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You just don’t mess with another man’s vehicle

Scott Rhodie

by Scott Rhodie

04 Jan 05:50am

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Hey you! Yes, you. Arsehole.

The horror, the horror. Scott's keyed VW

Thanks a whole heap for walking down our entire street in Erskineville, at 2am on New Year’s Day and keying every single car including my brand-new VW Polo.

You liked my Polo, didn’t you? You must have liked it a lot because you singled it out and instead of just going sideways along the car you took the time to dig your key all the way through the paint into the metal up and down, up and down, up and down.

I’m sure that once you were done doing over $30,000 worth of damage you had a laugh to yourself. You probably thought that what you were doing was hilarious and then went home.

I just thought I would let you know that you serve no purpose to society. You create havoc and discord for no reason other than your personal enjoyment.

I wonder what that high must be like? That knowledge that you personally attacked 20 pieces of property that people work hard to pay for? You must have felt just fantastic when you woke up on January 1, 2011, knowing that you had created misery for 20 families. They all have to contact the police and report the damage so they can call their insurance and sort out for the car to be repaired. Then they have to drive their car to the repair centre, take time out of their working day simply so that you could get five minutes of enjoyment.

Well, do you know what? I hope that you grow up and have a family. You work your arse off to buy a new car to be able to take your kids places and one day you wake up and go out to look at your beautiful new car and someone has keyed the utter shit out of it.

I hope you take a second to look at your life at that point and realise the gut-wrenching feeling you have is what you caused to 20 families when you did it all those years ago.

Alternatively, I hope the next time you do it the police catch you in the act and you end up being put in jail for it.

But most of all I hope you were drunk and dumb and realise the mistake of your ways. Because if you do it again and someone catches you they won’t be as lenient as the police.  nd to be honest
I wouldn’t shed a tear if that happened. You are the lowest of the low.

You are an arsehole.

Yours annoyed,

Scott

P.S. We got to know more of our neighbours thanks to this and we are all going to be a lot more vigilant.

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    • Diamantina Dick says:

      06:23am | 04/01/11

      Unfortunately these days anything parked on the street is regarded as fair game. Insurance companies differentiate if your car is garaged, parked off or on street for this reason. The courts don’t seem to regard ‘minor’ property crime offences important. Remember the contovery when ‘Toshy’ tagged the hyde park cafe and got jail time (later appealed)? As for addressing the offender, you can forget it, probably high on one of those harmless ‘recreational’ substances. Having been a victim of this myself I feel for you but it’s a part of living in the city these days.

      Reply

    • Dancan says:

      10:14am | 04/01/11

      Like beer, wine or spirits?

    • Scot says:

      11:55am | 04/01/11

      Yes, it show just what scum bags we have in this city. They have nothing else to do but destroy peoples property and paint graffiti all over peoples property as well. These people are sick and need to go see a doctor or be neutered so they cannot produce anymore of their kind. Why is it when i travel around Asia I do not see graffiti and disrespect to other peoples property in this depraved manner? But I guess this is Australia and we have no respect.

    • SusanM says:

      01:52pm | 04/01/11

      Zero tolerance…it really is the ONLY answer, but good luck with that, with our piss weak legislators…

    • Brad of Bentleigh says:

      02:16pm | 04/01/11

      I hate these scum… I also hate those scumbags who slam their car doors into your car when in a parking lot… the latter only being marginally better.

      I have to say though, “doing over $30,000 worth of damage “... the car’s worth less than $30K list price (for a 2011 model!), how the hell did they manage to do so much damage by scratching one door?
      Looks like you’re up for some panel beater repairs (incl respray), or at worst a new door and respray… but $30K??? WTF?

      I do feel for you though, I’d be just as pissed!

    • Adrian says:

      03:09pm | 04/01/11

      Maybe $5k damage and another $25k for emotional suffering.

      Seriously I hate jerks, but when you’ve had a few drinks sometimes judgement is not the greatest. I’m sure the person responsible would have regretted it later but I doubt that will result in getting him to pay for the damage.

    • Scott Rhodie says:

      03:12pm | 04/01/11

      I thought I made it clear in my rant. The $30,000 worth of damage is the estimated damage done to all 20 cars in the street including the disabled person’s car.
      They keyed every car parked in the street. If it was just my car I wouldn’t have written this article. I’m not that egotistical!
      What annoyed me was the audacity of someone willing to do so much damage and disrupt so many people’s lives for nothing more than personal enjoyment.

    • Brad of Bentleigh says:

      05:57pm | 04/01/11

      Sorry, Scott. Speed reading…

      Not egotistical at all to rant about this… I’d be furious.

    • LC says:

      09:37pm | 04/01/11

      Adrian, he means the combined damage bill for every car that was keyed on his street (which this asswipe should be forced to pay, even if it means he has to work two jobs until he’s 50).

    • TChong says:

      06:42am | 04/01/11

      Scott ,  hope you now have a lock up garage to put the dubb in, the vandal(s) just may be a dedicated Puncher, who you have now enraged enough to finnish the job properly, by splasing acetone on any remaining undamaged panel.
      Remember a few years back, police in Liverpool ( sydney) were actually caught out and convicted breaking shop windows , to get kick backs from the repairers.
      Could be a spraypainter / panel beater sympathiser out to drum up a little more business, but probaly just a piss head being a friggn idiot.

      Reply

    • Gregg says:

      09:55am | 04/01/11

      I doubt very much they will be a dedicated Puncher Chongy, not unless of course you leave handy to Erkinsville but otherwise please do not insult other Punchers, well at least not in this manner for I know you cannot otherwise refrain at times.

    • TChong says:

      01:31pm | 04/01/11

      Greggels pretty unfair and low blow to imply I would damage cars.
      My Punch reference was tongue in cheek.
      I think the moderators are able to protect Punch contributors from slander, without your help.

