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Old 12-17-2006, 08:21 PM
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Vandalised ! Keyed in San Diego

Ouch.......this happenned while at the gym last Wednesday evening.

I've had two body shops take a look and both report front panel, rear panel and both doors need respray; scratch is down to the metal. Ouch ! Lets call it $3000.

I went to the gym Thursday and the manager on duty was sympathetic and appropriately mortified. Sadly, the gym does not have video cameras on the parking lot. However, an adjacent Fedex warehouse does !!

The villian is likely to be a member of the gym; I'm tempted to print and distribute flyers, politely but firmly worded to the effect; "own up in 7 days and pay the repair bill; I'll drop the issue. Otherwise we will get your license plate from the Fedex cameras and my insurance company will prosecute. The local police are aware and informed and waiting for video footage." I'm not sure the gym would be helpful or resist such an effort.

I am less concerned about the $ recovery; more concerned to ramp up the guilt on the culprit and make them think twice before doing this to someone elses vehicle.

What do people think ? Apart from assuaging my anger; is it worthwhile ? Would you risk returning to this gym parking lot ?
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park ur car there again and hide to see if the same guy will try to scratch ur car again.
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Yo Scotto,
Sorry to read of the key job...it is the senseless vandal
crap done to someone's car, imo.

I like your idea a lot!

Even if it doesn't "work", it may make the bastard sweat
a little. Hope you find the steroid punque...be fun to
find out who it is, offer to spot him, and forget to catch
a couple-three hundred on one of his bench presses.
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Sometimes you've just gotta take a stand, I'd try to find out.
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omg if you find him please report back

I think he should be hanged. Looking at those pictures makes me furious.
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sometimes I wish BMW would engineer a car that shocks the sh-t out of anyone who keys there car...seems extreme but what that a-- hole did to your cars is JUST PLAIN SCREWED UP..sorry for shouting I had a cart pushed into my recently painted 51 Chey Hotrod...the bad thing about it was I parked the truck away from all the other parked cars to avoid some genius from dinging my door..... Idiots....the world is full of them....
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sometimes I wish BMW would engineer a car that shocks the sh-t out of anyone who keys there car...seems extreme but what that a-- hole did to your cars is JUST PLAIN SCREWED UP..sorry for shouting I had a cart pushed into my recently painted 51 Chey Hotrod...the bad thing about it was I parked the truck away from all the other parked cars to avoid some genius from dinging my door..... Idiots....the world is full of them....
what u said reminded me of the james bond bmw in tomorrow never dies.
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People don’t any respect for BMW… assholes!
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WTF!!!!!!!!! That shit pisses me off. If I ever saw someone key a car even if it wasnt my car i would kick there ass.
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