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amv8beauty

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104 posts

165 months

Thursday 17th November 2011
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Hi not the best of days my car was clamped today but more alarming is that when I start the car a message appeared along the lines of alarm activated check car

Does this mean someone tried to brake into my car

Many thanks

cellardoor

16 posts

159 months

Thursday 17th November 2011
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It just means that the alarm went off

Neil1300R

5,498 posts

184 months

Thursday 17th November 2011
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cellardoor said:
It just means that the alarm went off
yes
volumetric / tilt alarm system

Jockman

17,988 posts

166 months

Thursday 17th November 2011
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I would be having a close look at my clamped alloy wheel if I were you frown

amv8beauty

Original Poster:

104 posts

165 months

Thursday 17th November 2011
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Hi many thanks for your responses I spoken to rick who was once again on hand he stated that it may be and most likely do tue to the fact they was putting the clamp on that it activated the alarm

As for the wheel I need to check in the daylight. The reason y they clamped me was because I was visiting my mate and the visitors badge was face down.. It was on display but wrong way up so they thought it would warrant a £100 fine frown

brakedwell

1,229 posts

205 months

Thursday 17th November 2011
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bds rage

George H

14,713 posts

170 months

Thursday 17th November 2011
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Off topic slightly, but haven't they made clamping illegal?

Slarti

1,828 posts

160 months

Thursday 17th November 2011
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amv8beauty said:
Hi many thanks for your responses I spoken to rick who was once again on hand he stated that it may be and most likely do tue to the fact they was putting the clamp on that it activated the alarm

As for the wheel I need to check in the daylight. The reason y they clamped me was because I was visiting my mate and the visitors badge was face down.. It was on display but wrong way up so they thought it would warrant a £100 fine frown
F****** b*******!!!! They drive me nuts!! Why don't we just live in nazi Germany?? I hate them. I lived in London for a few years. My wife parked her car one Sunday night with a back wheel just touching a yellow line. It was outside our flat with a residents pass on the dash and had just gone 10 minutes into controlled time. The b******* (in that time) had already begun hoisting the car, I had to go to a compound and the f****** charged me £300 to get it released.

B*******.

amv8beauty

Original Poster:

104 posts

165 months

Thursday 17th November 2011
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brakedwell said:
bds rage
I know they are a right bunch of wkers when they arrived to unclamp the car I stated you know it's there and visible and you know it's a visitors badge why the clamp n fine

They said nothing and took my money and said if you want to contest write to the address on receipt

What a joke

yeti

10,523 posts

281 months

Thursday 17th November 2011
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Hopefully this is going to become illegal soon, the fact you have to pay before you can contest it is a joke.


amv8beauty

Original Poster:

104 posts

165 months

Thursday 17th November 2011
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yeti said:
Hopefully this is going to become illegal soon, the fact you have to pay before you can contest it is a joke.
I do hope so, I now have to draft a letter 1st thing tomorrow and try and contest this fine.

What a nightmare, I don't think they care what they put people through and how much time it wastes .. Fair enough if it was a blatant piss take I did then fair enough but this was minor..

Im hearing that they get commission for every car clamped don't know if thats a rumour and also with parking fines they have to meet a set quota a week/day

Awful scenes

Slarti

1,828 posts

160 months

Friday 18th November 2011
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amv8beauty said:
I do hope so, I now have to draft a letter 1st thing tomorrow and try and contest this fine.

What a nightmare, I don't think they care what they put people through and how much time it wastes .. Fair enough if it was a blatant piss take I did then fair enough but this was minor..

Im hearing that they get commission for every car clamped don't know if thats a rumour and also with parking fines they have to meet a set quota a week/day

Awful scenes
I saw one get into a fight once. Now, I'm not inclined to violence but there was something about that guys face; I just couldn't get tired of seeing it get punched. As I look at the world around me, I do often feel that I should've grown to become more violent.

toofastforme

119 posts

176 months

Friday 18th November 2011
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My mate in Oxford (a few years ago now) bought four wheel clamps of his own. Parked his car and put clamps on all the wheels, so no other c**t could. It couldn't be towed away either!

petecowie

190 posts

233 months

Friday 18th November 2011
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I once bought a commuter car that I had parked at the weekend (in an area where car parking was legal at weekends) but over the Sunday night someone had driven into it bending the front wishbone making the car impossible to move. I put a note in the window Monday morning saying I couldn't move it because of an accident that I wasn't party to. Yet they still ticketed me on the Monday AND the Tuesday, it was obvious the car was written off and I was just having trouble fitting in arranging it's towing (at my cost). This wasn't a busy road it was on the estate I lived on to stop commuters from parking.

Pete

Jockman

17,988 posts

166 months

Friday 18th November 2011
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Slarti said:
I saw one get into a fight once. Now, I'm not inclined to violence but there was something about that guys face; I just couldn't get tired of seeing it get punched. As I look at the world around me, I do often feel that I should've grown to become more violent.
Not your best posting Slarti me old mucka...but it was at 00.41 !!

Your current 'non-violent' approach to life has given you a successful lifestyle, some nice Porkers and a beaute of a V8V.

Not sure why you would want to change that due to a silly clamper confused

George H

14,713 posts

170 months

Friday 18th November 2011
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What would be the consequences of an angle grinder or hacksaw being taken to said clamp?

Jockman

17,988 posts

166 months

Friday 18th November 2011
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George H said:
What would be the consequences of an angle grinder or hacksaw being taken to said clamp?
Easy - you've damaged somebody else's property.

And they have your reg number wink

George H

14,713 posts

170 months

Friday 18th November 2011
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Jockman said:
Easy - you've damaged somebody else's property.

And they have your reg number wink
So just because it's on your car means that you damaged it? No evidence to suggest that at all smile

Jockman

17,988 posts

166 months

Friday 18th November 2011
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George H said:
So just because it's on your car means that you damaged it? No evidence to suggest that at all smile
Ok to say that on a forum Georgeous, different ball game saying it to the Police. Plus CCTV could be watching. I would advise against wink

These people don't bother you unless you give them a reason to do so - however small and however innocent - and I know it is an absolute pain in the bum when it happens frown

michael gould

5,692 posts

247 months

Friday 18th November 2011
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George H said:
Jockman said:
Easy - you've damaged somebody else's property.

And they have your reg number wink
So just because it's on your car means that you damaged it? No evidence to suggest that at all smile
Had my car clamped twice ......first time i managed to wrestle the clamp off as it hadn't been put on correctly.......second time I used a perol 12" "wizzer" to cut the lock off cost me £45 from a local hire shop

Edited by michael gould on Friday 18th November 11:55