Nothing handles like a rental car - a book of confessions

Nothing handles like a rental car - a book of confessions

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eltax91

9,883 posts

207 months

Wednesday 8th March 2017
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Any news on the book signing TCF?

xjay1337

15,966 posts

119 months

Thursday 9th March 2017
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When will I get my book biggrin

PH XKR

1,761 posts

103 months

Thursday 9th March 2017
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The Crack Fox said:
Love this review of my last book on Amazon; "I would not recommend spending any money on this publication." hehe

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And you didn't listen

PH XKR

1,761 posts

103 months

Friday 10th March 2017
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The Crack Fox said:
PH XKR said:
The Crack Fox said:
Love this review of my last book on Amazon; "I would not recommend spending any money on this publication." hehe

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And you didn't listen
Aah, you're the chap who called me a cock on the other thread, without even having read the book wavey
I forgot the winky, but I didn't call you a cock, I said tales about acting a cock with other peoples property. However, if you are writing a book of such exploits I do find people that treat rental cars like 2 bit hookers are cocks. Its up to you to determine if that is you or not.

S11Steve

6,374 posts

185 months

Friday 10th March 2017
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As much as I will probably die a little when I read the book, I can assure you that the stories from inside the rental industry are just as entertaining and eye-opening as those of our customers.

Bodies found in the back of a burning van? Check...
A lost & found box containing prosthetic limbs, sunglasses and sex toys? Check...
Repossessing vans with a coffin in the back? Check...
Collecting a 32t grab wagon from a site and finding a speed camera in the back? Check...
Collecting a frosted up vehicle from a customer house with footprints on the inside of the windscreen? Check...
Getting a vehicle repossessed from Raqqa? Check...

CharlesdeGaulle

26,288 posts

181 months

Friday 10th March 2017
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S11 Steve - you should write a book!

CharlesdeGaulle

26,288 posts

181 months

Friday 10th March 2017
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The Crack Fox said:
PH XKR said:
I do find people that treat rental cars like 2 bit hookers are cocks. Its up to you to determine if that is you or not.
My word, you're a barrel of laughs, aren't you? smile
Your response was more polite than mine would have been.

RossP

2,523 posts

284 months

Friday 10th March 2017
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PH XKR said:
I do find people that treat rental cars like 2 bit hookers are cocks.
How do YOU treat 2 bit hookers?

PH XKR

1,761 posts

103 months

Friday 10th March 2017
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RossP said:
PH XKR said:
I do find people that treat rental cars like 2 bit hookers are cocks.
How do YOU treat 2 bit hookers?
Like a rental car...as if they were my own.

layercake

422 posts

105 months

Friday 10th March 2017
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S11Steve

6,374 posts

185 months

Friday 10th March 2017
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CharlesdeGaulle said:
S11 Steve - you should write a book!
It's been mentioned before amongst a few long-serving colleagues in the industry.

Another one to add is a close call with shoe-bomber Richard Reid. He tried to hire a car to drive to Paris where he caught the flight from, but we refused the rental. Checking the CCTV with the police a few days later, we are pretty certain that when he came in, he was wearing the same boots that he tried to detonate on the plane.



CS Garth

2,860 posts

106 months

Friday 10th March 2017
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S11Steve said:
CharlesdeGaulle said:
S11 Steve - you should write a book!
It's been mentioned before amongst a few long-serving colleagues in the industry.

Another one to add is a close call with shoe-bomber Richard Reid. He tried to hire a car to drive to Paris where he caught the flight from, but we refused the rental. Checking the CCTV with the police a few days later, we are pretty certain that when he came in, he was wearing the same boots that he tried to detonate on the plane.
He'd have been light on the pedals

PH XKR

1,761 posts

103 months

Friday 10th March 2017
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Seek said:
PH XKR said:
RossP said:
PH XKR said:
I do find people that treat rental cars like 2 bit hookers are cocks.
How do YOU treat 2 bit hookers?
Like a rental car...as if they were my own.
Let me get this straight.
You have not one but multiple 2 bit hookers?

That's just plain greedy!
As greedy as having a book ready for publication but asking strangers to foot the bill/risk.

If only the makers of Left Behind could follow suit as the world needs Left Behind 2.

Minemapper

933 posts

157 months

Friday 10th March 2017
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Hey, I don't see anyone forcing you to participate. Thanks for your time and don't the let the door hit you on the way out.

hidetheelephants

24,428 posts

194 months

Friday 10th March 2017
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PH XKR said:
As greedy as having a book ready for publication but asking strangers to foot the bill/risk.

If only the makers of Left Behind could follow suit as the world needs Left Behind 2.
If the absence of a smiley means you're serious this explains a lot about your posting style; fundamentalist christian propaganda(or indeed any brand of fundamentalist religious propaganda) is something the world needs a lot less of. Quite how crowdfunding the creation of more such dreck is any less 'greedy' is unclear.

Edited by hidetheelephants on Sunday 12th March 07:15

PorkInsider

5,889 posts

142 months

Saturday 11th March 2017
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PH XKR said:
As greedy as having a book ready for publication but asking strangers to foot the bill/risk.
Some people would read that sentence and immediately mark you down as a complete cock.

bobtail4x4

3,717 posts

110 months

Saturday 11th March 2017
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most people

Glasgowrob

3,245 posts

122 months

Saturday 11th March 2017
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Missed the kickstart but will be all over it when it hits amazon

Buff Mchugelarge

3,316 posts

151 months

Saturday 11th March 2017
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Can't wait, loved the first book. biggrin

mozza42

241 posts

184 months

Saturday 11th March 2017
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Any update on the launch party?