    • michael j says:

      06:47pm | 04/01/11

      Yes indeed big kickback from a panelbeater was my first guess , but then i read of policemen breaking windows for
      profiet well i am shocked some big windows cost up to 7 grand
      still its not 30 grand in one street ,still even if the perp was a bored kid who doesn’t read the punch he’s left a panelbeater with a smile on his face,,,,,,,

    • Dave says:

      06:56am | 04/01/11

      Where is Erskineville?

      Reply

    • Gregg says:

      10:01am | 04/01/11

      Up the road from Skunksburb and Shitheadsville but don’t tell Russel the south is degenerating so.

    • Ron E Coote says:

      11:18am | 04/01/11

      Dave, You really don’t want to know.

    • Dave says:

      06:59am | 05/01/11

      I mean what city is it in?

    • Gregg says:

      11:38am | 05/01/11

      There’s some clues for you in Russel and the south Dave and I do not mean south as with Mexicans south of the Rio Murray.
      If it’s still difficult, can you spell G o o g l e ?

    • Dave says:

      09:55pm | 05/01/11

      How is ‘Russel and the south’ a clue? Who is Russel? South of what? Does any body here know which city erskinville is in?

    • stevie p says:

      07:03am | 04/01/11

      Scott what happened to you and your neighbours is awful and an attack on your personal life - but let it go mate. As a decent man you are wishing things on a sad, dysfunctional person that normally you wouldn’t. I know from experience what happened can be fixed - cars, bush fences set alight. With their ingrained stupidity and jealousy, their life probably can’t. Get back to enjoying your family and your life.

        “Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned.” Buddha

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    • RT says:

      10:21am | 04/01/11

      Good advice. The culprit will hopefully grow out of this childish destructive phase. If not, he/she will eventually get come-uppance in some form.

    • Tim says:

      02:25pm | 04/01/11

      “The things you own, end up owning you.”
      —Tyler Durden

    • Scott Rhodie says:

      07:25am | 04/01/11

      Stevie,
      Writing that letter was me letting go of my anger. Just felt that it was needed and TChong thanks for giving them all ideas!!
      Scott

      Reply

    • stevie p says:

      06:13pm | 04/01/11

      I know mate - but they are just not worth it - I know from a blazing bush fence - and then I got paranoid watering it with the hose every Saturday night. Of course I understand your anger against the little toe rags.

    • Erko resident says:

      09:06am | 06/01/11

      Had same problem Scott,sold new car and purchased a banger,a reality of inner syd and its feral transients

    • F Porsche says:

      07:34am | 04/01/11

      Volkswagon Polos are the main cause of Global Warming

      Reply

    • Alan Pevie says:

      07:46am | 04/01/11

      We all understand your feelings and I am personally disappointed that the people who have responded have written basic crap. Maybe they are offenders who could not care a toss. Bring in the rattan to this country. This evil behaviour will soon stop. This sort of stuff does not happen in Singapore. Alan

      Reply

    • TChong says:

      08:28am | 04/01/11

      Thats right Alan, this type of stuff doesnt happen in Singapore, nor does free speech or open dissent to the ruling party, or full democratic representation for some ethnic groups.
      Wedges have thin ends.

    • PaulB says:

      08:29am | 04/01/11

      As I get older I’m coming to understand exactly why older people have always thought this way.  (That’s a potentialy presumptious assumption Alan, I know but I’m just about on board.).

    • Amber says:

      10:53am | 04/01/11

      What’s so great about free speech when you can’t even park your car in the street??

    • Tripper Smurf says:

      12:50pm | 04/01/11

      Because without free speech you may not even have the car…. Give me a break!

      Has anyone forgotten what Thomas Jefferson said about liberty?  ‘If you give up a little bit of liberty to gain a little bit of security, you wont deserve either’

    • Expat says:

      02:05pm | 04/01/11

      It doesn’t happen in Japan either, where there is plenty of free speech, just not as many arseholes as in Australia.

    • TheRealDave says:

      02:30pm | 04/01/11

      @Tripper - it was Benjamin Franklin not Thomas Jefferson…..and its always annoyed the crap out of me that saying.

      Whilst his countrymen did the sacrificing, fighting and dying to secure ‘Liberty’ Ben lived it up in ‘Freedom’ in Paris during the war, drinking himself insensible and knocking off Parisian whores.

      Just another example of ‘Do what I say - not as I do’.

    • Adrian says:

      03:14pm | 04/01/11

      “Whilst his countrymen did the sacrificing, fighting and dying to secure ‘Liberty’ Ben lived it up in ‘Freedom’ in Paris during the war, drinking himself insensible and knocking off Parisian whores.”

      If that isn’t liberty, then I don’t want it.

    • Scot says:

      07:26pm | 04/01/11

      TChong. Your comment about Singapore and free speech is so fare out of court. This does not happen in Singapore because they are well educated and respect other peoples property no matter what. This is also the case in HK and China. It is these dimwitted uneducated slugs in Australia that do this. This has nothing to do with freedom of speech or any other thing you have mentioned. I have never had any of my cars damaged in HK, China or Singapore as is the case in the this third world state of NSW and Sydney. It is FU big time.

    • LC says:

      10:15pm | 04/01/11

      Alan, I’d laugh so hard if I ever hear you’re up for a serious crime in Singapore, particularly if you didn’t do it (you are treated as if guilty until proven innocent there).

    • Benison says:

      07:47am | 04/01/11

      Yes, it’s bad and annoying and and senseless and stupid but I think it would help you to get some perspective. As the parent of a disabled child, who knows many parents of very severely disabled children, I know how bad things can really get in life. I also now have two friends who have teenagers with cancer.  These kids may well not survive the year.
      One gift my disabled son gave me is the ability to not sweat on the small stuff. We live in the Inner West and have had our car vandalised on two occasions. We were annoyed, but thought,  ‘s..t happens’, got it repaired & got on with our life. I echo Stevie P in suggesting you’d be wise to do the same.

      Reply

    • Kate says:

      02:48pm | 04/01/11

      I’m sorry, but this is a very insensitive argument and quite possibly the worst thing to say to someone with a problem - ‘oh lighten up because other people have worse problems than you’.

