:( Someone Keyed my car...

[kypez]

Hi Guys,

just woke up today to find my car keyed. I'm trolling through hours (3 days worth) of camera footage to see if I can catch the person who did it (cameras in the apartment block cover my car). Real Dog Act.

Do you guys reckon its going to cost a lot to fix? There are two lines, one on the top and another below. Would have taken a bit of time for them to do it so I hope they will appear on the video.



Very Sad...

Why do people do this to other peoples cars?! I guess if its expensive, I'll claim through insurance and get the entire side repainted.

[fordomatic]

hey mate, i had the same thing happen to my old BAXR8. i went through insurance, it doesnt affect no claim discount as it is malicious damage. Had to do a police report and then tell the insurance the report number. Mine cost $3500 to fix as they keyed it so bad they scarred the metal and it had to be bogged. I really do feel your pain mate, i was devastated when it happened to me. Just last week some drunk peed and spat all over the FG Turbo, so glad they didnt key it.

[kypez]

Originally Posted by fordomatic

hey mate, i had the same thing happen to my old BAXR8. i went through insurance, it doesnt affect no claim discount as it is malicious damage. Had to do a police report and then tell the insurance the report number. Mine cost $3500 to fix as they keyed it so bad they scarred the metal and it had to be bogged. I really do feel your pain mate, i was devastated when it happened to me. Just last week some drunk peed and spat all over the FG Turbo, so glad they didnt key it.

WOW!! $3500!! Glad your car didnt get keyed though spat at and peed on is pretty low. I didnt realise it was as common as its appearing.

The top one is pretty deep and the bottom one is in swirls. Kinda what happens if you're bending and not moving quick enough to draw a straight line.

[NickyN]

Originally Posted by kypez

WOW!! $3500!! Glad your car didnt get keyed though spat at and peed on is pretty low. I didnt realise it was as common as its appearing.

The top one is pretty deep and the bottom one is in swirls. Kinda what happens if you're bending and not moving quick enough to draw a straight line.

Maybe it was 2 people then and they did it in one pass. You know how people with that kind of mentality do gutsier (lots of times stupid) things because they're with someone else? It's the herd mentality. Add alcohol and they become even stupider (Yes, there's no such word. I made it up.)
imo.

[Mr G8]

That sucks mate... :(

[Pepscobra]

Low life dogs.
This is my greatest fear any time I leave my car somewhere.

[Alan D Segal]

OP did you see who did it yet?

A mate's VE SS recently got spat all over. Actually took a bit of cleaning to get off.

I also saw a VE SV6 that had been keyed really badly at tent city Bathurst last year.

So it isn't just a Ford thing.

Originally Posted by kypez

Why do people do this to other peoples cars?!

I think that the main reasons cars get keyed is: 1. The owner did something that someone doesn't like and it is 'pay back'. 2. The vandal doesn't like the car/make/model and wants to deface it. 3. The vandal is just looking to vandalise something and the car was in the wrong place at the wrong time.

There's really no excuse for any of it and seeing it really makes me mad. Hope you get it fixed no hassles.

[kypez]

Originally Posted by Alan D Segal

OP did you see who did it yet?

I think that the main reasons cars get keyed is: 1. The owner did something that someone doesn't like and it is 'pay back'. 2. The vandal doesn't like the car/make/model and wants to deface it. 3. The vandal is just looking to vandalise something and the car was in the wrong place at the wrong time.

There's really no excuse for any of it and seeing it really makes me mad. Hope you get it fixed no hassles.

I didnt see who did it but I'm going through the security camera footage in my building. My car is within range of a fixed camera that can show me if someone in my building did it.

The only other time it could have happened was when I was at my niece's 4th birthday on Saturday before I drove home and parked the car (in the dark and couldnt see the doors). If it happened at home, it will be on the footage.

I was thinking about what you said about who would do it but our building is new and I dont know anyone in the building so I can see how I would have annoyed someone already! I'm thinking it was some stupid kids out on the Saturday night when I was at the party in Bella Vista (for those who know Sydney).

[kypez]

Originally Posted by Pepscobra

Low life dogs.
This is my greatest fear any time I leave my car somewhere.

Been the biggest fear for me as well. Just remember watching an episode of Law and Order where one guy says he keyed a car. I thought, lucky that hasnt happened to my car. This was in the last 3 days! Little did I know...

[Spurious]

Looks like someone has a bug up their butt regarding being a "have not". I hope you find them on video.
Have you had any problems with your neighbors. Might be the place to start looking for a culprit.
If it's an off street carpark then i'd say it's either a resident or a friend of.

I would suggest you move & find a place with a garage. Otherwise buy a thick car cover thats not easy to lift up when secured. The idea being that if it takes some effort to access the body they probably won't bother you again & put a sign up making people aware of the CCTV.

