Car vandalised for not being picturesque

It's a very sad story. Sad for the man who's car has been vandalised and sadder still when we realise that there are some deeply troubled people about who do these things and sadly an awful lot of them but £6,000? For two windows and body repair? Where on earth did he get that quote? If it's anywhere near accurate that car must be yellow because it's gold plated.
 
Destruction of private property is not justifiable.

I'm just a little surprised the NT bureaucrats didn't restrict parking for that cottage in question, as none of the other ones have such privilege and instead have a car park somewhere just around the corner...
 
woof woof said:
I actually quite like that and it looks to be a good job at least in the picture but the red stripe on the far right doesn't go all the way, I wonder why.
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Hard to tell from the angle but perhaps the neighbours house has a hanging freehold but is just paint not building......... so you never know maybe next door is more litigious than her! Though as her plan was to demolish and rebuild a lick off paint is nothing.
 
StewartR said:
That reminds me of this:
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/red-and-white-striped-house-in-kensington-owner-zipporah-lisle-mainwaring-to-appeal-council-order-a6734206.html
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Not really unless you mean the actions of the vandals...

The house in Kensington was the result of petulant attitude of the home owner so thought they were better than anyone else and deserved special treatment to be allowed to rebuild their home so they could have a 'mega basement' ... no doubt using the house as an "investment" as well, adding to the strife of unavailability of property at sensible prices in the Capital.
 
We have been to beautiful Bibury and were amazed at the number of homes that had signs on their driveway gates saying "Private Property - Keep Out" in English and a certain Oriental language underneath so trespass is also a problem here.
 
woof woof said:
It's a very sad story. Sad for the man who's car has been vandalised and sadder still when we realise that there are some deeply troubled people about who do these things and sadly an awful lot of them but £6,000? For two windows and body repair? Where on earth did he get that quote? If it's anywhere near accurate that car must be yellow because it's gold plated.
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Every panel, full respray is £3500 with VAT. Factory price for the glass? It's pushing it for £6k but with the VAT added, a hire car...
 
Byker28i said:
Every panel, full respray is £3500 with VAT. Factory price for the glass? It's pushing it for £6k but with the VAT added, a hire car...
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Not on this planet. Maybe if you're paying NASA to do the repair.

My car's been in the paint shop twice recently, got the whole front end done and then the drivers door and front wing when my neighbour backed into it, total cost under £300 cash in hand and while we were there we got a quote for my sisters people carrier which was vandalised while parked on the street.... every panel except the roof dented and scratched and wants painting and the quote was £750. We could get my car and my sisters car done for a fraction of £6k. Even going through insurance at a main dealer body shop I don't believe £6k. At £6K I smell something not nice, either rip off or BS. The only way this quote makes sense is if paying an expensive body shop top price using some sort of specialist paint and with an inflated insurance claim factor added.

No one in their right mind would pay £6k or anything like it for that repair, anyone in their right mind would just drive down the road and get another quote, this time to get it done on Earth.
 
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A real shame for the old fella, if he's allowed to park there then so be it.
Galling to think a photographer could do such (if it was) and what kind of mentality do they have?
 
Had a main dealer body shop quote me £430 to do a 1" dent on my rear bumper ... £6k would be cheap for them! :rolleyes:
 
gramps said:
Had a main dealer body shop quote me £430 to do a 1" dent on my rear bumper ... £6k would be cheap for them! :rolleyes:
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I got a bit mixed up in my last post... my sisters £750 quote wasn't from the guy who did mine (he quoted much cheaper) it was from a good quality bodyshop I usually take my sports cars too. Had most of my cars done there at some point... Porsche, Merc, Jag, Lotus Elise and Elan... they do a really good job and I'd eat my shorts and those of all the staff if they didn't significantly undercut £6k to do that car.
 
Eloise said:
Your paint shop sounds a bargain...
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My cars a standard colour but even something special shouldn't come anywhere near £6k, I simply don't believe I couldn't get it done for a fraction of that.
 
Eloise said:
Not really unless you mean the actions of the vandals...

