Scumbags

[LewisM]

Went shopping today after work and parked at the back away from everyone. Came back 10 min later- big gashes and dent along the left side of the car under the door line -about a metre long.

Seems like someone with a low trailer (boat / jet ski) who did it then took off like a gutless wonder without leaving a number or note.

Yes totally insured but still there’s the likely $500 excess I shouldn’t have to pay.

Really pi$$ed and not happy Jan!

Anyone with similar stories?

[Exfso]

I feel for you Lewis. Time to get a decent in car cam that would probably have got the offender. There really are some low-life's out there...

[bojan]

Oh yes...

I stopped worrying about those things long time ago... as long as the damage is not structural, I simply leave it as it is (I only apply a stray of paint to prevent corrosion if necessary and that's it.
After all, this is only a car... to carry me from A to B.

[xelasnave]

That is terrible luck Lewis but please cheer up as the greatest loss comes from thinking about it over and over and destroying your happiness and then perhaps the happiness of those around you.

It could have been worse so please be happy and dont let them rob you of more then they already have.

Alex

[Ukastronomer]

During the past six months I have witnessed an old f*** who should not have been driving cause a 1' scratch along the back of another car and a womans car roll down a slope into a parked car because she didn't put the hand brake on properly

I left notes on BOTH cars as a witness. And I hope someone would do the same for me because they should NOT get away with it.

Are there no CCTV available where you were

[AndyG]

Sorry to hear this Lewis,


Yes, plenty of similar stories, from other mates though. I work at a university, with the vast majority being obviously students. My workmate's BA Falcon was parked in his usual spot, and he finds a gash similar to your situation today. If you can imagine worse than no note from the perp, was a note with the following: "Soz, my bad :p". I have no words.

Years ago, I sold an old ute to a friend, who was sadly, a magnet for bad luck. He was crashed into twice in 3 months. Both times (lucky for him), they crashed straight into the steel tray. In both instances, it was their fault 100%, and their cars were both written off. The tray simply sliced their front ends in half. Isuzu ute 2 : Ford laser nil : VR Commodore nil. Pic related.

In the absence of evidence or opportunity to find balance, and assuming you have a nice car (as opposed to a pussbox like me), Alex's advice is probably best.

[xelasnave]

A driver came back to see a large dint in the side and a note on the windscreen...the note read " Everyone who saw the accident is watching thinking I am leaving my details ... but I am not.

Alex

[FlashDrive]

Lewis is expressing his disdain at the event like most of us would.

I am just like him .... I would be p***ed off to .

I take good care of my car ( because of $$ value ) and the good condition it's in.

Insurance or not ....Vehicle's damaged by some ' low life ' are an inconvenience by way of repairs and ' out of pocket ' expenses

I hope there is a thing called ' Poetic Justice ' or ' Karma " follows this individual and his / her day will befall them in a far greater way.

Col....

[LewisM]

Well, the claim is in with Suncorp Insurance, so hopefully they won't take too long. having looked at it up close and in detail, it is my presumption it was done by a small car with a towball...likely a P-plater I bet GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR RRR.

I keep the car as-new, so yes, it hurts, especially considering we have only owned it for 3 months.

[mynameiscd]

Thats a bummer Lewis,
About 20 years ago i went outside to go to work and looked at all the glass around my car.
There was a tear from the rear panel, through the door and then through the front panel.
It was like a giant can opener had attacked my car. The front indicators were smashed and the mirror was in pieces.
Im standing in shock looking at my car and look up the street and there were 2 other neighbors doing the same thing.
My car came out worst that morning but the cops said 5 cars were hit and it was a stolen ute with a flat tray deliberately driving around into cars.
I had no insuance so we ended up fixing it uo with plates, rivets, and bog. Pitty as it was a straight Torana LX hatch with no dings in it.
Now every car is insured.
I wish i kept the LX as they're quite sort after now.
Cheers
Andy

[multiweb]

Dashcam. Cheap and best thing you'll buy. Paid it off already with a few similar cases. Always got the perps and they paid for the panel beating. More recently in a bunnings car park. :lol: Crazy how nice people are when caught with their hand in the bag...

