worf928

Jim! Brilliant! That goes into permanent mental storage.

Gretch

Yep I agree, brilliant...the only challenge now is that I keep control of my temper long enough to pull it off.....However I suspect that I would snap and start foaming at the mouth long before I ever got back inside the club house.....

worf928

Yup Gretch. That's the only drawback to Jim's otherwise brilliant strategy: it gets you into eye-poking-out range.

Gretch

More like " You went out of your way to hurt my shark, however, before I start, here is a baggie for your teeth" range........

Just kiddin'....I would be all rational and reasonable about it.......

Fogey1

Let's see ....

1) Jim's way works to get the car fixed, probably, and has the emotional advantage of using guile on a perp who thought he got away clean.

2) Rage and frothing are dangerous to your own health, useless in fixing the car and may lead to you commit an illegal assault or vandalism of some kind, putting you in legal jeopardy.

I'd say Jim's way wins hands down.

blau928

I got my wrinkles on my left fender from a parking lot incident as well... The thing was pushed in at least 3 inches, and no note, zippo, nada..

Anyway, it will be the last thing the elves fix after they have finished monkeying around the engine bay..

I say if you see the suckers that did the deed, then hold them responsible.. If you don't, and the car is still driveable, then consider yourself lucky that it was not worse....

My .02

Ron_H

Sometimes cars can't be fixed properly. Anyone involved with original concours cars knows how difficult it is to restore them particularly if they had original paint. A painter I know refuses to break the original primer because
it was placed there by the factory. He does metal finishing that you would swear was factory but grimaces at the thought of breaking or sanding original primer. Once that is done, it is not original or as good in his opinion. Putting all of this succintly: it is no longer cherry. There is the principle of the property then having been diminished in value. You will never have the car you once had, period. That ought to be worth a couple of teeth, eh??

I can't agree enough with Jim Bailey who stated that no one has the right to mess with private property. How would they like it if I went into their house with my shotgun and shot up the place for fun?? Mi casa no su casa !!

rob rossitto

mine got hit in a parking lot at magic mountian - rt side ding so large it could be seen from 50' away... car next to me still had paint on it's door... told management, but they claimed nothing they could do... so I took care of it myself... nothing like emptying your bladder and extracting a bit of revenge at the same time, knowing that mr."there's nothing we can do" won't get involved... still got mad every time I looked at it till I finally had the car repainted though... some folks are real jerks...

Gretch

Buck ***** under the passenger seat..........or in the glove box.....and all this time I was throwing them away........who knew??????

snoz

I'm don't know what I'd do if this happened to my shark. I have a feeling I'd come completely unscrewed. A little brake fluid on the offending cars paint would go a long way.

nee.dragger

If you call someone out, they may just say 'it's just a little nick, no big deal, just forget it' and walk away. I had that happen concerning a little incident with my first brand new Porsche almost 27 years ago. It occurred on a public street, an idiot argueing with his girl, not paying attention, slipped the clutch, bumped into my rear bumper, left a small ding and scratch. So I flagged down a cop and HE said 'no big deal, just let it go. Can't be more than $50 to fix'. He wouldn't write a ticket to the offender, let him go, but was ready to throw me in jail because of my protesting my right to have the offender repair my $15,000 Porsche. $212 later (even the dealer couldn't match the paint color on the bumper - mars red) the bumper was painted but after that, everyone asked what's wrong with the bumper because it didn't match.

I have zero tolerance for disrespectful people too, but sometimes calling them out doesn't fix the problem. Kicking their side mirror off works wonders for making them see the way I feel about what they did to my property.

worf928

Well, there is one other way to do it.

Get the license plate number. Wait until the perp drives away. File a hit-and-run police report.

rob rossitto

police report or not, I suspect it's take a civil suit/insurance claim to recover any damages... guess you could claim it totalled the car and/or gave you mental problems from the trauma (post traumatic stress, anxiety, etc). as there's no real limit to stupidity on civil suits and the pressure to settle usually wins out over reason, you might do pretty well if you can nail his ins. co... what's a headache worth? $25k these days?? it's a PITA for sure...

buck *****? too funny!! but aren't those knads pretty tastey, like rocky mountian oysters, best served hot w/a beef like sauce... or was it something/somebody elses cohonas?? maybe from someone who dinged the chef's car the day before?? probably shouldn't drink so much before I order

worf928

Rob, at least in Mass. hit-and-run is a criminal office. The next time the perp gets stopped for running a stop sign they won't be driving home.

Gretch

Rob, I have NO WAY of knowing what they taste like......However I know of a guy who had a pair burried in his truck's glove box for a week, before the smell finally drove him crazy enough to empty the whole cab, seats and all, on to his driveway......

Honerstly, some of the stupid ****e my hillbilly friends do to eachother......It was a freekin' riot though....still makes me laugh everytime I think about it...