Were you lucky enough to be able to bend the frame back without cracking any paint?

Regards

Paul

I can't see any paint damage apart from inside the door where a crowbar must have been used.

But i need to examine the door as now the window doesn't open proper.

If you even simply raise your hand at them you'll probably be thrown in jail for scaring them :thumbdwn: Don't hold out any hope if the police actually catch them either. Wing mirror kicked back and body panels kicked in in middle of night (I slept through), neighbour called police and caught them, I found my car damaged with footprints on, called police who told me they had already arrested someone, later called me to say he admitted causing the damage and was given a caution.

I'm not sure if the car alarm I installed antagonised them to do further damage, or it helped prevent further damage.

But please don't kill them, that's an easy way out for them. Let them live their lives with some extra pain, or find out where they live and do over any cars that happen to be parked outside their house then maybe they will learn what it's like. I've thought of doing this to the car parked outside the person's house who did my car over but haven't done so yet guess brake fluid is the lazy option

They should not have been given a normal caution, under the circumstances the offender ought to have been a condtional caution which would be something like.....

I agree to pay Mr x the sum of £COST OF REPAIRS within 28days, if i do not i understand that I will be prosecuted. (sent to court)

Also a letter of apology (for what is worth)

In other words they get a caution and you get money to get it sorted.

You also should have been aske if you agreed to the offender being cautioned however if you said no he/she could still be cautioned anyway though.

Doubt they'll want to finger print it... just hand out a crime number & wait for someone to cough for it as a TIC...

Won't your excess be more than the stereo was worth anyway? If they do write the car off, you could buy it back off 'em - might be more cost effective?:confused:

I would be very suprised if they dont fingerprint the car as vehicel crime is a priority crime and they would be looking to catch the bugger, also most forces have three tiers of SOCO (now called CSI like the Americans) level 1's do most of the finger printing so you may not see a cop unless you have anything of evidential value however the vehicle hould be done.

Oh i must apologise for my spelling and typing errors I have just re read ! well it was done on a blackberry!

They should not have been given a normal caution, under the circumstances the offender ought to have been a condtional caution which would be something like.....

I agree to pay Mr x the sum of £COST OF REPAIRS within 28days, if i do not i understand that I will be prosecuted. (sent to court)

If this is the official position, my bets on that they thought the offender could not afford the cost of repairs and didn't want to take any action.

If this is the official position, my bets on that they thought the offender could not afford the cost of repairs and didn't want to take any action.

It matters not if they (police) think the offender can pay, the offender should be given the condtional caution and if he / she does not comply there off to court!

Contrary to popular belief Its not up to the police if they take action re offender disposal, in the majority of cases they are refered to the Crown Prosecution Service who review the case and decide on the means of offender disposal. Yes this is available 24/7.

Personally I would never condone a caution for criminal damage as somebody somewhere has to foot the bill to get it repaired, why should they, let the bugger who broke it pay for it!

Personally I would never condone a caution for criminal damage as somebody somewhere has to foot the bill to get it repaired, why should they, let the bugger who broke it pay for it!

I got the impression the police thought insurance would cure everything, eager to give out crime reference numbers. Sadly I only had TPFT.

"Older" cars like Favorits are actually more popular with the "drive home crowd" to steal because they don't have immobilisors.

They didn't manage to steal mine!!! Luckily but i am still annoyed they bent the bloody door

Actually, later favorits have immobililers and can't be easily stolen

"Older" cars like Favorits are actually more popular with the "drive home crowd" to steal because they don't have immobilisors.

Many 93 onwards models had the aftermarket immobilisers fitted as they came into the country, which are actually quite good as they cut both the starter and fuel pump so will annoy your average casual thief. I have seen them on a GLXIe and a GLXI model, not sure if they were left out of the LXI ones. I removed mine but replaced it with the basic single point cut that came with an alarm I stuck in (as there was only one key for it and you can no longer get them).

I think the steering locks are probably too good for the thieves though. Don't know how they fair up against similar 1994 cars but I doubt I could snap it. That the thieves merely managed to bend Captain's steering column counts for something anyway But I agree, your average thief would probably think of these as an easy target. (Hopefully these pics don't give snooping would-be thieves any ideas, I can't imagine that they would help any more than other sources around on the net - will delete if any concerns raised).

Immobilisers became commonplace or compulsory from 1995 or 97 I think, so anything "N" prefix or earlier is likely to be perceived as "easy to steal", rightly or otherwise.