      How would those teenagers with cancer like it if someone’s comment to them was ‘harden up, there’s kids dying of starvation in Africa so your problem’s not that bad’?

      Everyone has the right to vent about their problems. The fact that other people have different problems doesn’t detract from the selfishness of these vandals, the expense of the property damage and the sense of violation that comes with having your property wrecked.

      PS: I have depression and obsessive-compulsive disorder and I, too, would ark up about getting my car keyed. There is no way I’d be telling someone to get over it because it’s not as bad as mental illness.

    • Josh says:

      08:05am | 04/01/11

      Buddha quoting?

      It’s a car.  Fix it and get on with it.  I agree though Scott, I hope he does it again, but this time, when you catch him, curbstomp his stupid ass

      Reply

    • Marty says:

      08:17am | 04/01/11

      Unfortunately, this will fall on deaf ears as I doubt the person/s responsible will more than likely not have the intellectual capability to read a news article, but take solace in the fact they are clearly on the track to a less than mediocre life that they will never enjoy the pleasures of the finer things in life that we work hard for, and come to appreciate as reward for effort. At the end of the day, it’s a car, it will be fixed, yes it is an inconvenience but they will have to go through and live life as a d..knead and little can be done to change that.

      Reply

    • Mr Pod says:

      08:33am | 04/01/11

      I wouldn’t have a new car in an outer suburb, its just too tempting for scum to get all indignant and angry after whiskey and colas tins.  It needs a garage.  Good to see a big fella like you (from the photo) very proud and not the least bit embarrassed of his yellow German shopping car.

      Reply

    • Andy D says:

      01:47pm | 04/01/11

      Erskinville is an outer suburb now?!?!

      I remember when I lived in Melbourne I joked that if you couldn’t catch a tram to your destination it was clearly not a place worth going, but to say Erskinville is an outer suburb is inner city snobbery gone mad!

    • Brad of Bentleigh says:

      02:20pm | 04/01/11

      Erskineville is not exactly an outer suburb… still, I wouldn’t leave my boganmobile in the street overnight there.

    • Rachel says:

      08:47am | 04/01/11

      You think that’s annoying happening on NYE? Try having it happen in the middle of the day in broad daylight outside a church. People don’t need to be drunk or high to do that kind of thing. There are douchebags everywhere. At any time. It’s SO annoying!! In this day and age there are a lot of people around who have no respect for other people’s property.

      Reply

    • Bella says:

      09:04am | 04/01/11

      To those saying “let it go, its not the worst that could happen”... seriously? You are as good as saying that the vandals can do what they like, who cares.

      By your logic, noone is allowed to complain or vent about ill fortune, or the appalling behaviour by vandals because “its not as bad as my kids being sick”?! Where do we draw the line, when are people allowed to voice their discontent or irritation? When they have 2 sick children? What about the person with 3? When they have 2 cars broken into, again, what about the person with 3, 4, 5? You may feel it is an irrevelant thing for someone to have their car vandalised, but I agree with Scott that it is a irritant, unnecessary apart from for some little dropkick to get a twenty second high on the back of other people’s misery. Its a delightful indication of the society we live in now that not only do people do such things, but that their victims are not even allowed to raise it in a public forum. Evil is allowed to happen when good people do nothing…

      Scott, our car was vandalised in a cemetary (apparently it’s quite common…), and although it was more of a minor hassle, it still got my blood boiling, moreso to know that despite being seen, the punks were never caught or penalised. I feel your frustration, and hope that the car repairs are completed quickly and well!

      Reply

    • Wayne Kerr says:

      10:36am | 04/01/11

      Have to agree with you on this one Bella.  Yes in the grand scheme of things, nobody died and the car can get fixed.  However its the “oh well”  attitude that lets f#cktards like that get away with vandalism and in their mind will even justify it.  In the meantime all the people saying “its only a car” will mourn the demise of society and wring their hands because nothing can be done as well as complain about the increase in insurance costs.

      I’m not advocating vigilantism but if more people were concerned and looked out for eachother stuff like this could be avoided.

    • Josh says:

      10:52am | 04/01/11

      In the scheme of things it is not a major problem.

      I’m not defending what they did, and I would be pissed off about it if it happened to me, but as the saying goes, there is no use crying over spilt milk.  All you can do is get it fixed, life is unfair and bad things happen to good people.

      Vent if you have to, but keep in mind the problems that other people are having before you go off the handle.  Sure it’s annoying, inconvenient and stupid…but it’s not evil.

    • dancan says:

      01:43pm | 04/01/11

      @Bella and Wayne - Whoever did this has already gotten away with it, they won’t be caught and justice won’t be served.  Scott hanging on to the event, getting worked up and angry doesn’t help the situation nor his state of mind.

    • Aidan says:

      09:09am | 04/01/11

      Jeez, where’s Vincent Vega when you need him?

      Reply

    • Graeme says:

      07:21pm | 04/01/11

      If I remember rightly, he was blown away by Butch the boxer whilst sitting on Butch’s toilet…..I could be wrong though…..But it sure would be interesting ti see how Vincent would deal with this…I’m thinking shotguns maybe…..

    • Grant says:

      09:14am | 04/01/11

      I guess this is one of the trade-offs with inner-city living in places like Erko where there’s few garage spaces—there’ll always be idiots doing this. And, if not this, then bumping your car with there’s and other things that are just unavoidable in overcrowded, narrow streeted suburbs.

      Reply

    • Chris says:

      09:18am | 04/01/11

      Makes you wonder why we persist with maintaining expensive shiny metal cars which can be so easily damaged? It kind of seems fruitless and bordering on insane to me.

      I’ve had my car vandalised numerous times too.  Just about every time I go to a shopping mall I get door dings from others who open their doors into my car. I’ve even had a tray backed ute back onto my car bonnet causing major damage yet the offender just drove away. To put in a claim to my insurance company will just end up costing me more so I haven’t bothered.  I feel ashamed of the state of my car now and judged by family and friends for driving a motley looking car.

