Cretin(s) strike

[Hitcher]

Sometimes I wonder whether or not I should judge others by my own standards. It may make bitter pills easier to swallow at times.

After enjoying a simply splendid overnighter to Napier on Saturday, Mrs H and I returned home on Sunday evening to be greeted by our respective motor vehicles (both of which we left parked on the street during our absence) sporting panel damage. Mrs H's has had its front right mudguard (fender for any Merkins lurking) stoved in, and the righthand rear door on mine has suffered a similar fate.

The mind boggles as to how this may have happened.

Needless to say, the perpetrator of this damage has not made themselves known to us. Prick. And now there is a thousand or so dollars to be invested rectifying our cars. Not that I would necessarily demand full restitution, but I think that it's good manners to fess up and offer to make things good.

Or have I gone completely barking mad?

[Highlander]

You've gone Barking mad man ( sory couldn't resist since you left the opening there).

Actually I think you are spot on and it shows a sad reflection on the state our society has slipped to.
I note a car parked on the road side next door to our place ended up with a Road marker cone smashed through the rear window on Thursday night too - small consolation I know but you are not alone.

[onearmedbandit]

Unfortunately this sort of event is becoming more and more common. I'm sure there are a thousand reasons people have as to why this is so, but at the end of the day no reason is worthy.

[Streetwise]

thats got to suck, I cant understand why people have to break other peoples things, i hope the weekend was good anyway,

[kickingzebra]

Armed guards I say!! Idiots seem to have been out in force this weekend... Wankers need testicular rearrangement...

[The Pastor]

This is the reason garages where invented.....


Bad luck mate.

[OMG]

Sorry to hear that dude. I use to own a BMW, but that got targetted by vandals - dents, scratches, oil and shit meered over it. I just don't understand what they get out of wreaking other people's property.

[Motu]

My cars used to live on the street...I used to pull engines out there.Bartards will even steal your rubbish bin.Cars have to come off the street now.

[Hitcher]

All of this talk about gargres and off-street parking is fine. But we live in Wellington city. We're lucky to have a vehicle deck (two-thirds of which is on a Council encroachment) on which to park both bikes and usually one car. One car has to live on the street. Unless I "rationalise" it...

[kickingzebra]

Time to move to eketawhere bro.... Those narrow streets don't help manuevreability much!! specially not with every 3rd twit driving a remuera tractor, or yank tank.
Nothing worse than when that happens.

[scumdog]

Sorry to hear of your incident Mr H. - I bet had the offenders been located they would have had some crappy excuse starting with "I was just...."

Luckily for me I have garaging for two motorbikes and five cars and only have to leave two cars out in the public view. (but still off the street)

[kickingzebra]

Two arms, two legs... Shucks, how many cars and bikes can a guy ride at once?!? LOL

[MSTRS:Me]

Sorry to hear of your troubles there Hitcher. After your enforced 'holiday' and subsequent delight in returning to 'work', this is salt in a wound. Not much you can do though.

[Motu]

When I lived on Waiheke Island only the rich people had driveways,everyone else just used to park on the road...when I first went there in 1985 I used to take a dump truck home every night,just parked out on the road,not even a night light in those days.Then sometime in the early '90's kids started smashing every rear screen on parked cars,they just threw bottles at them as they drove past,arseholes...and I don't think anyone got done for it.

[vifferman]

My sympathy, Mr H.

We too have to park at least one car on the road, as we have no driveway, and limited car garaging.
Last year we returned from holiday, and had shuffled vehicles around. Our son's car had been on the road for no longer than 5 minutes when a boy racer smashed into the back of it, then fled the scene. The repairs cost $2900. It has since been vandalised by someone pushing a shopping trundler into it at the supermarket he used to work part-time at, and then more recently, someone dented and scraped the right-hand doors with some white painted object.
Other 'indignities' include not infrequent egg attacks on our house, garage and the car, probably for no other reason than the garage door is only 2 metres from the road.

Even though we live in a very nice and quiet area, yobbos and senseless vandals still trouble us too.