Scum who walk amongst us!
Scum who walk amongst us!
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Kentish

Original Poster:

15,169 posts

263 months

Tuesday 28th June 2011
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Me & Mrs K have both just lost our jobs & I got rid of a newish car for a slightly older one but a bit more PH with a big V6 turbo charged lump smile

It has just 30k on the clock & was immaculate.

My wife convinced me that we should save money & have 4 days away at Centre Parks with our newborn son.

I parked right out of the way in a 2 car space for the week & was unexpectedly enjoying the 1st day until I returned to my car to find the scum driving a green astra who parked 2'' away from me had also felt the need to key heavily down the side of my car to the metal.

I realised I had parked in a staff parking space (my wife noticed the one very tiny sign 8ft up a tree the following day). You wouldnt have known as the spaces were not marked at all & my wife saw this one tiny sign at high level and facing towards the trees (not visible from the car park roads as you passed the spaces).

Maybe astraman had trouble parking, although I saw plenty of spaces.

I parked in the space I thought was general parking as it was so far out of harms way, or so I thought.

2 weeks I've owned it for!

CP said no CCTV & refused to look into who the astra belongs to. I went back shortly after I had told them & it had been moved.

Can't leave anything anywhere eh - I expected better where we were & if it was a staff member they could easily have got in touch with me had they not been happy with where I parked. Incidentally, there were over a dozen other visitors cars in the same spaces.

I'll post pics of my damage & the astra when I am on my PC

MrPeters

371 posts

192 months

Tuesday 28th June 2011
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Can you not go to the police with the reg? Criminal damage?

Or if that doesn't work small claims?

Macd355

320 posts

203 months

Tuesday 28th June 2011
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Jump up and down on top of the Astra until you've attracted the owners attention. Then repeat on him.

mgroadster

257 posts

188 months

Tuesday 28th June 2011
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As there is no evidence, you can only "presume" the Astra driver did this, they may well have not done it.

Jayho

2,413 posts

199 months

Tuesday 28th June 2011
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MrPeters said:
Can you not go to the police with the reg? Criminal damage?

Or if that doesn't work small claims?
Without video evidence ect there is absolutely NO proof that it was the Astra owners doing TBH. Its a sucky situation but there's actually very little protecting citizens in circumstances like this.

GSP

1,965 posts

233 months

Tuesday 28th June 2011
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So they parked closely... Doesn't mean they scratched you P&J. You've absolutely no comeback with hard evidence, and the police will show no interest.

If I scratched Someones car accidentally or on purpose... I wouldn't leave my car next to it in fear of retaliation.

steveo3002

11,205 posts

203 months

Tuesday 28th June 2011
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would anyone be stupid enough to key the car then park super close to it ?

newberry

511 posts

227 months

Tuesday 28th June 2011
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That's st. But how do you know it was the person in the astra?
Would people be so stupid to park next to a car then scratch it and leave the car there?


Eta: beaten to it by three people

Edited by newberry on Tuesday 28th June 19:08

rossw46

1,293 posts

189 months

Tuesday 28th June 2011
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steveo3002 said:
would anyone be stupid enough to key the car then park super close to it ?
I think you'd be surprised!

Jw Vw

4,922 posts

192 months

Tuesday 28th June 2011
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GSP said:
If I scratched Someones car accidentally or on purpose... I wouldn't leave my car next to it in fear of retaliation.
yes

Whoever done it is a complete though. Sadly the world we live in OP.

OlberJ

14,101 posts

262 months

Tuesday 28th June 2011
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Centre parks = kids on bikes in places you wouldn't think they'd go.

Always a possibility.

deaglecat

162 posts

262 months

Tuesday 28th June 2011
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Just to say..

OP - sorry you are having such a (needless) hassle. I know how gutted this sort of thing can make you feel.

99% of folk are decent. Try not to let the odd 1% colour your judgement...


steveo3002

11,205 posts

203 months

Tuesday 28th June 2011
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lets hope they catch aids

nouze

853 posts

206 months

Tuesday 28th June 2011
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deaglecat said:
99% of folk are decent. Try not to let the odd 1% colour your judgement...
LOL, you're either a hippy or a very naive person

Kentish

Original Poster:

15,169 posts

263 months

Monday 4th July 2011
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Quoted £700 to repair properly.


anonymous-user

83 months

Monday 4th July 2011
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Kentish said:
Quoted £700 to repair properly.
Not good, feel sorry for you frown

*Al*

3,830 posts

251 months

Monday 4th July 2011
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steveo3002 said:
lets hope they catch aids
Aids is a liveable survivable illness nowaday, my guess is the people that do this kind of thing are generally unhappy in life already.

marcosgt

11,498 posts

205 months

Monday 4th July 2011
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Not pleasant, but like others I'm confused that you're so convinced it was the Astra driver...

Surely more likely someone else who couldn't park there... or just some passing scum...

M.

Hot Dog Harrigan

3,762 posts

247 months

Monday 4th July 2011
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Roughly where do you live Kentish? If you're anywhere near me I can get it done "properly" for a lot less than £700.

optimal noise

544 posts

248 months

Monday 4th July 2011
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Really sorry to hear about your car Kentish, but I really don't understand somthing...

If I thought for one second that someone had scratch my car and from your post it seems the astra man that parked 2"s from you in a stty green astra is guilty then you no know what, that person is not driving home tonight because four flat tyres and a smashed windscreen later they might of wished they hadn't.

Little hard to tell but you might just get away with sanding that down then buffing it (obviously by a professional), might be worth a try as I've been lucky with a few of mine.

Best of luck.