Some dirtbag has keyed my car (with pics)

[wolves_wanderer]

carreauchompeur said:

ocrx8 said:

That is female mong handwriting!

EFA. A slight hint of jealousy at your crazy 2 car existence too...

I don't see jealousy. I'd be annoyed if I had a neighbour who parked their fleet all over the road. OP, don't assume that the note-leaver and the vandal are the same person.

[DoubleSix]

wolves_wanderer said:

carreauchompeur said:

ocrx8 said:

That is female mong handwriting!

EFA. A slight hint of jealousy at your crazy 2 car existence too...

I don't see jealousy. I'd be annoyed if I had a neighbour who parked their fleet all over the road. OP, don't assume that the note-leaver and the vandal are the same person.

Fleet??, All over the road?? WTF are you talking about....

Unless houses have suddenly taken on rights to the public highway immediately in front of them the OP can bloody well park where he choses.

[jimmy156]

Peopel get really worked up about parking. A live in a flat, but have my own front door to the street (private cul de sac)

I'm currently sitting in my living room watching the F1, if i look out my window all i can see is transit van (4 wheels on the pavement!) and if i went into the spare room and looked out the window i would get an eyeful of Nissan quashqui (sp), also 4 wheels on the pavement.

We have two Visitor spaces near for our section of the development (everyone has designated spaces, we are lucky enough to have a garage and drive in front of it) which are always parked in by the same residents.

The whole situation is a pain in the arse, but its caused by not enough parking being provided by the developers, probably due to some "green initiative." Tbh there are more important things to worry about so i try not to let it bother me

[wolves_wanderer]

DoubleSix said:

wolves_wanderer said:

carreauchompeur said:

ocrx8 said:

That is female mong handwriting!

EFA. A slight hint of jealousy at your crazy 2 car existence too...

I don't see jealousy. I'd be annoyed if I had a neighbour who parked their fleet all over the road. OP, don't assume that the note-leaver and the vandal are the same person.

Fleet??, All over the road?? WTF are you talking about....

Unless houses have suddenly taken on rights to the public highway immediately in front of them the OP can bloody well park where he choses.

I knew there would be a response like this. Where did I say he couldn't park where he likes? I'd be interested to know if the note was accurate and he doesn't park outside his own house. Otherwise if I was the OP and parking was already quite short I'd be trying to not take up even more of it.

[andy-xr]

I'd be round each of the neighbours right now with that note asking who'd written it

[Futuramic]

XDA said:

With respect, I think you're the one talking b.s.

Not sure what you're basing the "daily mail contingent" crap on?

I had my car keyed 3 times in about 6 weeks, by presumably the same person given the similarities between each keying incident.

Reported 2 incidents to the police but didn't bother reporting the third due to their response on the previous occasions.

On both occasions they took nearly all day to make an appearance. When they did turn up, they stayed no longer than 5 minutes. They had a quick look at the damage and told me to park elsewhere. Completely useless.

Pentoman speaks the truth! Owing to the crazy county based policing system we have in this country; one area may get a totally different response to another. I know this to be the case in Essex and Suffolk. In Essex you would, or at least would have in the very recent past, got the response described above. There was a blanket policy of police officer attendence at all crimes, in addition house to house enquiries would have been conducted plus reference to the neighbourhood beat team.
A few miles up the road, in say Ipswich or Met area, things would have been different. The Met wouldn't care.
It is an example of the excercise of double standards within the public sector. If it was private then customers would simply use another provider; however we have no choice.

[VinceFox]

andy-xr said:

I'd be round each of the neighbours right now with that note asking who'd written it

That's exactly what i did. It was pretty apparent who it was when i saw the expression on their face.

[p4cks]

This is the parking area in question. It is a sort of lay-by with room for three cars. The suspected letter writer lives in the house whose gate you can see just above the roof of the Z4. There is a space behind the Clio which either she can use, or her neighbour can use as they both have 1 car per household. Her other neighbour does not have a car.



