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Old Jun 1, 2013 | 02:21 PM
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This is the reason (and my own private laundry facilities) that I bought my own house 35 years ago.
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Old Jun 1, 2013 | 02:23 PM
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Some people live where they do not have access to a garage. We are lucky to have a garage that our C5 is housed, and since it is black, and not a daily driver, we keep a dust car cover over it.
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Old Jun 1, 2013 | 04:22 PM
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Unfortunately "stupid" is rampant in our country.
You can't fix STUPID!
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Old Jun 1, 2013 | 07:10 PM
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I SAW a guy who parked his Corvette at the store and came out to find a woman with her large pocketbook ( tote ) sitting on the back of his Corvette. the guy walked up slowly and grabbed her bag and threw it 50 feet across THE PARKING LOT, got in his car a drove away. I SMILED.
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Old Jun 1, 2013 | 07:37 PM
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You can't fix STUPID!
Honestly, I've always thought you could fix stupid, but I'm losing hope rapidly the more stories like this are told.
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Old Jun 1, 2013 | 07:47 PM
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People just have no respect for property of others.
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Old Jun 1, 2013 | 08:06 PM
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Now I'm not proud of this story, but my junior year of high school 4 years ago, I had an F250 that I kept perfectly clean, no rust, no swirls, etc, the same way we treat our Corvettes on here, and I kept finding trash in the bed of my truck everyday. I tried to play it off and just throw it away everyday without throwing a fit, until one day one of the papers had the kids name on it after putting up with this crap for over a month. The next day me and a buddy each had 2 44oz cups full of sticky Dr. Pepper, and we dumped them down the roof of his 95 v6 Camaro (that he thought was fast lol) so it'd run down his car everywhere lol. Never found trash in my bed ever again.
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Old Jun 1, 2013 | 09:20 PM
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Originally Posted by Evil-Twin
I SAW a guy who parked his Corvette at the store and came out to find a woman with her large pocketbook ( tote ) sitting on the back of his Corvette. the guy walked up slowly and grabbed her bag and threw it 50 feet across THE PARKING LOT, got in his car a drove away. I SMILED.
I just snorted my beverage... LMAO
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Old Jun 1, 2013 | 10:08 PM
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Originally Posted by MonolithMonolith
If you have a truck or a buddy with a truck, I suggest going to Lowes and getting a bunch of bricks or manure, and setting some on their car as you unload it.
How about a load of concrete. Most mixers carry about 9 yards. (grin)
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Old Jun 1, 2013 | 10:59 PM
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YOU CANT FIX STUPID!
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Old Jun 1, 2013 | 11:05 PM
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You're in NY, what do you expect. By the way, so am I!!!
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Old Jun 2, 2013 | 12:07 AM
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Originally Posted by bj1k
I'm feeling my blood pressure going up and it's not even my car. I'm surprised you are still here to tell the story. I would probably be in jail.
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Old Jun 2, 2013 | 12:46 AM
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Originally Posted by Evil-Twin
I SAW a guy who parked his Corvette at the store and came out to find a woman with her large pocketbook ( tote ) sitting on the back of his Corvette. the guy walked up slowly and grabbed her bag and threw it 50 feet across THE PARKING LOT, got in his car a drove away. I SMILED.
Please tell me tell me this actually happened.
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Old Jun 2, 2013 | 12:52 AM
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Makes me glad I have a garage. I'd like to buy a beer for the guy that threw the woman's bag across the parking lot.

Last edited by jdot; Jun 2, 2013 at 12:55 AM.
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Old Jun 2, 2013 | 04:13 AM
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Makes me glad that where I live the houses are far enough apart from each other that the driveways aren't adjacent.
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Old Jun 2, 2013 | 04:43 AM
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For what it's worth, a corvette body shop owner looked over the slight pagoda effect on my c5 convertible trunk lid and said it was from people putting grocery bags on the top of the trunk while they get the keys out. So I don't place things on top of my trunk.

And , sorry to be a downer all round, don't bet a lot of money on the car cover protection theory. The kid who stole the radio out of my old jag said he always looks for covered cars, they have the best stuff. I always run a cover, to keep it clean.

I couldn't offer any advice about dealing with the folks next door. Obviously, a lot depends on who you are talking to and the stakes involved .
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Old Jun 2, 2013 | 07:31 AM
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I sit here in my palacial estate with 24/7 monitoring cameras in the detached parking garage and NEVER have a worry about stupid people........ I wish. It's just a car, and things are going to happen. Kudos to you for educating your ignorant neighbors.
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Old Jun 2, 2013 | 08:04 AM
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I would empty my bladder on the side of their car some night!
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Old Jun 2, 2013 | 08:06 AM
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Originally Posted by Evil-Twin
I SAW a guy who parked his Corvette at the store and came out to find a woman with her large pocketbook ( tote ) sitting on the back of his Corvette. the guy walked up slowly and grabbed her bag and threw it 50 feet across THE PARKING LOT, got in his car a drove away. I SMILED.
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Old Jun 2, 2013 | 08:50 AM
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Originally Posted by kjohnson
Yes i did ask nicely to please not place anything on the car, i didnt wana run out screaming and yelling, now how much of what i said , did they underdtand. I dnt know lol
I'd have done the screaming and yelling thing. Infliction of bodily harm might have followed.
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