Hearn says...
>> Conor wrote:
>>> In article news.newsreader.com>, Krustov
>>> says...
>>>> I'm with NCP on this one .
>>>>
>>>> IMHO it was the guy who was responcible for making sure the car was
>>>> parked properly - instead of adopting a 'fuck it its close attitude' .
>>>>
>>> Me too.
>>>
>>> I guess he found out how easily brake fluid sets alight when he hacked
>>> through the brake lines with a grinder.
>>
>> Or maybe the fuel line?
>>
> Experience of seeing the monkeys in a breakers I worked at setting a
> car alight tended to have the brake pipes as the cause as the fuel was ...
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