Vandalism?

[BMWDavid]

Man I feel for you guys that live in the city and have to park on the street. I don't know if I'd even bother with a nice car if I had to live like that.

Makes me really appreciate my rural living. My car is in the garage anyway but here we have wildlife that can mess you car...raccons, squirrels, mice and so on.

[mezdup]

Man that's rough. I work on LI but frequently commute to Manhattan for jobs. Luckily I get reimbursed for my travel so I get to park in garages. You run the risk of people joyriding (rare imo) but it's safer than streetside parking I think.

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[encity5]

Originally Posted by cgrey

Street parking in Manhattan is where I'm having the problem. I've never had a problem parking anywhere in Queens so I wouldn't worry about parking there. What area?

Where in manhattan? I work downtown but only drive out occasionally I haven't had issues yet parking in the city but Ive only parked downtown ish ctown/tribeca.

city driving and parking is a constant headache and worry... Now I feel like I should be worrying more about what streets I park

[jarviz]

I've never had to park in the city yet but when I do, I'm more worried about the the bumper to bumper parking.

I saw an argento FRS on the Bronx River Parkway a few weeks ago. Was that you Cgrey?

[jarviz]

hey EnCity, what part of queens you from. Did you get your firestorm at Queensboro? They had a firestorm there and that was the first and only time I've seen the Red so far.

[PoRco]

Originally Posted by cgrey

After much research, this one seems good:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-BlackVue...item1c278bdf4c


http://www.radardetectorforum.org/ca...am-review.html


Seems perfect. Always on, sensitive seismic and motion, high quality, loop recording.

Wow, awesome! Do you know how long the recording would last before it starts deleting? Just in case someone decides to KEY my car in the night, I don't want the camera to record over it.


Just noticed the "Parking Mode" function. Super cool! I think I might get this one too!

[Rossman]

Originally Posted by lordtakuban

As for the .45 advice, I'm not sure what your laws are up in NY. But even in Florida, you can't shoot someone for messing with your car (Unless you're in it and they are trying to gain entry).

Honestly, my .45 comment was a joke. Please do not kill anyone based on my comment!

Secondly, your comment about Florida is laughable. This is the state where you can kill someone FOR ANY REASON as long as you "feel threatened". Aka Zimmerman...ugh.

[vividracing]

Originally Posted by PoRco

Man that sucks ballz...

I suggest getting one of those dash cams. They aren't TOO expensive, considering the love you have for the car... it'll be worth it.

There's a car in my neighbourhood that has a blue light constantly blinking at his dash. It looks like a camera..and I constantly feel like I'm being watched when I pass by that car. It got me thinking...and I'm gonna get something like that for my car (when I get it) . Because the least it will do is make people think twice before doing stupid shit...

Viper Alarms come with a blue LED, that's probably what that car has. A good alarm w/ a 2-way pager, tilt sensor, and proximity sensor would do more than the camera imo. What's the camera good for? The police will NOT do anything. I can guarantee that. So that leaves it up to you... Do you want to confront this guy? If not, then skip the camera. If so, then be careful.

Originally Posted by mattles

Mines been keyed down to the color, other than that not really fucked with. Luckily (?) it was keyed on the front bumper so no metal repair, just plastic. Just picked up the paint pen from the local subaru dealership, gonna see what I can do this weekend. If I fail, I guess its off to paint/body specialist.

Wow, that sucks Matt! Where did this happen?

Originally Posted by Rossman

Honestly, my .45 comment was a joke. Please do not kill anyone based on my comment!

Secondly, your comment about Florida is laughable. This is the state where you can kill someone FOR ANY REASON as long as you "feel threatened". Aka Zimmerman...ugh.

Florida is a Stand Your Ground state, just like Arizona. I love our gun laws. Zimmerman should not be using Stand Your Ground as a defense, but that's a topic for another thread.

[PoRco]

Originally Posted by vividracing

Viper Alarms come with a blue LED, that's probably what that car has. A good alarm w/ a 2-way pager, tilt sensor, and proximity sensor would do more than the camera imo. What's the camera good for? The police will NOT do anything. I can guarantee that. So that leaves it up to you... Do you want to confront this guy? If not, then skip the camera. If so, then be careful.


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Really? If I know who the guy is and I tell the cops, they won't do anything? I hope that's not really the case

What's to stop anyone from doing this then? What will the alarm do?

[Pbrown]

Originally Posted by kmbkk

This! I would take some time and keep an eye on it. It seems to me like a specific person is messing with you, or just doesn't like you for some reason.

He's the guy that put the deposit down right before you and you got your car first.

[encity5]

Originally Posted by jarviz

hey EnCity, what part of queens you from. Did you get your firestorm at Queensboro? They had a firestorm there and that was the first and only time I've seen the Red so far.

Not from queens. Bought in manhattan.
From SI.

[daiheadjai]

Originally Posted by Rossman

Honestly, my .45 comment was a joke. Please do not kill anyone based on my comment!

Secondly, your comment about Florida is laughable. This is the state where you can kill someone FOR ANY REASON as long as you "feel threatened". Aka Zimmerman...ugh.

In Toronto, you get arrested for protecting your property or if you apprehend a drug addict who's been stealing from your store repeatedly.
Just ask David Chen.

[vividracing]

Originally Posted by PoRco

Really? If I know who the guy is and I tell the cops, they won't do anything? I hope that's not really the case

What's to stop anyone from doing this then? What will the alarm do?

Maybe in Canada the police care, but not here in the US. Especially a place like NYC. It's a mixture of having way more important stuff to do, and just straight up not caring.

The alarm will scare the vandal off. Especially if you make your presence known every time the alarm goes off.

[mattles]

Originally Posted by vividracing

Wow, that sucks Matt! Where did this happen?

I wasnt keeping very good track of the car, so it could have happened Friday night or Saturday sometime during the day. It was either starbucks on camelback @ 16th oooor somewhere in oldtown snobsdale. Im thinking most likely starbucks saturday morning though since its one of the few times I parked the car in an open lot, during the day, next to other cars, out my eyesight for atleast 45 minutes.
Its been too hot and Ive been too lazy to try my hand at repairing it. The subaru paint pen looks very easy to use, though.

I was gonna proceed thusly:
- tape off area
- wash thoroughly
- strip wax/etc
- IPA rub down
- wear gloves
- go to work with increasingly more abrasive compounds (clearcoat only though) to minimize the clearcoat damage (hand only, no orbital)
- after the clear coat only scratches have been buffed out, fill in deep color scratches with paint pen
- use my nifty scratch repair compound to smooth out the paint pen after its dry
- more hand buffing/finishing
- check it under some briiiight lighting
- cleaner/polish/sealant/wax then check the reflection again and see how I did

If all that fails, fuck it the car is going off to a paint correction specialist for all work just short of a full repaint.