Car "keyed" Beware

ALS

Parked my car in Donaghmede Drive today to get DART into work ,residents on this road not happy with people doing this but no choice ,I parked at the bottom of the road away from houses and returned to find my 2 week old car with 2 pararell very deep scratches completely around the car a neighbour came out and told me I was taking a chance parking there as the residents are really anti parking ,so BEWARE do not park on this road as damage to my car will run into the thousands ,my fellow neighbours hang your heads in shame

astraboy

Keying a car is one of the lowest cowardly things a person can do. Why did they feel they had a right to do this? Why did someone not just have a word with you when you returned or left a letter on your windscreen? Its nasty, maybe you could buff out the scratches if they are not too deep?

Stark

Ouch.

I can understand the anger on the part of the residents somewhat. I certainly wouldn't like my street turned into a park&ride. Although what would someone do if they had friends visiting or whatever and the friends found their car scratched when they left the house?

I would have just painted double yellow lines under the car and had the council tow it away

ninty9er

scumbags....

we have a few people who park on our road and walk to work in the city centre, but it's ok because they're a son and granddaughter of residents...even still if they weren't vandalising their cars isn't something that's going to happen to them.

is your car a fairly nice shiny expensive on that someone could be jealous of???

all the same...my stomach sinks for you...I guess yours did too when you saw it!!!

*edit spelling and grammar

ALS

afraid I cannot buff them out as they are too deep ,down to the metal , I can also understand the frustration of residents but there is NO excuse for damage like this in my opinion whoever done this is very very sick

louie

at the end of the day nobody owns the road, but dublin corporation or whatever. If the locals doesn't like it then sell and buy somwhere else.

It's sick to see people doing that to cars. Have a word I say with the drivers, or take it to the streets, but don't touch people properties.

If something like that would happen to my car I don't know what I will do but I'll make sure they will remember me.

F****** idiots.

ninty9er

word of advice, don't get a cheap repair jo done for the sake of a few hundred quid, depending on the car i'd go so far as to say full body respray

louie

.... and then park it in the same place, but keep an eye on it and break his legs.

The tax man

Alot of people around Donaghmede are having problems with the local roads being used as car parks for people using the Dart. With the amount of space over the far side of the station they should've built some sort of parking facility for users within the station upgrade program.
I don't live in the area but I've a friend on St.Donaghs rd right across from the station and I hear the daily moan about cars parked here and there.He's even had people park across his driveway.
There's absolutely no excuse to key someone's car after all it's a public road. It's the lowest thing you could do to someone's car. Hope it doesn't cost too much to get sorted.
Just to let people know,if you're parking around the circular green at the end of Donaghs rd keep all four wheels on the road.Even though there are no double yellow lines around it,if the clampers pay a visit which they do, they clamp any car with two wheels on the footpath. A few months back they clamped 18:eek: cars parked with two wheels on the path(and a few on double yellows.)

ALS

Brought car to relative in the trade reckons 3500 -4000 as car is only 2 weeks and scratches total 38 feet in total , around the car front to back and across the bonnet. complete respray

ninty9er

ALS wrote:

Brought car to relative in the trade reckons 3500 -4000 as car is only 2 weeks and scratches total 38 feet in total , around the car front to back and across the bonnet. complete respray

Yikes...nasty:eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:

The tax man

OMFG:eek: :eek: that's not nice.

vengeance52

ALS wrote:

Brought car to relative in the trade reckons 3500 -4000 as car is only 2 weeks and scratches total 38 feet in total , around the car front to back and across the bonnet. complete respray

Scumbags of the highest degree. I feel bad when i get a chip so i feel your pain. There is no need for people to do that to your car.

Rew

Go some night and key every car on the road. Hope you reported it to the Gardaí, its criminal damage.

Anan1

Rew wrote:

Go some night and key every car on the road. Hope you reported it to the Gardaí, its criminal damage.

Were these two sentences written by the same person?

OP - Sorry to hear that. Is vandalism covered under your insurance?

ninty9er

Rew wrote:

Go some night and key every car on the road. Hope you reported it to the Gardaí, its criminal damage.

huh

oxymoron or just the second part

ALS

Did report it to the Gardai but not too hopeful , very expensive lesson , will get in touch with insurance today hope I am covered, thanks for the messages of support lads

easyontheeye

a serious can of whoop ass would be opened if i caught someone doing that :cool: !! resevoir dogs would be a fairytale compared with the violence that would be inflicted on that scumbag!! :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:

BostonB

Any CCTV around?

