Smarty Got Raped !!!

1) I lost the locking nut gizmo from my Fiat Ducato (Motorhome Chassis), and a Fiat Dealershup was able to replace when given the chassis number, I understand that there are only a couple of dozen variations at the end of the day.
I would have thought Smart could have done the same.
2) I'm selling the motorhome at the moment, and the guy who seems to be the most likely buyer, when I waxed lyrical about the MP3/CD unit, said he only had cassettes, so I offered to change it for him, for the old Sony out of Nat's Citroen! Which would put my JVC with front and back aux.in on the market. But if something comes up first go for it.
3) Don't feel insulted if I'm reminding you of the obvious, but be sure to report it to the police and get a case number, for your insurance claim.

Also my uncle got done over last week, they broke into a tool shed, then used an axe and something else to chop the lock off another shed, and stole three scooters/bikes that were in it. Then my aunt was out locally a couple of days later and heard a bike, followed the noise to see a kid on one of the bikes. When stopped, he said "it's not mine" and rode off through some woods. She called the police who said they were too busy to send somebody out....

Knowing my uncle (who is much like Patrick), he will be building a new security/CCTV system with bonus features...

Gareth

Scum!!!

I am so angry right now, I've had enough of thieves and other assorted bastards.

Sucks about the Smart dude.

But not as bad as my friend. Just heard a couple of hours ago that he was assulted by three big guys for his cheap phone and empty wallet. They left him with a fractured jaw, some stitches and a black eye. I'm really angry with the world right now and want to break things.

He's getting married on Sunday.

Sorry about the theft, thank God you had the empeg safely in the house!

I'm not happy with thieves these days myself, as I've just had to cancel a check card because of a stolen card number. (No losses incurred, it was noticed immediately, but the pain of being without a card really sucks.)

The police have been and gone, they did point out how they got in. There are 2 small holes in the door seal (Smart has no metal around the top of the window glass) where they had fed some wires and popped the door, not much I can do to protect againt that in the future

I went down to the Smart dealer, who gave me all the boxes of locking wheel nuts they have, first one I tried worked so I swapped them for another set with a different pattern. The down side it it has cost me £70 to replace all the bits and pieces they nicked

I rang my insurance, it's not worth me claiming. They will only offer a naff CD/Tuner replacement headunit, not of my choice! and then I will loose out on next years renewal, as my protected no claims doesn't cover me for the claim just the discount on the said premium (hope that makes sence).

Over all I am pretty pissed off, I've been robbed, paid money for insurance I can't afford to use, and pay taxes to men in uniform who can do nothing about it.

On the head unit front, I have now widened my search to Kenwood (not keen) and Blaupunkt (no experience of) and opinions???

Cheers

Cris.

Im sure some wiring can be found in the pile of junk if you're stil coming down to the barbie... I can probably help get you a good deal on a stereo if I pop to Cambridge Car Audio when you're here too (I smile nicely and usually manage to get a good discount)... with any luck you'll be able to drive back with a working stereo

Hugo

Thanks Hugo! I am about to set off now, and I think I may make a stopoff at the Car Audio Centre in Nottingham on my way. I should be able to get just the head unit going without too much wiring, but getting the empeg in is going to be a long job, it looks like I will have to remove every thing and start again. Plenty of time to do this before I go on my hols, and I wouldn't want to eat into our beer drinking time

I think I am going to drop off burgers and booze just after lunch and then go meet up with andym and then get back for the bbq about 4ish

See you all later...

Cris.

I went for a Kenwood KDC-W808 in the end. Not easy to get hold of as it turns out, Cambridge Car Audio were kind enough to point it out to me, but they had one on order for a month already for someone else, so I did almost get a Sony DAB unit and an amazing price (thanks Hugo!).

The iPod interface was a second thought, it is likley that an iPod (or someone with one?) will find itself into the car sooner or later and I hate taking that dash apart so it seemed to make sense. It also has an Aux in as standard so it can take the Karma and Empeg too

Lets hope I can get the wiring sorted before setting off on our trip on Sunday...

Cheers

Cris.