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aussieman - you'd be better off borrowing his car first - you wouldn't need to tell him you've borrowed it; just wait until he's on holiday; he'll never know. You could immediately sell the car to someone else for the best price you could get and then get someone you know who's big on cars to write a damning report about that particular make and model and get the press to publish it, which would send the value of all such models to rock bottom. Then you could get someone acting for you (for a small fee) to make the bloke you sold it to, who would by now be cursing the fact he ever bought the bloody deathtrap, an offer he'd jump at (a lot less than he paid for it) because he'd have got so scared on reading (and believing) the (false) report. The bloke acting for you would then return the car to you and give you the money (as he was your agent - you might have to give him a small fee too for his trouble).

You could then pocket the profit and return the car to Copter and there it would be - sitting in his driveway when he got home.

His only problem would come when he tried to sell the car (perhaps because he wanted to raise funds to help him retire early) and he found his car wasn't worth anything because someone had been bad-mouthing it. He'd briefly wonder who and why, before shrugging his shoulders and saying: "c'est la vie - guess I'll just have to carry on working a bit longer". You could put the profit you made towards your next Bentley.

Sound fair?