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Sun Aug 26, 2007 10:16 am

Just a quick horror story!

Was driving home last night with a friend up a common & busy shortcut between woking & guildford. Now halfway up the road, which is very bumpy and narrow, and is also surrounded by trees, there is a gypsie sight on the left (has been there years), then a small hump back bridge that goes over a rail track then a pub on the right.

I use the road all the time day & night; anyway last night as i turned down the road i was doing about 50mph, & as i approached the campsite a bottle was hurled from the entrance, clearly aimed at my windscreen, which struck on the drivers side wing mirror. Realising that they were gypsies i considered no thought but to carry on. Anyway the next corner is an immidiate small left hander after the entrance to the sight, which goes over a bridge. As i came round the corner there were four tyres, equally spread over the road. Somehow in a split second decision my mate and i decided we were not going to stop for obvious reasons; I tried to aim the car so that a front tyre would hit the bumper but that i would not directly drive over one. Went through them at about 40ish mph. Could see fibreglass etc flying everywere but carried on (thankfully) all the way home. Called the police etc who moved the tyres but they said no one was found (suprise)!

Just been out to check the damage; all i can say is that i was lucky the bottle hit the wing mirror & not the windscreen or drivers door glass. The wing mirror itself has no glass left at all, no working motor and has a huge crack up the front of it. The valance is comedy! Will have to ge a picture up later but it looks like im going back to an i.S. lip for now if i can find one :lol:

Quite a horrible experience really, so when your driving around at night and you think roads are safe these days thinks agian!
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Sun Aug 26, 2007 10:21 am

the plan was obvious then do some damage then dissapear
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Sun Aug 26, 2007 10:26 am

I,d say the plan was more like get you to stop at the tyre,s and nick your motor.
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Sun Aug 26, 2007 10:30 am

gooner1 wrote:I,d say the plan was more like get you to stop at the tyre,s and nick your motor.
" I f*ckin ate pikies"
Yes and my wallet etc. They wouldn't have been polite about it i dont think!
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Sun Aug 26, 2007 10:31 am

Probably good that you didn't stop dude. Glad you and your mate are ok. That's a pretty serious game of public endangerment that presumably the gypsies are up to. Shame about the car but as you intimate it could have been much worse. What do you plan to do next? Will you ignore it as an isolated incident or do you expect it again? I sincerely hope not!

You could write to the council/papers/MP as the police can't do much in these cases.
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Sun Aug 26, 2007 10:34 am

go back early hours of the morning and fire bomb the fuckin lot of them
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Sun Aug 26, 2007 10:35 am

sorry to hear about that dan mate. lucky your sump survived too. fucking bastards.

you still gonna use the road?
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Sun Aug 26, 2007 10:36 am

cossiecrew wrote:go back early hours of the morning and fire bomb the fuckin lot of them
not a bad idea - but send in a little note first letting them know why.
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Sun Aug 26, 2007 10:43 am

Bad luck Dan :(

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Sun Aug 26, 2007 10:43 am

toby wrote:Probably good that you didn't stop dude. Glad you and your mate are ok. That's a pretty serious game of public endangerment that presumably the gypsies are up to. Shame about the car but as you intimate it could have been much worse. What do you plan to do next? Will you ignore it as an isolated incident or do you expect it again? I sincerely hope not!

You could write to the council/papers/MP as the police can't do much in these cases.
Have spoken to the police already who sent someone there and said they treating the incident extremely serioulsy. They were quite interested in roughly how much damage had been done & have made me file in a full police crime report. Unfortunatly its an established sight that has been there a long time so i do not think that a lot will get done!
hoshy wrote:sorry to hear about that dan mate. lucky your sump survived too. ******* bastards.

you still gonna use the road?
Dont think so mate!
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Sun Aug 26, 2007 10:48 am

It's clearly karmic retribution because you stole Katie from me!

The new album is out in a few months so that should make you feel better. Can we expect a Katie/Dan duo on it? I'm sure you've got a lovely singing voice ;-)
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Sun Aug 26, 2007 10:50 am

:lol: Ash i hate the music! Hopefully there will be some nice "artwork" on the inner sleeve though winkeye
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Sun Aug 26, 2007 11:01 am

Jesus sounds rough Dan, think you did the right thing for the sake of damaging your car you've saved the theft of your car and personal belongings which in the long run is all that matters. But i agree with the above comments go back at 4am get a series of bricks an proceed to chuck through caravan windows, followed by some flash bombs (always a giggle)

Good to hear your ok though!
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Sun Aug 26, 2007 11:04 am

Dan Dan Dan, I'm disappointed mate. I'm afraid I might have to start an affair cos obviously I appreciate her full wonderfulness :)
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Sun Aug 26, 2007 11:22 am

