Had a bit of an incident on Friday night.
Driving down a road when a guy pulls out in front of me when he really should have, so I flash my lights at him. As he drives past me he winds down his window and starts shouting abuse at me, calling me a **** etc, I just looked at him, gave him a hand gesture and drove off thinking nothing more of it.
2mins laters he comes driving at speed up behind me, flashing his lights, honking his horn etc. I thought he would eventually get bored so kept driving as usual, 5mins pass and hes still doing it.
Then i get boxed in at a set of traffic lights (which i was trying to avoid) and he jumps out of his car and comes up to my window, still shouting abuse. He tells me to get out and he will "slash me up" and kick my head it etc, obviously I refuse and tell him to calm down etc to which he tries to punch through my window, and failed. Then tries opening the door, and fails at that also as I had locked it when I saw him getting out of his car. He shouts more abuse before kicking my wing mirror off, jumping back in his car and speeding off. I had lost my temper at this point and got out of the car but as soon as he kicked the mirror he run back to his car and sped off.
I got his number plate and a full description and called the police immediately. Im going to the station tomorrow to make a formal statement. I have said that if he is willing to pay for the damage I will drop the charges.
A new mirror from seremotors has cost me £74 + two gloss black mirror caps. Excellent service from him I must say, and great prices too. Thanks!
However im now left with a mirror looking like this....
Well I had a call from the police today to say that he came to the station today as arranged and was arrested for common assault and driving without due care and attention. They took a statement and he admitted everything saying he over reacted and shouldnt have done what he did, he also said he only wanted me to get out of the car to 'talk' to me. Yeah right!
He has agreed to pay for the damages (new mirror, cap and glass) should I wish to accept his apology. If not, it will go to court.
I have said im willing to take the money and an apology and I will drop the charges, which is fair enough really.
Quite impressed with the Police service actually, the PC dealing with it was really helpful and always kept me up to date, surprising really!!
Good to hear mate. I think I would just go for the paying of expenses and an apology. Wouldn't really want the hassle of court proceedings for this. If it was more damage etc then yeah.
Nice to see the Police doing there bit.
It is! I was really surprised. Going to get a new mirror glass too as the current one is slightly cracked from the incident. Will cost him another £50!
Thanks
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Thanks mate
Its got a miltek sports cat, then fully custom from the cat back, it was built by the previous owners old man
Its got a miltek sports cat, then fully custom from the cat back, it was built by the previous owners old man
Just done the n249 bypass thanks to this excellent guide...
http://www.seatcupra.net/forums/showthread.php?t=215866&highlight=n249
Went out for a drive and hardly noticed a difference lol
http://www.seatcupra.net/forums/showthread.php?t=215866&highlight=n249
Went out for a drive and hardly noticed a difference lol
you lot have to remember that the reason people do this (n249 bypass) is to get rid of all the crap on top of your rocker cover. With the resistors in place there are hardly any vacpipes left; let alone the vac reservoir, brace etc.
Yeah there is some debate whether doing the actual n249 bypass makes a difference. Personally I think its pretty negligible and in some cases decreases performance etc...
So not something I will bother doing tbh.
Ill give it a few weeks and if there is still no difference Ill put it back as it was, its quite easily reversible.
I have decided to my engine cover on so has made zero difference to the looks lol
Its a decent tunnel! The smaller enclosed ones are the best but its still worth while. Just a shame the camera really doesn't pick up how it actually sounds
Shame you had to go through that crap with that :w4nk: but good to hear its sorted.
Luvly car mate, so glad your tuning is better than your videos Tunnel one is cool though, you need to get down to Dartford Tunnel down South London heading towards Essex or vice versa........ thats where the fun is at. Me & a mate of mine......TeamGTR Skyline
Luvly car mate, so glad your tuning is better than your videos
Tunnel one is cool though, you need to get down to Dartford Tunnel down South London heading towards Essex or vice versa........ thats where the fun is at. Me & a mate of mine......TeamGTR Skyline
Shame you had to go through that crap with that :w4nk: but good to hear its sorted.
Luvly car mate, so glad your tuning is better than your videos
I cant take the blame, I was not doing the filming lol! I've always wanted to do dartford tunnel, but need to get a better camera sorted first to really capture it.
The skylines sound awesome!
haha...I know mate I was only playing. There is a Seat Rolling Road day at AMD Essex if thats not far from, it is on the 21st of this month, come down if your free & I am sure one of us could do a quick filming for you
I have always wanted to get it RR'ed, but need to get it running 100% first. Got MAF and temp sensor issues at the moment, and im sure the MAF is holding back some power. Want it to be on top form for the RR
Im also really struggling with work and just about affording the petrol at the moment but if all things get sorted then ill come down! Cheers mate
Im also really struggling with work and just about affording the petrol at the moment but if all things get sorted then ill come down! Cheers mate
I know the feeling with work can be very hard at times. Don't worry about the car not being on form, I have been to 2 previous ones and only now going to put it on. Great day out and you get to meet alot of people and get a lot of ideas. Like I said if you can join us. Here is the link to the thread http://www.seatcupra.net/forums/showthread.php?t=248369
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