      Upon reflection. ....We live in a shitty society where people do this and think it is ok. We drive ‘eggshell’ cars which surely in this day and age should be built from tougher substances. We care too much about our cars being an extension of who we are and how we feel about ourselves.

      Reply

    • Zeta says:

      09:33am | 04/01/11

      In the realm of first world problems, having your new Volkswagon keyed is up there with being locked out of your mansion, or drinking warm champagne.

      “They all have to contact the police and report the damage so they can call their insurance and sort out for the car to be repaired. Then they have to drive their car to the repair centre, take time out of their working day simply so that you could get five minutes of enjoyment.”

      Oh the humanity. What existential torture it would have been to call the Police - the only Government department that doesn’t leave you on hold, and give them a brief statement on the only interesting thing to happen in Erskineville since the Rum Rebellion. Then to relive the pain again when you call the insurance agency! Dear God man, how did you cope? I hope you weren’t on Vodafone because you might never have been able to call at all. But the horror didn’t stop there! Because you have to take the car to the repair centre. Not the dreaded repair centre! No! And to suffer through the indignity of a courtesy car. The pain and anguish is palpable. I feel used and angry just reading this story.

      I just don’t know how else to respond to this except for sarcasm. And not even very good sarcasm. I don’t think you deserve it. There was a whole routine about your wine cellar’s thermostat being reset to 16 degrees I was going to go on with but it’s just not worth it.

      To say nothing of the fact you - live in Erskineville, drive a Volkswagon Polo, and work in ‘digital media’. That’s the trifecta just there. Given you had the Golf parked on the street I’d be willing to bet you live in a million dollar plus terrace house. Were you at the Ivy when this happened?

      If I were about 10 years younger, with a skinful of grog, and I found myself wandering through Erskineville, surrounded by renovated terraces and shitty small cars - I don’t think I could have resisted keying every car I could see. I’d have probably left a little suprise in your letter box as well.

      The people who keyed your car probably are arseholes. But I think we need to ask ourselves - would you rather live in a world of arseholes? Or a world of wankers?

      Reply

    • Sid says:

      10:22am | 04/01/11

      Put me down for 1 vote for wankers…

    • Kirsty says:

      10:45am | 04/01/11

      I’ll take a world of wankers anyday, rather than a world for arseholes like you…

    • Slats says:

      10:59am | 04/01/11

      I’d much prefer wankers to arseholes.. But Zeta, it looks like you’ve managed to combine both..

    • Scott Rhodie says:

      11:02am | 04/01/11

      Zeta,
      I’m from Glasgow. I’m from a working class family and I can’t stand the Ivy to be honest. Plus I rent. Try not to assume everything.

    • Amber says:

      11:08am | 04/01/11

      And we wonder why s**t happens with a world full of Zetas.
      Put your head down tall poppy - it is the worst crime imaginable in this so-called great country!

    • John L says:

      11:23am | 04/01/11

      I would rather live in Wanker-world than Arsehole land if it means I dont have to put up with violence and destruction of my property.

    • St. Michael says:

      11:33am | 04/01/11

      @ Scott: ... if you rent and you’re “working class” why are your finances able to support a VW Polo that costs $30,000 just to fix the paintwork?

      Either there’s chicanery going on here or you seriously have misplaced your priorities in life, sir.

    • Scott Rhodie says:

      12:46pm | 04/01/11

      All 20 cars in the street in the street were damaged. Estimated damage is around $30k to fix the panels on all of the cars.
      This article was written mainly because I was annoyed that someone would cause damage to 20 cars that people had worked hard towards - if it was just my car I wouldn’t have written this article. They even scratched a disabled person car parked in their disabled spot.

    • Steph says:

      01:43pm | 04/01/11

      Zeta.

      I hope you got a minutes kick out of writing this post. Your sarcasm and nasty attitude probably gave you a warm and fuzzy feeling inside, and you can close your computer down at the end of the day smiling at the thought you’ve made someone else unhappy. Now, tell me dear, what’s the difference between you and the person who keyed Scott’s car? Aside from the fact this post didn’t cost Scott $30k and a whol elot of running around. Well, ruling out the above, I’d say not much. You’re both vicious pieces of work and get an elated feeling out of someone else’s misery (in any form or severity). If I had a dog that liked to bite people’s legs for the shits and giggles I’d probably have it put down. Even more ironic is the thought of someone biting the dogs leg and hearing the dog whine - and if it could talk, say “but why me?” - which is exactly the attitude I’d imagine you would take if someone keyed YOUR car. Why me. Why? probably so some self righteous arsehole could get enjoyment out of your pain. Ah, the idea of self-righteous arseholes getting the warm and fuzzies for making other self righteous arseholes angry makes me smile. Practically the Australian dream come true.

      Scott. I am in no way calling you a self-righteous arsehole.

    • n_dude says:

      02:40pm | 04/01/11

      1 more for the wankers

    • Shelly says:

      06:13pm | 04/01/11

      You’re all class Zeta.  Hope for the sake of others you don’t/havent bred.

    • NicoleG says:

      07:26pm | 04/01/11

      FAKKKKK!!!! It was overall damage to ALL the cars in the street. Read and process before you comment!!!

    • Jason says:

      09:57pm | 04/01/11

      Get off your high horse, looks like you are one of those people who are jealous of anyone that’s successful and wants to reward themselves. I’d much prefer a world of wankers than a world of arseholes like you.

    • Caractacus says:

      09:40am | 04/01/11

      The low life who did this to yours and others property is close to graduating to the next level of scum bag activity. Stealing from mourners cars at cemeteries, they won’t work for anything just have a mind set that what;s yours ‘IS MINE’ I have always admired Breaker Morant’s rule. The Rule of 303, I’d shoot the bastards, a bullet is so much cheaper that putting them through the court system, and solves the problem permanently.

