Clamped!

Gary ITR

Clamped in the wrong outside my apartment. Clamping back.in this week. I need a big pry bar in naas area please

kildare.17hmr

Gary ITR wrote: »

Clamped in the wrong outside my apartment. Clamping back.in this week. I need a big pry bar in naas area please

Ya can come up and get mine if ta want lad. Id come down but im headin out in a bit!

Gary ITR

kildare.17hmr wrote: »

Gary ITR wrote: »

Clamped in the wrong outside my apartment. Clamping back.in this week. I need a big pry bar in naas area please

Ya can come up and get mine if ta want lad. Id come down but im headin out in a bit!

I'll grab it tomorrow if that's OK? Can you pm your number

Eggonyerface

Any updates?

Morpheus

Up in Northwood santry and mate got clamped whilst parked outside his gfs house in a visitors spot. Anyone any advice on how to get it off?

goz83

Depend on the type of clamp. If its a carppy one with an exposed lock, a hacksaw, or strong bolt cutters for exposed chain type. Otherwise the angle grinder will do. Dome remove their wheel and sometimes need to undo the droplinks or wish bone depending on how its been clamped.

Drummerboy08

Don't damage the clamp, you can and will be charged for criminal damage.

Wheel off, drop the ball joint and slide out the chain off the wishbone.

Morpheus

Ah that kinda works way above my pay grade :-( haven't a clue mechanically how to do that. Will see if someone back home can come up. Will I still have to pay the fine if I remove the clamp without damaging it?? Cheers by the way

goz83

Well they have to prove you caused the criminal damage. There are so many random people out there kindly removing clamps from peoples cars. Wasn't there a guy going around with an angle grinder a couple of years ago? Have a good alibi and you'll be grand. The charge is from a private company. Let them try.

ANXIOUS

Morphéus wrote: »

Ah that kinda works way above my pay grade :-( haven't a clue mechanically how to do that. Will see if someone back home can come up. Will I still have to pay the fine if I remove the clamp without damaging it?? Cheers by the way

No you won't have to pay the fine, because it isn't a fine. Cut the thing off and take it with you. You won't hear anything about it.

Guy:Incognito

Why doesnt he take it up with his GF and ask her why shes employing clampers (if she owns the house)

The_Outlaw

Hey guys,

My girlfriend only rents an apartment in the complex where the car was clamped. I was parked in the visitor spot. No signs stating there is a time limit or anything and NCPS or whatever they are called come along and clamp me 10 minutes before I tried to leave.

I called them and they claim that the management company requested the clamp be placed however when I contacted the management 24 hour emergency line they stated that as they were not there over the weekend they could not have made the request.

The security company state that they do not have to give me a reason for clamping and will not remove it without payment. I am waiting for the management company to call me back today to see if it will be removed. My GF is as annoyed as I am but had no control over the idiot that clamped me.

It's crazy when you cant even visit your GF without getting clamped.

Jesus Shaves

Did you see your car being clamped?

The_Outlaw

Jesus Shaves wrote: »

Did you see your car being clamped?

I missed them by 5 minutes.....

The_Outlaw

The_Outlaw wrote: »

Jesus Shaves wrote: »

Did you see your car being clamped?

I missed them by 5 minutes.....

Anyone in the Santry area able to unclamp a car?????

bbuzz

Some clown on Rathmines main street [Dublin] today – got clamped and tried to do a runner – with the clamp still on! He got all of 10 yards and then just left the car in the middle of the road before the fuzz showed up!

http://www.broadsheet.ie/2012/07/30/meanwhile-in-rathmines-5/

Our man in Havana

Nice scrape marks on the road there.

Topper Harley

bbuzz wrote: »

That's a bit much now, clamping cars in the middle of the street... Reminds me of this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oV_4NxC1uAU

Dionysius2

Passing thro' Glasnevin village the other day and beside the pyramid Church I saw three cars clamped in the loading bay during proh hours. So far, so good, some may say.......trouble is that all three shopping units beside these immobilised cars were closed up permanently tighter than a duck's rear. The hardliners, no doubt, will say that the space is designated to loaders and in the place I speak of that would mean that a three space loading bay was required for a hairdressing salon. Does common sense ever come into the equation where clamping is concerned ?

Stark

The silly billies should know they're supposed to park in the cycle lane across the road. No signs that I can see on Street View indicating the hours of operation for the loading bays. Probably possible to appeal given that it's council clamping.

Our man in Havana

It is a parasitic money making racket.

kildare.17hmr

Our man in Havana wrote: »

It is a parasitic money making racket.

That sums it up nicely actually

Dionysius2

Our man in Havana wrote: »

It is a parasitic money making racket.

It's abuse dressed up as authority by people who do not have to justify their actions.

senordingdong

Lads, I'm sorry to be a pain, but I too have just been clamped, in the wrong. Can somebody sticky a new locked thread with the instructions and relevant links to videos and legislation please?
There are now 72 pages to sift through.

kildare.17hmr

senordingdong wrote: »

Lads, I'm sorry to be a pain, but I too have just been clamped, in the wrong. Can somebody sticky a new locked thread with the instructions and relevant links to videos and legislation please?
There are now 72 pages to soft through.

Where are ya and what car ya got?

fasttalkerchat

kildare.17hmr wrote: »

Where are ya and what car ya got?

Brilliant! Here we go again, lads. Popcorn at the ready.

senordingdong

kildare.17hmr wrote: »

Where are ya and what car ya got?

