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My car has been broken into & stripped while at the mechanics!!

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RBN1 Mentor

RBN1

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Originally posted by inark

dont mention the name in the forum.... if ppl need to know PM it to them k?

yep i know Nark. I'm not about to get involved in a defamation suit against me and drag SAU into it in the process :)

The dude is so far paying for everything so there is no need to do anything even remotely like that anyway.

R31Nismoid Grand Master

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hhrmm... i would have thought that he is not liable?

as in when you hand over your car usually there are 100 and 1 signs saying that the car is left there and it's not thier responsibility... and when you sign the job cars etc etc it has hte disclaimer on there?

or is that something else?

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RBN1

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He was finishing off some work on it and at that stage I did sign a job card. However since then i've taken delivery off the car i returned it to get some existing work finished. I have an invoice saying that the job was completed however and that I had taken delivery.

i didn't sign anything when I left it there this time around when it was broken into.

iNCOGNiTO Enthusiast

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Signs denying liability are almost useless. They're there to scare you away. For instance, you can say "enter at your own risk at the entrance to your porperty" but if someone trips over something on their way to your front door, you are still liable, end of story.

Mechanics generaly have insurace for theft while property is in their car or on their premises. He's probably going to pay out of his pocket rather than pay an excess or higher fees.

The mechanic has atleast proceded to do the right thing, even if it does sound dodgy.

gtr fan Experienced

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my brother had hi modded wrx (turbo computer suspension front mount wheels 3k in hks guages etc etc etc + a boot full of parts including trust t67 turbo kit new trust front mount twin plate clutch injectors fuel pump etc etc etc stolen out of the mechanics workshop after the shop was locked up. How convenient his was the only car left with the keys in it waiting just behind the roller door. they didn't take the evo 5 or gtr's around it just his. this is a legal battle that on going after 2 years, as neither there insurance co is taking liability for the parts, they say coz they keys where left in the car. THE SHOP LEFT THE KEYS IN THE CAR.

NOW YOU EXPLAIN TO ME INARK WHY I SHOULD PROTECT THAT SHOPS NAME!

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not yet Eddie. I know of one wrecker in Melbourne that says that he can get one in but from Sydney. If I don't get one in Melb i'll try getting one from Sydney.

If all else fails then i'm off to the GTR shop :P

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