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16 Mar 2013, 9:08 pm

I can, honestly, understand the frustration, but I don't think I have done that before. I'm just too scared of getting caught by camera etc to actually do it.

edit: wrong word



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16 Mar 2013, 9:34 pm

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What's the big deal about keying cars anyway? It's just a scratch.

its not cheap to paint a car

if anything the best way to get back at them would be to remove the air from their tires without damaging them. having all 4 tires flat would have a larger effect on the person that scratching their paint and would be you less likely to get in trouble with the law



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16 Mar 2013, 9:43 pm

What you really should do is to call tow and let them pick up their cars at the impound.


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16 Mar 2013, 9:49 pm

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they had some kind of really really really really sticky stickers that they would apply to the windshields.


Some places in the UK use these to discourage unauthorised parking (direct action such as clamping or towing is not legal on private property) however I have seen cars with a number of these stickers attached so not all of the owners are that bothered.



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16 Mar 2013, 9:50 pm

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they had some kind of really really really really sticky stickers that they would apply to the windshields.


Some places in the UK use these to discourage unauthorised parking (direct action such as clamping or towing is not legal on private property) however I have seen cars with a number of these stickers attached so not all of the owners are that bothered.


The ones my boss were talking about covered so much of the windshield that you couldn't really drive without first removing much of the sticker.

I prefer the grease approach myself.



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16 Mar 2013, 10:53 pm

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Live in housing area of primarily young people near a very good university, so anyone with a Mercedes is likely a rich as*hole from the suburbs who's parents own a bank (I actually had to buy a car for my dad once). I don't know why people would park there who don't have a permit. I guess it's the same gated community mentality that killed Trayvon Martin

I was going to stay out of this thread since I would never engage in such actions but this reminds me of an incident at work. We frequently have executives, CEOs, politicians, etc (i.e. rich 4$@%@) and they always park illegally, frequently blocking cars like mine in. Even though (paid for) permits are required and they will take action against most people, when these guys come we aren't allowed to do anything. Why? Because it's 'not proper' to ticket someone like that and thats 'not something we want to do'. You wouldn't believe the sense of entitlement some people have. If not for privacy reasons, I could share a million examples of behaviour that surprised me... the first 100 times I saw it.

On a more positive note, we had this selfish jerk I call "minivan guy" at my apartment complex who always parked illegally and actually struck two cars (bad enough they had to be towed) and took off. I was pissed off the apartment people wouldn't stand up to him and just when I gave up hope, saw someone in the middle of the night smashed his (and only his) window out. Have to admit it brought a smile to my face and he left shortly after hopefully never to be seen again.



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16 Mar 2013, 11:21 pm

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What's the big deal about keying cars anyway? It's just a scratch.


Its vandalism. One does not have the right to willfully flamage the property of another.
Not just that, but if the car is parked outside, removing the paint exposes the metal to the elements, and that leads to rust and serious damage in time if the scratch isn't fixed. Fixing said scratch can cost quite a lot of money, and not fixing it would cost even more.

Tyrion, stop keying cars unless the car is your own. You're ruining people's day. Just because you had a bad day doesn't give you the right to take it out on a bunch of random strangers. Don't let life control you. Yeah, sometimes it takes balls not to be a jackass when you're in a bad mood, but seriously--you're better than that. You have free will. Right now you're mindlessly going, "That's a rule. Therefore I must disobey it." Well, think about it: If you disobey rules just because they're rules; if you disrespect people just because you're told to respect them, then you're just as bound by rules as somebody who follows every rule they come across. Stop being a mindless drone and start making your own decisions.


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16 Mar 2013, 11:41 pm

You NEVER touch another man's horse… :x …My horse has been one of my major interests all my life. There’s not a scratch, since I’m a perfectionist. If someone keyed my vehicle and I knew who had done it…I suspect I would plan something so diabolical in retaliation that the person would fear me the rest of their life…I would be willing to gamble going to jail for a couple of years to pull it off if I had to.


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16 Mar 2013, 11:57 pm

InThisTogether wrote:
idratherbeatree wrote:
What's the big deal about keying cars anyway? It's just a scratch.


Its vandalism. One does not have the right to willfully flamage the property of another.


Yes you're right, it is vandalism and it is wrong.



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16 Mar 2013, 11:59 pm

Fnord wrote:
Belief does not justify crime.

Criminals belong in jail.


Even though we disagree on some things we are in agreement on this one.



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16 Mar 2013, 11:59 pm

Don't cause damage to other people's stuff. It makes you a worse douchebag than them.

If you want them not to park there, you have to give them a good reason. Make a honey and water solution, write "its back" or "you are next" etc on the windscreen with a brush.
Lead a thin trail of solution down the side of the car and onto a thin stick leading to the ground.
Your message will be spelled out in ravenous ants. Enough to creep someone out but without violence or damage.



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17 Mar 2013, 12:19 am

I worked or meny hours and days to fix the rust and paint my truck, if you keyed it i'm not sure what I would do other then I would be in a meltdown state, it cost me like $275 just for the cheap paint plus $30 sandpaper + meny other expences. The other reason I don't do stupid stuff like this is becouse I know if I key a car the person I wrong will likely come after mine with a sledgehammer! I hope this thread is a joke honestly.

If the OP wants some tips on how to get into demolition derby at the county fair please contact me, I have built a car for this and driven it, what a rush!

How as an aspie can you tolerate the sound of metal on metal sctatching anyway?



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17 Mar 2013, 12:35 am

Callista wrote:
InThisTogether wrote:
idratherbeatree wrote:
What's the big deal about keying cars anyway? It's just a scratch.


Its vandalism. One does not have the right to willfully flamage the property of another.
Not just that, but if the car is parked outside, removing the paint exposes the metal to the elements, and that leads to rust and serious damage in time if the scratch isn't fixed. Fixing said scratch can cost quite a lot of money, and not fixing it would cost even more.

Tyrion, stop keying cars unless the car is your own. You're ruining people's day. Just because you had a bad day doesn't give you the right to take it out on a bunch of random strangers. Don't let life control you. Yeah, sometimes it takes balls not to be a jackass when you're in a bad mood, but seriously--you're better than that. You have free will. Right now you're mindlessly going, "That's a rule. Therefore I must disobey it." Well, think about it: If you disobey rules just because they're rules; if you disrespect people just because you're told to respect them, then you're just as bound by rules as somebody who follows every rule they come across. Stop being a mindless drone and start making your own decisions.


I don't always operate this way. I try to follow rules a lot of the time, and I'm very conscientous a lot of the time, too, at least when I'm depressed.

I've noticed a pattern in me of being high energy and pretty much anti-society but also pretty social and good at picking up nonverbal cues -- and very hypersexual. Then, I spend a few months where I'm a "good guy," a conformist who is very conscientious, but I can't pick up nonverbal cues, and I'm depressed, asexual, and feel like sleeping all the time. It was during one of the latter states that I was DXed as being on the spectrum. I have since come out of it and don't feel as autistic as I did formerly but a lot more angry at the world all the time (I spent the first few months of 2012 dating a girl who normally dated abusive sociopaths; I am never ever abusive towards a girl, but I guess I had that vibe; our relationship fell apart when my personality changed back to "autistic but nice").

I wonder if it's literally possible to be autistic 50% of the time and have a personality disorder the other 50% of the time. So spend 2 months on the spectrum and 2 months as an alienated NT. Then, repeat the cycle. This is how I feel my life has been for several years.

Is it possible to be a part-time aspie? lol



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17 Mar 2013, 12:45 am

I get a strong momentary urge to key cars that are double parked and such but have never done it. Sometimes I'll leave a note but not a scathing one. I've had my car towed because I forgot to hang the parking sign and it was over two hundred dollars to get it out. Never did that again.

The other day my friend took a picture of a note left on a neighbor's door. They have a dog that they leave on the porch and it barks at night. Apparently someone lost sleep over it and felt the need to anonymously call the dog owner a son of a b*tch among other things. I can't stand barking dogs either but that's taking it a little far. And punishment isn't the best way to discourage bad behavior.

As pissed off as I get sometimes I try not to stay on that mode for very long. Someone else can key their car someday and I can choose to maintain my own peace and forget about it. I'd rather save my energy for things that matter more.

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17 Mar 2013, 1:00 am

Keni wrote:
Don't cause damage to other people's stuff. It makes you a worse douchebag than them.

If you want them not to park there, you have to give them a good reason. Make a honey and water solution, write "its back" or "you are next" etc on the windscreen with a brush.
Lead a thin trail of solution down the side of the car and onto a thin stick leading to the ground.
Your message will be spelled out in ravenous ants. Enough to creep someone out but without violence or damage.
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The problem is, ironically, writing on someone's car means you can't do it as discretely as you can when slinking through the shadows with your head down and a hood on and quickly put a curving gash in the door facing the shadows as you're going past. You can even do it fairly silently -- with the right key. Even if someone did happen to be in the area, it's unlikely they would see what you did unless they were very close by and on the same side of the car as you.

On the other hand, you give me a very good idea. I think writing the note on paper and then pouring something super sticky on the windshield and sticking the paper in it would be a good thing. You do, after all, want them to be aware that the keying was linked to their behavior, so a note would be good for that. I'd be most afraid that someone might try to get the note fingerprinted though, so it could be super risky as well. Not sure it would be worth the trouble to take all the precautions necessary to ensure the paper didn't have finger prints.



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17 Mar 2013, 2:06 am

Tyri0n wrote:
InThisTogether wrote:
idratherbeatree wrote:
What's the big deal about keying cars anyway? It's just a scratch.


Its vandalism. One does not have the right to willfully flamage the property of another.


Well I don't believe in private property rights. Rich peoplr get away with breaking the law and theft all the time in the US. I'd never do anything to hurt a member of the working class though. If the car looks like it belongs to a poor or middle class person, I wouldn't touch it

Live in housing area of primarily young people near a very good university, so anyone with a Mercedes is likely a rich as*hole from the suburbs who's parents own a bank (I actually had to buy a car for my dad once). I don't know why people would park there who don't have a permit. I guess it's the same gated community mentality that killed Trayvon Martin


You don't have any idea that the people whose cars you stole are constantly getting away with breaking the law.
You don't know how hard they worked to get enough money to pay for the car.
Resentment at their perceived easy ride through life is no reason to behave like a jerk.


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