Car Keyed in Rathmines on Sat Night

ballooba · 18-06-2006 11:03PM #1

So I woke up this morning very hungover and still wearing my clothes. It was a good night saturday but today was not looking so good. I watched the Japan Vs Croatia match, had a fry and a cup of tea and things were starting to look up.

I walked over to collect my car at my mate's gaff in Rathmines stopping off inside to watch the Brazil Vs Australia game. By full time I was feeling human again and well enough to drive home.

I loped down to where my car was parked on Observatory Lane, on the way into the Cricket grounds. I nearly cried when I saw my car (I'm a big guy, I don't cry). There was a huge scrape all the way down the driver's side. I went around the other side confident that no one would be callous enough to do both sides.

Not only had the fúckers done both sides but they had done the bonnet too. Given that I'm not much of a crying person the only thing I could do and the only thing I did do was go to the local Garda Station. The nice Garda there came out and had a look at the damage and wrote up a report.

I asked her if there was any chance of CCTV etc. and she said no. She said I would just have to go through my insurance. I'm not going to do that as they will only charge me for it over the next 50 odd years or so. I'm going to have to fork out to have Carcraft in Ballybough sort it out.

I was wondering would anyone kn ow of any CCTV that might cover Observatory Lane? It's in the map here: http://www.leinster.cc/images/maps/pages/zoom_2_jpg.htm

If so or you know anything else that might give the garda a chance of catching these pricks then I would be much obliged. It happened between 10pm Sat and 8pm Sun. Thanks.

Pictures here:
http://spraoi.ie/CAR/

ChityWest · 18-06-2006 11:09PM

Sorry to hear about that - looks like the little **********rs had a field day. Did you ask in at the houses beside where it was parked ? That sounds like your best bet.

HelterSkelter · 18-06-2006 11:24PM

Sorry to hear about that buddy. Same thing happened about a month ago to my car. And the worst thing is I suspect it was neighbours of mine, but I have no proof. Scumbags.

Guy:Incognito · 18-06-2006 11:25PM

HelterSkelter wrote:

Sorry to hear about that buddy. Same thing happened about a month ago to my car. And the worst thing is I suspect it was neighbours of mine, but I have no proof. Scumbags.

burn them while they sleep.

Stark · 18-06-2006 11:25PM

Ah ****, that's rough. Rathmines can seem like a nice area during the daytime but it becomes seriously nasty once the drunks come out.

What was the story with the CCTV anyway? Did she say no as in there was no CCTV coverage in the area, or no as in they wouldn't look at the CCTV footage?

mr_disc · 18-06-2006 11:26PM

"Scumbags" is right, unlucky .

Tipsy Mac · 18-06-2006 11:46PM

Bastids.

To quote the lad from Pulp Fiction, "it would be worth them doing it again just to catch them..."

This is something that really pisses me off as you are paying so much for insurance yet the unfair system of tagging a claim like this onto your history deters you from ever actually making a claim. Hard to know who did this to your car, it's a little too calculated to be drunks if you ask me as I'd say they would be more likely to brake wing mirrors or dent doors and the like. I would be thinking scumbag kids upto no good, if found out you should have the power to torch their families cars with them watching

Would be interesting to know how much it will cost to fix if you can post it.

ballooba · 18-06-2006 11:53PM

ChityWest wrote:

Sorry to hear about that - looks like the little **********rs had a field day. Did you ask in at the houses beside where it was parked ? That sounds like your best bet.

Those photos are outside my house. There is no entrance on observatory lane to the apts, just a wall and windows a level up.

The garda told me that a car had been damaged in the same place this week by a falling slate so they had already looked into CCTV on the road.

pa daly · 19-06-2006 12:18AM

Evil ****ing scumbags!!!

I know its bad but take heart because it could of been a LOT worse. I saw a car that had been keyed the other day and it looked as if the pricks had spent about 10 minutes doing it. All the side panels and bonnet had been destroyed with big circular motions...someone had it in for this guy!!!

