mikeinsf

Indeed. This one's been beaten to death.

... now if I could only get my hands on that ***** that keyed my car.

mikeinsf

HA! I've been doing internet work for 12 years now, in the tech epicenter, and this is my first encounte with the term "Godwin's Law". I like it.

You learn something new every day.

DeLorean00

Ha, indeed! I guess just here in California I am so use to seeing Lexus vehicles the no longer strike me as something special (we even own one, but its my better half's car).

LoL, full camo in a Camry! I use to joke to my friends that a Camry is a car you buy if you don't want to make waves. I'm sorry I won't be buying a one they are just to sterile me.

gqa

so if my car was vandalized in a "good" neighborhood with all those "other" good people, who do i blame?

mikeinsf

I'm kinda done hashing this, talk to someone else. Meantime I'm keeping my car outta the ****ty neighborhoods. You can park your car there all you want. Have fun.

bigben320e

Goodness, people are so sensitive. A car could get keyed anywhere, no matter of race, money, etc. it happens. The chances of it happening are greatly reduced in better neighborhoods which also have nothing to do with race or groups either. Let's keep it real.

Sorry that happened to your car, hope it gets fixed soon. A lot of people period are just drinking haterade and really do suck that would do such a thing in the first place.

YamiFanatic

wow some harsh words flying back and forth im sorry to hear about your car

i live just outside of seattle.....a mini SF and whenever i go downtown i always take my truck....because if sht happens to it no big deal

idk if id blame it on any group about your car.....never had my sl or my s500 vandalized but my truck has been broken into three times in 2 years once downtown and twice in good neighborhoods

all i can say is sht happens and people can be *****s but theres nothing i can do about it

o and btw im 22 and i totally understand getting hell about having a nice car.......im young and i happen to be a dark skinned asian man

all i can say is live and learn and move on

mikeinsf

Just dropped off the car at a body shop in San Rafael, CA that was highly recommended by a friend. I parked it right next to a brand new Alfa 8C and Sean Penn's new flat black Shelby. Seems like it's in good hands now.

Rook3300

OMG, an Alfa 8c? You saw a rare thing my friend as there are only going to be 100 of those coming to the states for 2009.

The list of things I wouldn't do to have one of those is mighty short.

Rook

Air Marshall Eldritch

You do realize it was likely that Sean Penn was the one who keyed your car in the first place.

mikeinsf

Ha!
I think his car was keyed too.

azndevil67

Grrrr....I know how you feel mikeinsf. I just got my car scuffed on the back side by a careless diver earlier today at lunch. I was still eating in the restaurant and 2 guys told me as I was heading to my car. They told me that the driver backed up and just kept going reversing and hit my car and just left w/o stopping. They said that there were scratches on her car. And the whole time they said that she kept looking in her rear view and side view mirrors. How can she not see my car on the other end of the parking lot. Good thing for me there was no dent or scartches on my car, just some scuffs. Hopefully I can just buff it off when I get home from work. It just surprise me how careless and inconsiderate some people can be. Just glad that the 2 people waited for me to get out to let me know since I wouldn't think anybody would hit me since I parked away from everybody and especially like that. Are people that lazy now that they can't get out of a parking space by turning the steering wheel while going reverse instead of reversing all the way back. The other thing is there was no car on her right side so she can easily get out w/o reversing all the way back. Errrr..this just upsets me more thinking about it. Darn Bay Area drivers. J/K. Only a small majority makes it bad, but enough to get you pi$$ed.

That's my rant. Now I'm going to be even more cautious. This sucks. Glad your car is getting fix. Paint job on these cars are pretty hefty.

mjr24

I am sick of people *****ing about the economy. The only reason most of these people are in this position is because they buy things they can't afford. If someone ever touched any of my cars because of "class envy" the economy would quickly become the least of their worries.

Definitely sucks about your car. I remember when I put my Lowenharts on my SL ($5k rims) and was SO CAREFUL not to curb rash them, bend them, etc. and was great for about 2 months and then within a few weeks bent the hell out of three of them simply driving on the damn interstate.

mikeinsf

Got the estimate... about $5k. Yikes. Good thing I've got a small deductible.

Another anecdote about the way people treat me driving this car, it happened to me two nights ago... I was stopped at an intersection with my left indicator on, waiting to turn left behind another car that was also turning left. I had a friend in the passenger seat and we were talking. The top was down. The guy behind me could not get around my right side because there wasn't enough room between my car and another car parallel parked to my right. As the car in front of me edged forward a bit, so did I. The guy behind me could then get by, and as he started to pass me on the right, he conspicuously uttered "a$$hole" out his window. My friend and I looked at each other and said "what was ~that~ for?" It's kinda ridiculous and I know it's not just me, because these sort of incidents happen on a weekly basis (all within SF city limits) since I got the SL. I'm growing a bit of a thick skin and getting accustomed to it, but sheesh. My best friend has started calling it "The Sh*t Magnet". That's ok tho... having other people try to make you feel like crap for doing nothing is a small price to pay for driving such a nice set of wheels. It was just something I never expected, an unintended consequence.

CakeDaddy

I am so so sad for you. You might think Im picking on you, but PLEASE... STOP! If you drove a Hyundai(sp) Senata you'd get the same treatment. Stop blaming your car for the way people are treating you in the streets. For goodness sake... trade that SL in for something else if you feel that vulnerable.

mikeinsf

Just sharing observations. If you'd care not to read, then how convenient for you that it means one less mouse click. In your situation, where you live, maybe there's no difference between this car and another. Here in SF, based on my experience, there is. I haven't suddenly developed a neurosis or become an overnight bad driver after ten years of peacefully co-existing.

mikeinsf

Seems like a lot of people have trouble with 20's on SL's. Is it that the car is too heavy for them?

mlandis

Funny about the bay area vibe -- I live down in Los Angeles, but the car I wanted was in Walnut Creek, on the Oakland side of the bay. Within half an hour of leaving the dealership, I had three Porsches go by me who felt they had something to prove, revving their engines and so on. In the past three weeks I've been back in L.A., I haven't had a single person do that. Strange...

DeLorean00

Yep, my car just came in at $9,000.00 for rock chips!

mlandis

Yeah, I saved bonuses for years and didn't travel, so I could get the car for cash. And I knew that I'd never see any bonuses or travel after I got it, because they'd all go to taking care of the car!

mikeinsf

Isn't that the truth. Wait until you buy a boat!

Delorean... My estimate was upwardly adjusted to 6.8k, btw. Add in new headlamps at 1k a pop and fog lamps, and it's easy to see how your quote came in at 9k.

YamiFanatic

delorean i can see the 9k quote...my friend does custom paint work and i guess he said that silver is really hard to match and blend

S5LorinserF1

it was def some negger that keyed your car.

I once parked my car at the end of the shopping center no cars near by at least a 500 foot radius.


when i came back the car was keyed from the gas tank to the fender...these people deserve to be sent back in the containers where they came from

bigben320e

Why did you even have to go there. People of all races and sexes have keyed cars, and in all socioeconomic circles. A pissed off ex could have keyed your car.

S5LorinserF1

hey mikeinf i got an idea.

since you have no ***** whatsoever and continue to nag and biach how people pick on you when driving.


Go and buy those Fake Nuts you see on trucks that hang from the hitch and attach to the rear of your SL maybe then people will stop bothering you so case closed