I feel sick...

[angry jock]

fking aholes. Horrible thing to have happened to you OP.

[hadenough!]

If they write it off, buy it back, sand it down and rattle can it.

[TazR6]

A little bit of sick came into my mouth when I saw the images, so God knows how badly you must be feeling.
A truly sickening, cowardly attack.
I hope you get to find out who/why.

[Tuvra]

You have my sympathies also.

I had my Cerbera damaged many moons ago, someone had what looked like a very hard, stoney brush and rubbed it vigorously all over my bonnet, the pristine paint work (deep met. blue) marked like a bh which really devastated me.

It made me think about where I lived (parked on a street at the time), I sorted the scratches, part ex'd the car for another TVR and moved to a nicer place with a drive, garage, security lighting etc!

There are jealous, sad tossers out there!!

[Rawwr]

Corsair7 said:

What substance would cause that kind of damage?

NB-610, probably. Will dissolve car paint, lacquer and anything else that gets in its way in about 3 hours.

[Some Gump]

hadenough! said:

If they write it off, buy it back, sand it down and

[The Black Flash]

That's a 's trick and no mistake. My sympathies OP.

hadenough! said:

If they write it off, buy it back, sand it down and rattle can it.

^^^this. Or brush for the mad max look, I've seen that done. Writing off a car for want of a lick of paint seems bonkers to me.

[MX7]

Some nasty people out there.

Get it wrapped in something different.

[LotusOmega375D]

I remember back in the late 1980's a family friend of ours had a nice collection of cars in his garage. They went away on holiday and came back to find the same mess you have got. Someone had broken in and poured paint stripper onto his Ferrari 308GTS, Maserati Khamsin and Maserati Kyalami. A truly sickening and pointless act.

[heebeegeetee]

StottyZr said:

Who have you pissed off?

Those were exactly my words.

OP, you've clearly pissed somebody off, my friend.

[Torquey]

You have my sympathies OP.


For those that say buy it back and paint it. Would it really be worthwhile?
Imsurance pay out say £5k, you buy the car back for £2k(?), paint it for £1.5k. Come to sell it for £3k (I assume this would be cat D write off?).
The OP breaks even for a lot of hassle and hard work.

[Theflyer]

heebeegeetee said:

Those were exactly my words.

OP, you've clearly pissed somebody off, my friend.

I assure you sir, you do not have to piss anyone off for someone to get jealous.

[The Moose]

heebeegeetee said:

StottyZr said:

Who have you pissed off?

Those were exactly my words.

OP, you've clearly pissed somebody off, my friend.

Whilst this is most likely, its not always the case.

I have known of mindless vandalism with no intent before.

[Classic Grad 98]

that's just terrible.
Likelihood is that your insurance company will write it off, but you should try to get the value high as poss and then buy it back- the difference may well be enough to repair it and do a proper job.

[CoolHands]

You may not be able to buy it back - when I wrote of an MR2 turbo the insurers ('elephant' at the time - bunch of wkers) they wanted some ridiculous amount of money for me to buy it back, so I had to accept their monetary offer. It then went off to auction, got sold for a pittance, and I later found someone had repaired it and put it back on the road. Insurance companies are aresholes. Take the money and try and forget about it.

[skoff]

The Moose said:

Whilst this is most likely, its not always the case.

I have known of mindless vandalism with no intent before.

True enough, I had my Elise vandalised in a car park in Portsmouth (with the attendants office approx 30 feet away), they scratched every single panel to the fibre glass, and carved their initials and a kiss into the front wing. The attendant didn't see a thing. Pure jealousy as we lived hundreds of miles away so unlikely to be anybody we knew.

I really empathise with you OP. I hope you get a good payout on the insurance.

[genericguy]

The Moose said:

Whilst this is most likely, its not always the case.

I have known of mindless vandalism with no intent before.

Mindless vandalism exists, but on a car that isn't visible, walking past and ignoring one that is to do this?
Either he has pissed someone off, or someone who drives a similar car has.
Shame though, looks like a nice example.

[muthaducka]

If that was my pride and joy I wouldn't want to look at it either. It's easy to say keep it but when your hearts not in it, it's tough.
If you can get a really good price to buy it back from the insurance company, i'd say buy it back and store it somewhere you won't have to look at it every day. After a bit of time, you might be glad you kept it as a second / weekend / track car.

I'd be surprised if the police take it further than giving you a crime number. Would be nice to check the ID of the paint stripper and find out exactly what it is, maybe where it came from, that might give you some clues to who did it. Could be that you have just been really unlucky, or some one you have pee'd off. Just plain nasty either way

[louiebaby]

If you've had all the mechanical stuff done, and know it's a solid car, buying it back from the insurers is a sensible move.

I've not had it happen to me, but I can imagine how sick you must feel. People will say "it's only a car" but I know it's not, and so do most of the people on here.

I was really annoyed when my shed of a car got scratched, even though I never wash it, and it will most likely not pass the MOT in 3 months.

My sympathies.

[bicycleshorts]

Sad thread is sad.

Decide whether you want to keep it, with the knowledge it might happen again, or take the chance to buy something else. Is there another car you've fancied for some time?