JHZR2
Staff member
Hi,
maybe Im way off here, but has anyone heard of people putting nails on others' cars as a sign to watch out or that theyre going to vandalize your car?
here's the deal. I live in an apartment complex. It has plenty of parking, and I use 3 spots for my cars. Recently (well, 4-5 months ago now), some people moved into the building, and since then, Ive had 4 different packages, sent by 4 different companies via 4 different services stolen from my front door. Ive had 2 lug nut covers stolen from the wheels on my chevy truck. And, my GF's car door has a big scuff/dent that is the color of the car of one of the resident's vehicle.
The peopel are my age, but they appear to be unemployed, or not do much, definitely not professionals, and they definitely strike me as the bad-a** redneck type. I have always tried to say hello, exchange a few words in the parking lot if I see them, etc. But they have been nothing but rude to myself, as well as my roomate. Once they were drunk and threw cigarette butts at him and made jokes while sitting drunk on their balcony.
OK, so heres the deal. I was away for a week. Ive been back since, and last night the folks went out. A little later, I was out to do a few things, and saw on top of my car, sitting on the sunroof, a very funny type of nail. It looks like a standard 1.5" nail, except that on the shaft of the nail, there are 2 perpendicular wires, of relatively heavy gauge extending out about 1/4 inch on each side. I think Ive seen these before, for roofing maybe, but they look perfect for getting caught in a tread sipe and then puncturing a tire.
Maybe Im thinking too much about it, but these people are obviously bad neighbors. Unfortunately, I was never able to gather proof that they stole my packages (except the correlation that I have had literally hundreds of packages delivered without a single one ever missing before they moved there, and since they were all stolen), or the other stuff, but unfortunately, I wouldnt put it past them to seed the area of the lot where I park, or seed the underneath area of my car with these nails, for the sake of puncturing my tire as a 'funny' joke.
Of course it could have been a friendly neighbor who saw a nail siting there for whatever reason, and sat it on the car so it could be seen and not puncture my tire.
So, I guess what Im asking is, has anyone ever left a sign of sorts that theyre out to get you because you have a nice car or **** them off for whatever reason? Is leaving a nail on a car a sign that theyre going to screw with you or your tires? Im gone a lot, and it just worries me, as I try really hard to keep my cars in top notch condition. Id hate for these yahoos to ruin it.
Thanks for reading my silly post.
JMH
maybe Im way off here, but has anyone heard of people putting nails on others' cars as a sign to watch out or that theyre going to vandalize your car?
here's the deal. I live in an apartment complex. It has plenty of parking, and I use 3 spots for my cars. Recently (well, 4-5 months ago now), some people moved into the building, and since then, Ive had 4 different packages, sent by 4 different companies via 4 different services stolen from my front door. Ive had 2 lug nut covers stolen from the wheels on my chevy truck. And, my GF's car door has a big scuff/dent that is the color of the car of one of the resident's vehicle.
The peopel are my age, but they appear to be unemployed, or not do much, definitely not professionals, and they definitely strike me as the bad-a** redneck type. I have always tried to say hello, exchange a few words in the parking lot if I see them, etc. But they have been nothing but rude to myself, as well as my roomate. Once they were drunk and threw cigarette butts at him and made jokes while sitting drunk on their balcony.
OK, so heres the deal. I was away for a week. Ive been back since, and last night the folks went out. A little later, I was out to do a few things, and saw on top of my car, sitting on the sunroof, a very funny type of nail. It looks like a standard 1.5" nail, except that on the shaft of the nail, there are 2 perpendicular wires, of relatively heavy gauge extending out about 1/4 inch on each side. I think Ive seen these before, for roofing maybe, but they look perfect for getting caught in a tread sipe and then puncturing a tire.
Maybe Im thinking too much about it, but these people are obviously bad neighbors. Unfortunately, I was never able to gather proof that they stole my packages (except the correlation that I have had literally hundreds of packages delivered without a single one ever missing before they moved there, and since they were all stolen), or the other stuff, but unfortunately, I wouldnt put it past them to seed the area of the lot where I park, or seed the underneath area of my car with these nails, for the sake of puncturing my tire as a 'funny' joke.
Of course it could have been a friendly neighbor who saw a nail siting there for whatever reason, and sat it on the car so it could be seen and not puncture my tire.
So, I guess what Im asking is, has anyone ever left a sign of sorts that theyre out to get you because you have a nice car or **** them off for whatever reason? Is leaving a nail on a car a sign that theyre going to screw with you or your tires? Im gone a lot, and it just worries me, as I try really hard to keep my cars in top notch condition. Id hate for these yahoos to ruin it.
Thanks for reading my silly post.
JMH