Car Vandalism!

Car-e-ok · 18th February 2010, 19:12

May be you can get yourself in the habit of covering your car with the cover every single day. It might look like an hassle but believe any miscreant will be lazy enough to remove the cover and scratch it. Unless he really owns some grudges against you.

esteemer · 18th February 2010, 20:06

@ Car-e-ok : Yeah, that's a good idea. Yes it is a hassle, but desperate times call for desperate measures. A true car-lover would spare a few minutes covering his beloved car rather looking at it having scratches, innit?

Nitin · 18th February 2010, 21:32

Call this funny, or stupid.I've always had half a mind to get off the car and walk upto a person who would have just scratched my car.First, ask him if he was blind or plain dumb to have make the mistake.If there was no apology given, I would be so tempted to punch the guy in the face, or use a pocket knife and scratch his hand/bike with it.Well, its the same thing, right? Hammurabi's code of law at its best!!
Atleast I'd walk away with the feeling that what goes around comes around, and I gave the person what he gave my car.

sachinj12 · 18th February 2010, 22:15

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Originally Posted by Nitin

Call this funny, or stupid.I've always had half a mind to get off the car and walk upto a person who would have just scratched my car.First, ask him if he was blind or plain dumb to have make the mistake.If there was no apology given, I would be so tempted to punch the guy in the face, or use a pocket knife and scratch his hand/bike with it.Well, its the same thing, right? Hammurabi's code of law at its best!!
Atleast I'd walk away with the feeling that what goes around comes around, and I gave the person what he gave my car.

How I wish we could all do it. Of course a innocent toddler doing it can't be considered.

Mpower · 18th February 2010, 22:19

Time to set up a sting operation. CCTV setups are quite cheap now.

Nitin · 18th February 2010, 23:14

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Originally Posted by sachinj12

How I wish we could all do it. Of course a innocent toddler doing it can't be considered.

Absolutely.I would intend the damage being done to teen/adults only. Kiddos could get a mild spanking, at the most.

Most effective way,IMO!

bnzjon · 19th February 2010, 01:35

It happened 3 years back. My friend had taken delivery of his new Ford Fiesta Black, drove straight to office to show his proud possession.

The car was parked at the office basement, came up to call us. We went down to see the car in just 10 mins time.

We were shocked to see the bonnet scribbled. On a closer look we found 5 cross being drawn. My friend was crestfallen. Poor guy. I felt so so sad for him.

Btw, the office complex is one of the major landmark in Guindy with cc cameras and security guards. Nothing could prevent the physo from doing his heinous act.

Xehaust · 19th February 2010, 03:09

How i hate the people that do this...right from the bottom of my heart. In fact, from even deeper.
The hood of my black coloured car is adorned with artworks of various people. First someone outright scribbled on it with most probably a stone. Since then, have straight lines on it. Have to repaint the entire hood. Will put up pics by tomorrow.

heavy_foot · 19th February 2010, 03:26

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Originally Posted by para_7k

As a thumb rule, I sometimes make my car dirty when taking to busy places so that it does not attract much attention

cant belive what we are coming to.

sumeethaldankar · 28th March 2010, 20:37

Vandalism persists everywhere , most of the time it's some kid with a nasty object who probably scratches the paint just for the heck of it.Sometimes it's the retard who decides that your car is the best place to throw away the "chewed" gum. Our old fiat which was green in color had such a gum of the same color stuck to it once by some loser.Our '97 800 which was just 6 months old was parked on the road once as some construction work was going inside the society compound.Some freak left scratch marks on the bonnet which persist even today.Thankfully they were not deep enough and didn't cause any rusting.There was also a time when someone threw a wooden stick at a nearby tree for its fruits which landed on my 800's windshield and shattered the glass.

indian21r · 7th April 2010, 15:41

my new Bullet classic 500 was deliberately scratched on that tank by someone in my office compound.

I can't shout at anyone. I have to get the whole tank painted now. I am worried that rust will accumulate if I don't repaint it.

Idiots wasting time and money of some unknown fellow for a few seconds of pleasure

Gilead · 7th April 2010, 15:58

Quote:

Originally Posted by bnzjon

It happened 3 years back. My friend had taken delivery of his new Ford Fiesta Black, drove straight to office to show his proud possession.

The car was parked at the office basement, came up to call us. We went down to see the car in just 10 mins time.

We were shocked to see the bonnet scribbled. On a closer look we found 5 cross being drawn. My friend was crestfallen. Poor guy. I felt so so sad for him.

Btw, the office complex is one of the major landmark in Guindy with cc cameras and security guards. Nothing could prevent the physo from doing his heinous act.

Holy cow, was this at Olympia at Guindy? I work there though my parking is supposedly in the 'premium stilt' area and not the basement. There are guards at both ends of the parking lot and I have never heard of anyone's car being vandalized here. I am worried now though.

Mission_Safari · 17th April 2010, 19:30

A moron decided to have an art day in my car at a hospital parking.

