i hate haters

One day a local prepaid-girl wanted me to take her for a drive. I told her that no one rides for free. The next day I found a big piece of bubble gum stuck on my fender. I am pretty sure I can connect the dots.

That being said, I think people causing damage to other's property is largely a North American phenomena. When I lived in Canada I had my car keyed more than once but I do not see the same attitude here. But if someone did key a car here it could have much more serious ramifications than in Canada especially if the car was owned by the wrong person.

[hdpt73]

you guys need to seriously invest in a car cover. i lock mine up if i leave it for a long time and never have had any attacks. it works great during hot summer days also, keeps car cooler.

[racer_d]

While it may not make you feel much better...

It was 1996. I was driving a 10 year old VW Golf. Parked it outside my office building. Was working overnight. Came out the next morning.. Front fender, two doors and the rear fender on the right side.. each panel had the same, size 11 Timberland workboot imprint and an accompanying dent. 4 panels smashed on a 10yr old vw. WTF!

Sorry to hear about your mirror.

[djomlas]

Originally Posted by hdpt73

you guys need to seriously invest in a car cover. i lock mine up if i leave it for a long time and never have had any attacks. it works great during hot summer days also, keeps car cooler.

i went out for a dinner, im not gonna be putting a cover over m car everywhere i go and park.
i would just liek to know what these people think when they do this? do they actually think this trough and do it or just like, look theres a nice car lets scratch it? or what? i mean i dont see any satiffaction by doing this?

Originally Posted by djomlas

i would just liek to know what these people think when they do this? do they actually think this trough and do it or just like, look theres a nice car lets scratch it? or what? i mean i dont see any satiffaction by doing this?

The people who do this are pathetic losers who have failed in life. When they see a nice car they become jealous since they too cannot own a nice car largely because they are lazy and/or stupid. They think by damaging someone else's property they will make that person unhappy for a period of time which brings some sort of happiness to their own insignificant existence. What they cannot measure up to they want to destroy. The same type of person I am sure sees nothing wrong with accepting welfare. They are the parasites of the world and should be treated accordingly.

[djomlas]

i guess i would understand if someone stole soemthign from my car, you can resell it and get some $ out of it, but this just makes no sense

[jwilson95]

Remind me to drive the company car whenever in Chicago and agree with the other guy that at least it was a mirror and not a fender/quarter panel you'd have to repaint...

JMW

[hdpt73]

Originally Posted by djomlas

i went out for a dinner, im not gonna be putting a cover over m car everywhere i go and park.
i would just liek to know what these people think when they do this? do they actually think this trough and do it or just like, look theres a nice car lets scratch it? or what? i mean i dont see any satiffaction by doing this?

If you don't try to prevent things like this from happening and when it happens, you shouldn't be upset because you knew this would happen somewhere in the back of your mind. it's a gamble to leave a convertible open or where people cannot see it at all times. you are inviting the person to vandiaize your car. I always try to park where it's by the front door or cover the car if it's far away. Every lesson has a price, at least this one was a cheap one. There are people out there that get satisfaction from pissing off others, you just happen to meet one on your outing.

[djomlas]

Originally Posted by hdpt73

If you don't try to prevent things like this from happening and when it happens, you shouldn't be upset because you knew this would happen somewhere in the back of your mind. it's a gamble to leave a convertible open or where people cannot see it at all times. you are inviting the person to vandiaize your car. I always try to park where it's by the front door or cover the car if it's far away. Every lesson has a price, at least this one was a cheap one. There are people out there that get satisfaction from pissing off others, you just happen to meet one on your outing.

the car was parked on a busy major steet downtown chicago, so its not like it was in an alley.
and im not gonna open the door for my GF to come out, then say hold on a few minutes while i put this cover on.... i mean c'mon

[MNBoxster]

Hi,

Sorry for your trouble as I said. But, it's a fact of life these days that if you have something nice, expensive, rare, pretty, and such that if you leave it around in public, someone is gonna mess with it.

