Seems my BMW Z3 has been fixed by the Hillcroft Garage in Langstone, Newport, finally. I contacted the recovery section of their outfit, called Hillcroft Recovery, to arrange for the car to be delivered as it’s declared off the road and I cannot drive it.
All’s good, however I received a call minutes later to notify me that the car couldn’t be released as there is a fee to pay to the value of 175 quid for the repair to the radiator.
This I thought was a little odd, if not expected. You see I arranged through the insurance company’s engineer that the cost of the radiator repair would be free as a result of all the shit I’ve been through having my car stolen from the garage in the first place. That’s the only reason I agreed to the repair of the car through them, or I’d have taken it to BMW and had the job done properly.
Of course now Malcolm Williams wants to go back on his agreement and try and scab some money out of me, even after all this time and the trauma of having my car stolen from them.
He’s a thieving bastard, and he’s not going to get away with this. Are the Hillcroft Garage and Hillcroft Recovery just a bunch of crooks? Time will tell, then so will I, right here!
Darren Jamieson, aka MrDaz, is the Technical Director and co-founder of Engage Web and has been working online in a career spanning two decades. His first website was built in 1998 and is still live today.
