I'd cry then kill some cnut...........
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This put's my problem into perspective.
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Seriously sickening how people can do that to someone else's prized possession. Not impressed with the way the police handled things either, hope his insurance will sort things out but probably at the cost of his own NCB.
I'm in two minds, reading this.
One one hand, sickening.
On the other hand, he says he has CCTV, so it's evidently a 'choice' area.
You can also see, from the photos, his car 'sticks out' as flash, in the surroundings.
I'm not saying he was 'asking for it', but that will be what was going through the mind of the scum that did it.
My uncle had the same problem with his car, which was considered 'flash' in the area he lived.
Sad as it may seem, you do have to try and 'blend in' with your surroundings.
Anything that makes you stick out is going to attract trouble.
One one hand, sickening.
On the other hand, he says he has CCTV, so it's evidently a 'choice' area.
You can also see, from the photos, his car 'sticks out' as flash, in the surroundings.
I'm not saying he was 'asking for it', but that will be what was going through the mind of the scum that did it.
My uncle had the same problem with his car, which was considered 'flash' in the area he lived.
Sad as it may seem, you do have to try and 'blend in' with your surroundings.
Anything that makes you stick out is going to attract trouble.
I know what you mean, thats why I normally choose subtle coloured cars to avoid too much attention. Still the state of youthh in the country is getting out of control, I dont see why people cant buy a car they like in the colour they like and have it not totally wrecked by some jealous prat that is probably living off the council.
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I agree with Bowfer in regards to picking a car to suit your lifestyle and where you live. Obviously you shouldn't have to but unfortunately we live in a world where scumbags think this is ok. So maybe to buy that car (which looks beautiful by the way) in an area like that without a garage, maybe was a little naive or short sighted.
My A3 is no supercar but i do currently have to park it on the road and it's not the best of areas (i'm renting short term until i move next month). It's definitely one of the nicest cars on the street and i am aware that it causes a bit of jealousy to the scrotes and boy racers....which concerns me a little!
If i was living in an area like that long term there's no way i would have bought a really nice car because it's just a matter of time til it gets keyed. Sad fact of life.
My A3 is no supercar but i do currently have to park it on the road and it's not the best of areas (i'm renting short term until i move next month). It's definitely one of the nicest cars on the street and i am aware that it causes a bit of jealousy to the scrotes and boy racers....which concerns me a little!
If i was living in an area like that long term there's no way i would have bought a really nice car because it's just a matter of time til it gets keyed. Sad fact of life.
You're right, but I don't think it's restricted to this country.
I'm sure there are loads of countries where a flash car, in a less than flash area, will attract trouble.
I'd love to catch a scote approaching my car with a can of paint stripper! I'd apprehend him Mark Corrigan stylee and wait for the police to arrive!
Saw that yesterday - would bring as tear to you eye, but do agree with what is been said with flash car atracting trouble in the wrong area.
Personally I would never buy a house without a garage - out of sight - out of mind - but if I caught them I think they would be feeling the paint stripper on their skin !
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Personally I would never buy a house without a garage - out of sight - out of mind - but if I caught them I think they would be feeling the paint stripper on their skin !
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Thats disgusting. I feel a bit sick to the stomach. I'd be so angered if that was me. I'd also be putting the house on the market, no way could you have it put right and park her back up. It would only be a matter of time before a repeat offence surely?
I personally think somebody on his estate doesnt like him which brings me to my next point:
I dont think its fair to assume its the dirty work of some youth. I'd say its more likely the work of a jealous adult, maybe a neighbour, or someone who has a particular vendetta, ex gf's handful of a brother etc etc??
So sad....
I personally think somebody on his estate doesnt like him which brings me to my next point:
I dont think its fair to assume its the dirty work of some youth. I'd say its more likely the work of a jealous adult, maybe a neighbour, or someone who has a particular vendetta, ex gf's handful of a brother etc etc??
So sad....
