I feel sick...

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http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=20&...

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As far as I know, I haven't upset anyone.

Insurers have already said it's a write off likely (even though they haven't seen it) but that's taking into account my cars value versus a respray.

What's worse is I've just gone and had the front hubs and rear wheel bearings done, and recently put bucket seats, new steering wheel etc in.

It took a minute for it to actually sink in, I don't even want to look at it.

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The Moose said:

Was that done on a public road, or in the garage?

Sorry to see that - not nice at all

Ironically I park in a drive infront of another car so it's out of sight.

I've had bad luck with this car, I had a woman who reversed into my parked car a few months ago too. My insurance is going to go through the roof.

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As I said I haven't knowingly annoyed anyone, i.e no arguments with anyone or anything like that.

It don't think it was random, you'd need to know my car was there.

The insurance will be sending someone out to do a mobile estimate on my car.

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BrewsterBear said:

^This^

I have very little faith in the general public any more. Years ago, even in rural Lincolnshire, I had a Fiat Coupe keyed down to the metal and a MkI MX-5 with it's bonnet bricked. Neither car worth more than £2k at the time, but they both looked out of the ordinary and as such attracted attention being parked on the street. Both occassions could have been random or targeted, maybe even by the same person. Maybe I'd p!ssed someone off, but if I had I'd much rather they'd come to see me about it, not to violently sort things out "man-to-man," just to find out what it is I'd done and therefore rectify it. I gave up thinking about it in the end.

Either way, I now have a modest, two bed house because it has a decent sized garage. If I ran mundane car and didn't care about keeping in the open I could afford a much bigger, more valuable house, but I love my 911s and they bring me a lot of joy. Some people think I have strange priorities, but that's my choice. I wouldn't even consider keeping any 911 in the open air, driveway or not. I know that it would be a case of *when* it's vandalised, not if, and that is a truely sad reflection on what is supposed to be a civilised, 21st century, first-world country.

OP, genuinely sorry to see those photos. FWIW the car is scrap. Once the chemicals have got into the metalwork then it'll never repaint properly. It could be sanded back to bare metal, prepped then wrapped, but the insurance co will not do this and I imagine the cost will be prohibitive to you once you've bought it back. There is no way to win in this situation. In today's society if you want to keep any car other than a mundane POS you need a secure garage.

Yeah as you say it'll likely be a write off, and me purchasing it and getting the work done won't be an option as it'll cost more than I'm willing to invest into the car.

Had it just been the bonnet I would have sorted it myself without involving anyone.

See an mx5 isn't flash in anyway, but mine was lightly modified and modified cars attract the attention from a certain type, and I'd say that certain "type" are normally the type to do things like this.

What's making me feel really sick is the fact I've only recently spent a st load of money on my car.

All that money has been poured down the drain...

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I'm thinking about it now, there's nothing (or rather no-one) obvious that comes to mind.

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Durzel said:

Were you coming and going with a loud exhaust at odd hours? Aggressively overtaking people on the way home? Shacked up with some new bird with a dodgy ex?

None of it is any excuse for this sort of thing but it's highly likely you pissed someone off specifically by the manner of your driving, or something else you've done to someone?

My exhaust is very loud (full system with sports cat) but I'd never rev at unsociable hours and I'd always roll along (with barely no throttle) my road as much as possible.

Again I haven't as far as I know upset anyone on the road, had I done I would have had someone flashing or beeping at me.

As you say someone isn't my fan at the moment but I've no idea who, there's nothing at all in recent memory that would make me think it.

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To be honest I like the lighthearted comments, there have been two (the other about the tyres).

I'm gutted but at least it was my car and not my face or something, I'd always rather an attack to a material possession than me or family etc

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I don't rev the car at unsociable hours though, I could understand if I ragged the car up and down the road in the early hours.

But I always roll down and use the momentum to get on my drive (road is downhill).

And if it was the exhaust I'd have expected someone to come and mention it to me "Hi there can you try and keep it down etc"

Not come and damage my car...

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I think I've heard something about brake fluid causing issues further down the line as it eats into the metal too.

Not sure of that, but maybe that's where the confusion is.

Either way I've got no clue what's on my car.

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joe_90 said:

Whos girlfriend did you sleep with?
Are you in a small town?
Do you at all hoon about in that car?

I have a girlfriend, I haven't done anything that would get me on Jeremy Kyle or be a story line on Eastenders.

I do drive enthusiastically but only when appropriate, I don't go to mcdonalds car parks or anything.

Paddy_N_Murphy said:

What Zaust are you running OP ?

It's a custom exhaust.

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Volvo360 said:

You may not have upset someone in your street with the exhaust, but there may be someone a few streets away who has tracked you down.

You must use the full tone of the exhaust somewhere, otherwise you wouldn't have fitted it I'm guessing? It wouldn't be difficult for someone to follow you and find out where the car's parked.

Yeah don't get me wrong, I do redline it.

I just don't do it in residential streets.

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MX7 said:

Looks like Nitromors to me.

So if it is, it could be re-sprayed pretty easily?

I.e no need to get panels treated.

If you don't mind me asking, what makes you think it's nitromors?

