Some punk kid bent the power ant. on my Tbird. It was a perfectly good one, and now it's bent.
This is just another bit of vandalism that happened to me. The others - someone taking lug nuts off of the wheels, stealing my wheel locks, putting a jack under the rear sway bar and bending it up, a jack under the rocker panel, bending that too, and did I mention the busted headlight?
I see why people get beaten in the streets with pipes and bats. I can only hope this kid gets what's coming to him.
Hey Dare, wanna come to Philly and police my car for a few days?
Chris
yeah man, i hear and see all kinds of shiznit about peoples cars in philly, i live like 15 minutes away from it and the guys i know that work their drive py beater cars over the bridge because of the stuff that happens to it. like people walk by and just smash your windshield for no reason. thats why i hate citys. its also why im going to move to virginia within the next few years
It's not the city so much as the neighbors. I live as far north as you can live before going into Bensalem, PA. Little kids have the rule of the streets around here.
Chris
that realy sucks man, do you have a fenced in yard that you can park your car in? then get a dog? that usualy works around hear. i got one of those car tents because i got tired of my neighbors calling the cops on me for haveing my car appart. if they dont see it, its not their.
They actually used a jack to bend up the suspension and body? That's incredible. I hope you find 'em!
a buddy of mine caught a kid shooting his car with a pellet gun after replacing 2 windshields.he sat up watching when he seen the red beam from the kids laser sighter.he ran out the front door and around behind them expecting to find some little punk kid and found an 18 year old guy doing it.needless to say he won't be doing it any more.
A$$ whoopin' time !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I think this is a good time to say, I love Canada!
If somebody around here was caught shooting a windshield with a "baby" gun, they'd be lucky to just get an ass-whuppin'!
The people around here are protective of their vehiculars
well if anyone ever messed with my cougar they would get the biggest beatdown of there life. and im not any small guy. im 6'2" bout 295lbs. so yeah im not small by any means.
I guess I should feel lucky that the punks in my area only egg cars.
What are you talkin' aboot, eh?
pay my way and I'd be happy to beat some ass for you. I could use a vacation.
Around here the s like to take the antena, bend it back and let it smack the windshield.
sence its just kids, I'd say a stake out is in order. Hide in the dark with a paintball gun (make sure the paint balls have sat in the freezer for a few hours) then when they go to **** with your car, jump out and unload on them.
What am I talking about? Well shiznit like that never happens around these parts, eh?
chris
sorrry to hear this, i know how serious you take your car and the power plant inside. There is not much you can do but luck out and catch em in the act. Even with that said,, they're probably too young to just unload on, it would be your luck to end up kicking the a$$ of a 17 year old and be trown in jail.
Towns build nice things
cities try to have nice public places
fountains are built
public restrooms are placed
public transportation is provided
side walk ways are landscaped
and what do we give back in return?
If some of these folks had to cut thier own switches for a whooping as kids, maybe they would not be half as bad today.
(KID - anyone of any gender / race / age that still needs a sitter.
And this is why...
"Hey hoser let's go see if we can trash some cars."
"Are you joking? It's 30 below out there! You go trash cars. I'm staying inside where it's warm and I can listen to Rush while watching the Leafs game and drinking Molson in my Mounty uniform." :giggle:
see.. that's so typical of Americans..
they always forget about the poor little pet beaver, so he never gets food and starves.
soooo typical. and poor poor little beaver.
*strikes up the choir*
Aaaa-aaaa-aameeeeeeeen
I'm sorry to hear about your car man. Some of you may remember when my car got broken into ( Back when i Was 88birdman38) Some assclown had punched through the doorlock to get into the car instead of breaking the window, and tore up the entire car getting my stereo out. Destroyed the door.. i couldnt beleive it...it was the only one I had that wasnt rusted on the bottom! I Eventually found out who did it..... When I was looking through the calssified adds for car stereos (Dint have the paper for a brand new one). I Went to see the radio in person, and sure enough, it had the same serial number and missing ground wire that my stolen one did! I think I must have scared the guy sensless, because while chewing him out, a dark stain spread accross his pants! :giggle: He actually pissed himself right in front of me! :shakehead So instead of beating his ass, I just called the police and let them deal with him. He was linked to at least 5 other break ins around the area after a while. And I did get damages from him....about 1100 dollars total. :dunno:
Chris;
That really sucks. Maybe a car alarm wouldn't be too bad an idea with that many things happening to it. I remeber you pointing out one of the decals on the trunk had been messed up when I saw your great looking car.
But car alarms tend to false alarm too much that may cause you other headaches.
Too bad we can't electrify the vehicle body like in the movies.
dont be so quick to admit fault my fellow kentucyian.........Canada's rate of car vandal situations has historically matched and exceeded the US. its not the people but the congestion that is the issue.
http://www.statcan.ca/english/ads/11-008-XIE/crimes.htm
but on the flip side
http://www.eyewatch.info/vandalism.htm
Aaaaaaaactually...
I had always been working on an idea similar to that.
I wanted to hook up a huge capacitor to the door handles on my '88 XR7 (they were metal).
The only thing that stood in my way was arming the system, and the chance of shocking my friends/family if they forgot about it.
Now I have the '96 with the plastic handles, so the project has gone awry...
Thanks everyone. It looks like it's high time I get an alarm on the car. It would be cheaper than chaining ravenous dogs to all for snowflakes.
I could deal with eggs being thrown at the car...hell add some bacon and I'll eat it. But bending/scratching/breaking glass/etc. is just out of hand. I spend so much time on the car - it's my hobby!
To find good donor parts like that TC sway bar, sand it, prime and paint it with high gloss paint (which wasn't cheap) and have someone ruin it is just lame. That bar was actually a gift from my Ford-driving cousin. I put that bent bar in the trash and it was like a big dumb twisted bit of strange looking metal near the curb.
Power antennas are a bitch. I lowered it and I'm not even going to bother with it. It doesn't go up anymore, but the tape deck works.
Come spring those windows will be down and it'll be the sweet music of the open road I'll be listening to!
Chris
That blows man when i was a kid all i wanted was a nice car so the idea of ****ing someone else up for fun never came up, for other reasons ie cheating girlfriend etc. Sure why not the bastid loves his new mustang. See how he likes it with a tootsie roll in the ler or some dead fish attached under the doors inside if possible. Is there anyone who might not like you dude. I caught some middle eastern guy that i had beat down in a parking lot cause he thought i was looking at his girl, long story. Anyway about a week later i found him trying to key my Grand Marquis so i whupped him like i was his daddy and sent him on his way w/o his car keys.