Get some smack head to torch a van or two for 100 quid, but not yet. Revenge is a dish best served cold. You did the right thing. I reckon if you'd tried to reverse out of trouble they would have chucked something nasty out in the road already to cover that eventuality. Clever Bastards.
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Sun Aug 26, 2007 11:25 am

Clearly kiddie gypos. Go back and throw loads of bottles at their little potato shaped heads! :x
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Sun Aug 26, 2007 11:49 am

johnl320 wrote:Get some smack head to torch a van or two for 100 quid, but not yet. Revenge is a dish best served cold. You did the right thing. I reckon if you'd tried to reverse out of trouble they would have chucked something nasty out in the road already to cover that eventuality. Clever Bastards.
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My thoughts exactly, feckin pikey bastards deserve everything they get.

You can bet that nothing will happen on the police front, they're too bloody yellow to confront pikeys.

Years ago my mates car had several theft attempts by pikeys staying at a local camp, they never came back again after we hooked it up to the mains :twisted: . How we laughed as they scarpered

Tossers

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Sun Aug 26, 2007 12:34 pm

You definatley did the right thing by not stopping Dan,damage limitation an all that.

My brother works for Network Rail,he was telling me a classic pikey trick...

"Damage" fencing alongside track,wait for train,push a horse in front of said train,claim compo for thorough bred horse due to damaged fencing :x :x :x
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Sun Aug 26, 2007 12:36 pm

Templ8e30 wrote: they never came back again after we hooked it up to the mains :twisted: . How we laughed as they scarpered

Tossers

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Nice one Iain made me laugh that :D
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Sun Aug 26, 2007 1:40 pm

If i was you mate, id send a letter (in crayon and capital letters so there is a better chance of them reading it) to the 'do what you likey' camp on the other side of town, pretending its from the first camp, stating there a bunch of inbread gayboys. And then sitback and watch the action. would be great on youtube. Just my opinion ofcourse.
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Sun Aug 26, 2007 1:46 pm

the only good gypo is a dead gypo .
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Sun Aug 26, 2007 2:29 pm

Sorry to here about this incident mate, I cant stand FU**IN PIKEY SCUM.

You should set a honey trap for them......Go back with a load of mates but get them to hang back, When the gypos come out to get you, your mates surround them and beat the crap out of the tax dodging thieving scum bags. :twisted:
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Sun Aug 26, 2007 4:44 pm

To repeat whats been said 'I fuckin hate pikies'

Part of the reason i carry my 6 cell maglite with me in the car.. I mean its incase i break down.. :evil:
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Sun Aug 26, 2007 4:47 pm

Jhonno wrote:To repeat whats been said 'I fuckin hate pikies'

Part of the reason i carry my 6 cell maglite with me in the car.. I mean its incase i break down.. :evil:
HAHAHA when i first passed my test my dad took me out an said "it's time to get you a present my dad 1st got me when i first started driving" pulled outside his mates snap on dealership an bought me a breaker bar "for emergency use only" :twisted:
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Ohhh i have a Snap on breaker bar also.. Those wheel nuts wont come undone without it :wink:
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i have a torque wrench in case of emergencies.does the job, can loosen of any nut.
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Sun Aug 26, 2007 5:04 pm

I find a good breaker bar is always good for the nuts out there, its a very firm solution to ANY problem you may with your nuts, or the nutters surrounding your car. Failing that my gf keeps some of her musical cd collection in my car, that enough to scare most people off (being 6"4 driving down the road with Avenue Q blasting out doesn't make you look so big) :o:
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Sun Aug 26, 2007 5:08 pm

lol@pikeys they will try anything
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Sun Aug 26, 2007 6:57 pm

Sorry to hear this mate, what front lip did you have on the car? Anything rare?

As for going back and 'battering' them, don't. They are gypsies, not a few chavs on a friday night. Sadly you will come off worse, its one of those things you cant win with :( . Hope you sort the car soon.
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Sun Aug 26, 2007 7:03 pm

what road was this dan?
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Sun Aug 26, 2007 7:18 pm

Arrange a drivebye shooting by a kid on a BMX 8O
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Sun Aug 26, 2007 7:22 pm

Fucking cunts!

At least no harm was done to you!
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gypo's ..... :gay: i rest my case !! as jamie said^ good job you wernt harmed!
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bigkev wrote:Arrange a drivebye shooting by a kid on a BMX 8O
Ah the days of mischief!

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Sun Aug 26, 2007 7:46 pm

i got a breaker bar for those unforseen emergencys hahahahaha bloody pikeys aye glad ur ok, got a gypo site up near our local asda, no one will go in there and my dad said when he was a postman no one would post to them either, this was a dedicated site of course otherwise they wouldnt get post hahhah :cool:
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