Man I have a passat like you and if I was you I would look into getting a touch up marker just to make the scratches less obvious. Either that or enquire about claiming off your insurance it could work out cheaper in the long run...

HelterSkelter · 19-06-2006 07:33AM

Tipsy Mac wrote:

Hard to know who did this to your car, it's a little too calculated to be drunks if you ask me as I'd say they would be more likely to brake wing mirrors or dent doors and the like.

Gotta agree, could it be any of the neighbours of your friend? Is there any grief going on there about parking spaces? Some people can get extremely pissed if someone takes "their space".

\m/_(>_<)_\m/ · 19-06-2006 09:12AM

dirty fu@kers... they should be shot.

you have two hopes with the guards.... and slim has just left the building.

gook luck on your hunt.

koneko · 19-06-2006 09:22AM

HelterSkelter wrote:

Gotta agree, could it be any of the neighbours of your friend? Is there any grief going on there about parking spaces? Some people can get extremely pissed if someone takes "their space".

That was my first thought, someone got pissed off because of where you parked or something you did (like cutting someone off in traffic or flipping them off).

I can't think of a suitable punishment for people that key cars, as long as it's very painful and possibly lasting, I'm happy. Complete scumbags.

Naked Lepper · 19-06-2006 09:57AM

my stereo worth 350 euros got robbed from my car from outside my apartment in royal canal park last nite at 4am
****in scumbags

wingnut · 19-06-2006 10:16AM

Last time I parked in Dublin (for one day) my car got broken into and everything taken out of it. I would think twice about bringing a car to Dublin, its much safer in Limerick - 25 years and not one incident!

Our man in Havana · 19-06-2006 10:23AM

Were any of the other cars beside yours also keyed? If not I would have the neighbours in the frame. :mad:

ballooba · 19-06-2006 10:53AM

My mate reckons those scratches are too deep for CarCraft? He reckons CarCraft are only good for touch ups and this is too deep for that.

TBH there is no one in that area that I could possibly think of having pissed off. It's across from Tramco night club so it could have just been one of the kids from there.

I'm not gonna consider the possibility of it being anything other than a random attack as that would just wreck my head.

hottstuff · 19-06-2006 10:58AM

The mouldy little spunkdrops!!!
:mad:

andrew_ireland · 19-06-2006 12:29PM

That's sh1t, sorry to hear about that.

Big Nelly · 19-06-2006 12:34PM

Hate when f**ks do that, just checked front of car last week and big scratch on the fron just under the light, some sh*thead had backed into it, caused damage and drove off. Not really noticeable but some real *****rs out there.

Would love to catch a guy doing this. Just to do ................

xha1r · 19-06-2006 12:47PM

A lot of knackers around Rathmines at that time. I was in Rathmines on Wednesday and there was a crowd of at least 50 hanging around where you said you parked your car. I heard there was something happening in Leinster, but they could have been from Tramco as well. If so, maybe there was another group there on Saturday, and some guy thought he'd be cool showing off.

Don't think there's CCTV around there, maybe the bike shop on the corner? Also, Tramco might have one looking across the road, but not sure if that'd be any help. The houses beside the lane, well one at least as far as I know, has a window at the side, maybe they saw something?

Sorry I can't be of any more help mate. If I think of anything I'll let you know.

ballooba wrote:

Those photos are outside my house. There is no entrance on observatory lane to the apts, just a wall and windows a level up.

And I'll correct you there, there is an entrance onto Observatory Lane to the aparments, it's the only way into them

ballooba · 20-06-2006 08:57AM

Tried to change the thread title but it didn't work. I'm looking for recommendations on where to get this fixed.

CarCraft in Ballybough is very highly spoken of around here but a mate suggested that the scratches might be too deep for them. He reckons they would only be able to do touch ups.

He said that I may need to bring it to a full on Body Shop. He recommended MG Auto Styling on JFK Drive.

Any thoughts?

RiderOnTheStorm · 20-06-2006 09:58AM

thats a low thing to do, a'right. Propper animals, imho. I had a poll here on Motor forum, asking if there EVER was a justification to key a car..... and thankfully noone said yes.