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In an ideal world, he wouldn't be.
Unfortunately, we live in a world where even walking through the wrong area using a flash phone will get you mugged (not just the UK, I hasten to add).
I'm not saying the bloke was asking for it, I'm just saying he appears to have used poor judgement, or been a bit naive, in parking a flash car in what the evidence (CCTV etc.) suggests isn't a very nice area.
A colleague of mine, by way of divorce, now lives in a less than salubrious area of Aberdeen.
He's recently taken delivery of a new 123D coupe.
It sticks out in the street like a sore thumb and he's a nervous wreck about it.
His choice is accept the risk, or move, he knows that.
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Got to agree with bowfer really, however you dont know the guys circumstances IE temp renting for a couple of months before moving back to niceville or whatever. Still though, I do actually feel sick looking at the pics knowing that someone is capeable of doing such a thing 
Theres some snobs on here , the houses in the ST don't look too bad , granted there not posh , but there not scummy either.
Just because he doesn't live on a leafy lane doesn't mean he can't have a nice car if he chooses.
The mans had his pride and joy ruined and some of your posts read like " servers himself right "
Ive heard of Audi badge snobs , but now it's " you shouldn't buy a Audi until you have a nice house "...... ***!
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Just because he doesn't live on a leafy lane doesn't mean he can't have a nice car if he chooses.
The mans had his pride and joy ruined and some of your posts read like " servers himself right "
Ive heard of Audi badge snobs , but now it's " you shouldn't buy a Audi until you have a nice house "...... ***!
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Well apparently it does because it got covered in paint stripper!
I personally think this is an attack of malice towards the owner, not unprovoked vandalism. I've never known a case of a car being covered in paint stripper for no reason. It's not like an opportunist just ragged a key down the side is it.... Someone set out to go to his house with paint stripper and target HIS car. By the sound of things they also knew where the CCTV was seeing as they stayed out of shot so it was pre-meditated.
At the end of the day i'm a realist. The world is full of jealous, bitter little w**kers who take great pleasure in pulling people down to their level. Simply don't like other people achieving success or owning nice things.
Fortunately, my A3 is relatively low key. It's just a 'nice car'. Not flash which some idiots take as rubbing it in their face.
The fact is on an estate like that, if you buy a brand new, expensive, white car people are just going to start saying "who does he think he is?!". Stuck up flashy c**t. Thats how people are!
Come on, you've got to accept it's a bit naive to expect to be able to park an Audi just 'anywhere', and nothing happens to it.
I know it's hardly Beirut, going by the pictures, but he mentions his house has CCTV.
Why has he got CCTV and I haven't?
Evidently, it's because he expects trouble, or there is a history of trouble.
No-one deserves this, but he's maybe guilty of being too trusting or hopeful?
I think you can have a nice car in a **** area, just garage it
My point earlier about moving is that he has been a target, and having work done to his car and parking it back up there will make him a wreck worrying aout it happening again because as we all know, it will more likely entice the ****/s to do it again
My point earlier about moving is that he has been a target, and having work done to his car and parking it back up there will make him a wreck worrying aout it happening again because as we all know, it will more likely entice the ****/s to do it again
It is true, the area you live in will effect your worry factor.
I really like my cars, and where I used to live I would sit and worry and look out the window, incase a football, tennis ball, stone etc would hit the car, either on purpose / by mistake.
Had many arguments with childrens parents, but they dont care, as long as they are not kicking the ball about outside their house.
I know its different to this, but I used to keep my car garaged, but the Mrs car would be on the drive.
It is such a shame people dont respect other people belongings, be it a £500 car or a £30,000 car.
I really like my cars, and where I used to live I would sit and worry and look out the window, incase a football, tennis ball, stone etc would hit the car, either on purpose / by mistake.
Had many arguments with childrens parents, but they dont care, as long as they are not kicking the ball about outside their house.
I know its different to this, but I used to keep my car garaged, but the Mrs car would be on the drive.
