Car got keyed today

My 996 got keyed today. Just a malicous act that served no purpose. I had not done anyone any wrong, just came back to my car in a parking lot and there was the work of the evildoer. All along the driver side and on the back. Called the insurance company and reported the claim. I have to pay the $500 deductable on the paint job. But the hassle and the feeling of being violated. And for what? My son has a 5.0 Mustang with a pretty paint job. His car got keyed last Sunday at a restaurant. Anybody else had to deal with this? - Bill

That's a pretty big coincidence in a smallish town, Bill ... sure it's not something personal against you or your son? Be glad you didn't catch the SOB in action, you might have done something you'd regret later. Not that it wouldn't be worth it on some level ... Vic

That's horrible. The perp obviously has some psychological issues.

That sux, Bill. Was it parked where it might have p*ssed someone off?

i totally feel ya - i park my car in a parking deck and theres always people around that you're suspicious of. especially on the weekends when people are walking back drunk from their cars. i went to my car one day only to find that someone had keyed it in 3 different places! the keying isnt that harsh (i dont think its quite down to the bare metal) but still visible, and it definetly hurts the look of the car

Thanks for the input. I plan to get it repainted. Is there any reason not to do that?

Bill, I'd take pictures of the car prior to painting. That way, you have a record of why it was repainted. If you ever plan to sell the car and the prospective buyer notes the repaint, you can show him that it was repainted not because of a collision but a keying. I've got an old story. A friend of mine had a brand new 930 turbo. This was back in the '80's. He parked in a parking spot all the way in the back away from everyone. For some reason, a station wagon full of kids parked right beside him. Maybe they wanted to ogle the car and park at the same time, who knows. Anyway, when my friend came back, he found that the station wagon door had dinged his car. Infuriated, he keyed the wagon on the sides, then got on the hood and keyed the hood and roof. Being and otherwise upstanding citizen who went berserk, he got caught by cops, of course. He had to pay a fine and for the repaint.

The have nots don't care. Even in our little town I saw some teenage kids (actually a girl, in a mixed gender group) spit on a 1988 Corvette that was parked by the library. I know the owner of the car. The owners are an early 60's couple that have a small highway construction business and they employ about 50 people in jobs that pay above average wages. The man drives a construction pickup truck every day. The woman started a local women's walk 4 years ago that has raised over $120,000 for breast cancer research. This in a town of 55,000 people. Church goers and donators. Three grown kids of their own and about 5 grandkids. The lazy, unmotivated masses hate anybody who goes to work every day and rewards themselves with a toy car. It is not a fair world all the time.

Good advice about the photo. My body shop guy thinks that paint jobs (where no body work is involved) don't get reported.

There are a lot of people out there who can spot a repaint no matter how well it is done, report or no report. A minor overspray on the rubber or weather strip can easily give it away. Some just have a sixth sense about it. A picture of the keying if a picture is needed goes a long way in keeping things up front and credible.

Man that sucks. Sometimes I think it is just easier to get into a wreck and replace the parts instead of repainting. My buddy's explorer got keyed when we were in college and it was about 8k in repainting costs because they scratched almost every body panel including some glass. Sorry to hear about it. Bobby

True story about the author of Death Wish, remember that late 70's movie with Charles Broson, anyway he wrote that movie after he came out of a store and he Porsche Cab's top was cut with a knife. Yeah it can emotional. Rob

I feel your pain. I had my black 996 drivers side door keyed in newport beach. There are a lot of haters in this world and karma will take care of them. I would go to a detail shop and see how much they can buff out before you repaint. I havent touched mine because I dont want to hurt the resale; I would rather have the new owner know what happened (no accident). I can spot any repainted panel no matter how good the job is but most people cant so you should be okay. Good luck

who ever knows about those things. yesterday i parked at a restaurant and got out of my c4s and i heard some young adults talking about me and one guy says, "people in cars like that are ********." psychological issues??? a big yes! so i made sure i looked him in the eye and said, "hi, how are you doing today?" and just smiled. the girls in the bunch looked at him funny.

Sorry to hear about that Bill. I live in Grayson just down the road from you. Where did this happen?

How do you tell if a panel has been resprayed? What are the give away signs?

My advice is to take the pictures. Use film not digital. I traded in a BMW which I bought used (2nd owner). The dealer went over my car with an electronic paint checking device (measures paint depth). They determined the front part of the hood had been re-sprayed. They used that against me while negotiating a trade in value. Who's to say the car didn't get touched up in the factory or after deliver to the dealership?

That is odd!! Never heard of that (sounds like some sort of gimick, actually, hmm) Sorry to hear about the keying. People who do that are one of two things it seems: drunk or ******** (maybe a combination of the two). Just after purchasing my car in Ketucky and driving it down here to FL last month I walked outside about 2 nights after getting back and found a cigarette ash pressed into the hatch and a butt resting on the wing. Although I was infuriated by the instance, I was very happy that it was done on glass and NOT paint, leaving no marks, and didn't involve keying! Like someone said before... God forbid I catch someone defacing my car. I have a "long fuse" but don't do well when that fuse is burnt! I'd do something I would regret later on. Good luck on the respray and documentation!

Update: I'm getting the respray work done next week. I'll let you all know how it turns out. (Better be good!)

Perhaps it was smoke and mirrors or was it science? This looks like the device they ran over my car: Scroll down to: Material Thickness http://www.farwestcorrosion.com/ccpcoatings/elco02.htm Also found this one: http://www.snapon.com/international/...bfgauge1kt.pdf

One day I went to a relatively nice restaurant in an Orange County city where the median income is WELL above the national average, and I parked properly between the 2 painted lines. At the time, there were NO cars to either side of me, and I truly was parked properly. I return from dinner to find that some A**hole had parked his vehicle so close to my driver's side that I literally could not open the door at all. This was obviously done to prove some sort of point, although only God will know what... After entering through my passenger side and maneuvering my way across the center console to the driver's seat, I lowered my window and held out my trusty pocketknife (blade extended) as I backed out. No, I didn't cut up his paint job - I simply held my knife outside of my window and his car got in the way. If he were parked properly, my knife would have cleared his car by several inches. In hindsight, I probably took it too far, but as a previous poster mentioned, we can get quite emotional over our Porsches.