Car Keyed (1 Viewer)

Just aimless vandals, any cctv?

Bastards. A couple of years ago i had 3 wing mirrors knocked off over a 6 week period - each time cost me £130 to supply and fit a new one.. Just drunken twats on a pub run.

Mindless and needless vandalism really winds me up. You should definitely them to have a look if your car is visible on the CCTV.

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I've had cars keyed, had radio antenna snapped off (multiple times), windscreen smashed with a brick, and egg thrown on my car (took weeks to clean off and permanently damaged the paint).
Also had a couple of break-ins, on one they smashed a window to get in and stole all my tools and jack, and on another they even stole my maps and my spectacles (which would be useless to anyone else).

ccfc92 said:

The only problem is, I noticed it after work but it could have happened somewhere else and I didn't notice. I'm not the most alert morning person The camera I don't think would have caught it anyway

I've tried buffing it out, and got it looking better, but there's two deep gouges on the rear quarter and driver's door

It's not even a flashy car, just a 58 plate Polo

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The lad that has unit next to mine (he's a mechanic) uses a mobile guy to fix things like this all the time, he does a great job for a good price if you would like me to get his number for you?

I'm probably in a minority of car owners who has actually caught the vandal in the act... To be honest, car vandalism or even crime as a whole is ultra rare where I live, but 18 months ago everyone on my street was having their cars keyed and defaced with spray paint; pretty indiscriminate, but everyone (about 10 of us) were determined to catch who was doing it.

By chance, at 10pm one night, I was off out to grab some fags from the Premier a mile down the way, and I get within 10 feet of my car and hear: 'sskkkkrrrrrreeecccckkk'
Right, I thought, you're fuckin' DEAD...I ninja'ed out the gate, slinked round the back of the car and lo and behold, the shithead teenager from across the road (complete with TapOut hoody and an ill-fitting balaclava) was keying a dopey symbol on the rear door of my 54 plate Focus (not a Bentley, but it's a bloody warrior of a car).

Suffice to say, after I'd 'had a word with him' it took him a good 10 minutes to crawl home, no less than 20 feet over the road...his dad, who's a really nice guy, didn't bat an eyelid at the pasting I gave him and then apologised to everyone whose cars he had defaced and even offered us money towards repairs. Some months later, I heard the kid did it on the other side of town as well, and his old man shoed the shit out of him. Priceless.

So yeah, it's frustrating when some vindictive twat takes out their emotional shortcomings on your motor. Especially if you never actually find out who did it, to either lamp the bastard or bill him.

trevelfarandwide said:

I'm probably in a minority of car owners who has actually caught the vandal in the act... To be honest, car vandalism or even crime as a whole is ultra rare where I live, but 18 months ago everyone on my street was having their cars keyed and defaced with spray paint; pretty indiscriminate, but everyone (about 10 of us) were determined to catch who was doing it.

By chance, at 10pm one night, I was off out to grab some fags from the Premier a mile down the way, and I get within 10 feet of my car and hear: 'sskkkkrrrrrreeecccckkk'
Right, I thought, you're fuckin' DEAD...I ninja'ed out the gate, slinked round the back of the car and lo and behold, the shithead teenager from across the road (complete with TapOut hoody and an ill-fitting balaclava) was keying a dopey symbol on the rear door of my 54 plate Focus (not a Bentley, but it's a bloody warrior of a car).

Suffice to say, after I'd 'had a word with him' it took him a good 10 minutes to crawl home, no less than 20 feet over the road...his dad, who's a really nice guy, didn't bat an eyelid at the pasting I gave him and then apologised to everyone whose cars he had defaced and even offered us money towards repairs. Some months later, I heard the kid did it on the other side of town as well, and his old man shoed the shit out of him. Priceless.

So yeah, it's frustrating when some vindictive twat takes out their emotional shortcomings on your motor. Especially if you never actually find out who did it, to either lamp the bastard or bill him.

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If I had caught the bloke red handed I would put him in intensive care, for a fortnight.
How did you keep control of yourself ?

I had it done 5 times to my car years ago. Others in on street did too.
I contacted the police the first 3 times but they just weren't interested.

About 6 months later the police turned up at my door with a CCTV kit, they said, to catch the culprit
I jumped at the chance of a Little sneaky police camera action and let them stick it in my spare room window.

After 5 days ( they told me to leave it alone) I couldn't resist a look at the equipment, this was about 15 years back so LCD screens and the camera looked so advanced, and being a geek I just had to have a look, I realised that it wasn't focused on the street, it was actually spying on a guys front door a few doors up.
He was a postman for royal mail.

I was livid. The police, whom we are meant to believe and trust, had used my situation and played on on fears and gone ahead and made me Work for them in a sting involving missing mail.

It tool me 30 seconds to take all the equipment and ditch it in my front garden then phone the local Nick and tear them off a strip over the phone.
I told them the equipment was in the front garden and liable for thieves and had better get a move on before it got nicked.

I also informed the postman that he was under investigation, silly I know, but I was livid with the betraying police.

The police waited till I was out to pick up the stuff, and left a sorry note and some out of date biscuits for my Help.

That was the day I lost all faith in the police. And i've never ever been proved of their effectiveness ever since

The Reverend Skyblue said:

If I had caught the bloke red handed I would put him in intensive care, for a fortnight.
How did you keep control of yourselve ?

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Haha, well...I very nearly tied the little shit in a knot, but holding him by his throat for 10 seconds (off his feet, considering I'm 6 foot 4 inches) and tonking his nose a few times whilst threatening him with further violence if he did it again, certainly did the trick. His legs went and he had to crawl home.

I still see the little c**t around, and I do the Robert DeNiro 'I'm watching you' from Meet the Parents at him. It's amazing what a bit of a slapping does for an unruly 17 year old.

ccfc92 said:

Left work yesterday, to find my car had been keyed from the rear quarter to the drivers door.

It was parked legally, and not blocking anyone etc.

Seriously what is the point? If I was blocking someone in, I'd understand it.

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The thought occurs, since you were at work when it happened, do you have any issues with any of your workmates?

ccfc92 said:

No, I've only been there a couple of months. It's highly unlikely it's anyone there, I haven't fallen out with anyone yet that I know of

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Well, considering how tightly-wound some workplaces are, perhaps you have a slightly better haircut than someone there...'scrrrrrrrrrrreckkkk...hehe, take that Mr Fancy Hair, I hate yoooooou....' .