McLaren Rulez · 17th April 2010, 20:28

Mission Safari, it looks like scratches that'll disappear after a good polish. Nonetheless, its pretty sad that we have morons like this around.

rjstyles69 · 18th April 2010, 08:24

ms get a good brand of rubbing compound and it will do the job. Use the rubbing compound and then a good round of wax/polish will get rid of those scratches. From the looks of it , the paint on the surface doesn't seem to be cut thru.

18th February 2010, 19:12	#466
Car-e-ok BHPian Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: New Orleans Posts: 222 Thanked: 21 Times	May be you can get yourself in the habit of covering your car with the cover every single day. It might look like an hassle but believe any miscreant will be lazy enough to remove the cover and scratch it. Unless he really owns some grudges against you.
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18th February 2010, 20:06	#467
esteemer BHPian Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: New Delhi Posts: 139 Thanked: 25 Times	@ Car-e-ok : Yeah, that's a good idea. Yes it is a hassle, but desperate times call for desperate measures. A true car-lover would spare a few minutes covering his beloved car rather looking at it having scratches, innit?
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18th February 2010, 21:32	#468
Nitin Senior - BHPian Join Date: May 2006 Location: Houston, Texas Posts: 3,294 Thanked: 20 Times View My Garage	Call this funny, or stupid.I've always had half a mind to get off the car and walk upto a person who would have just scratched my car.First, ask him if he was blind or plain dumb to have make the mistake.If there was no apology given, I would be so tempted to punch the guy in the face, or use a pocket knife and scratch his hand/bike with it.Well, its the same thing, right? Hammurabi's code of law at its best!! Atleast I'd walk away with the feeling that what goes around comes around, and I gave the person what he gave my car.
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18th February 2010, 22:19	#470
Mpower Senior - BHPian Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Bangalore Posts: 10,409 Thanked: 1,729 Times View My Garage	Time to set up a sting operation. CCTV setups are quite cheap now.
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19th February 2010, 01:35	#472
bnzjon BHPian Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Dubai Posts: 836 Thanked: 127 Times View My Garage	It happened 3 years back. My friend had taken delivery of his new Ford Fiesta Black, drove straight to office to show his proud possession. The car was parked at the office basement, came up to call us. We went down to see the car in just 10 mins time. We were shocked to see the bonnet scribbled. On a closer look we found 5 cross being drawn. My friend was crestfallen. Poor guy. I felt so so sad for him. Btw, the office complex is one of the major landmark in Guindy with cc cameras and security guards. Nothing could prevent the physo from doing his heinous act.
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19th February 2010, 03:09	#473
Xehaust BHPian Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Mumbai Posts: 846 Thanked: 81 Times View My Garage	How i hate the people that do this...right from the bottom of my heart. In fact, from even deeper. The hood of my black coloured car is adorned with artworks of various people. First someone outright scribbled on it with most probably a stone. Since then, have straight lines on it. Have to repaint the entire hood. Will put up pics by tomorrow.
	() Thanks

28th March 2010, 20:37	#475
sumeethaldankar Senior - BHPian Join Date: May 2007 Location: Mumbai Posts: 3,931 Thanked: 3,308 Times View My Garage	Vandalism persists everywhere , most of the time it's some kid with a nasty object who probably scratches the paint just for the heck of it.Sometimes it's the retard who decides that your car is the best place to throw away the "chewed" gum. Our old fiat which was green in color had such a gum of the same color stuck to it once by some loser.Our '97 800 which was just 6 months old was parked on the road once as some construction work was going inside the society compound.Some freak left scratch marks on the bonnet which persist even today.Thankfully they were not deep enough and didn't cause any rusting.There was also a time when someone threw a wooden stick at a nearby tree for its fruits which landed on my 800's windshield and shattered the glass.
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7th April 2010, 15:41	#476
indian21r BHPian Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Hyderabad Posts: 963 Thanked: 807 Times	my new Bullet classic 500 was deliberately scratched on that tank by someone in my office compound. I can't shout at anyone. I have to get the whole tank painted now. I am worried that rust will accumulate if I don't repaint it. Idiots wasting time and money of some unknown fellow for a few seconds of pleasure
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17th April 2010, 19:30	#478
Mission_Safari BHPian Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Chennai Posts: 449 Thanked: 6 Times	A moron decided to have an art day in my car at a hospital parking. Attached Thumbnails
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17th April 2010, 20:28	#479
McLaren Rulez Senior - BHPian Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Mysore Posts: 3,385 Thanked: 5,090 Times	Mission Safari, it looks like scratches that'll disappear after a good polish. Nonetheless, its pretty sad that we have morons like this around.
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18th April 2010, 08:24	#480
rjstyles69 Senior - BHPian Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Bengalooru.. Posts: 4,343 Thanked: 842 Times View My Garage	ms get a good brand of rubbing compound and it will do the job. Use the rubbing compound and then a good round of wax/polish will get rid of those scratches. From the looks of it , the paint on the surface doesn't seem to be cut thru. Last edited by rjstyles69 : 18th April 2010 at 08:27.
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