Hope you get sorted out. Chances of catching them are slim...

layke · 20-06-2006 10:39AM

I have a bloke who does that for a living (crash repairs). I can give you his number, he's usuallty a few hundred quid cheaper then the rest. PM me if you want his number.

pontovic · 20-06-2006 10:52AM

Hate that. I would hate for that to happen to me. Some scumbag damaged my car driving a truck in town last year and ran. The cops did nothing about it because I had no witnesses. At a stretch they could have taken the paint from the truck that was left on my car, gone to the truck in question, and matched the paint samples, but they didn't do that.

Remember the car you have might be scratched but you can get it fixed and you will come out of this ok. The people who did this to your car, on the other hand, are scumbags and once a scumbag always a scumbag. Where would you rather be ?

ballooba · 20-06-2006 10:54AM

Thanks for trying to help Layke but I'm looking for guys who are good rather than cheap.

Want this fixed properly so that it doesn't rust and also that it is completely invisible.

Max_Damage · 20-06-2006 05:34PM

Sorry to hear about that man, same thing happened to me as well. Some fcuker keyed the passenger side of my car a while back. If I ever got my hands on them, I'd key their goddamn face:mad:

Undercoverguy · 20-06-2006 06:40PM

On the plus side car craft work miricals!
I tore the left side of my passenger door and rear panel... YES TORE!
Two days with car craft and a little over 600euro later it looked like this....

See pictures!

layke · 20-06-2006 06:47PM

ballooba wrote:

Thanks for trying to help Layke but I'm looking for guys who are good rather than cheap.

Want this fixed properly so that it doesn't rust and also that it is completely invisible.

I can vouch for him. He does the work on my car (and it's been needed in the past). But hey shop around, if you can't find anyone gimmie a holler.

Undercoverguy, that looked nasty and they did a nice job in the end

अधिनायक · 20-06-2006 06:56PM

Do you lose your NCB if you claim for vandalism?

ballooba · 20-06-2006 07:24PM

अधिनाय&#2325 wrote:

Do you lose your NCB if you claim for vandalism?

According to my broker, yes.

My quote from CarCraft was €1000.

ballooba · 20-06-2006 07:25PM

Undercoverguy wrote:

On the plus side car craft work miricals!
I tore the left side of my passenger door and rear panel... YES TORE!
Two days with car craft and a little over 600euro later it looked like this....

See pictures!

How did the colour matching go? Would you notice?

ballooba · 20-06-2006 07:25PM

Max_Damage wrote:

Sorry to hear about that man, same thing happened to me as well. Some fcuker keyed the passenger side of my car a while back. If I ever got my hands on them, I'd key their goddamn face:mad:

Well the current plan if I catch them is to key them to death.

lomb · 20-06-2006 07:29PM

Seems reasonable considering at 1000, prices are done per panel. apparantly theres a reasonable perfectionist in sandyford industrial estate comes highly recommended on boards, cant remeber the name though. wont be any cheaper though.
consider claiming on your insurance. do the sums using online insurance quotes what effect it will have loosing your bonus. also many companies like axa do a step back bonus where u loose 2 years. so if u have 5 ul be down to 3 etc so its not too bad at all.

lomb · 20-06-2006 07:30PM

ballooba wrote:

Well the current plan if I catch them is to key them to death.

i dont blame u, ur jazz blue is/was lovely .there are numerous tire slashings there also in that area. moral is dont park there again. problem is scumbags are everywhere:mad:

ballooba · 20-06-2006 07:44PM

Well i have actually only been driving since October so I would only lose 1 years bonus (i.e. i wouldn't get it in Sept). If I claim do i get to pick where I get it fixed?

lomb · 20-06-2006 07:49PM

ballooba wrote:

Well i have actually only been driving since October so I would only lose 1 years bonus (i.e. i wouldn't get it in Sept). If I claim do i get to pick where I get it fixed?

if u get an estimate from a specific garage, thely negotiate only with that garage and pay them directly. gone are the days of getting a main dealer quote for 3 times that, and getting it fixed elsewhere.
u would not only lose the bonus, u would have to mention u had a claim of that amount. i think if the claim is more than a certain amount i think 2200 euro then the premium rockets. keep it under 1500 and ul b ok certainly with axa anyway.