The house in Kensington was the result of petulant attitude of the home owner so thought they were better than anyone else and deserved special treatment to be allowed to rebuild their home so they could have a 'mega basement' ... no doubt using the house as an "investment" as well, adding to the strife of unavailability of property at sensible prices in the Capital.
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Actually more it was petulance and spite on the part of the next door neighbour of the stripped property as he wanted to by that property too the extend his home and the mega basement he already has but because he failed to pay enough to buy it he has objected to every planning application of the current owner
 
woof woof said:
My cars a standard colour but even something special shouldn't come anywhere near £6k, I simply don't believe I couldn't get it done for a fraction of that.
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I agree £6k sounds excessive ... but I would have expected a front end respray to be best part of £1500.

The story sounds slightly fishy or at least badly researched though ...
His daughter-in-law, Marie Kraus, said: "Peter is understandably upset at the loss of his car and his independence, but he is also very fond of his lovely yellow car."​
Now surely his insurance will cover the glass (assuming comprehensive insurance) which Autoglass will get done in a few hours. And the paintwork doesn't stop him using the car until it can be repaired. I mean I'm not suggesting that he's not had his car vandalised and it will be distres, but the story is rather played up for the media.
MWHCVT said:
Actually more it was petulance and spite on the part of the next door neighbour of the stripped property as he wanted to by that property too the extend his home and the mega basement he already has but because he failed to pay enough to buy it he has objected to every planning application of the current owner
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I'd not heard that part of the story...
 
ecoleman said:
£6000 repair bill. Where do they come up with this crap???
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By including every expense while it is being done. It may not cost that much to respray, but the insurance pay out could well come to that. Besides, it is a newspaper telling the story - so add some 'license' for their reporting style. Got to jazz it up a bit and make it sound worse than it is. o_O

This chap at 84 will have seen the war and is probably made of sterner stuff than the iPhone generation who seem ot have everything that begins with an 'i' except an idea of how to behave properly.
 
Eloise said:
I agree £6k sounds excessive ... but I would have expected a front end respray to be best part of £1500.

The story sounds slightly fishy or at least badly researched though ...
His daughter-in-law, Marie Kraus, said: "Peter is understandably upset at the loss of his car and his independence, but he is also very fond of his lovely yellow car."​
Now surely his insurance will cover the glass (assuming comprehensive insurance) which Autoglass will get done in a few hours. And the paintwork doesn't stop him using the car until it can be repaired. I mean I'm not suggesting that he's not had his car vandalised and it will be distres, but the story is rather played up for the media.

I'd not heard that part of the story...
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No, it didn't sit the argument did it - seective reporting again. Only tell the bit that supports the argument the writer wants to put forward. This is the reason I refuse to read any newspaper at all now.
 
What's the price for a new bonnet for a Vauxhall Corsa? The word "MOVE" has gone down into the metal and that writes off the bonnet. The new bonnet will then have to be primed, undercoated and then colour matched with the top coats to the rest of the car. If someone had done that to my car, I would insist upon a new bonnet that was properly coloured to the rest of my car as filling in just does not work.

The prat who did this needs stringing up IMHO, such acts are NOT acceptable in society.
 
David_H said:
What's the price for a new bonnet for a Vauxhall Corsa? The word "MOVE" has gone down into the metal and that writes off the bonnet. The new bonnet will then have to be primed, undercoated and then colour matched with the top coats to the rest of the car. If someone had done that to my car, I would insist upon a new bonnet that was properly coloured to the rest of my car as filling in just does not work.

The prat who did this needs stringing up IMHO, such acts are NOT acceptable in society.
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Filling a scratch like that would be fine. Once filled, primed and sprayed you'd never know.
If you were paying for it you can insist on what you like, but when the insurance is paying, I'm afraid it's up to them what they'll pay for.

Anyway, a new panel, prime and spray wouldn't cost anywhere near £6k, you can nearly buy a new car for that.
 
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Eloise said:
I agree £6k sounds excessive ... but I would have expected a front end respray to be best part of £1500.

The story sounds slightly fishy or at least badly researched though ...
His daughter-in-law, Marie Kraus, said: "Peter is understandably upset at the loss of his car and his independence, but he is also very fond of his lovely yellow car."​
Now surely his insurance will cover the glass (assuming comprehensive insurance) which Autoglass will get done in a few hours. And the paintwork doesn't stop him using the car until it can be repaired. I mean I'm not suggesting that he's not had his car vandalised and it will be distres, but the story is rather played up for the media.

