Damage Vandal ripped wing mirror off!

[nakedlau]

Just the other week my car was parked on the roadside in Torquay and a vandal (somehow!) managed to rip one of my wing mirrors off during the middle of the night. He wrote in the frost on the roof "SE 2008".

I never normally park there as was just visiting my girfriend at the time but the last time it was also vandalised but they only managed to twist it out of shape. I was actually quite impressed with how the wing mirror was able to "self-repair" when I twisted it back in place! Anyway, the previous incident was over New Year and i'd also noticed some other car wing mirrors on the road were broken so I figured it was some drunken revellers that got over-excited.

But then this incident happened the very next time I parked my car on the road, almost 2 months after!!

I've reported it to the police but they couldn't make any progress with it and probably never will. Safe to say I'll never be parking there again.

But I wonder: could it be that my wing mirror was targetted because it was such a challenge to break (cos they failed the first time)?! After seeing the sturdiness of the hinge design within I'm almost impressed that they even managed to rip it off at all!

PS. New wing mirror has left me £275 out of pocket since not worth claiming of insurance

[Unknownsoldier]

I'd be tempted to 'wire the mirror up' (or wait with an air rifle ) and leave it baited there, but then again I always did go a bit ott. (Bl**dy annoying though, where do these little s*its get off doing this and thinking it's funny?)

Tom

[666]

Hope the barstewards die!

[Unknownsoldier]

And I thought I went ott, lol, jk (thats how I got my nickname 'Psycho', I'm a nice guy really). It is senseless vandalism (mind you is there any sense to vandalism?????).

Tom

[Variantealta]

Park the car back there liberally apply superglue to the wing mirror, serve...and wait....

[Unknownsoldier]

Or you could appply tetrodotoxin, that would paralise the git in seconds, hahahahaha!

Tom

[illegalhunter]

i had both of mine done £400 to fix

[nakedlau]

Point taken about the tetrodotoxin lol

Forgot to add that my girlfriend's dad woke up because someone was shouting. Turned out to be the idiot who was ripping the wing mirror off!!Anyway, he ran off soon as he was approached but my gf's dad got a good look at him...

[aslz78]

I think the air rifle ideas probably the best.

[Charles_Harding]

Originally Posted by nakedlau

Point taken about the tetrodotoxin lol

Forgot to add that my girlfriend's dad woke up because someone was shouting. Turned out to be the idiot who was ripping the wing mirror off!!Anyway, he ran off soon as he was approached but my gf's dad got a good look at him...

'cos of that viewing, were you able to take this further with the law?

"Avoid cliches like the plague!"

[nakedlau]

Originally Posted by Charles_Harding

'cos of that viewing, were you able to take this further with the law?

Unfortunately not. The police insisted on showing over a thousand pics to sift through i.e. all criminals in the south west, even though we're sure the vandal was local. Oh, and the idiot left the initials SE on my car. Why they couldn't narrow down the search criteria is beyond me!

[grasey]

Originally Posted by nakedlau

Unfortunately not. The police insisted on showing over a thousand pics to sift through i.e. all criminals in the south west, even though we're sure the vandal was local. Oh, and the idiot left the initials SE on my car. Why they couldn't narrow down the search criteria is beyond me!

Inspector Jacques Clouseau strikes again.

[Unknownsoldier]

Next time catch him and cut his hand off then tell them you've got his fingerprints

Tom

[XCGuard]

Not related to this incident but entirely relevent in my opinion. F***wits like this roaming our streets. They should be slaughtered and used as food for the wild animals in zoos and safari parks(Lions, crocs etc.) They have no place on this planet.

'Chav gangsta' Daryl Standen of Eastbourne, East Sussex is spared from jail again after 15th conviction | The Sun |HomePage|News|Sun Justice

[Foggy69]

Originally Posted by XCGuard

Not related to this incident but entirely relevent in my opinion. F***wits like this roaming our streets. They should be slaughtered and used as food for the wild animals in zoos and safari parks(Lions, crocs etc.) They have no place on this planet.

'Chav gangsta' Daryl Standen of Eastbourne, East Sussex is spared from jail again after 15th conviction | The Sun |HomePage|News|Sun Justice

This guy is a really nasty piece of work, I am surprised he is still walking the streets. He has regularly threatened and assaulted railway staff in the Eastbourne area. I have only seen him once, and we managed to get the train going just before he managed to jump on. I think that saved me and the guard a lot of hassle that day

I wonder what you have to do to get banged up for a good long time

[FWH]

Originally Posted by Foggy69

I wonder what you have to do to get banged up for a good long time

90 on the M1?

[Unknownsoldier]

Sadly yes, if your a 'gangsta' (thats T**ser in plain English), your untouchable, step over the limit on an empty motorway, bang prison, dumb huh.

Tom

[Duecut]

I had this problem just before christmas, the brats from the local school used to challange each other to break of a wing mirror. After replacing the second one, I covered the wing mirrors in vaseline. We ended up catching a bunch of them cause we heard one of them give a very loud "ehww!"

Not had a problem since (not had to use vaseline either)

[Unknownsoldier]

I like that idea, I have little brats throwing stones as you drive past the school, so tempted to mount the pavement........

Tom

[nakedlau]

Originally Posted by Duecut

After replacing the second one, I covered the wing mirrors in vaseline. We ended up catching a bunch of them cause we heard one of them give a very loud "ehww!"

ha ha... like it!!