It is such a shame people dont respect other people belongings, be it a £500 car or a £30,000 car.
I think you can have a nice car in a **** area, just garage it
Pffft, my uncle had a garage, containing his nice car and his nice moped.
They broke in and hauled the moped over the nice car.
Sorry, but there are certain areas in which you could have a nuclear bunker, they'd still get you.
Bottom line, he's given up until he finds somewhere else to live.
He now buys a succession of shitters and parks them in the open.
Sheeeesh, now that would break your heart!
I feel for the guy.
It's a real difficult one to call.
Beautiful brand spanking new £35k white A4, parked in a street that doesn't look that bad.
Yet as pointed out, he has CCTV monitoring his pride an joy.
It does sound like he knows the area is dodgy, or maybe he hadded fitted as a preventative measure - who knows.
Either way - that sucks!
I think it's importnat to point out, not everyone can afford to live in a leafy street with a garage. I love cars, hence why I put the money I could afford in to a car that ticked as many boxes as possible. I live in West London, and in the area I'm currently in nice 1 bed flats go for around £300k. I'm lucky that where I live now I have secured off street parking, but it wasn't alwasy the case. My last place had unsecured off street, my place before that (when I had my old S3) it was parked on the street. Now all I used to worry about then was poor parking scuffing the bumper and bird cr@p from the tree's! Now anyone could have damaged the cars at my last 2 places, but no, not even a key to the side.
For someone to go to the extent of risking throwing paint stripper over a car would suggest someone who has a major grudge. Either way - that is just pure evil.
Wonder if he had Gap cover?
I feel for the guy.
It's a real difficult one to call.
Beautiful brand spanking new £35k white A4, parked in a street that doesn't look that bad.
Yet as pointed out, he has CCTV monitoring his pride an joy.
It does sound like he knows the area is dodgy, or maybe he hadded fitted as a preventative measure - who knows.
Either way - that sucks!
I think it's importnat to point out, not everyone can afford to live in a leafy street with a garage. I love cars, hence why I put the money I could afford in to a car that ticked as many boxes as possible. I live in West London, and in the area I'm currently in nice 1 bed flats go for around £300k. I'm lucky that where I live now I have secured off street parking, but it wasn't alwasy the case. My last place had unsecured off street, my place before that (when I had my old S3) it was parked on the street. Now all I used to worry about then was poor parking scuffing the bumper and bird cr@p from the tree's! Now anyone could have damaged the cars at my last 2 places, but no, not even a key to the side.
For someone to go to the extent of risking throwing paint stripper over a car would suggest someone who has a major grudge. Either way - that is just pure evil.
Wonder if he had Gap cover?
In the theme of the thread, I often toy with the idea of buying a sh*tter.
It's only the fact I don't have anywhere to park one that stops me, really.
Some of the cars my bro-in-law buys from auctions are amazing.
Like a Laguna he bought for £200.
Looked like crap (no rust, just scratches and small dents).
But he kept it for 6 months, put it through it's MOT (needed a numberplate bulb) and sold it for a profit.
Can you imagine how liberating it must be, to have a car you don't care about?
Must be brilliant.
It's only the fact I don't have anywhere to park one that stops me, really.
Some of the cars my bro-in-law buys from auctions are amazing.
Like a Laguna he bought for £200.
Looked like crap (no rust, just scratches and small dents).
But he kept it for 6 months, put it through it's MOT (needed a numberplate bulb) and sold it for a profit.
Can you imagine how liberating it must be, to have a car you don't care about?
Must be brilliant.
At the end of the day you should be able to park ANY car anywhere ( within reason ) and not get it keyed or the paint stripped off it!
The mans got the car outside his house on a so so st and some cnut has recked it for whatever reason , it's not right and not on.
My post codes band E should i not have a Audi either?
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The mans got the car outside his house on a so so st and some cnut has recked it for whatever reason , it's not right and not on.
