The wife's Skoda was broken into a few weeks ago. The passenger side lock was knackered before the toerag found that it can't be got into that way. So the quarter light was punched in. This was all so the idiot could steal a stereo that had the front fascia removed so is effectively worthless.
Directline were a bit crap about chasing their nominated garage. The garage were worse than crap.
It took them over a week to collect the car. Then they couldn't find it for a while. It came back yesterday.
Bear in mind that I'd had to change the ignition barrel due to wear, so we were up to two keys anyway, the repairers bought a new lock for the passenger door. I can't sell a car that needs three different keys depending on which door you want to open or if you want to start the car. Not that I'm planning on selling it.
Plus the back still has lots of bits of glass cubes in plain sight where I can pick them up. The car has been 'valeted'. There's a shiny side and a side covered in hand prints and moved around dirt. There are extra scratches on the paintwork.
And then there's the minor question of how it came back.
It went away on a recovery truck. It was driven back. When it went away, it was fine. When it was delivered back on a reasonably cool Friday it was ticking hard cooling down. The front wheels were hot to the touch.
The clutch return spring is snapped now and it wasn't before. Its only a pedal thing, but they flogged the hell out of that car on the way home.
A complaint is being drafted.