In Dublin? How come? Would that make a difference?

refusetolose

senordingdong wrote: »

In Dublin? How come? Would that make a difference?

he's coming to help bro

goz83

Please make a video of this

DylanII

Would this work it you stuck it on a car regarding clamps?

http://www.matrixfiles.com/TrafficWarden/notice.pdf

Here is a video of someone using it in the UK.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&feature=endscreen&v=91x_j0ZGxQM

Our man in Havana

No use at all.

JUSTICEFIGHTER

senordingdong wrote: »

In Dublin? How come? Would that make a difference?

did you sorted, also What part of Dublin? May be able to lend my expertise.

senordingdong

JUSTICEFIGHTER wrote: »

did you sorted, also What part of Dublin? May be able to lend my expertise.

You'll be delighted to know that I got out of that bother I was in, albeit, into new bother.
As I was examining the immobilisation device that was illeagably fitted to my vehicle without reasonable cause, a complete stranger of a black knight with a concealed face arrived out of nowhere and cut the chain with a portable grinder.
I took the clamp and other paraphinalia and placed them in my boot for safe keeping incase somebody tried to steal them.
Unfortunately, despite the fact that I live here, I have had to move my car away to a safer place for now, out of the clutches of these extortionate criminals.

senordingdong

senordingdong wrote: »

You'll be delighted to know that I got out of that bother I was in, albeit, into new bother.
As I was examining the immobilisation device that was illeagably fitted to my vehicle without reasonable cause, a complete stranger of a black knight with a concealed face arrived out of nowhere and cut the chain with a portable grinder.
I took the clamp and other paraphinalia and placed them in my boot for safe keeping incase somebody tried to steal them.
Unfortunately, despite the fact that I live here, I have had to move my car away to a safer place for now, out of the clutches of these blood thirsty criminals.

Jaysus, the clampers should pay you for trying to protect their clamp from this masked villain

senordingdong

Btw, the lock said cut proof. The chain didn't. lol

senordingdong

senordingdong wrote: »

Btw, the lock said cut proof. The chain didn't. lol

No lock is cut proof, if you have the right tools. The lock that was on my car last year also said cut proof and hardened, yet my angle grinder (powered by a 1000W 12V-240V power inverter on the car battery) cut through it in about a minute.

kildare.17hmr

Future anti clamping divice that sits in your window and minds your car while your in your appartment!


WARNING
This vehicle is private property
 
Any clamp or immobilisation device fitted to this vehicle or prohibiting its use will be removed by whatever means necessary. Offenders will be reported to An Garda Siochana  and a storage fee of €25 per day in addition to a removal fee of €50 will be applied.  No liability shall be accepted for any damage caused to above mentioned clamp or immobilisation device

kildare.17hmr

kildare.17hmr wrote: »

Future anti clamping divice that sits in your window and minds your car while your in your appartment!


WARNING
This vehicle is private property
 
Any clamp or immobilisation device fitted to this vehicle or prohibiting its use will be removed by whatever means necessary. Offenders will be reported to An Garda Siochana  and a storage fee of €25 per day in addition to a removal fee of €50 will be applied.  No liability shall be accepted for any damage caused to above mentioned clamp or immobilisation device

I posted something like this earlier, and was warned about charging anything, as this would probably get the Revenue involved

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056676043&page=29

Revenue won't get involved over someone advertising a "service" that isn't a pocket liner. They only get involved if pockets are being lined and they're not getting their share.

goz83

We should build an emergency light to call on this masked avenger who gives us back our wheels and our freedom. We should also pay him

charlemont

goz83 wrote: »

We should build an emergency light to call on this masked avenger who gives us back our wheels and our freedom. We should also pay him

True, He should be rewarded well, Brings a tear to my eye to see we still have such heroes amongst us !!

Dionysius2

Your concern is just so touching. Have you restored the clamping stuff to the rightful owners yet ?

eth0

Deleted User wrote: »

No lock is cut proof, if you have the right tools. The lock that was on my car last year also said cut proof and hardened, yet my angle grinder (powered by a 1000W 12V-240V power inverter on the car battery) cut through it in about a minute.

Just wondering is that a pure sine wave inverter or modified sine?

Gary ITR

I got clamped again outside my apartment even though.I'd been.promised it wouldn't be. This time I.went at it with a consaw.

Dionysius2

Gary ITR wrote: »

I got clamped again outside my apartment even though.I'd been.promised it wouldn't be. This time I.went at it with a consaw.

And ?

Our man in Havana

Dionysius2 wrote: »

And ?

And your point is?

fasttalkerchat

Lads' purely out of interest, what would I need to cut throught the lock/chain.
What Wattage of angle-grinder or specs and what to connect it to the cigarette lighter port?

senordingdong

What kind of bolt cutters would be adequate for same?
The biggest I could find on such short notice was eighteen inches or so.

Gary ITR

Dionysius2 wrote: »

And ?

And I phoned Ray who has promised me I won't be clamped again. Although he was supposed to phone me back on Thursday but I'll give him the benefit of the doubt. I'm sure one of our neighbours is reporting our cars though, you know that woman that lives on her own in every complex? The nosey busy body who knows everybodys business, well we live above her

Marcusm

Gary ITR wrote: »

And I phoned Ray who has promised me I won't be clamped again. Although he was supposed to phone me back on Thursday but I'll give him the benefit of the doubt. I'm sure one of our neighbours is reporting our cars though, you know that woman that lives on her own in every complex? The nosey busy body who knows everybodys business, well we live above her

Sheer incompetence though. Even if a busybody is ringing up, they are on notice that you have permission/not to be clamped. This is one of those few occasions where direct action seems acceptable.......