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kizz81:
well i thought i had seen my fair share of crazy people for this year but im told they havn't all seen me  :evil:
i left buxton early friday morning to crack on with taking the engine out of my rangie in mansfield and strip it so a friend of mine could come and collect it ready for some sort of coffee table  :lol: about 1 hour after i left i got a paniked phone call from friend saying can you think of anyone you have upset? bumped with your landy by accident or any one he had upset... turns out a nut job knocked on our front door ( shared house ) asked mate for a hand took him round the side of the house pinned him up against the wall and said you owe me

mass199:
All i can say is just tell the police you are really worried about you and the rest off the people in the house. They may tell the guy not to make contact with you or they will take things further.

If you can, stay in pairs for the time being and don't let the size of a man scare you, anyone whose unstable can cause damage big or small, you've got more chance of getting away from a big man.   

Disco Matt:
I have to say it sounds as though he's unstable enough that he doesn't know who or what he's looking for - could your mate or the cops smell beer on him as this sounds like drunk logic! I suspect he was jump started by a random landy and he's become convinced it was yours (most likely after seeing yours around while the repair bill was fresh in his mind - doesn't sound as if logic is his strong point).

I know that it's possible to damage an alternator when jump-starting a completely flat vehicle - IIRC you need to leave the cables connected for a while so you don't suddenly dump the entire electrical load of the flat battery on its own alternator? What I've never been sure of is how long you should leave it for.

I'm not sure whether it would stand up in court, but I think the good samaritan defence would apply here. Help was given in good faith to someone who asked for it. Damage arising is their problem as they could have waited for professional help but chose not to (has there ever been a case of a successful suit against a member of the public for attempting to render assistance and unintentionally damaging a vehicle?) Not that it's your problem anyway as it wasn't you that did it!

kizz81:
cheers!
the land rovers being parked at another place well out of the way, and as it happens at peterborough show a friend of mine gave me 2 cctv cameras to play with,
considering its the second incedent has been had at the front door ( i wasn't there for nither  :roll: ) i might put one up pointing at it, good idea?

muddy90:
if his battery was flat maybe he had the problem before it was jumped , just a thought.

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