She seems like quite a nice person and I really don't think that she would be responsible for the damage. Now, the Clio goes in for a full respray in a fortnight so I really don't want to have it damaged again and I am all for an easy life so I might just park it outside my house on the kerb (last time I did this a pedestrian bent the mirror right back hence why I don't park it there any longer) but there is no room for a pram or pushchair to get passed. Also, another neighbour has a flat bed Transit which takes up quite a lot of room so if I do not park the Clio up on the kerb then no other cars would be able to get passed and certainly not a fire engine or thelike.

[DoubleSix]

wolves_wanderer said:

I knew there would be a response like this.

That's because you knew your hyperbole was totally out of proportion to events.

[VinceFox]

Perhaps a small sign in the nsr window as it's parked, from now on with "smile, you're on camera" written on it.

Wouldnt fool most, but from your description of the main suspect it might be worth a punt.

[saaby93]

p4cks said:

I posted about this a while back. The problem is that although the roads are for all of us, some people choose to bag a piece of road as their own parking space. No one minds people parking up visiting for a few hours or even an overnighter once or twice a year. It's the asserting 'this piece of road is my parking space' that seems to cause grief.
In the olden days we'd have found a nearby carpark or rented a lockup to avoid cluttering the street.
OP if that's your gate what chance of taking it out and a few bricks so you can park on the lawn?

Keying your car is inexcusable. Wheres the best place to buy some of these 720p wide angle cameras?

ETA I'm not sure if I've missed it but whats stopping the cars being parked this side of the road ( not on the pavement)

Edited by saaby93 on Sunday 15th April 10:47

[jbi]

that space looks ripe for a driveway OP

[VinceFox]

Tell you the one that really pisses me off, when people build on their drive or convert their garage then have only one space left. One in my road like this, now both kids are teenagers and they have three cars and one space. Their property would have had parking for three cars easily before they tarted about with the house.

I actually cut a space into my bloody lawn to make extra parking, by contrast. There are only ever two cars outside at mine and parking on property for at least three, not including the garage. I bloody hate parking the car on the road if i can avoid it and actually really like having extra space to tart about on the driveway. Never understood people developing their property right up to the boundary then whining about having nowhere to park.

[CO2000]

We used to have a Clio Williams 1 for 8 or 9 years so I feel your pain with the scratching, they are getting rare so great that it is getting a full respray though. I noticed one that has gone about round here with the same owner since new has been keyed too.

I'd def avoid parking up on the kerb as this will be a green light for passers by on foot to damage it (we had 3 cars done outside ours doing this) I'd look at converting your front garden to parking if possible or the extreme measure of moving house.

[FreeLitres]

p4cks said:

This is the parking area in question. It is a sort of lay-by with room for three cars... There is a space behind the Clio which either she can use, or her neighbour can use as they both have 1 car per household. Her other neighbour does not have a car.

Difficult situation OP. (Nice fleet though!)

So, there are are 3 spaces in the layby - you take up 2 of those, and the 2 neighbours have a car each. So where does the neighbour have to park when the layby is full?

[crazy about cars]

FreeLitres said:

Difficult situation OP. (Nice fleet though!)

So, there are are 3 spaces in the layby - you take up 2 of those, and the 2 neighbours have a car each. So where does the neighbour have to park when the layby is full?

I suspect.... nowhere?

p/s: At least you don't drive a Fiat 500... http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2129999/Th...

Edited by crazy about cars on Sunday 15th April 10:58

[p4cks]

FreeLitres said:

Difficult situation OP. (Nice fleet though!)

So, there are are 3 spaces in the layby - you take up 2 of those, and the 2 neighbours have a car each. So where does the neighbour have to park when the layby is full?

Thanks I love the Clio, but the Z4 is very 'meh'.

And the other neighbour parks her car adjacent to the layby, on the kerb. It's not so bad there as there isn't the Transit flat-bed in the way.

Also, I can't get a drive put in due to the angle of the garden (it's incredibly steep).

[HBFS]

I've just moved into a house-share, and my new housemate was just telling me that she found two screws stuck into the sidewall of her tyre and had to replace it.
She's a very nice quiet girl, so I can't help but think she hasn't aggravated anyone.
I'm a bit worried now, especially as tyres are around £100 fitted.

I'm annoyed that I'm worried...