car impounded after ID check.

[MRMOPARMAN]

so have you chased an explaination?

[krt10]

yes, by sheer luck i managed to find a bloke who was involved in the seizure of my car. and he was willing to talk. everything like the clutch pedal ect was legit. im still very dissapointed with the lack of communication with me during the whole thing and i have lont alot of faith. not sure how where to go from here. i did complain to the ombudsmen but that has gone nowhere so far

[Rockhopper]

That's rightly fucked. To have your car for that long with no explanation what so ever, to return it with a busted clutch, and you still have to run around chasing them to find out what the go is. I'm glad you got it sorted now, but letting that sort of shit slide isn't easy in my books. Demand pic's of their missus at the very least.

[vet 180]

meh you car is back and rego'd put it down be a month lost in the system and forget about. No good can really come of probing further.

[cheapracer]

but the bloke I spoke to seemed to think I was lucky to get the engine back.

I hate these egotistical smart mouth "I've got a badge" cunts who have to get the last 'Authority Figure' word in talking down their nose to you, I usually retort with "What legal right do you have to say that to me Mate,we can take this higher up if you like" and I get the satisfaction of them fumbling for words and shutting up.

Hope you follow the Ombudsman up and at least help the next bloke out, and thanks if you do.

meh you car is back and rego'd put it down be a month lost in the system and forget about. No good can really come of probing further.

Yeah, let them jam a pineapple up someones ass and get away with it again.

I might be a bit sensitive about these pricks because they would visit me every 6 months and go through every little detail about my RWC's for that period, the little mistakes they pick you up for and their attitude is way over the top. They would come around fully uniformed with hats and one time one of them said to me upon arrival; "Front and Centre!", after he got a mouthful he then says "oh, no need to be like that ..." Dickhead.

[BigMuz]

Other than what you feel is poor communication the police are protecting all of us from having our cars stolen by investigating dodgy numbers and the like.
Car theft is found to almost nothing these days so to me this is kind of part of the cost of that.

[Gammaboy]

As I've said before, this I'd just the way it is in SA if they think there's something non-stop legit, its been like this forever, and its not changing in a hurry. The lack of communication is to keep you in the dark on purpose to give them half a chance of nailing you if they think you're the source of dodgyness.

[Gammaboy]

As for the clutch pedal, I can't imagine any kind of abuse that would break a clutch pedal that wouldn't show as it having been thrashed to within a inch of its life.. Odds are it would have broken in the next time the car was driven anyway. Post a pic of the surface of the break, it'll probably be a classic fatigue failure.

[Tripper]

Still no word what the actual issue was but the bloke I spoke to seemed to think I was lucky to get the engine back.

Cheers

Yeah sure lets tell you what the issue is so next time you rebirth a car you dont make the same mistake.

The people doing the check don't know who you are, having to change the engine number suggests that it may have already been used, be it in a rebirth or in some country bumpkins tractor

[InsaneVL]

Someone probably used their phone number and initials for an engine number and ended up with the same engine number you have by complete coincidence....