Expensive, but not for me
I was due to go up to the far North of Scotland to see in the New Year, but my car was knackered. I had a bit of dosh, so decided to hire a 4x4 (a rarity way back then). The car hire company didn't have one, so they bought a BRAND NEW Mercedes G-Wagen to rent to me. Luckily I took out all possible insurance add-ons.

So I picked up some mates in Inverness (in a blizzard) and proceeded in an orderly fashion along the single-track roads up to the flat bit at the top, stopping off at a number of god-forsaken little bars and hotels on the way.

I took it easy on the whisky until we got past Lairg (the nearest Police Station to our eventual destination an hour further north), and then went for it. By the time we reached - well, you don't need to know - I was smashed.

Then we had lots more whisky, a few 'smokes', nothing to eat, and then a lot more whisky. At two in the morning of Jan 1st, we decided to go first-footing, something that required a short car-journey.

Cut a long story short: the insurance claim was astronomical.

Repairs to 2 dry stone walls
Compensation for 1 felled tree
Replacement for 1 wooden fence
Repair damage to lawn / garden
1 written off Mercedes G-Wagen

The cops turned up some time on Jan 2nd, and several locals swore blind that all this happened several hours before it actually did.

Car hire company really not happy. I still feel a strange mixture of shame and pride. (The scene is still known as PunchMyFace's Corner).

Length joke: the G-Wagen was a good bit shorter than when I picked it up.
( MisterPunch did it that way on, Tue 30 Oct 2007, 17:41, 2 replies)

ohhhh, just received an email from the missus
I've just been given a car for free. Apparently from the Proton range, will have a ganders tomorrow. Dunno if it's a new model or what yet (most probs not).

Merry Xmas, ho ho ho.
( Jeccius Steam Borderlands 2 junkie, Tue 30 Oct 2007, 18:44, closed)

A free Proton?
Sounds horribly overpriced, Jeccy...
(patently Was somewhere else on, Wed 31 Oct 2007, 9:59, closed)