It is empowering for someone to mess with something they're not empowered to own (through economics, education, circumstance, or whatever) . Call it jealousy, envy, disdain for people like you, psychotic, whatever, it's still empowering - the fact that they can do it and get away with it. Obviously they're getting something from doing it whether it's revenge, satisfaction, relief, or whatever, or they wouldn't do it.

Don't misunderstand me, I'm not saying it's OK - it is WRONG! And there are many other people not empowered enough to own one who have the personal morals not to mess with, or vandalize, a nice car, but it seems they are increasingly in the minority.

Yea, it's wrong, it's frustrating, it can be expensive, and it's OK to vent about it here. But, it's a fact of life that a certain degree of risk of instances like these exists, and you have to accept that if you want to own the car.

Minimize the frequency by following the advice offered here and minimize the pain by keeping it well insured. That's about all you can do.

Happy Motoring!... Jim'99

[bosxter7]

sence were on this topic, I got my boxster 4 months a go . 1 week after I get it I go out to fined 3 deep scratches one on the front fender door and rear. all almost to the metal. so i need a new paint job. I have some nice pics of them, ones 3 feet long the other 2 are half a foot and a foot. people are haters.

lol also I was at work and some guy comes in and asks me if i own the boxster, "yes i do" he goes HAHAHA THATS A CHICKS CAR YOU HAVE A CHICK CAR" so I say why is it a chicks car. "UHH WELL I dono.... back home alot of chicks drive them" so I asked him what type of car he had " UHH I dont have one" so I laughed in his face and walked away.

ps: the scratches inpart my falt. I leave it out on the side of the road and I take it to school every day.

[Brucelee]

I can't imagine what my father would have done to me if I had been brought home as a kid and he was told that I had vandalized anything, let alone a CAR.

For sure, it would have been my last time at THAT little activity.

I do believe that the political leadership in the USA has something to do with this type of activity. Many pols do nothing but promote class and race divison, making it "bad" to be either well off or poor, black or white.

Hence, there are little twerps who think it is "OK" to deface anything that might be owned by the well-off. Heck, they hear this crap all day long from Washington.

It is time that folks understand that being successful is a GOOD thing, not something to feel bad about.

My two cents.

[jmabasa]

[QUOTE=cartagena]One day a local prepaid-girl wanted me to take her for a drive. QUOTE]

What the hell's a pre-paid girl? A hooker?

Well, technically.....um.....yes.

But think of it more like a university student who needs money to buy some books.

Originally Posted by jmabasa

What the hell's a pre-paid girl? A hooker?

[longislander1]

At work, I try to mind my own business and park far away from others. Once I returned to find two junkers parked (backed into their spaces) on either side of my car so I could barely get the door open. On some days, I find it more enjoyable to drive my nondescript Mazda Tribute. When I'm in the Porsche, people tailgate like mad and will do anything not to let me in when a merge comes up. There's a lot of pent-up frustration in this country. Maybe it's an economic thing.

[jmabasa]

Originally Posted by cartagena

Well, technically.....um.....yes.

But think of it more like a university student who needs money to buy some books.

So, is it safe to assume that you are a regular?

[djomlas]

how expencive is their 'education' there anyways?

[David N.]

Haven't had any hater-stuff happen to me yet. I never leave the top down unless I'm in work parking, and I always keep it out of main people traffic areas at other parking lots and such. One thing I do suggest tho, if you play loud music or rev yer engine, don't when yer getting within a quarter mile of your destination. Don't make yourself a target to people who might see you park or be near it later. If you park nose-in (the headlights are more eye-catching than the rear end), you might slightly decrease the hater odds as well.

I'm sure eventually something's going to happen, but I like trying to cheat the odds any way I can.

-David

[blinkwatt]

Things haters have done to my car to date in the year I have had it,for some reasons it's all my co-workers(thankfully I won't work there much longer);

-Someone tried to put a cigarette out on it.

-A group of them surrand wrapped my car.

Originally Posted by djomlas

how expencive is their 'education' there anyways?

$4 can usually buy one book in technical school.

Model school is a lot more expensive. Can be up to $100 a day, but sometimes that will get a full week of lessons.