Threw a can at me... RANT!!!!
Instructor
Joined: Aug 2004
Posts: 124
Likes: 1
From: Pasadena CA
Jerks are jerks. I'm glad you are OK and there wasn't any real damage.
Three years ago, I bought a new Chevy Tahoe. It's black and really looks nice. My wife and I took another couple to dinner on the other side of town and got off the freeway to take a "short-cut" around traffic. While I was making my way back to the freeway, another car approached going the other way. We heard a noise and all wondered what the heck happened. When we got to the restaurant, we found that there was egg all over the rear passenger window! The guy threw it and it hit the pillar between the windows on the driver's side. The egg ate away a circle of paint on my brand new truck. I might not have fixed it if it was old and beat up, but it was only two weeks old! The repair was $750!
Jerks.
Take care.
Barry
Three years ago, I bought a new Chevy Tahoe. It's black and really looks nice. My wife and I took another couple to dinner on the other side of town and got off the freeway to take a "short-cut" around traffic. While I was making my way back to the freeway, another car approached going the other way. We heard a noise and all wondered what the heck happened. When we got to the restaurant, we found that there was egg all over the rear passenger window! The guy threw it and it hit the pillar between the windows on the driver's side. The egg ate away a circle of paint on my brand new truck. I might not have fixed it if it was old and beat up, but it was only two weeks old! The repair was $750!
Jerks.
Take care.
Barry
Instructor
Joined: Oct 2003
Posts: 223
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From: Virginia Beach Va
If it was me I would have called the cops and reported a murder.
Of course I would have claimed self defense or defense of others and from reading this thread I am sure that a jury of my peers (fellow vette owners) would have done the right thing.
Glad you and the baby are ok, you are a much better man than me.
Of course I would have claimed self defense or defense of others and from reading this thread I am sure that a jury of my peers (fellow vette owners) would have done the right thing.
Glad you and the baby are ok, you are a much better man than me.
Burning Brakes
Joined: Dec 2001
Posts: 1,244
Likes: 13
From: Laguna Woods, CA
Same thing happened to me in my Contour SVT: a full beer bottle through the back window. I left everything the way it was until the adjuster showed up two days later. The beer had eaten through the clear coat wherever it landed and etched the black paint underneath. If you haven't washed the beer off yet, I would suggest you do that ASAP. i would hate for your paintjob to be ruined by that acid bath.
AFA the suggestions to do your Bruce Willis imitation, I have a piece of advice from all my years playing drums in a bar band: crazy m**her**ckers do sh*t like throw cans of beer at cars for just that reason: they are crazy **ther**ckers. It is in your best interest to stay away from them. Well over 75% of them don't have the social controls you and I do. Who knows? They might be the kind of people that like to squeeze half a clip into your car.
Regards,
Garibaldi
AFA the suggestions to do your Bruce Willis imitation, I have a piece of advice from all my years playing drums in a bar band: crazy m**her**ckers do sh*t like throw cans of beer at cars for just that reason: they are crazy **ther**ckers. It is in your best interest to stay away from them. Well over 75% of them don't have the social controls you and I do. Who knows? They might be the kind of people that like to squeeze half a clip into your car.
Regards,
Garibaldi
Racer
Joined: Sep 2004
Posts: 289
Likes: 0
From: Tucson AZ
Not that I recommend this, because I know it can't be justified legally...but tossing cans at vehicles means that all bets are off. I fired 3 rounds into the trailer of an 18 wheeler that threw a half full can of Pepsi into my Jeep on I-81 in Virginia. Just to clarify, I wasn't aiming for the driver...just his cargo. It wasn't so much the mess on my car, but the impact and noise. He scared me, caused me to swerve and I almost wrecked. I don't think he'll toss any more cans.
"...Not that I recommend this, ..." and,
"Probably wouldn't do that now that I've grown up a bit, but I don't regret it."
"Probably wouldn't do that now that I've grown up a bit, but I don't regret it."
Last edited by jmrc5; Mar 14, 2005 at 10:33 PM. Reason: Tried to make sense this time!