      Reply

    • JJJ says:

      09:41am | 04/01/11

      That is the main reason I still drive my old honda and refuse to upgrade while I live in Sydney and have to park on the street. There is no point having a new car in Sydney. People don’t care about your property and to be honest, if it happened at night, the person was probably so drunk they might not even remember doing it. But you are not alone in your annoyance over other people’s behaviour. That’s life in the city. Good coffee is close, but people are generally too busy getting their coffee to care too much about you. Just learn from it and make tomorrow a better day! smile At least you still have your health!

      Reply

    • marley says:

      07:46pm | 04/01/11

      I live in (very) small town Australia - and the coffee here is as good as anything you ‘ll find in Sydney.  So I sure hope living in Sydney has more going for it than that.

      And no one here keys your cars (except when the place if full of “tourists” from Sydney and Melbourne - like now - so we lock up our cars, our kids, our dogs, and our sheep, and wait for the school term to start).

    • Knight of the Wrong Wives says:

      06:59am | 05/01/11

      @ Marley: I used to live in a smallish town in Vic and I’m sorry, but the whole small-town-hospitality-sense-of-community thing is bollocks. There was as much property damage, as much or more violence etc etc as there was in the city. The yokels, oops locals used to have a saying: “It takes ten years for us to forgive you for moving here and another ten to become friends”. We stuck it out for around six. If they ever want to film a remake of “Deliverance”, I know just the spot.
      As for coffee: location has nothing to do with it. You will find a good coffee anywhere on the planet as long as there is someone with enough passion and love for what they are doing to take the time and effort to brew you a decent cup. Which unfortunately rules out most of the purveyors of cat’s piss both city and country.
      @ Scott: I am sorry you had some of your property mindlessly vandalised. If it happened to me, I’d be pissed as well. But, as other people have pointed out: it’s a freaking car, fella. Get it fixed and move TF on. I’m sure the header of this piece is a bit tongue-in-cheek as well, but it sums up the entire blokey-wank car culture: “You just don’t mess with another man’s vehicle”? Sheeeyyyat. You could get a copy writer’s gig for the next Holden tradie/office bogan ute ad with a line like that.

    • Tracy says:

      09:56am | 04/01/11

      I totally agree with Bella…I am really starting to resent the people who make people feel guilty for being pissed off about others’ total lack of regard for other people’s belongings. (Even I don’r understand what I just wrote, but too tired to correct it). We all feel angry, annoyed and dissapointed, and have a right to feel so, without feeling guilty. So long as we can vent, it’s healthy. If we get to the point where we have to hide our feelings in case other people have it ‘far far worse’...THAT’S when we need to start worrying about ‘suppression rage”. So, Scott…vent! smile

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    • Mick says:

      09:57am | 04/01/11

      You assume this person can read, and has access to the internet.
      The person who keyed your car, even if they read this, wouldn’t care what you said. Penalties for crimes should be issued following a psychological assessment of the criminal. The punishment should cause a certain amount of discomfort to the criminal. Fine a rich person more, don’t fine a person who doesn’t care about possessions, give them a flogging instead.

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    • Pavlo says:

      10:10am | 04/01/11

      How about we get the manufacturers onboard with a prevention system for this?

      Here’s how it could work: At the first sign of a key scraping on the duco, double tasers (with integral video cameras) emerge from the fore and aft of the vehicle. Blasting electrodes into criminal flesh, the little A$#@& writhes on the ground, key still in hand while the car’s ECU calls the cops with the GPS co-ordinates. 

      I’d like to see that. Just have to be careful that Granma is very careful not to scrape her wheelchair on the door when she goes out to collect the mail.

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    • David Rose says:

      10:11am | 04/01/11

      Hi Scott

      Ive met the sort of people who do this kind of stuff . . and I’ve had it done to my car. They’d LOVE to read this article, it’s the sense of pissing people off that they thrive on. No amount of having this done to them would make them feel any different.

      When I finally found the person after attempt 3, it turned out to be some little shit I knew personally from the local neighborhood, he’d been breaking into friends and neighbors houses for ages as “we deserved it” and he was only sorry that he’d gotten caught. His parents were besides themselves with embarrassment, he didnt care less.

      After a similar event in my street/house I installed motion detection lights ($24.95 from Mitre 10) and a 3 hayes camera unit (with motion sensor - I think it was about $250 ish from Dick Smith) to monitor the house. having the lights go on when someone comes near the car/house makes it less inviting . . but having video footage to help catch them afterwards is a little more rewarding.

      When caught, there’s a tonne of apologies, but they arent meant. Best step is a police record and a potential for a few nights in redfern lockup. People who do this kind of vandalism arent the tough type. They like to hurt people and run/hide. They dont do well in a lockup.

      Sorry you had to go thru this. It’s good that the neighbors will band together to work out a viable street solution. Hopefully you catch the punk next time.

      Reply

    • Gregg says:

      10:17am | 04/01/11

      I understand you were venting Scottie though some didn’t and with
      ” Well, do you know what? I hope that you grow up and have a family. You work your arse off to buy a new car to be able to take your kids places and one day you wake up and go out to look at your beautiful new car and someone has keyed the utter shit out of it.
      I hope you take a second to look at your life at that point and realise the gut-wrenching feeling you have is what you caused to 20 families when you did it all those years ago. “
      That just will not happen and with
      ” Alternatively, I hope the next time you do it the police catch you in the act and you end up being put in jail for it. “
      We and some cops would wish for more than wrist slaps.

      We do seem to be a more and more degenerative society and I recall a year or so back it was inner Sydney somewhere that one of the CA shows featured kid gangs going along brick smashing windows to get what they could.
      Railway car-parks do have some level of security and not without reason too and then just last night I think it was a short of ACA for this week that shows gangs intimidation in Shopping Centre car-parks.
      Glad I live in the country and out of town and you know if you keep an eye out you’ll even find an older model low mileage superb car for next to nothing.
      My last buy was a 12 year old at the time Fairlane Ghia with about 60,000 km. in pristine condition at the cost of about 10c/km. travelled owned by a Nun and yes that was true, the only reason she had it was because she had inherited it from her Bro when he died after having it for just a month.
      Government subsidy to set it up on Gas and a great economical to run and environmentally friendly car it is.
      Even so, a little ding here and there is still a shame but at least you know not too many of your $$$ are involved.