Zascar · 20-06-2006 07:57PM

I used to live in Rathmines and my car got keyed 3 times over a 2 month period. Parked outside my hosue, someone had it in for me. No idea why. First was 3 little scrapes on bonnet, door and rear, then a few weeks alter 3 larger scrapes in same places, and then they just did one massive line from front to back.
I too nearlt cried. Was soo pissed off, my car was my pride and joy, I kind of lost interest after that, couldn;t justify the cost of getting it repaired.

Flangemonger · 20-06-2006 10:26PM

Sorry for your troubles mate. Keying damage is nothing that a couple of good fatal beatings can't fix.... :mad:

If your car has metallic paint you could be in for an expensive time if you're insistent on an invisible repair. Metallics are a complete bugger to match, you usually have to spray the entire affected panel in my experience. Luckily for Undercoverguy, his Punto had flat paint (or at least it looks flat in the pics to my old tired eyes :rolleyes: ).

My heart goes out to you, I'm thinking of buying an old Porsche and the thought of little fcuks keying it has been foremost in my mind. If I had any need to be in Dublin more than once a year there's no way I'd even consider it.

Your stories just serve to remind me how very glad I am to have got out of that sh1th0le of a city... that and listening to the traffic reports every morning/evening.

You just have to believe in karma - that what goes around comes around to those little fcukers. Otherwise a body could go insane from the injustice of it.

DonkeyStyle \o/ · 20-06-2006 10:48PM

Yeah that písses me off... you can't have anything nice in this city without little shíts coming along and spoiling it.
I like to think I appreciate a nice looking car, but there's no way I'd get one for every day use around the city... better off just going around in some shítheap banger that nobody would be bothered keying/breaking into/stealing.
I've learned my lesson with bicycles over the years... just get the shíttest, most in-bits bike you can find... so that way, when you get clothes-lined off it and almost killed hitting your head on the curb (true story unfortunately), you know they've only gotten away with a crap bike.
It fúcking sickens me, but that's how life here has made me.

Undercoverguy · 21-06-2006 01:44PM

ballooba wrote:

How did the colour matching go? Would you notice?

Colour matching was perfect! If anything it was too good! That side of the car looks brand new (as with any spray job) so as a result the rest of the car looks..... eh,not duller... but older or something.
But i left if in for a proper waxing job in Cork and now i'd never notice it in a million years!

If ya really really wanted it to be TOTALLY 100% unnoticeable then they do colour restoration too for the rest of the car but to be honest there would be no need for it.

Car Craft.... HIGHLY RECOMENDED!
You wont find a better job for the same price cos there work is perfect!
Talk to Shane i'm pretty sure he owns the place, its who i delt with anyway.

ballooba · 21-06-2006 02:20PM

Yeah. I'm booked in with CarCraft for Wednesday next.

I went for two quotes today.

Hopkins and Lockhart were €830. They're good guys but I saw a job they did on the local tyre guy's classic car and I didn't like it.

Ever Ready on Baggot Lane were €2300.

Can you say chancer..? practically the first word out of the guys mouth was insurance.

Undercoverguy · 29-06-2006 12:49PM

Howd the repair go? I DEMAND PICTURES LOL

ballooba · 29-06-2006 04:20PM

I'm informed that it's in the spray booth at the moment.

I'm collecting after work tomorrow and will try and stick photos up.

ballooba · 30-06-2006 08:47PM

As promised: http://spraoi.ie/CAR/repaired

White stuff is rubbing compound. Have to wash it tomorrow. Looks good, only there was damage to some panels which I didn't get resprayed, kind of regret not getting them done.

Will have a go at rubbing them out and there is a bit under the left headlamp that needs filling. The Scrapes are impossible to even see where they were now.

Car Keyed in Rathmines on Sat Night

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