Tipsy Mac

Sorry to hear man, scumbaggery of the highest order, I'd say it was done by someone who doesn't own a car, never will and probably has everything they ever got handed to them by the state.

If your stuck for places to park I would recommend Raheny or Sutton Dart stations, usually plenty of spaces in Sutton upto 7.45 in the morning.

Bluetonic

May as well add to this thread by mentioning that two weeks ago twelve cars parked along Station Road in Portmarnock all had a number of tyres slashed during the day. This area is also notorious for angst between residents and commuters.

KeRbDoG

ALS wrote:

Parked my car in Donaghmede Drive today to get DART into work ,residents on this road not happy with people doing this but no choice ,I parked at the bottom of the road away from houses and returned to find my 2 week old car with 2 pararell very deep scratches completely around the car a neighbour came out and told me I was taking a chance parking there as the residents are really anti parking ,so BEWARE do not park on this road as damage to my car will run into the thousands ,my fellow neighbours hang your heads in shame

So you could be one of the residents of that area trying to warn people off
Wouldn't it be best for the residents just to get double yellow lines on the road or make the area a parking permit area only?

sk8board

In clonsilla last year, a lot of cars were key'ed on the side-roads in one day (looked like the entire row of cars). War ensued that evening, as everyone got the Guards. They could do nothing unfortunately.

unkel

Rew wrote:

Go some night and key every car on the road

Eh don't...

If residents don't like commuters parking in their streets, they should go through the appropriate channels. As astraboy said, keying a car is a cowardly thing to do

Duckjob

Utter scumbag wasters....

I love the way people in a public estate think they can lay claim to the road they live on as well as their house. They can't. You have as much legal entitlement to park there as anyone else.

If it's a private development then obviously it would be a different story.

unkel

Duckjob wrote:

I love the way people in a public estate think they can lay claim to the road they live on as well as their house. They can't. You have as much legal entitlement to park there as anyone else

Exactly. Now I wouldn't be best pleased if commuters started to park in my street. But one could always lobby the council for residential parking permits, etc.

Wazdakka

How about having a couple of Thousand volts running through the cars bodywork?
As soon as your nice insulating paint job is penetrated with a good old metalic key, The amature vigalanty parking warden will no doubt be relocated with great haste away from your vehicle, through any nearby brick wall and land in somebodys garden.

Still too good for the fecker
:mad:

Rew

Anan1 wrote:

Were these two sentences written by the same person?

Bit over tiered when I wrote that last night.

It may have happend before and each incident needs to be reported so that if the scumbag who did it keeps doing it hopefully the Gardaí will do somthing about it.

I would imagine (I dont know the area) that neigbours would have a good idea who did it, hence my none to sympathetic (to the neighbours) first sentence. I would also doubt its the first time.

OldmanMondeo

That's a B*stard thing to do to someones car. While I can understand residents fustration at cars parking all day in their estates and the problems that they cause, nobody has the right to cause criminial damage to someone elses property.
I would also add the people that just park in other residential areas, because it is "Handy" for getting the Dart, Train, Bus etc, are leaving their cars open to damage. Kids playing after school, Bin men trying to get the truck through etc. And then there is the issue of an ambulance or Fire Engine needing to get past. Can people not get a bus or lift to these stations / bus stops?

Keith C

Rew wrote:

I would imagine (I dont know the area)

Its a kipp, That drug dealer was executed down the road only a one or two years ago. Normally the neighbours leave nasty letters on cars, must've really resented an '07 car on their estate.

Savman

Feck me. €4k damage.:eek:
They coulda reported you if you were obstructing their residence, but even that wouldnt be so bad cos a clamp is €80 or a parkin fine about €60.

It's amazing how low some assholes will go.:rolleyes:

ALS

Brought the car into the repair shop to get estimate for insurance and when I mentioned it happened in Donaghmede the guy knew which road and exactly which spot on the road as my car was the third into his garage over the past few weeks,this is a disgrace.

Wazdakka

ALS wrote:

when I mentioned it happened in Donaghmede the guy knew which road and exactly which spot on the road as my car was the third into his garage over the past few weeks,

If it is a public road and you went to the gards with the evidence that cars have been repeatadly damaged there would that be grounds for even a temporary CCTV camera to be set up?

I know i might be giving the boys in blue a bit too much credit, but it would be nice to see some speed cam revenue going somewhere..

ALS

Just off the phone to Northside News they are going to run a feature next week sending out a photographer later to capture damage ,might push the gardai to follow it up a bit..

beerbaron

Good idea man, that'll certainly focus more attention on it. I had tyres slashed for parking in an estate before, and I was raging. I can only imagine how you feel.

testicle

ALS wrote:

Just off the phone to Northside News they are going to run a feature next week sending out a photographer later to capture damage ,might push the gardai to follow it up a bit..