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    • Edward Sharpe says:

      10:21am | 04/01/11

      We can’t really blame the writer , he can only do his best - apparently his best is a whiny self righteous tantrum - but we can blame the editor for letting this through.

      Paul Colgan?

      An inauspicious start to the year for somewhere that aspires to be the nations best commentary site.

      Or maybe it’s actually a stroke of genius (something is definitely being stroked) in that it released “Zeta” into the world.

      His comment towers above the original article.

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    • Two Tone Bouncing Putty says:

      10:29am | 04/01/11

      You didn’t have a raucous house party going on past 1AM in an apartment block the day prior to the majority of people returning to work did you? A party that continued and actually increased in volume after multiple complaints from various parties and even after the intervention of the police. Cause that’s why I keyed my neighbours car.

      Reply

    • Kirsty says:

      10:31am | 04/01/11

      Not only is the act of vandalism disgraceful, so is the ce la vie attitude of these commenters about the vandalism!  Idiots who destroy other peoples property should be punished!!

      Reply

    • James1 says:

      11:20am | 04/01/11

      Yeah, but there seems little point getting worked up about it.  I only hope that the author felt at least a little better after his vent.

    • Warren says:

      10:33am | 04/01/11

      Do yourself a favour. Buy a bicycle. You be fitter, slimmer, happier.

      Reply

    • Likes Joining Dots says:

      03:01pm | 04/01/11

      Warren, I went one better and imported a Trabant.

      It’s European, it’s more expensive than a VW (with finders fee and import duties), I now have cred, a hint of retro and old school communism working for me.

      It can be left out in the street with the keys in and never get stolen.

      Better yet. I’m fitter, slimmer and saving the environment at the same time - since I can’t get the damn thing to start.

    • marley says:

      07:51pm | 04/01/11

      @Joining Dots - be glad you can’t get it to start. I once saw a Trabant after a minor accident.  It more or less exploded.  Pieces of it scattered across four lanes of road.  You do know it’s basically cardboard?  I guess that makes it biodegradable, though, so it keeps your green credentials clean.  Just don’t try to drive it

    • Sam Chowder says:

      10:47am | 04/01/11

      The piece “vertical lining with Holden keys on German yellow” is a refreshingly original play on the now the cliched single pass horizontal.  You are fortunate to be the recipient of this almost banksy-esque contemporary work.  Enjoy.

      Reply

    • Karen VT says:

      10:55am | 04/01/11

      Selective breeding: When they are found they should be put down (humanely e.g. with an ipod playing some nice high volume thumping music and we could even shed a few tears of sadness that they were an oxygen thief). That way they never breed. Then their place should be offered to a respectful, hard-working young kid that did well at school from another country.

      Reply

    • Ron E Coote says:

      11:27am | 04/01/11

      Random acts of malicious stupidity are more common in cities. It’s part of the price you pay for living there.
      As the owner of a vehicle that has been keyed I can share you pain/anger. You have to get it fixed, because the damn thing will taunt you for the rest of your time with the vehicle, AND when you come to sell it it’ll hurt even more.

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    • Who cares says:

      11:56am | 04/01/11

      Wow they will really let anyone publish anything these days wont they.

      On a scale of current issues I don’t think having your car keyed really compares with people losing all their worldly possessions and livelihood to the Queensland floods.

      Why don’t you stop your whinging, gain some perspective and move on. Shit happens, deal with it.

      Reply

    • Likes Joining Dots says:

      02:50pm | 04/01/11

      @ Who cares says

      I would like to take a little longer to reply to you, but I’m busy at the moment. I still have a few more abandoned homes in Queensland to loot.

      Hey, it’s not like they are going to miss it. It’s insured. It’s sweet.

      Right?

    • Jason says:

      10:03pm | 04/01/11

      Get off your high horse, if it was your car that was damaged I’m sure you wouldn’t be impressed. He has every right to vent his spleen over his damaged wheels.

    • Ross says:

      12:02pm | 04/01/11

      I cant believe the harsh attitude delt out to Scott in his hour of frustration and venting . I too have had this sort of thing done to me and like Scott I was enraged.It is stupid and unjust crimes like these we need to stop in order to have a better place to live for all. The police do little to help stamp it out and the courts do even less. May I sugest we bring back the stock or a modern form of them ,say Saturday’s locked in them maybe in a mall or somewere.They could be shamed for there stupid actions.

      Reply

    • Josh says:

      01:55pm | 04/01/11

      This is a fantastic idea.

      While we are at it, lets also bring back capital punishment. 

      It’s a car for Gods sake.

    • Daniel says:

      12:12pm | 04/01/11

      What a grub doing that to a VW Polo. They are such an understated car. What a dope. I hope Insurance covers it.

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    • James A says:

      12:14pm | 04/01/11

      A yellow VW?  He did you a favour.

      Take a spoon of cement.  You choose to live in that area knowing the sorts of people residing there.  Welcome to the children of the ALP welfare state.

      Reply

    • Tripper Smurf says:

      12:53pm | 04/01/11

      Unfortuantley there are quite a few people in this world, some of them Australian that really do need a good smack to the chops and kick up the bum.

      Then again, its probably best that you dont cause even though they cause thousands of dollars to your property, they will be the victim somehow.

      Reply

    • Steph says:

      01:54pm | 04/01/11

      Ah, but a smack to the chops is illegal. Sad, really, because if they’d had a smack to the chops earlier in life they might not have turned out such little shits.

    • James1 says:

      02:47pm | 04/01/11

      Maybe Steph.  Or perhaps they would have grown up thinking that violence is the answer to problems.

    • Hoggy says:

      02:12pm | 04/01/11

      “Well, do you know what? I hope that you grow up and have a family. You work your arse off to buy a new car to be able to take your kids places and one day you wake up and go out to look at your beautiful new car and someone has keyed the utter shit out of it.”

