British Man Saws Own Car in Half

Incensed by the seemingly senseless ruling of the British DVLA, Ian Taylor from Gloucestershire fired up his angle-grinder and cut his car in half. The car, a Ford Fiesta, was bought by Taylor's stepson and was meant to be a restoration project; the Fiesta was soon deemed to be beyond repair, and sat, undisturbed, in the family's driveway. Then one day, an officer of the National Car Parks service came by on a routine patrol and declared that two inches of the unregistered car was sitting on public property, and the vehicle was fitted for a boot. After numerous attempts to clear up the situation via official channels, Taylor was informed that the boot would be removed if he paid $390 U.S. - probably more than the car was worth - and promptly went off the deep end, using his trusty angle-grinder to cut the Fiesta completely in half. The boot was then removed by police, and Taylor was told that he could keep the car.

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