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BlackPrince said:

Why do people think that its definitely due to someone being annoyed by the exhaust rather than that specific underclass of stupid gob5hite British people being jealous hooligan w@nkers and vandalizing the OP's P&J? (Not to be country-ist but this type of thing seems to happen to such a large degree exclusively in Britain - at least compared to N America).

OP - I don't buy that your exhaust is SO loud so as to cause such annoyance of people on your street. Even a car w/ the loudest exhaust can be operated in a manner so as not to cause a nuisance. Is your car a lot louder at idle than a Ferrari w/ sports exhaust? If not, then even one of those, which are loud as f*ck, can be driven slowly such that they cause barely any more annoyance than a Mondeo.

And I'm know you're not one of those anti-social w@nkers who canes his car down residential streets, as you've already stated.

Sad sad case of affairs that the UK is becoming more and more a nation of jealous scrotes who can't be bothered to make their own grass greener, and have to pi55 in someone else's instead.

Hope things work out for you mate and the insurance company doesnt raise your rates

Thanks for the support.

Unfortunately people will always think that it's been "deserved" in some way, but there are some nasty people out there that do things that are uncalled for.

As I said I've had no incidents that would lead me to believe someone would have a motive, I wish I did as I'd have something to tell the police.

Maybe someone has taken a dislike to the sound of my car, although there's a subaru which is louder on my road.

Or maybe I have done something to annoy someone, but in order to vandalise a car to that extent I'd think normally you'd need to seriously annoy someone to push them to those lengths, which I don't think I've knowingly done.

But then again I'm just someone on the internet, and it's my version of events, maybe if the person who done it was posting they'd say what an asshole I was.

Either way I'm absolutely gutted, it's not a fancy or expensive car, but I've spent a lot of hard earned money on it, and just like that someone has messed it up....

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Frik said:

Because despite what a lot of people on here think, most of the time it isn't.

You're suggesting that some ahole with a chip on their shoulder just happened to be passing with a tub of paint remover, squeezed past one car to damage a reasonably hidden MX5 in a not particularly lary colour because of no other reason than petty jealousy?

I don't for one second think that someone has seen my car and been so envious and added my car to their lottery wishlist.

But it's obvious someone has taken a dislike to me for one reason or another, one thing that's obvious to anyone that sees me or knows me is that I love my car, you can always tell if someone loves their car by how they are with it.

I bet you could walk down your street and see the owners with their car and judge whether you think they love their car or not (not always but you know what I mean).

And while my car is small change for some people on here, it's nice for me and some people with even worse cars than me think it's nice.

I don't think someone with a ferrari has gotten jealous and decided to take their jealousy out on me, nor do I honestly think someone local has gotten annoyed by my exhaust that they would do that.

I have no idea of motive, and to be honest the damage is done and why they done it won't change things.

I would like to have thought that if I did annoy someone they would have let me know before resorting to that, whether it be my exhaust or someone on the road upset with my driving, who I would have expected to flash their lights, swear at me or beep before doing anything.

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I've decided that if it is a write off I won't be buying it back.

I can just see it now (call me paranoid), I get the car back, respray it and then they do it again.

I'll just buy a standard diesel (no mods) and use a car as an a to b tool.

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You're right but it's hard to think like that at the moment.

All that's going through my mind "What's the point of looking after a car".

I don't mean mechanically obviously.

I think anyway that modified cars do attract the wrong sort of attention anyway, I can see how "chavs" look at my car when I drive past.

Again I'm not saying they are jealous as the might be thinking "Look at that hairdresser prick"

But my car being loud, low and with black wheels catches their attention, it wouldn't if I had been in an unmodified Fiat Multipla.

Obviously if I've annoyed someone to do that they would have done that regardless of the car...

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Corsair7 said:

Paintstripper FTW!!!

Seriously, you give up just because of this? It could have just been a random, never to be repeated thing.

Or do you secretly know why its happened? Been doing something (or someone) you shouldn't of been doing?

My car was parked out of sight with a car infront of it. You'd need to know my car was there.

I have no idea why it was done, if I did I'd be telling the police.

I've never been in this situation before but I don't imagine a normal reaction to this is to think yeah no problem I'll get it resprayed and go back to normal.

I'm bloody paranoid now.

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Thanks for the words of support.

As someone said they could easily do it to another car of mine, but I guess the difference will be lack of attachement with a "standard" car.

My car was my pride and joy, not a day went past where I wasn't doing something or other to it, and I'd always be buying new parts etc.

I know I shouldn't have to change my way of life but sometimes it's easier, for example I should be able to walk into a rough estate holding an iphone, and expensive laptop in my hand with my wallet showing, but the reality is I'm not going to last very long. (silly example I know)

We should be able to do normal everyday things without worrying but life isn't like that, which is why most of us are cautious of where we go, where we park, what we say etc

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MX7 said:

Get it wrapped in full Nitromors livery.

If I didn't laugh I'd cry....

PSBuckshot said:

Alright don't milk it

Just keep your car mate. You know it makes sense.

Well either way need to wait until police arrive tomorrow morning, and then insurance will arrange to view car etc.

I'll update the thread when I have any info..