[Exfso]

Spot on Marc..:thumbsup:

[leon]

Lewis i feel for you I only had my new Holden Colorado two weeks when some one put a tow bar through the back bumper and pissed off, :mad2:
Ya what they could have just left something under the wiper and said sorry and here is my number, lets talk about it :shrug:

It is not fun

Leon:thumbsup:

[xelasnave]

I dont know why capital punishement is not appropriate for folk who dont do the right thing.

Selection of the fittest.
...sure...great idea...so let us get rid of everyone who is not fit to be in our society...the hope would be that after a couple of hundred years all the scum bags genes are gone and only nice people remain...☺
Heck if a dog bites someone you shoot it...seems a reasonable approach..steal a car or do something wrong
.. shoot them. ..what could be simpler.. .

Kull those who dont conform...sure some inoccents will suffer but they suffer no matter what philosophy is in play☺ ...kill the folk who fail to respect our rights to ownership and accumulation of wealth.
Alex

[AndyG]

My town was in the grasp of a major car theft epidemic over the last few years. Something to the tune of 80 cars gone per month (we're only 150,000 people). I mused the idea of some way to disable the airbags, if the car knew it was stolen. Technicalities aside, I dreamed it may instil a slight sense of restraint upon said scumbags.

Both my immediate neighbours have had stolen cars run clean through their front fences. No lie. It's not a peaceful process...

[bigjoe]

Can sympathize here Lewis, a nice car ruined by losers..every once in a while there's a B--ch scatch on my Merc..Pitiful losers!

Do as I do now, park as well away as you can ..I know you did , but even further away ,even if it means walking a longer path!

bigjoe

[Wavytone]

Hi Lewis,

Commiserations... A couple of years ago I had a beautiful rare sportscar (just 2 in NSW) which I kept in showroom condition. In preparation to sell it I had it detailed and had just picked it up and had stopped at the lights, when a stupid girl in a 4WD Toyota decided she was going to "squeeze" hers between mine and the car on the left at the lights. Scraped my car from back to front the whole way end-to-end, ripped off the wing mirror.

Pulled over and she looked at mine and said "er... that looks expensive..." to which I replied yeeess... and it transpired she was uninsured. Took photos of her, her car and numberplate, her licence.

After making the claim, NRMA called me back a few days later to say neither her licence nor rego were legit either, nor the address on the back of the licence. The repair estimate was north of $30k.

Just very grateful I was insured...

[xelasnave]

A little off topic and I have told this story here some time ago...so I hope it has not changed much☺.

Three of us were coming back to Sydney and stopped for hamburgers and were waiting out the front of the shop.

It was at a light controlled intersection.

A Police car pulled over a driver who turned right and stopped but the Policeman left his car at the lights in the right hand lane and walked over to address the driver of the car that he had stopped...

A minute later a car runs into the back of the police car hard and it made a heck of a bang..the driver looks up at us then at the Policeman who did not look up nor did the driver he was talking to...the driver of the car looks back at us shrugs his shoulders backs up and drives off....the policeman comes back later hops in his car and drives away unaware that his car had been hit...we were so dumbfounded we could not say anything.

But I sure felt sorry for the Policeman cause he would get out later see the damage and have no idea how it happened.
Alex

[leon]

I don't know why capital punishment is not appropriate for folk who don't do the right thing.

Selection of the fittest.
...sure...great idea...so let us get rid of everyone who is not fit to be in our society...the hope would be that after a couple of hundred years all the scum bags genes are gone and only nice people remain...☺
Heck if a dog bites someone you shoot it...seems a reasonable approach..steal a car or do something wrong
.. shoot them. ..what could be simpler.. .

Cull those who don't conform...sure some innocents will suffer but they suffer no matter what philosophy is in play☺ ...kill the folk who fail to respect our rights to ownership and accumulation of wealth.
Alex

Well well well, this is from you Alex, :eyepop: who makes escape routes for mosquitoes, ;)

I am amazed :thumbsup:


Leon:thumbsup:

[Sunfish]

Well at least you were not in the car when it was written off by a low loader turning left from the right lane, like my partner last year. Nice little car too , perfect with only 50k on the clock. Driver very apologetic, a little lost. Insurance was only 2/3 the replacement cost. Damn that agreed value. But it could have been way worse if there had been a pole on the footpath. Only a car.

