Unscrupulous con wo/men shamed by cheap motor insurers.
As cheap motor insurers - Insureyourmotor.co.uk - know only too well, this country is built on institutions. And motoring ones as much as any, say cheap motor insurers - Insureyourmotor.co.uk - are there to be rejoiced. Perpetually shifting communities that serve to alter your perspective on life in but the blink of an eye; and places that notably serve food. Not food as cheap motor insurers -Insureyourmotor.co.uk - know it mind. They also offer banking facilities, half-stocked mini-marts, baby-change areas, that tar-like caffeine substitute, and Insureyourmotor.co.uk's, (the cheap motor insurer in case you're not following) personal favourite 'zone' - the arcades. Complete with 1976 gaming consoles. Not retro you understand. Simply never modernised since 1976. Of course cheap motor insurers, that will be Insureyourmotor.co.uk, refer to the British motoring institution that is the motorway services.
Another such bastion of Englishness that cheap motor insurer - Insureyourmotor.co.uk - reckons deserves a fulsome round of applause is our countrymen's deep-seated ability to rip off our fellow countrymen. And women. With a degree of aplomb. The deranged amongst you may think that the UK has a reputation for fair play. You couldn't be further away from the truth. If we could get away with it, we'd cut out someone's kidney with a pair of scissors and a nail file, whilst shaking their hand and telling them it's a particularly friendly regional greeting in the part of Romania they come from. And then trade it over the hospital counter for a few bob. And research has backed up my theory. Although without taking the surgical equipment out onto the streets. Someone or other, who I'm not going to give credence to because I don't have to, has discovered that as a nation, we're comfortable with pulling a fast one when attempting to flog a suspect motor too. A suspect motor that has been patched up so as not to appear suspect. Over 25% of those deviants asked, quite cheerily aired the view that they would have no qualms whatsoever in lying through their dentures about their substandard motor if they thought there was a hope in hay Dees of shifting it. Whatsmore, 1 in 10 grown-ups in Britain readily admit to having used this best practice procedure to offload their tat wheelage.
As ever, staticians have unearthed 'typical' (made-up) episodes to fill their questionnaire results table out with, and risk making it slightly more interesting, with artistically licensed tales such as these;
"One generous person said that they'd included a free full tank of petrol in with the sale - to ensure that not all the petrol had a chance to seep out of a hole before the seller had made a fast getaway". You just couldn't make up a story like that could you? Another includes bodged engine repairs that would allow those behind such borderline illegal activities to vanish without trace before the engine ceased to propel the vehicle again. With more trade secrets exposed, the researchers warn the unwary to look out for tyres having been touched up with boot polish, (which of course would cover what exactly?) aswell as dashboards having a last minute buffing session to disguise the fact that..Er..what? Fair do's, the prospect of would-be sellers covering rotting foot wells with Halford's car mats is seriously criminal, because cheap motor insurer's Insureyourmotor.co.uk have witnessed some of the high street retailers lines in mud-collectors, and agree that that would get our cheap motor insuring dander up. But some of the other incidents listed? Really?...an AA SpokesMuppet, in-between washing his recovery vehicle, gave us this to think about;" Buying a car is full of potential traps, but if in doubt, walk away." So we did. From him. And this study, and the article.
Don't turn your back on cheap motor insurance though, for God's sake, otherwise you'll be well and truly shafted by not so cheap motor insurers waiting to take advantage of you. As scary a prospect as the social lives of those who pen this sort of report.
Date - 21/09/2006