My post codes band E should i not have a Audi either?
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No-one's denying that.
But then you 'should' be able to walk home without getting knifed etc.etc.
Get yourself into parliament, I'll vote for you.
Until this eutopian world exists though, you have to use judgement.
I can think of areas I wouldn't want to drive my car through, never mind park it up.
Nobodies saying you cant have a nice car mate, but get real, you cant park your pride and joy anywhere and expect it not to come to harm, its not the society we live in, with wnakers on every corner.
Yes in an ideal world it would be possible, but thats not this world bud.
Just out of interest, i got a mortgage last year, house cost me a fortune, but i couldnt afford to live in the leafy burbs either, so i put the car round the back on my drive, leaving it on the streets makes me nervous.
On a personal note, I dont give a **** if they damage the car, its just metal at the end of the day, losing a loved one makes you realise that, I just hate having to pay for needless damage thats all.
Its is a shame that when you finally do get a decent car you end up worrying about it all the time! Unfortunatly you have to live with the worry or buy a piece of poo poo. You could of course stick some tights over your rear lights fit an ironing board to the roof and cut a big whole in the bonnet, no one would touch it then, but then you wouldn't have many friends either lol
Its not just parking outside your house, its everywhere you go, you could live in the safest area and not have any problems then go out in it park up somewhere come back to the car and either some jealous t*at keys it, or someones opened the door on it!
What Bowfer says is correct last year I had a merc c class (old one only worth 3k) and was paranoid where I parked it, I then sold it as I needed the money and bought a diesel fezzy van for £300 a horrible little scruffy thing, couldn't pull the skin of a rice pudding, but it was great good mpg and could park anywhere and not worry plus i used to just drive into the kerb to park as no alloys to worry about. Sold it for £350 6mths later.
Now I'm full circle and have a 1 week old A3 worth 20k, ok its a company car but I still class it as mine and would still be gutted if anyone did anything to it! Plus I now park about 2ft away from the kerb to avoid hitting the alloys lol!
Mark
Its not just parking outside your house, its everywhere you go, you could live in the safest area and not have any problems then go out in it park up somewhere come back to the car and either some jealous t*at keys it, or someones opened the door on it!
What Bowfer says is correct last year I had a merc c class (old one only worth 3k) and was paranoid where I parked it, I then sold it as I needed the money and bought a diesel fezzy van for £300 a horrible little scruffy thing, couldn't pull the skin of a rice pudding, but it was great good mpg and could park anywhere and not worry plus i used to just drive into the kerb to park as no alloys to worry about. Sold it for £350 6mths later.
Now I'm full circle and have a 1 week old A3 worth 20k, ok its a company car but I still class it as mine and would still be gutted if anyone did anything to it! Plus I now park about 2ft away from the kerb to avoid hitting the alloys lol!
Mark
You know what worries me more than anything ? Carjacking. Becoming too common for comfort. I'm very fortunate in that I have a locked garage to keep my car in - but I work in a dodgy area and vandalism is a concern. But nowhere near the concern I have for someone smashing my window in and dragging me out at the lights then driving it off - hopefully without stabbing me first. There have been numerous stories in the press this year about this - I think some bird out of Emmerdale was carjacked in her Audi yesterday.
Doesn't matter where you live with this going around ..... anyone know where i can buy a can of Mace ? Or even better - a Tazer ?
Doesn't matter where you live with this going around ..... anyone know where i can buy a can of Mace ? Or even better - a Tazer ?
No-one's denying that.
But then you 'should' be able to walk home without getting knifed etc.etc.
Get yourself into parliament, I'll vote for you.
Until this eutopian world exists though, you have to use judgement.
I can think of areas I wouldn't want to drive my car through, never mind park it up.
I know all about that mate i'm born and bred Salford for 31 of my 36 years.
In a ideal world there would be no crime , in a ideal world we all would live on leafy lanes with drives and garages , but we dont , the bloke may not be able to afford a house with a upmarket postcode , should that stop him buying his dream car?
