Damage done to your vehicles
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Mine is badly scratched/dented and mainly after parking in shopping centres. I am still waiting for the details of those knob-heads that are unable do drive/park without scratching my car.
The most annoying thing that I saw was mum with some b
d. She parked and the bd opened and smacked the door into the other car. She noticed being watched so pulled out and parked in a different space and then goes to open the doors for her bd. They do need a smack-animals.
The most annoying thing that I saw was mum with some b
d. She parked and the bd opened and smacked the door into the other car. She noticed being watched so pulled out and parked in a different space and then goes to open the doors for her bd. They do need a smack-animals.Edited by martynr on Wednesday 4th April 20:24
This is what I was treated to when returning to a a car park last summer. No details - only a note saying sorry.
The car was also modified again by someone in another car park a few weeks ago, not as badly damaged, but just as annoying. More here
I have also had the wing mirror taken off by two baseball bat wielding delinquents on a moped, who decided it would be fun to ride down a road smashing, windscreen, window, wing mirror, windscreen, window, wing mirror and so on. This was in a nice area and only about 8 o'clock on a summers evening. I saw it from a friends flat window after hearing the first crashes, but was to far away to do anything (even getting a reg plate). According to the police there was a trail of destruction right across the town and the same thing had happened two nights in a row!
The car was also modified again by someone in another car park a few weeks ago, not as badly damaged, but just as annoying. More here
I have also had the wing mirror taken off by two baseball bat wielding delinquents on a moped, who decided it would be fun to ride down a road smashing, windscreen, window, wing mirror, windscreen, window, wing mirror and so on. This was in a nice area and only about 8 o'clock on a summers evening. I saw it from a friends flat window after hearing the first crashes, but was to far away to do anything (even getting a reg plate). According to the police there was a trail of destruction right across the town and the same thing had happened two nights in a row!
Aside from ENDLESS slight bumper scuffs on both the front and rear bumpers (both sides, and the leading edges) of my Corrado (none of which were done by me I hasten to add, but by the normal knuckle draggers in this country) I've gotten away pretty lightly.
The only real damage was after some scrotes broke into the Saxo VTR I owned about 10 years ago. Absolutely immaculate it was and came back to the car park one day to find the lock had been stabbed out. They'd looked around the car for the fascia for my stereo (thankfully had taken it with me) and subsequently they didn't bother to rip out my stereo which was decent of them. It got fitted with a decent alarm system soon after the door was repaired!
The only real damage was after some scrotes broke into the Saxo VTR I owned about 10 years ago. Absolutely immaculate it was and came back to the car park one day to find the lock had been stabbed out. They'd looked around the car for the fascia for my stereo (thankfully had taken it with me) and subsequently they didn't bother to rip out my stereo which was decent of them. It got fitted with a decent alarm system soon after the door was repaired!
James_N said:
Had drunken people walk over the roof of my first car (A brand new motability Hyundai Amica!) luckily the big dents in the roof just got punched out.
Someone did this to my Picanto when it was six months old - I haven't tried to fix it yet 
Someone also nicked the front number plate about a month earlier. b
ds.Don't live there any more thankfully.
Mk2 Gti got broken into ALL the time
Mk4 R32 had to be sold due to vandalism issues
My only issue now out in the sticks is bloody birds! They attack my black BMW (I do keep it rather too clean) and leave small scratches and god knows what form of grub (looks like bird spit) on the wing mirrors. I've caught them at it (blackbirds and magpies) but can't seem to keep them away.
Does Audi make birds?
Mk4 R32 had to be sold due to vandalism issues
My only issue now out in the sticks is bloody birds! They attack my black BMW (I do keep it rather too clean) and leave small scratches and god knows what form of grub (looks like bird spit) on the wing mirrors. I've caught them at it (blackbirds and magpies) but can't seem to keep them away.
Does Audi make birds?
Glad it's not just me that has this sort of bad luck.
Over the years I have had
- a woman drive into my front bumper and then park up 3 spaces away and deny she caused the damage.
- whilst living in Cardiff I had 3 different cars which suffered a dozen break ins. On one occasion my fiesta was broken into and a magic tree stolen, sadly the ****s caused so much damage i needed a new door and a new dashboard.
- A car broken into outside my house when it had NO ENGINE in it, this didn't stop the ****s from snapping the steering column and ruining the ignition wiring loom before giving up.
- My corrado was given a full respray, two days later someone dented the door, a day after that someone scraped the bumper.
- Another corrado had the window seem pulled out and a screwdriver used to bend the door out before realising i'd removed the door pins (for security obviously)
- I had my number plates stolen twice
- Brick through the back window to steel some £20 6x9s
- Arrived home to find that 3 out of 4 wheel nuts had been removed from all 4 wheels, the drivers window smashed and the contents of the glove box thrown all over the seats - they didn't find the locking wheel nut key which was in the ashtray that was also thrown in the back seat when they began attacking the dash to steel the stereo.
Not once i have claimed off my insurance so I expect over the years I'm thousands of pounds lighter as a result of petty criminals much like a lot of you by the sounds of it! :-(
Over the years I have had
- a woman drive into my front bumper and then park up 3 spaces away and deny she caused the damage.
- whilst living in Cardiff I had 3 different cars which suffered a dozen break ins. On one occasion my fiesta was broken into and a magic tree stolen, sadly the ****s caused so much damage i needed a new door and a new dashboard.
- A car broken into outside my house when it had NO ENGINE in it, this didn't stop the ****s from snapping the steering column and ruining the ignition wiring loom before giving up.
- My corrado was given a full respray, two days later someone dented the door, a day after that someone scraped the bumper.
- Another corrado had the window seem pulled out and a screwdriver used to bend the door out before realising i'd removed the door pins (for security obviously)
- I had my number plates stolen twice
- Brick through the back window to steel some £20 6x9s
- Arrived home to find that 3 out of 4 wheel nuts had been removed from all 4 wheels, the drivers window smashed and the contents of the glove box thrown all over the seats - they didn't find the locking wheel nut key which was in the ashtray that was also thrown in the back seat when they began attacking the dash to steel the stereo.
Not once i have claimed off my insurance so I expect over the years I'm thousands of pounds lighter as a result of petty criminals much like a lot of you by the sounds of it! :-(
Liquid Knight said:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1grXbyESnlw&fea...
The street isn't that narrow - a fire engine could get down it easily. It's a quiet street so I'd be amazed if we have fire engines going past on a regular basis and knocking mirrors off.Edited by Liquid Knight on Wednesday 4th April 17:51
When I brought my Ibiza the paintwork was totally immaculate. Now? Not so much. Every panel including the roof has been scratched in car parks. I've got scuffs all the way down the one side, presumably from shopping bags. Scratches in one place of the roof where it looks like someone has placed a handbag or something on the roof then pulled it off. Same with the bonnet, that's about a 5 inch scratch. A couple of trolley dings and a couple of door dings and lastly scratches all over the back and side from car parks. I'm very picky about my cars condition and always try to park away from other cars even though its only a 4.5 grand car, to me its bloody expensive and to see damage from other people being careless really grinds my gears.
Thankfully the only damage that's ever happened to mine was a wing mirror glass smashed by me on a tree when off roading. But then, with a steel front bumper and rear crossmember, and side sills the same height as most people's side windows, I doubt I'd notice any carpark scrapes being inflicted on it by mouth breathers and i certainly wouldn't come off worst!
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