My Camaro got vandalized!!!

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Been on vacation for the past two weeks, so have been away from the board. Anyhow, about 3 weeks ago my parents called me to tell me that my Camaro got vandalized while sitting in their driveway (I am in NC for school and decided to leave my Camaro at their house while I was in school). Apparently, my mom had removed the car cover earlier in the week to wash the car, but then it started raining so they couldn't put the cover back on. Later in the week, my mom was mowing the yard and noticed three dents in the passenger side of the car. I guess it looks like a baseball was thrown/hit at the car. Two dents in the quarter panel and one in the fender. I know it was the brats next door or their friends (been yelled at before about keeping projectiles away from the car and the house), but no one witnessed it and there is no way to prove it.

My dad called the police to get a report, but they refused to write one. A couple days later, he went down to the police station and they finally gave him one. My dad said he is going to call one of the paintless dent removal places to see if they can work some magic on the dents.

I'm furious because that car had flawless body metal. There wasn't a dent, filler, or any repairs anywhere in that body whatsoever. The passenger fender was new. If they paintless dent removal can't do it, and the car needs bodywork, I'm going to be royally pissed.

I think I will be bringing it up to NC with me. I don't trust it sitting at my parents' house anymore.
 

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Holy crap, that is absolutely not cool. I know how much money and hard work you have put into that thing. It really pisses me off to hear this kind of stuff, becuase I know how much time and work I put into my car (which is nowhere near that of yours!!)

Instead of keeping the car out in the open, why don't you rent a storage garage? I know someone who does that with his E30 M3. It's not too expensive either.
 

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Sorry to hear, if the dents are minor then I'm sure the dent repair guys can easily fix it for you. From personal experience, I would recommend calling a mobile service rather than taking it to a shop since they are cheaper.
 
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That really sucks, sorry to hear that. Like Tom said hopefully the dents aren’t to bad and the paintless repair guys can fix it, I’ve heard good things about them. I agree with Eric, put your car in storage it will protect it from those that cause accidental and intentional harm and from the elements.
 
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oh ***! another victim of car damage!!! im sick of this shit happening!!! someone smashed the whole front end of my mates bros ferrari and ran away, and another mate got his porsche deliberately scratched down one side, i ***in hate jealousy and vandalisers!!! they should be put on death row for doin that shit because it hurts the owner of the vehicle so much because they put time and effort in to their cars and thats the kind of disrespect they get from others, sorry to hear about it once again, by the way are the panels on the chamaro light or heavy, because ive had dents taken out of my car by dent masters with out painting panels but i was lucky because my panels were light, heavier panels need alot more force so it can lead to painting it up, hopefully if they are not that bad then u should get away with not painting it
 
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Thanks for the concern, guys. Well, the panels on my car are pretty heavy - American cars used to be built with much thicker gauge steel than they use nowadays. It had to have taken quite a bit of force to put those dents in the car. I'm no stranger to this crap - the car has been keyed and egged before.

Haven't heard from my dad yet about the dent place - he will be calling a mobile one. They had a dent removed from their Impala and the guy did a great job, so he's going to call the same guy. The water pump went out on my dad's S-10, so he's been dealing with fixing it.

I want to bring it up to NC so that I can drive it. Storage units aren't cheap, and I'd rather spend that money to be able to insure the car and be able to drive it. If I put it in a storage unit, I won't have enough money to insure the car so I can drive it.
 

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VtecTurbo said:
oh ***! another victim of car damage!!! im sick of this shit happening!!! someone smashed the whole front end of my mates bros ferrari and ran away, and another mate got his porsche deliberately scratched down one side, i ***in hate jealousy and vandalisers!!! they should be put on death row for doin that shit because it hurts the owner of the vehicle so much because they put time and effort in to their cars and thats the kind of disrespect they get from others, sorry to hear about it once again, by the way are the panels on the chamaro light or heavy, because ive had dents taken out of my car by dent masters with out painting panels but i was lucky because my panels were light, heavier panels need alot more force so it can lead to painting it up, hopefully if they are not that bad then u should get away with not painting it
Not to be an ass, but 99% of modded-honda owners cause the dents and cracked body pieces from shoddy driving. It's what happens when you drive 50 miles per hour in a parking lot like some idiot.
 
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epj3 said:
Not to be an ass, but 99% of modded-honda owners cause the dents and cracked body pieces from shoddy driving. It's what happens when you drive 50 miles per hour in a parking lot like some idiot.
rule me out of that one then because i seen a solid baseball that was coming towards my car at some serious speed! when it hit it jus broke my heart because my car has such a clean body n dat ball put not 1 but 2 dents in my back quarter and now i need that sorting out too, because its a black car when it shines u can see the dents clearly, plus i treat my car with respect and dont do no shoddy driving in it because when i race and win... my car gets me respect so i give it respect by takin care of it
 
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Another victim of a jealous heart. Your ride is a beauty and I would be installing a camera on the parents house facing the drive...just so you can catch the little F^&KERs at work. Then I would go beat the crap out of the kids and their dad...then take the video to the cops. I sure any Judge would let you off on the "Momment of Passion Crime" thing.
 
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LOLZZZZ your a genius toolfan ;) good idea, hope i was living around there, i would teach them a lesson, best thing to do is tell them to pay up, if they dont then get a couple of mates to f**k them up whilst your at home, so if they try n say its you they cant because you were at home, im sorry if im acting like a kid but you have to teach these mother f**kers a lesson!
 
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rule me out of that one then because i seen a solid baseball that was coming towards my car at some serious speed! when it hit it jus broke my heart because my car has such a clean body n dat ball put not 1 but 2 dents in my back quarter and now i need that sorting out too, because its a black car when it shines u can see the dents clearly, plus i treat my car with respect and dont do no shoddy driving in it because when i race and win... my car gets me respect so i give it respect by takin care of it
hahaha
 


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