What an idiotic post. I doubt the poster is even actually a LEO. If he was he would know that loosening/removal of valve stems (as THE OP stated, not the other poster who talked about cutting them) is not destruction of property. It permanently damages nothing, just removes the air in the tires until it can be refilled.

So, unless this supposed LEO (6 total posts, no personal info....) can prove that the air in his tires has a value of more than $250 - which is hard to do since it is free most places or costs maybe 25 cents at the fill machine - then his post is full of, well, hot air!

Merry Christmas, everybody!

 

Well as they say, one good "punk move" deserves another.

 

YES. Free country, so I get to retaliate. It was hot and sunny that morning too, so the coffee baked in real fast and real good. On the bright side, it probably provided the oxidized, rusted paint on his POS ''76 Dodge a layer of protection against the elements.

 

The composite panels will shrug off most light door taps, unlike an aluminum panel car.

But being a low car, widebody, and flared fenders it is a matter of time before a costly impact occurs, hard enough to warp or crack a carbon fiber piece. If you have a black car, you probably won't notice until the next detail.

To obsess is to die a slow death though. If you are an obsessive type it is best to learn to let go emotionally, and it doesnt cost any money to do so. Installing cameras and such will just pull you deeper into obsession and further away from enjoyment. Been there myself. There is a lot of hate out there.

I like to imagine, that if a vette driver was sentenced for a parking lot rage incident, the powers would have him drive a miata for two years, as part of the plea bargain to avoid hard jail time. Then at the end of two years, he's magically become a well adjusted human being. Something is different about him. Maybe because he doesn't wear any more corvette logos on his clothes. Or maybe, instead of being fully emotionally invested in a car, he spent his energies on improving himself to the point where he can drive anything and be confident.

 

Lol.

 

It only takes a bb. Unscrew cap, insert bb into cap. screw cap on until u hear the ever so slight hiss. BUT...we would never engage in any sort of activity like this. Actually, someone did this to my mustang when I was 16.
If you park 1/4 mile from any other car or store, you will come out to find a pos parked 8" away. People think they are funny.

 

The good news here is that karma will eventually take its toll.

Make sure to come back and complain when your car gets keyed.

 

Hmmm. well, depends on how you think Karma works........... maybe karma was initiated by the original close parker and delivered by the responder...............

I do believe in karma, but I also believe in giving karma a helping hand..............

 

Don't ya love how they always find you!!!!!!

 

Keep a valve stem removal tool in your car to send a message. Stupid people need a pain to learn.

 

Hard to believe that in one breath people are calling the public jerks and then discussing letting the air outta peoples tires.....

Ironic.......yeah I know flame away, no bother to me.....

 

The high road is just too steep for some to handle.

 

Wow, interesting judgmental "holier than thou" attitudes from folks who have not been there and experienced the deliberately hostile actions some of us are describing here.

Have you ever had to climb into your Corvette thru the rear hatch because other cars deliberately parked close on both sides? I have.

One fact of life about bullies in general or wanna be parking bullies is that they will continue to act out until someone stands up to them. Most are cowards, thinking they will never be caught or confronted.

The point here isn't about "getting even" per se, it's about making them think twice about the consequences of their actions so it doesn't happen to the next guy - which might just be you two judgmental critics..........


PS -
A question for you folks - what would you do if you were coming back to your car and actually saw folks parking so close to it that you could not open the door and get in? Would you just stand back and meekly watch until they had walked away, or would you speak up and assert yourself? I thought so........ When you arrive after they have already parked, I believe it is appropriate to send a message that such behavior will not be tolerated. If you choose to meekly accept other peoples hostile acts I feel sorry for you. Neville Chamberlain and many others have learned that hard lesson, at the expense of those who followed.

 

I love psycho-babble. You've gone pretty far out on a limb in suggesting that Corvette drivers need to drive a Corvette to maintain their confidence. That's painting with an extraordinarily wide brush, one you probably should be careful wielding. With such opinions of Corvette people, this is probably the wrong forum for you. Good luck with that.

Merry Christmas

 

 

I once parked my C5 like that helicopter right up to the curb. Some unmentionable in a Ram pickup thought it would be cute to park over the line into my spot. It was really tough getting in my car as I had backed in.

The OP should have no problem with how that Buick was legally parked. At least one side of his car was protected. My brother parked out once and someone sideswiped him at probably 30 MPH and took the side off his car.

 

Parking at Home Depot is getting very tough, I can't tell you how many times I've come out of Home Depot to find choppers on both sides of my car...

 

Some of you are really high-strung individuals.

Anyways. There have been actual sociological studies done on behavior in parking lots and why we make the choices that we do.

If I remember correctly, an unsuspecting driver enters a large, near-empty lot with only 2 or 3 other existing cars in it. The result, more often than not, was that the driver would park within 2 spaces of one of the existing cars even though they had literally hundreds of empty spaces to choose from.

When asked why the driver chose that particular spot instead of parking farther away, they rarely had an answer. It turns out that they just did it without really thinking about it. In other words, it wasn't a conscious decision, but rather, could be explained by our instinctual pack mentality. Humans are social animals after all.

The person who parked (legally) next to your Corvette wasn't trying to **** you off, IMO. I seriously doubt that it was jealousy. He couldn't have cared less about your new car or how much it costs. Sorry if this isn't the reaction that you were looking for.

 

Nice to hear your opinion, good that you disagree amiably. You may be right, but it's happened many, many times before, so, while its possible, I doubt that we're talking about someone who was oblivious to the whole thing. Nobody walks the entire length of a large parking lot to park with a remote group when there are 250 closer spaces available near the group of hundreds of cars closer to the building.

Have a Merry Christmas

 

Maybe the car was there before the chopper landed ....