[kypez]

Originally Posted by FlivverFord

Looks like someone has a bug up their butt regarding being a "have not". I hope you find them on video.
Have you had any problems with your neighbors. Might be the place to start looking for a culprit.
If it's an off street carpark then i'd say it's either a resident or a friend of.

I would suggest you move & find a place with a garage. Otherwise buy a thick car cover thats not easy to lift up when secured. The idea being that if it takes some effort to access the body they probably won't bother you again & put a sign up making people aware of the CCTV.

Its a brand new unit that I bought 2 years ago off the plan that I just moved in a couple of months ago. I'm writing to strata and am hoping that if I can find some evidence on the videos that I can organise (at my cost) a garage for my space. Its big enough and is sectioned off so it doesnt affect anyone to have it enclosed. Will have to see what I can come up with. Still going through video for now.

[mik]

Originally Posted by kypez

Hi Guys,

just woke up today to find my car keyed. I'm trolling through hours (3 days worth) of camera footage to see if I can catch the person who did it (cameras in the apartment block cover my car). Real Dog Act.

Do you guys reckon its going to cost a lot to fix? There are two lines, one on the top and another below. Would have taken a bit of time for them to do it so I hope they will appear on the video.

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Very Sad...

Why do people do this to other peoples cars?! I guess if its expensive, I'll claim through insurance and get the entire side repainted.

I hope you catch them , so many scum bags out there fair dinkum, I just had one car repared because an old fella ran into me while I was stationery :( , 2 days ago someone scraped my limo in a car park and didnt stop, I wasn't quick enough to get their rego :(, it almost seems pointless to try and keep your wheels in good nic, you have my sympathy .
I had 2 panels painted (2 tone)all up about $1400(almost no panel damage, another panel I had touched up while the damage was fixed $400 non metalic paint, hope that helps.

[pottery beige]

its a pathetic **** **** act.. carried out by gutless **** ****s that are aware their pathetic little **** **** lives they will never amount too anything...

[grandpa_spec_F6]

Shame to hear, what mr beige said... scummers

[Happyone]

Mate I hope you find out who did it --- that's a real scum bag act !!

[kypez]

Thanks guys. Will get a quote tomorrow and see what can be done. Going through video is very boring but I want to make sure it wasnt someone in our apartment block. Dont want to live near such people!

[neptune blue]

I feel your anger & pain
Had this happen to a Monaro I once owned
I would give anything just to catch a low life maggot doing this
It would be worth paying the excess on my insurance just so I could beat the bejesus out of them

[uniacidz]

ouch man.

Unfortunate

[ILLaViTaR]

Woah dogs.

Haven't had a falling out with a mate or neighbour I hope.. I hope you catch the ******* mate.

[icecold84]

Jealous dogs, I hope you find them would be more than happy to help out a fellow forums member if you find the guy.

This world has turned to ****

[RSPEC#78]

that's really ****** man, i hope you catch the person that did it.

[cowboy]

I think it comes down to jealousy, I can't have it so why should they. Hope you catch them mate, I feel for you.

[NickyN]

Jealousy like some others have said, and also the fact that they get a kick out of it while they're doing it. It's the adrenaline rush.

Then seeing "their work" afterwards till the car owner gets it painted, is like "their work" is out for others to see. SO LAME if you ask me!

[Vormund]

I'll just leave this thought with you:

A person like this would have a jealous mentality, therefore would never try to better themselves and will always be poor scum.

On the other hand someone who cant currently afford it, but admires the car, will work toward that goal.

So take solace that in whoever did this wont amount to anything in their life.

[Alan D Segal]

Originally Posted by Vormund

A person like this would have a jealous mentality, therefore would never try to better themselves and will always be poor scum.

Not always. It could be an upset ex (or their new partner), someone you cut off in traffic, someone you jumped the queue in front of at the supermarket... There's a lot of petty reasons people do silly, spiteful things.

The SV6 I saw at Bathurst had 'W A N K E R' keyed into the side of it in letters about 300mm high and a big key stripe down the other side. That's a lot of effort for a random, quick thrill in my opinion.

[93EB_SXR6]

If you manage to find the culprit, make sure you run a cheese-grater down his back mate.

[GQ_Smooth]

Sorry to hear, it's happened to a few us. Don't let it get you down. If it's someone in your building, make sure you're not parking in anyone spot (no excuse anyway). If you find anything on the video, good luck with the police doing anything about it.

[Rodp]

I have a key mark on the rear passenger door on my F6. Makes me wonder why I bother having nice things when I have to leave it outside for animals to have their way with it.

Feel your pain, OP - mine isn't anywhere near as bad as yours though.

[jphanna]

it a horrible feeling seeing your pride and joy vandalised by people who most likely are too lazy to get of their azzes and work towards buying a nice car of their own.

[GTP534]

It might take some time but keep going through the CCTV recording; if something positive comes up then go to the police. I hope your car is repaired well.