I’ve been offline for a few days. My broadband was being upgraded then it all stopped working. But I’m back now, on a shinny new speedier connection too.
So this weekend my car acquired air conditioning thanks to a couple of local crack-heads. At around noon on Saturday two crack-heads were walking past my car which was parked on my street, when they saw a four pack of Guinness on the front seat. Being smacked out of what remains of their brains, they decided that it was an entirely reasonable thing to do to slash the roof of my convertible to get into the car are steal the Guinness and other beer that was rather foolishly on display.
Unfortunately for them the roof wasn’t all that easy to get into so they had three attempts at getting into the car. The final attempt involved the girl kneeling on the floor while the guy used her to step onto the back of the car and then tear the roof and lean into the vehicle to retrieve the beer. To his delight, no doubt, there was my wallet also, so that was also taken.
Eye witnesses saw what happened but claimed they didn’t realise what was actually happening until it was too late. Reasonable I suppose, I mean the sheer gal of this crime at midday is unbelievable. The Police were not able to find the thieves who caused several thousand dollars of damage to the car in order to get a $6 pack of beer!
On the upside, the car did actually kind of need a new roof, and I am taking this opportunity to upgrade the roof to the sleeker, sexier (heated glass rear windowed) Sportster model. Plus I am also getting the back of the car re-sprayed and the scratches repaired, the inside refinished and cleaned and the who car polished courtesy of the insurance company who will also be renting a car for me while the work is done. And I figured I might as well get a rear wind deflector too so that the air doesn’t rush back into the car when the roof is down. So in a way, the crack-heads have kind of done me a favor here. I just hope they don’t feel an encore is in order.
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My car before the damage
The Long Way Home (‘Meanwhile’ article)
Wrote the following comment on May 9, 2005 at 4:11 pm
You know, actually this is the third time the car has been vandalized. Bummer, huh. But it’s a great car and I have no plans to trade it in for a Corolla just yet :-)
Wrote the following comment on May 9, 2005 at 10:09 am
so sorry to hear about that simon! i hope it all works out for you! p.s. i completely agree with all the things you wrote about the pam situation! i left her very encouraging comments and i also left rainslicker a commment about how i felt about it! i’m glad pam decided to stay on xanga! take care! xx
Wrote the following comment on May 9, 2005 at 10:30 am
Oh man….what a bummer.
Wrote the following comment on May 9, 2005 at 12:18 pm
It is unfortunate that you have to park on the street – isn’t this the 2nd time you’ve had it vandalized? So sorry.
Wrote the following comment on May 9, 2005 at 1:10 pm
Man, I’m bummed for ya’ but glad to hear the insurance company is treating you right!!! Hears to hoping the old ride will spit polish to the sleak auto that you’ve always or, uh, kinda wanted!! :)
Wrote the following comment on May 9, 2005 at 11:49 pm
It’s so horrible that people do this kind of thing. But hey, at least when you get the wind deflector your female passengers will be happy that their hair isn’t getting messed up ;-)
Wrote the following comment on May 10, 2005 at 10:47 am
I also got my car vandalised on Sat. And it was in my parking spot,that messed up. So yeah, it can happen anywhere. Bummer. Sorry.
Wrote the following comment on May 10, 2005 at 2:54 pm
I’m sorry about your car. I understand that they’re crackheads and all, but that’s no excuse for it.