I may have to sell the van :'(

[callum]

Hi folks,

Finished work last night/this morning after a sweet 16 hour shift, to find that my motorbike had been stolen from outside work. Clean view, main road. Pretty damn gutting.

Unfortunately, as the bike wasn't worth much (£400) and excess on fire and theft being £250, i only had third party only insurance. So no pay back.

This leads us into a bit of a quandary as funds are stretched as it is, so we may have to sell the only luxury we have left..the van

We will see what happens in the next couple of weeks, but it's not looking good.

People can be so damn selfish.

[Bob]

Oh what rotten b****y luck.

[BongoBongo123]

How about a new motorbike ? Plenty of £ 4-500 quidders online. Short journeys? A bicyle ? Of course you need to make a choice you are ultimately most comfortable with. I hope it works out with the best option for you. All the best.

[cmm303]

Gutting. What a bummer.
How would you cope without a Bingo though ?

[callum]

The bike was a £400/500 one anyway. Unfortunately with 2 kids under 3 and only my wage, we don't have a spare £400 for another. Could easily put it on a credit card, but then i hear you're supposed to pay those back!

We will see, at the moment i'm just a bit down and the sensible choice would be to sell the car and van and buy a bigger car and a bike leaving us a wedge to survive on and buy a decent tent. But who knows.

[mikeonb4c]

Really bad luck and v sorry to hear it. Hope you may find a way to keep the Bongo.

[Bongolia]

That is tough luck mate.Sorry to hear that.
Whats the odds on it being recovered up there?

[callum]

Aye up,

Well we are definitely going to sell the van. It's a real shame obviously as i have spent a lot of time (and money!) building it up, but it juat isn't the right time for us given the bike predicament.

I may, at 30, be starting an apprenticeship that will of course mean a massive reduction in wages, so we had tentatively mentioned that we would have to next year anyway, the bike theft has just sped that up a few months.

I have bought a new bike, i got a C90 to commute on (only a 3 mile journey), it is a hoot to ride. I got it on Wed, then that eve the police called to say they had recovered my bike!! It wasn't in horrendous condition, but i sold it yesterday. So a very quick turnaround.
Our Megane is curently on ebay and i'm collecting our new Grand Scenic on Monday.

Never do things by halves.

I hope to have the van finished up and re-mot'd by mid November, i will be asking lots of questions still in the interim period!