Vandalism risk

[thelawnet]

Just noticed on a nearby street whose 2012 XF is always gleaming white parked on the front driveway (no gate, adjoining the pavement) had put sheets of A4 paper in the side and rear windows of the car saying 'Look up, there's CCTV'. Sure enough, the owner had fitted two Maplin special CCTV cameras (pretty cheap and good quality these days, truth be told) trained on the car.

I assume there is a history here (I can't imagine he's worried about it being nicked, there's a brand new M4 directly opposite), though I've never noticed the car (and I walk past it several times a week) less than immaculate.

Are shiny polished 'posh' cars an especial magnet for vandalism? Is it a lost cause to keep them tip-top? This is FWIW a street in Surrey of middle-class housing (no council estate nearby) worth over £500k in each case, and in my experience insurance premiums in the area are well below average, so the crime risk is not high.

[thelawnet]

Risotto said:

While at the same time informing them they're unlikely to be identified unless they look up. Sounds bizarre. Probably some sort of paranoid Middle Englander.

I'm not sure about that, it would depend on the angle of the camera - with two cameras and a wide angle from height you should catch most people.

But there's definitely a case that if it's a passing scrote, then even if they did catch him on camera then what are they going to do? I think there's something in the Middle Englander angle - even if they can persuade the police to watch the video, what do they think they are going to do then? Put out a manhunt?

If you are a proper hardened scrote I reckon you've worked out that there's not much anyone can do to you.

And of course if you take it as a challenge - wear a hoody, crouch down, etc., then what then?

[thelawnet]

SEE YA said:

Would you not have a garage for a car like that maybe before buying it?
I would not have bought my car, without a garage to put it in.

This is a problem with London and its commuterland. You get people living in what are allegedly multimillion pound properties, but a garage is often still an impossible dream, even having spent the GDP of a small African country on your house.