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No, petrol will kill a modern diesel stone dead, wreck the finely machined pump and injectors and cause all sorts of havoc with the combustion chambers.
Diesel is a lubricant, petrol isn't.
Anyway the Passat is still stuck in town. I'm hopeful that it conked out before any mechanical damage was done. It only had £20 worth of petrol put into an empty tank so should be easy enough to drain and clean the filters etc.. I'm not going to risk diluting with diesel by filling up.

They ooze quality as usual, you make it seem so easy... mutter

Oh brilliant, thanks a bunch Barrie

Seriously tho' guys, I've been thinking and I reckon, as I saved you all a fiver, you now owe me a beer....... each!

Thanks folks. Gear is now safely home.
Incidentally, here's the picture I was trying to take. I won't use it because, well, it isn't good enough or over a second



Am I a bad person for being disappointed at not having Pink's spare K20 for a while thanks for the offer James

A reward is on the way to the family concerned. The police just handed over their address! The thank you card is slightly delayed by my other half who is stuck on the central reservation with a diesel full of unleaded
That'll be one trashed VW Passat. I think I'll skip the lottery this week after all!

Insurance bought, signature restored... Still working on not being a pillock !

Woh Hooo!!!!
Police have rung and informed me that everything was handed in by the Dad of one of the 'children' in the park who brought it home.
I am sohhhh relieved! I can't tell you.

You guys have been BRILIANT! I have been overwhelmed by your empathy and generosity. I only started the thread as a warning and an interesting story, I had no idea it would spark such camaraderie.

So give yourselves a big pat on the back people.
And thank you, thank you, thank you for all your support. It really helped a difficult situation.

Did I say whooo hooo! ?


yeah

Thanks for all the offers of help guys, I am really touched. Pentax - it's more of a lifestyle choice eh?

Just discovered we didn't opt for contents cover cos it cost too much! (probably didn't have anything valuable at the time), So bang goes the silver lining. Just relying on the finder not becoming the keeper

The milkman has just volunteered to ask everyone
School has put up a poster and it's going in the newsletter.

There were a bunch of kids getting drunk in the park later that evening, so I'm trying to track them down. They could still be wondering how to offload it, or whether to... I need to get the word out to them somehow. tried facebook...

That's a very touching gesture Yves, hopefully it will all come good soon.
I'm really not on here looking for sympathy tho', I deserve some mickey taking too, cos there's no denying I've been a pillock!

I looked down at my bag and said to myself, 'Mark, you might forget that, you know what you're like...'

Steve - good idea..

Cheers Tim,
Well... latest is the police are none the wiser and I've been round all the second hand shops and left my police ref and details.
Presumably it is a bit of a dead giveaway trying to sell lenses without a box and a camera without a charger etc.
House insurance next...