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Top 5 most vandalised cars in uk

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Top 5 most vandalised cars in uk

Post by eyup » Fri Oct 30, 2009 2:50 pm

Sorry if this been on here already but I couldnt see it.

Taken from the Telegraph on yesterday.

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It only pictures the new one though so I am not worried :thumbsup:
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Re: Top 5 most vandalised cars in uk

Post by klarky » Fri Oct 30, 2009 2:52 pm

mainly convertibles, i bet its the old rather than new z4, unless every new one sold has been done over

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Post by mmm-five » Fri Oct 30, 2009 2:57 pm

The Cayenne is never vandalised - it came out of the factory looking that way :P
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Re: Top 5 most vandalised cars in uk

Post by Woots » Fri Oct 30, 2009 3:02 pm

Think i'd vandalise someones face if they did anything to mine...
Or if they are bigger than me just ask them politely to stop :)
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Re: Top 5 most vandalised cars in uk

Post by kartman » Fri Oct 30, 2009 3:13 pm

Woots wrote:Think i'd vandalise someones face if they did anything to mine...
Or if they are bigger than me just ask them politely to stop :)
Or cry. That always helps. :rofl: But i guess it make sense. BMW is causes hate already in some of the masses, and add to that a convertible and you got a winner. :o
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Post by Tired » Fri Oct 30, 2009 3:51 pm

1. BMW Z3

2. Chrysler Crossfire

3. Porsche Cayenne

4. Porsche Boxster

5. BMW Z4

6. Ford StreetKa

7. Honda S2000

8. Smart Forfour

9. Audi TT

10.MG

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Re: Top 5 most vandalised cars in uk

Post by OwenT » Fri Oct 30, 2009 4:03 pm

Scary... how random is that Smart in the middle though!? !?
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Re: Top 5 most vandalised cars in uk

Post by Ben. » Fri Oct 30, 2009 4:44 pm

BMW Z3 :o
Atleast it gets them off the road for a bit :fuelfire:
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Re: Top 5 most vandalised cars in uk

Post by PawnSacrifice » Fri Oct 30, 2009 5:27 pm

:cry: This sort of thing count...

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Have to say though that wasn't a Z4 attack - some nut job did around 40 cars that time!
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Re: Top 5 most vandalised cars in uk

Post by Ben. » Fri Oct 30, 2009 5:42 pm

Oh, nice!
Hope you managed to get it off ok.
My car is parked on the road for 6 weeks while I'm up near Newcastle - I'm bricking it
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Re: Top 5 most vandalised cars in uk

Post by TH3R4POR » Fri Oct 30, 2009 5:57 pm

eyup wrote:It only pictures the new one though so I am not worried :thumbsup:
plus mine is an E85 in sterling grey, so even more safe according to that picture :thumbsup:

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Re: Top 5 most vandalised cars in uk

Post by PawnSacrifice » Fri Oct 30, 2009 6:03 pm

Ben. wrote:Oh, nice!
Hope you managed to get it off ok.
My car is parked on the road for 6 weeks while I'm up near Newcastle - I'm bricking it
That was outside my house. Shame they didn't do the calipers! Luckily it had been waxed a week or two before so the spray paint did take properly... about 45 minutes with AG Intensive Tar Remover got it off! I gave a bottle to the neighbours to sort their cars, they got bored, used adhesive remover and knackered their paintwork.

To be fair, I've left my car in some undesirable areas and never had a problem!
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Re: Top 5 most vandalised cars in uk

Post by sammyz » Fri Oct 30, 2009 8:00 pm

Crossfire would look better when vandalised so maybe owners are doing that one :)
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Re: Top 5 most vandalised cars in uk

Post by glastoveteran » Fri Oct 30, 2009 8:00 pm

I'm astounded that the Chrysler Crossfire is number 2 - they're not very popular at all and you don't see that many. :o

I guess those figures are as a percentage of total sales rather than a grand total?
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Re: Top 5 most vandalised cars in uk

Post by Spud » Fri Oct 30, 2009 8:04 pm

They deserved to be vandalised, though. They're horrendously ugly.
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