      How does that improve the situation? In voicing your anger at someone keying your car, you then hope THEY experience the same fate? How petty and juvenile.

      Your post reeks of bitterness. Sure it’s not a nice thing to happen, but it’s not the end of the world. You’ll get it fixed on insurance and move on.

      On the scale of bad fortune, this might rate a 0.5 out of 10. Would you rather have your home flooded, family member diagnosed with cancer or your car mangled in an awful holiday road crash?

      Quit whining, get some perspective and toughen up.

      I hope the several scratches on the side of your car don’t stop you from going on to achieve what you want to in life.

      Reply

    • Aldi says:

      02:28pm | 04/01/11

      ‘...misery for 20 families.” Okay it is lousy that some idiot did that to your car, and that of your neighbours, but misery? Calm down. They didn’t break in to your house and violate your privacy/freak out your kids, they didn’t steal it and trash it. It’s an inconvenience, and a minor one at that. Don’t get so attached to your material things, or just drive a heap mate. Look at Queensland, Carnarvon or any of the million other shitty situations around the globe where people ARE suffering. Although you have been targetted by jerks, you come across as a prize one…

      Reply

    • Sharon Ede says:

      03:01pm | 04/01/11

      There is always someone in the world worse off than us - people dying in the dust from starvation are worse off than any of us. But it is frustrating TO YOU when your property gets wrecked. When I was a poor uni student, my car got stolen and the inside completely trashed, mirrors broken, seats slashed everything. I had to spend a lot of money I didn’t have to fix it so I could get to campus on the other side of town without three hour bus ride in each direction.

      Scott, it won’t make you feel any better, but I thought you might enjoy this story: there was a spate of tyre-slashings near where I live a year or so ago…unfortunately for the slashers, they wrecked the tyres of vehicles belonging to bikies…and were caught.

      Said slashers then presented at the hospital with their hands superglued together!

      Reply

    • Zopo says:

      03:03pm | 04/01/11

      It is these small crimes that lead to bigger crimes. People can say there are bigger problems than a VW, but when this person next breaks into your house and steals from you, and you awake to see the same junkie rummaging through your DVD collection while wheeling out your motorbike Im sure you will feel the problem has got a lot bigger.

      Don’t shrug people’s vents off because you have bigger problems, this is how this society got into the problem it is in now. People just don’t give a shit if isn’t about them, or doesn’t affect them.

      These little thugs who act like they are untouchable need to be sorted out.

      Reply

    • James says:

      03:54pm | 04/01/11

      Look at it this way, someone did you a huge favour because a bright yellow Polo isn’t exactly the “man’s vehicle” like you want everyone to believe it is…

      Reply

    • XJ says:

      04:11pm | 04/01/11

      Reminds me of when I saw an 18yo was teaching his kid brother how to use stones to graffiti the windows of a train pulling up at Footscray station. I worry for the future sometimes.

      Reply

    • just silly says:

      04:14pm | 04/01/11

      “doing over $30,000 worth of damage ” REALLY? Did the Polo even cost you that much? Where are you going to get the re-spray? GERMANY? Silly.

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    • Scott says:

      05:17pm | 04/01/11

      Read it correctly. Estimated $30k worth of damage to all 20 cars parked in the street.

    • Eddy says:

      04:26pm | 04/01/11

      The article claims ever car in the street was vandalised, not sure how many it was.
      BUT, it seems to me, IF every car was damaged to the same extent the VDub was, it would’ve taken a fair whack of time for one person to do this. Even if it were more then one, such a group would have been quiet obvious and stood out, right ? So how come, no one noticed what was going on ?
      Consensus is, GET TO KNOW YOUR NEIGHBOUR, KNOW who the people are in your street, KNOW what’s going on in your street, and if you witness something amiss, use your bloody fancy phone that impresses all your mates and friends, to take a pic or vid of the suspect action. If it turns out to be nothing, cool, just wipe it, BUT, if it turns out to be something, your neighbours will thank and you’ll be much happier with your choice of location where you live.
      However, at the end of the day, there is only so much an individual can do, the rest lies with your community and of course the much malaligned authorities. (who deserve it in my opinion.)
      For my money, I wouldn’t be caught dead, parking my car out on the street overnight, in fact my insurance stipulates it must be locked up.
      So there you go, if you wanna live in them fancy inner city digs, I guess there’s a price to pay. Hey ?

      Reply

    • kerrie o'rourke says:

      04:34pm | 04/01/11

      one never goes near cars if one catches public transport.,gets welfare and lives in public government housing. one votes labor or greens instead.

      Reply

    • Warren says:

      08:12am | 05/01/11

      Yup, lets blame the Greens (rolls eyes).

    • LC says:

      11:25am | 12/05/11

      I somehow don’t think that was his point, Warren…

    • MattW says:

      05:33pm | 04/01/11

      I feel your pain. While away for holidays last year some wanker thought it would be fun to set fire to the garage at my place, destroying my car and the neighbours’ car in the blaze. There was also several other cars set on fire around the same time. Queue months of pain dealing with insurance company. And then when I get my replacement car, so other wanker ran into the driver’s door at a shopping centre carpark.

      Lack of respect for other people’s hardearned property really p!sses me off

      Reply

    • Pleasure O'Reilly says:

      05:35pm | 04/01/11

      One sunny day, I saw someone maliciously key every panel of a red car in the Bulleen SC carpark .  I went to report it to centre management - “this old guy shuffled up to this Mitsubishi, upturned his walking stick and scratched the shit out of this car” - strange but true! .... so you never know…..wink

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    • Reg says:

      09:41am | 05/01/11

      I have discovered that all those side door bangs one’s car picks up, are not accidental or even thoughtless.

      In a 10% full covered car park there were two reasonable looking cars parked accurately in their bays. I watched as a grubby looking guy came along to one of them, went to his passenger side door and repeatedly slammed it into the adjacent car before going around to the drivers-side and driving off. I was only 10 metres away and I told him what an a*** hole he was, but he seemed to know already.

