After having my house burgled and a fair amount of stuff stolen. I have been given a cheque for about the same as it will cost to finish my Indy R.
So do I replace everything I lost or replace the bare essential and get the Mk finished?

Pete.

I guess you aren't married!

Get the Mk finished. Id love for someone to burgle me so i can have some cahs to finish the locost

Unfortunatly seperated.

its an interesting dilemma. do you actually need the stuff that was stolen? or could you replace with second hand stuff at a fraction of the cost and finish the car. if i wasnt married i'd finish the indy, and get down to the local charity shops/.car boots to replace the stolen stuff

Presumably you have a list of what was stolen? Go down the list and cross of anything that you haven't used / worn / whatever for the last x months IE anything you could do without.

It'll probably add up, then spend that amount on the car. We tend to accumulate lots of stuff we don't need and it's a good opportunity to re-appraise actually what you do / don't need.

I don't want to sound callous mate, but as you are seperated, then if there is the possibility of divorce (been there, seen it, done it) then there might be the issue of what goes to who, and if you only have the finished car then that might not work too well.

Just a thought, and let's hope it doesn't come to that.

Good luck matey.

I like that you start with two options then throw 'Buy an expensive watch' into the poll as a third. Brilliant

I'm with Ben; buy what you really need to replace and spend the rest on the car.

Neil

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Originally posted by Daddylonglegs
I don't want to sound callous mate, but as you are seperated, then if there is the possibility of divorce (been there, seen it, done it) then there might be the issue of what goes to who, and if you only have the finished car then that might not work too



I thought of that, but as I left her with almost everything (without telling too much, although she was the one who played away, I do want my kids to grow up in a nice house). So as she has ended up with the house I would like to think that should would leave the Mk alone. If she pulled that one I would go after the house.

Anyway more than you need to know but hey we are all friends.

Pete.

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fha772 - 1/6/10 at 08:11 AM

I'd say the same as some of the others, go through the list of what's been nicked.
Then buy used, replacments of what you need.eBay and your local "Cash Converters" type shop are good places to look).
Then use the remaining budget, on the Indy, what you have left may not finish it, but it could get it a massive way towards it

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55ant - 1/6/10 at 08:16 AM

there is only one answer, red or black? double the money and then do both. i see no problems with this?

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Daddylonglegs - 1/6/10 at 08:30 AM

Sounds awfully like my situation was mate, she still insists that I got the better deal though!. So I say go for the car

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matt_gsxr - 1/6/10 at 09:37 AM

No spouse pressure, then finish the car. Summer will be gone before you know it.

Matt

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cliftyhanger - 1/6/10 at 10:32 AM

So, what got nicked??
And for much cheapness try freecycle, recently got a near new fridge and freezer for errrrr nothing
Besides, most of the stuff we own we can do without......

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peteday_uk@btinternet.com - 1/6/10 at 11:36 AM

TV, watch, apple tv, MacBook pro, 2k video camera, xbox and some other smaller items.

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scootz - 1/6/10 at 11:40 AM

Ben has hit the nail on the head... trust him - he's a Doctor!

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Ninehigh - 1/6/10 at 12:03 PM

Replace what you need, use the rest on the car. Even if it gives you a couple of month's advantage it's better than nothing.

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mrwibble - 1/6/10 at 12:16 PM

spend the money on a boob job, and fondle yourself for a while

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40inches - 1/6/10 at 12:22 PM

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Originally posted by mrwibble
spend the money on a boob job, and fondle yourself for a while

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Didn't see that on the list Must have been an oversight by the OP

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mrwibble - 1/6/10 at 12:42 PM

btw if you dont do as the poll suggests afterwards, your banned from locostbuilders forever

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James - 1/6/10 at 03:01 PM

Sorry to hear about the robbery mate.

We've had a load of travellers move in 1/2mile from us. I'm really worried a lot more about this happening to us now.

Not so worried that I didn't come home at 12:00 the other night to find I'd left the backdoor unlocked all day!

Cheers,
James

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peteday_uk@btinternet.com - 1/6/10 at 10:59 PM

Thank you for all of your replies. I am going to go with replacing only the stuff I really need/use and put the rest to the Mk (not a watch).

Thanks again

Pete.

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fha772 - 2/6/10 at 08:30 AM

That would be the best option, it's a shame it wasn't on the poll

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