Hey,

My friend with an 03 Silver RX parked on a street nearby a rather "undisciplined" middle school and needless to say, he got keyed. One long deep scratch along the passenger side doors. Then, a few days later, same area, ANOTHER long key scratch on the same side.
Logic tells me it's some PUNK *** kid. Likely, the same punk both times.
Well, he and I are seriously thinking of setting something up to find out who it is and then... well... disciplinary actions will (and IMO SHOULD) be taken.

Any idea on how we would go about achieving this? or what we should do?

 

Not sure what you should do to stop them, besides calling the po-po and letting them sort it out. Unless you want to go to jail for beating a little 7th grader to a pulp - if that's your objective, then you're headed down the right track

Although the kid would be getting what they deserve...perhaps just set up a car and a video camera to capture it, but why would you risk getting another nice car keyed?

 

Boy, your friends sure have a problem with vandalism! First the guy with the MB gets his window broken, then the friend with the RX gets keyed. Me, I'd move out of the area.

Seriously, why would someone whose car is vandalized EVER park on the street in the same neighborhood again? If for some reason they have to park there, they probably shouldn't waste the money having the damage repaired. His insurance company would probably agree, refusing to repaint the car every few weeks.

Kingkong's right. The satisfaction gained by catching the little perp probably isn't worth the cost of further damage - and giving the kid the pounding he richly deserves would land an adult far enough back in the jailhouse they'd have to pump daylight to him.

 

Yeah, you guys are right. But atleast get some evidence and then turn it to the cops? I mean, I'd go to them right away if I thought that they'd actually do something about it. I live in the city btw. Move? hah. just out of the question.
Yeah, he really HAS to park there. I don't know. hah, and that isn't the end to the vandalism stories either...

 

I have had this problem in Mexico with someone doing this. Usually, we can buff it out really easy since my uncle did such a wonderful paint job in the first place when I went all black. The vandals here have gone so far as to even scratch a dollar sign, a swastika and a star of david (I'm Catholic, but there is no excuse in this universe for racism) on my RX. One time, one of my cousins caught one of the kids doing this in a parking lot of the big mall near my uncle's and he settled stuff with the kid Mexican style. I wouldn't advocate that route though one can get into their fair share of fights down here, whether you like it or not.

Actually, with my new job I am going to get an old junker since I have to park on the street and the RX300 gets to be the racecar on the weekend.

Umm, going a little more back to a real solution...some of the diplomats in Mexico and even some non-diplomats have taken to hooking up hidden cameras in their vehicles that aim on the door area of their vehicles (also used to go after corrupt cops and anti-kidnapping). I have another neighbor, with a Ford Expedition, whose alarm always goes off when I start up my RX, and he on purpose has his alarm put to high sensitivity enough that a kid doing what you are describing will immediately set off the alarm.