Has anyone ever had their tires slashed?

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Red Squirrel

No Lifer
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Nope, I did find a screw in the sidewall of a tire once though, I don't know for sure if it's someone who did that, but it seems odd running over a screw would make it end up that way. Got it plugged and was good to go. Not really suppose to plug a side wall, but w/e, it worked.
 

Childs

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That sucks. The only thing similar was when I lived in Oakland and someone wrote "Accord Motherfucker!" on my non riced Civic EX. So odd. I think about it every time I see an Accord, which is often since I have a buddy who has one. And no, he didnt do it. :p

Anyways, teenagers do strange stuff when they are bored.
 

smackababy

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That sucks. The only thing similar was when I lived in Oakland and someone wrote "Accord Motherfucker!" on my non riced Civic EX. So odd. I think about it every time I see an Accord, which is often since I have a buddy who has one. And no, he didnt do it. :p

Anyways, teenagers do strange stuff when they are bored.

Up next on when viral marketing campaigns go wrong...
 

alkemyst

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Nope, I did find a screw in the sidewall of a tire once though, I don't know for sure if it's someone who did that, but it seems odd running over a screw would make it end up that way. Got it plugged and was good to go. Not really suppose to plug a side wall, but w/e, it worked.

It's usually because of the screw getting thrown up. It happens a lot, even worst is when one gets launched through a windshield or at least pits it.
 

alkemyst

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Yeah, that sounds like a great idea. "Hey! Let's slash JollyRoger's tires, so we can pay for the replacements!"

Parent's don't necessarily cover all expenses especially with the joke hence the :) that they wanted him to move out.

I was golden spoon - car, gas, insurance all covered and my gas bill was $200-300 a month in the late 80's / early 90's.

;)
 

alkemyst

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What a polite hood you live in. Do the local rapists indulge in a little foreplay before they get down to business aswell :p.

I think it was just kids. I also had 1 liter soda bottles put on my antenna and both wiper blades (pointing up in the air) and soda caps in the shape of a smiley face on my hood. I lived on a corner of a main intersection with a city bus stop adjacent as well. Within a block or two in all directions was somewhere to go or a place to shop. I loved that location just wish my apartment was bigger (~500 sq ft), but the rent was ridiculously cheap for the area and it was extremely well-maintained.

It was my 240SX. The fucked up thing was I had a flight that morning. I used my ex-wife's car to rush to a WalMart at like 5am to grab a bike pump and used it to put enough air to get me to a gas station then blasted down I-95 to Ft. Lauderdale airport ~40 miles away.

They literally shut the gate door as I ran up. Post 9-11 once that door is shut, they cannot open it even if it was just a split second.

Fortunately, they got me on a flight 4 hours later that had me land only about 2 hours later than I wanted. Had to skip relaxing a bit and eating a real meal and just go straight to work.

I couldn't find anything permanently damaged, they even put my air caps back on.
 

gorcorps

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Jul 18, 2004
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People are dicks

I had my driver side window broken on my old '90 accord one and not a damn thing was taken. Just somebody being a dick
 

raasco

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People are dicks

I had my driver side window broken on my old '90 accord one and not a damn thing was taken. Just somebody being a dick


I would've rather had my window broken. At least I would've made it the whole 4 miles to work on time. Granted, a little on the chilly side.
 

SlickSnake

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Yea. I got up one day to a knock on my door, because my neighbor across the street saw a punk who lives down the street spray paint "FAGGOTS" and "FAGS" on my 69 Ford Torino GTs back, side, and front windows and he slashed 2 of my new back tires and broke out my tail lights while it was parked in my driveway. They arrested him, and he went to jail, and his junkie mother got thrown out of her house when sonny boy couldn't sell drugs on the corner anymore to pay the rent. And I never even spoke to this little twerp before this happened, but found out later he had learned I was gay from another person I knew at the time.
 
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raasco

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Happened again. One tire on my car, one on the jeep next to me and two on a truck parked next to that. For their safety, I hope that I don't catch them in the act.
 

eng2d2

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After gym heard a jewish guy outside ranting that he hates germans so he was slashing all german car tires. I cornered him with another guy and wait for the police to arrive.

In HS I went to this girls house with a nice car. Girls neighbor thought I was showing off so they put nails on four tires. Four flat tires.
 

MongGrel

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I actually was going through a divorce with my first wife in 1985, and I got into my GMC 4x4 and started to back out of the driveway and all the lug nuts on the right front wheel had been loosened.

I promptly went inside after that and talked to my then mother-in-law who still didn't believe she'd left for some other idiot at the time, (thank god actually, it broke my heart at the time, but I don't miss her, the current wife for 20 years much better)

After telling the Mother in law I see anyone near my vehicles at night screwing around with them they will be shot on sight, that never happened again.

I probably should have contacted the police at the time and started attempted Murder charges.

That wife was dumber than a box of rocks, I should have had her thrown in jail, but I let it go.

She didn't seem so at first, but it just progressively got stupider, one of the reasons to not get married young.
 
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