    • LC says:

      09:34pm | 04/01/11

      Scott, people have avoided jail for bashing and stabbing others in the past, so ending up in the clink for vandalism? Uh-Uh. Not going to happen.

      The best outcome is if someone who wouldn’t be as “lenient as the police” catches these idiots in the act.

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    • Tator says:

      09:48pm | 04/01/11

      Scott,
      I can empathise with you and your neighbours after having my last two cars vandalised by these scum.  First time it was eggs thrown at my classic 21 yo Alfa, second time it was a broken aerial, third time, a brick was thrown at it leaving a distinct square dent and lastly for the poor Alfa, a broken rear 1/4 vent window, not satisfied with one car, once the Alfa departed for greener pastures (as a track car where it probably will end up with less panel damage) the scumbags started on my newer 10 year old replacement Subaru Liberty with another brick thrown at the drivers door and a few other dents and scrapes from rocks thrown at it.  Considering that SA courts gave a father and son suspended sentences for assaulting an elderly man so badly it left him with 11 fractures, I can’t see any justice for any victims of this nature ever, even with a combined total of $30k damage, it will be just another slap on the wrist and a bag of lollies to the offender who in real terms, deserves to at least be flogged for such an offence purely on the vindictiveness of the offending.

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    • fernando noronha says:

      11:05pm | 04/01/11

      Use your head, how many drunks would walk through Erskineville on New Years.  I put my car in the garage for New Years,  lock it up or deal with it

      Reply

    • Ella Bella says:

      08:15am | 05/01/11

      Remarkable generation of commentary on an inconsequential topic

      Reply

    • Reg says:

      09:31am | 05/01/11

      What helped me get such things into perspective, was being abused at age 12 by a pedophile and then being beaten up by three guys on the streets of Townsville at age 26. I now have a warm feeling that all four of them may be suffering the delights of a slow lingering decline into old age. The car can be fixed, I’m not certain that the body and mind can be.  There are lots of guys who would never dream of scratching a car, but who would casually inflict permanent physical damage on another and go off with a smirk on their faces.

      Reply

    • brett says:

      10:02am | 05/01/11

      Some nice young boys “unlocked” my car for me on new year’s eve with a rock. to show my gratitude I unlocked his nose from his face with my knuckles.

      The cops nearby who saw him break my window would have been happy to let him walk away if i had not done some panel beating on his face.

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    • Ashley says:

      11:49am | 05/01/11

      IMO, Zeta was just interpreting the story from another vantage point, not condoning vandalism.  The fact is so many awful crimes are committed against the person in both our society and the world, the perpetrators are never bought to justice or receive minimal punishment. Materialism and, or a twisted concept of ownership often play a factor in such crimes. Property crime at times does take precedence over crimes against the person.  In the big scheme, having your car keyed is annoying, inconvenient and perhaps an unfortunate consequence of the growing gap between the poor and upwardly mobile. But at least you’re alive, uninjured and not suffering post traumatic stress.

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    • WA Car Lover says:

      10:28pm | 05/01/11

      Hi Scott,
      I can relate to what has happened and how you feel.. It’s not good mate, some folk don’t seem to understand just how much you can shit one can put up with..

      Had some punks 2x throwing rocks at the roofs as they were walking down the street, I was out the back smoking, one of the rocks hit my garage door! And to be honest I was not concerned about the windows or roof, but the garage has an exposed side and that’s where my car is parked.. I waited 4 mins or so, and headed off in my car going in the opposite direction, I then went around the block and came down the road they were now walking up… I drove past slowly and then chucked a U turn and sped towards a mailbox with a parking space. I pulled up about 10 yards in front of them got out of the car and ran towards them both screaming you like to throw rocks.. Strangely they didn’t start moving until I was quite close and then decided to split up and leg it! I ran back to my car and chased after the one that was heading towards the main road. I was unable to catch either of them as they were no doubt hiding in bushes..

      So I know how you feel. All the best for 2011

      Reply

    • Frances Jones says:

      11:48am | 06/01/11

      Hi Scott,
      All the comments which your experience has generated are interesting.
      I follow you on twitter and read about your life in Sydney last year, including going to a car showroom, selling the Mini and various emotions in between!
      I’m sorry this happened to you and the other car owners, but it has exposed an unfortunate reality in our society which needs to be addressed.
      I once taught at a juvenile detention centre, where boys had committed far worse crimes and I read their files. Most of them had childhoods you wouldn’t wish on anybody. 1+1=2. It’s like most behaviour, when you take the time to look deeply, to see where they’ve come from, it’s not surprising how they’ve ended up. They came from ALL cultural backgrounds.
      Of course it doesn’t excuse bad behaviour and for some, the only way to stop it is through the criminal justice system. Studies prove that recidivism is reduced by education and psychotherapy. If people are angry, they express it, if they’re bored with too much time on their hands, they find something to entertain themselves. I met one boy on ‘the outside,’ who I’d taught when he was locked up, who now runs a successful business. They need to be educated, to channel their intelligence in legal ways.
      It’s up to parents and other adults to socialise children intelligently. We need to teach children not to damage others property or steal, and many other values.
      I’ve said many times that I think schools need to implement evidence-based behaviour management and emotional education programs such as http://www.kidsmatter.edu.au in primary schools.
      If we don’t socialise children, the costs to society later on, are far greater than the cost of education- think binge drinking, Cronulla riots and the rate of sexual abuse.
      Teenagers drink and smoke to get relief from difficult feelings. Alcohol affects the frontal lobes of the brain, so foresight, inhibition and judgement are affected. Substance abuse is a consequence of trauma. Stop children being traumatised and you’ll stop the need for binge drinking.
      That act of aggression didn’t come out of nowhere.
      You responded to it by writing about your anger and generating discussion, which got people thinking and responding. You didn’t resort to physically aggressive behaviour. That is what we need to teach young people, to use words rather than violent acts to express their feelings. That’s what I teach my children every day.
      Kind regards,
      Frances

      Reply

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      05:49pm | 14/12/11

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