The Herald might get more publicity!

MarkN

Someone on that road needs to be taken out and beaten up and down that road (once it's the right person!!) IMO.

Get onto Joe Duffy & Liveline.

quarryman

ALS wrote:

Brought the car into the repair shop to get estimate for insurance and when I mentioned it happened in Donaghmede the guy knew which road and exactly which spot on the road as my car was the third into his garage over the past few weeks,this is a disgrace.

maybe it was him!



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Mike07

Get Joe Duffy on the case

My sympathies-- I got a 6 inch scratch last week and was devastated

The tax man

kerbdog wrote:

Wouldn't it be best for the residents just to get double yellow lines on the road or make the area a parking permit area only?

Had a look today at the road in question,only left hand side of the road has a single yellow line down it's length with "No Parking 08.30-18.30"signs at the top, middle and bottom of the road. Don't think the spot down the end of the road had any markings and isn't outside or blocking anyones driveway. Perfectly legal spot to park IMO. Strangely enough there wasn't one car parked on the road today.
Hope you get somewhere with this ALS, you're right not to let this go unnoticed.

ninty9er

MarkN wrote:

Someone on that road needs to be taken out and beaten up and down that road (once it's the right person!!) IMO.

Get onto Joe Duffy & Liveline.

I don't think the op is 100% sure it was a local resident

homah_7ft

The cars parked on our road were all keyed last night, including my own. Didn't realise it could cost as much to repair. Hopefully mine isn't as expensive as the OP. It is very deep though :eek: Gardai dusted for prints but obviously they didn't touch the car with their hands.

astraboy

What area of Cork are you in Homah?

ALS

Glad to hear the Gardai took your complaint seriously,I rang Cooloc Gardai and was told they were too busy to respond could I call to them ,wwhen I did the guy barely raised an eyebrow and i had to ask him a couple of times to leave the station and look at the extent of the damage to my car,all I got was it has been noted for insurance purposes and a shrug of the shoulders ...

ninty9er

ALS wrote:

Glad to hear the Gardai took your complaint seriously,I rang Cooloc Gardai and was told they were too busy to respond could I call to them ,wwhen I did the guy barely raised an eyebrow and i had to ask him a couple of times to leave the station and look at the extent of the damage to my car,all I got was it has been noted for insurance purposes and a shrug of the shoulders ...

3 words

Garda-Complaints-Commission!!!!

Seriously...it's there and so few people use it

Rew

ALS wrote:

Glad to hear the Gardai took your complaint seriously,I rang Cooloc Gardai and was told they were too busy to respond could I call to them ,wwhen I did the guy barely raised an eyebrow and i had to ask him a couple of times to leave the station and look at the extent of the damage to my car,all I got was it has been noted for insurance purposes and a shrug of the shoulders ...

Not an excuse but i know a Garda in that station and they are normally mental busy, so much so that they regualrly have to pull cars from Santry and Swords and even at that cannt cover everything.

I have experienced the prick behind the counter syndrome as well and its none to pleasent.

Seinas

my jeep was keyed a few weeks ago............jealous b***ards

i compounded it and its gone now thank god.......my friend gave me some stuff and said not to use too much of it because it was very expensive, i looked at it afterwards, turned out it came from Lidl :rolleyes:

maidhc

ninty9er wrote:

Garda-Complaints-Commission!!!!

Seriously...it's there and so few people use it

What exactly can the Garda do apart from be sympathetic? The car is damaged, the perpetrator is gone, and even if the car was covered in fingerprints, it won't be of much use.

ninty9er

maidhc wrote:

What exactly can the Garda do apart from be sympathetic? The car is damaged, the perpetrator is gone, and even if the car was covered in fingerprints, it won't be of much use.

The Garda didn't even want to leave the station to see the damage outside in the carpark.

Pure lack of will to do his job...if he got a boot up the arse from above he might take the crime more seriously next time. Pure laziness shouldn't be tolerated!!!

parsi

ninty9er wrote:

3 words

Garda-Complaints-Commission!!!!

Seriously...it's there and so few people use it

Do you mean the "Garda Complaints Board" or the "Garda Ombudsman". The website of the latter suggests that it investigates "misbehaviour" and not laziness...

Bee

To resolve these ongoing issues any future gov must provide free park and ride facilities.

Dublin City Council are a disgrace for forcing people to use public transport whilst failing to provide park and ride facilities

Of course they do provide free major car parks for themselves!