[Ukastronomer]

This is why I have a dashcam and tailgating camera, my latest video saw a twenty something get Careless driving, four points on his licence and two fines.

[Sunfish]

More importantly with a dash cam you could record a massive meteorite strike.

Drive across the Nullabor maybe and take in the showers?

In Sydney now, as in Paris and Rome, people park by touch and no one even looks up or stops at small rear ends. Driving an expensive pristine car in the city is madness. Cap all insurance I say , like third party personal. Save us all a bundle and get Sunday vintage insurance for your baby.

[DarkArts]

Scumbags indeed. :mad2:

Stealing another man's horse was a hanging offence. And abusing a horse would see you horsewhipped. Denting another's car ought to be treated as harshly, at least in my Friday-evening-not-so-clear-headed opinion.

I've had a few scratches in car parks and the like. Never found out who.

[GrahamL]

New 40kmh past lighted emergancy vehicles .


HWY patrol car parked around a blind corner 100kmh motor way lights on , first car rounds bend sees police car and brakes hard trying to get to 40kmh , second car dosnt quite brake as hard hits first car who then carreers into hwy patrol car

third car Girl who works for us slows and just nudges car two no real damage to her car , car for rounds bend and just goes no cant stop and chooses to launch off an embankment missing everyone no one hurt thankfully .Three weeks later neg driving tickets for all and I wouldn't mind betting claims over most everyone for the totaled police car.

[Wavytone]

Likewise. After 40 years in Sydney I have come to three conclusions:

1. Never park next to anything with minor body damage, especially marks on the bumpers.

2. Never park next to SUV's and 4WD's - when the occupants of these fat monsters open their doors they'll ding your car.

3. Ideally park next to something rather more expensive than yours, ideally german or italian.

[theodog]

4. Never park 4WD near walk-way in supermarket, cars used as guide fences to get overloaded trolleys back to car.:mad2:

[AndyG]

Well, our family partook in this situation just yesterday (from the pointy end). I get a call from my lovely Wife around 4pm, saying she's just banged into a car whilst parking on the street. I'm reminded that Karma must be a real thing...

I tell her to leave a note with an apology, and my name and number, then get out of there fast. I had no idea if they were nice or hostile, and didn't want her (and my 2 kids) to be part of that experiment.

We could have sat on our hands and waited for a call, but curiosity was killing me. So I went to the house to say hello. I got there, and the most friendly lady was fully understanding, and clarified this is the THIRD time her cars had been bumped into. The poor things have such a steep driveway which is basically unuseable, forcing them to park on the street.

I tell her we are insured, etc, and won't be causing her any grief. Details were then exchanged. Her Husband then comes home. Also a champion, he reveals that he is a panel beater, and was going to repaint the car anyway. The damage from my Wife is 95% buffable, and he's not worried about it. I asked him to give me a call when it's done, and let me chip in a bit. Anything less than the insurance excess is a win, we both agreed.

Perhaps doing the right thing brings good Karma? If we snaked away, trusting our luck, she and/or her husband would be lawyers...

[75BC]

Cars are likely an even bigger obsession to me than astronomy.
Now I can afford new cars for my wife (I get the hand me downs) I do, cause I’ve worked bloody hard for it.
Her current car has been hit by other people 5 times in 3 years. The 3 worst - scratched a large section of the drivers side front, hit the passenger side front hard enough to break the clips leaving it hanging, and the most recent smacked the driver side rear door / wheelarch and left a fist sized dent and scrapes. 3 times she got lovely notes saying sorry. They must have just forgot to put their details on.
I used to drive $500 specials cause it was all I could afford and as said, I’ve worked hard for what we have now. We take great pride in keeping them looking nice so I find it infuriating people can treat someone else’s property with such disregard. :mad2:

Unlike Andy n Family. :thumbsup: