Someone just scratched my car!

Thats a bummer, I feel your pain.
My Prius is still at the dealership getting water flushed out of the fuel rail (not covered by warranty).

 

I made it 2 months before I got a heafty door ding in the driver side rear door. I figure that day was when the car became what it was intended to be....

A commuter car... purely for putting on a LOT of miles and it's nice for it to look nice.. but.. bummer.. and moving right along...

 

Time for door mouldings

Same with the wife some one scratched theupper right side qtr panel, it looked deep but got it out with claybar whew. It never fails you buy a new car, wash it / wax it take really good care of it. then bam you get a ding or a scratch and you think oh well its a used car now....

I still wax mine every 5 months & hand wash once a month & machine wash once a month..

This 04' driftwood pearl still looks new!

 

I am so sorry to hear that your car was victimized by some vandal. If you have insurance this would be a comprehensive loss and would not count against your insurance for renewal purposes, if my sources are correct. I hate that some people are just jealous when they see that someone else has something nice that they do not have so they damage it.

 

sounds like vandalism to me. call in the insurance agent.

sorry your poor prius has been through so much!

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(galaxee @ May 19 2006, 10:13 AM) [snapback]258010[/snapback]</div>

I agree, vandalism or hit-and-run.
Call your insurance agent.

 

That's a shame. Maybe there was a surveilance camera in the parking lot(s)? Even if it doesn't seem likely, I suppose it's worth inquiring. You could also ask the District's security people if there have been other incidents. If there were, you might be able to make a case in small claims court that you should either have been notified, or they should have posted more security -- or installed a security camera. In any case you might try submitting a written claim to the District. Make them feel guilty that there is no camera and no security. Probably won't work, but what the heck, it will only cost the price of a stamp. And how about insurance? I suppose this is covered by your Comprehensive, which may have a low deductible.

If I were you I would at least show it to a body shop. If the scratch is deep, it might rust unless it gets more care than you can provide with a bottle of touch-up paint, and if you are going to make a claim, you'll need an estimate.

 

Check with your insurance agent. My policy automatically includes a $0 deductible for vandalism. You may be able to get it fixed for free. Good luck.

 

Absolutely call your insurance company, thats a comprehesive claim.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Godiva @ May 19 2006, 07:10 PM) [snapback]258311[/snapback]</div>

I think you ought to inform his parents of your suspicions (not an accusation or demand for monetary damages, just suspicion).
Unless his parents are total tools, he'd be unlikely to target you again as that'd be a dead give-away.
If you don't, he'll most likely do this again to someone's car soon.
(Of course, if his parents are total tools, he probably would target you again.)

I hope the body shop does a great job for you!

 

Definitely try to find out if the lot has camera coverage and ask
to review it if so. Do it soon before the recording media gets
recycled.
.
_H*

 

Just because you gave only 3 kids a ride, does not mean only those three kids know what car you drive. Anyone might have seen you get in or out of your car, or those three kids might have told their friends that, "Hey, that teacher Godiva drives this really cool Prius."

An accusation of vandalism is a very serious matter.

And parents are unlikely to believe anything bad about their own kid. My step-brother saw a neighbor kid pouring sugar in his gas tank, and went to the parents, who denied it and called my step-brother a liar.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Godiva @ May 19 2006, 12:40 AM) [snapback]257915[/snapback]</div>

So sorry to hear about the vandalism. I don't know if you're a teacher or not but I am and a few weeks ago one of our teachers got her car keyed in the school parking lot by some as yet unidentified brat. When I got my new PRIUS 3 weeks ago I parked it right where I can see it from my classroom window. I'll be at another school next year & hope I'll be able to do the same thing.

 

This story pisses me off. Kids, and a lot of adults too, have no respect for anyones property. Just two days ago, around 15 cars in my neighborhood (including my brother's) had their car windows broken. We live in a pretty suburban area too, you're pretty much screwed anywhere you live in this country.

I don't agree with everyone, and I don't like my fair share of people, but i'm not going to go out and key someones car just because of it.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Godiva @ May 19 2006, 01:40 AM) [snapback]257915[/snapback]</div>

Sorry that it happend. I know how you feel. My less than month old was broken into.
Nothing was taken, about $530 damage for the front passenger window. Wouldnt it be
nice if the Prius built in a motion sensor camera to catch the perp. Will your insurance
cover vandal?

--Hilore