The man made a judgment call on the area he lives and thought his car would be safe , it turns out he was wrong!
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It's sad but I would agree it looks premeditated. Either he pxxxed someone off while spending 10 hours foaming it all up on the road, maybe some neighbour or environmentalist got miffed at all the soap he put down the drain, or he's supset someone through work or personal life that knew he was getitng a new car and wanted to get some evil revnege.
I agree it does not look that bad an area but of course if there is a scrote area nearby, they will go to the nicer parts to practice their crime and vandalism maybe?
BUt my money is on some targetted revenge! It is sad, but I suspect it was not a random attack, so it should nto put anypone off getting a nice car really.
However, 35k for an a4 diesel, a saloon even.........holy moly I just cannot see why anyone would think that is any sort of value...? I amy be out of touch but that is a crazy amount for what is at the end of a day, a dressed up rep mobile...?
Must have a bob or two to spend on that so it cannot be that bad an area!! lol Maybe it is just down to local jealousy.......? poor booger anyway
I agree it does not look that bad an area but of course if there is a scrote area nearby, they will go to the nicer parts to practice their crime and vandalism maybe?
BUt my money is on some targetted revenge! It is sad, but I suspect it was not a random attack, so it should nto put anypone off getting a nice car really.
However, 35k for an a4 diesel, a saloon even.........holy moly I just cannot see why anyone would think that is any sort of value...? I amy be out of touch but that is a crazy amount for what is at the end of a day, a dressed up rep mobile...?
Must have a bob or two to spend on that so it cannot be that bad an area!! lol Maybe it is just down to local jealousy.......? poor booger anyway
I remember when I had my Mk2 Astra GTE. It was gleaming. But I lived in a multi storey in a not desirable area of a not desireable city (Scumdee). I parked it in the car park for about 4 weeks until it was broken into. After that, I paid 1.30 everytime I wanted to take it out of the hospital car park about 5 min walk from the house.
I should of realised when my previous car, a 1.3 mk5 escort was broken into 3 times in 10 days. The last time they stole a set of jump leads and an petrol can...
I should of realised when my previous car, a 1.3 mk5 escort was broken into 3 times in 10 days. The last time they stole a set of jump leads and an petrol can...
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Blimey thats a shocking set of photos to view!They realy went to town on that motor.I would be livid to start with but L6ON is right its only a car at the end of the day and can be fixed
I can remember the local kids where I live now hurtling abuse at my father when I was a kid because he drove a V12 convertable E type.I asked him why he never said anything back to them and his wise words were they would only coin the car-best to ignore them and they will forget.
Thats a shocking attack on your motor,I hope the people who did it get caught by the old bill or your mates in a dark alley far away from your CCTV
I can remember the local kids where I live now hurtling abuse at my father when I was a kid because he drove a V12 convertable E type.I asked him why he never said anything back to them and his wise words were they would only coin the car-best to ignore them and they will forget.
Thats a shocking attack on your motor,I hope the people who did it get caught by the old bill or your mates in a dark alley far away from your CCTV
I've got CCTV on mine and its a nice area, I've had it on my last two houses as I used to spend ages out of the country. When I was selling the last house, I caught the estate agents up to all sorts, was quite funny when they disputed it..........
Also handy when Audi "claimed" they'd been to collect my car at 9AM but no one was in to sign for it, when in reality it was 11:30 when they turned up........
I think we don't know all the story... that cannot be free vandalism....
Either he lives is a really bad area... and that you would not even had any car ro something is not right here...
I mean I left my car in some really dodgy places and was fine... maybe it is luck!
Pedro
Either he lives is a really bad area... and that you would not even had any car ro something is not right here...
I mean I left my car in some really dodgy places and was fine... maybe it is luck!
Pedro
Indeed we dont know the whole story. This was posted on Pistonhead and was also posted in the original thread but was quickly deleted by mods.