I'd not heard that part of the story...
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Yeah there was a programme a couple of years back on C4 I think that looked quite closely at it, it was a show about planning troubles etc and I remember my overwhelming impression was that the woman was yes quite cantankerous with her painting etc, but seemed on the whole nice enough, but also that the neighbor was a bit of spiteful bully using the planning process to try and bully the woman out of the property he wanted
 
The car and owner have made the news several times but this is the first time I read it being vandalised. Time to get CCTV.
 
Stories like this make me really sad. Don't the people who complained about his car know that they could just change the colour in photoshop!
 
Tunbridge said:
Stories like this make me really sad. Don't the people who complained about his car know that they could just change the colour in photoshop!
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or y'know, accept that this is the world we live in and try to capture it.
 
Right, I am just off out to blow up a few electric pylons and wind generators.....they are spoiling my landscape pictures.
 
In my book it would be perfectly acceptable for the perpetrators to be found face down in the picturesque river.

As for the house owner, I'd have compulsory purchased her property and moved her on.

There are some real ****wits in today's society
 
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LongLensPhotography said:
I'm just a little surprised the NT bureaucrats didn't restrict parking for that cottage in question, as none of the other ones have such privilege and instead have a car park somewhere just around the corner...
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It's not technically in Arlington Row, and it's pretty much always has a car parked outside (or used to).

It has to be said that a lot of the tourists visiting Bibury can be utter t^ats.
 
Lensflare said:
This chap at 84 will have seen the war and is probably made of sterner stuff than the iPhone generation who seem ot have everything that begins with an 'i' except an idea of how to behave properly.
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The defiant 84-year-old said if the car was too expensive to repair, he would buy a replacement ....... in lime green. Good on him. (y) I'd also include pink polkadots. :D
 
woof woof said:
I got a bit mixed up in my last post... my sisters £750 quote wasn't from the guy who did mine (he quoted much cheaper) it was from a good quality bodyshop I usually take my sports cars too. Had most of my cars done there at some point... Porsche, Merc, Jag, Lotus Elise and Elan... they do a really good job and I'd eat my shorts and those of all the staff if they didn't significantly undercut £6k to do that car.
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It's not just that though. Perhaps it's collection, replacement hire vehicle etc.
Yes you can get cheap respray, but if every panel is damaged, and it's not that new then you won't blend in easily, so a that point it's strip down time, windows out (easy if broken), lights etc. Glass isn't cheap

I'm looking at quotes of £6-9k for my car. £400 a litre for the paint, if the windscreen breaks its £750 if one is available, rear glass is more as its rare.
 
OldCarlos said:
The defiant 84-year-old said if the car was too expensive to repair, he would buy a replacement ....... in lime green. Good on him. (y) I'd also include pink polkadots. :D
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I'd almost be willing to chip in to help him get it fitted with one of those godawful undercar neon kits and the most eye-wrenchingly awful aftermarket lights kit I could find.
 
Mr Lawrence if you are a semi professional photographer you should learn to use photoshop or go there when the car is not there.

Semi-professional photographer Robin Lawrence, of nearby Bourton-on-the-Water, said: 'That flipping yellow car!

'You have an area of outstanding beauty and as a photographer, you are hampered by the car.'

Mr Lawrence, 53, added : 'It gets in the way of photographs. I have cursed the yellow car today.'

If I was Vauxhall this chap would have a brand new bright yellow Corsa sitting outside today!

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...ed-houses-Britain-photobombed-yellow-car.html
 
Bearair said:
If I was Vauxhall this chap would have a brand new bright yellow Corsa sitting outside today!

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...ed-houses-Britain-photobombed-yellow-car.html
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That is a brilliant suggestion but I suggest they won't want to be associated with an ugly car in a beautiful location.

However, if they took several cars and parked them all along the road...

'Beauty is in the eye of the beholder...'

Or their electric car, in bright yellow 'kind to the environment'

I've emailed them the suggestion :D
 
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