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Old May 31, 2011 | 08:17 AM
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Originally Posted by Dan Hale
A little bit of fag ash is hardly someone being jealous.

Probably smoking on a balcony / patio / something nearby and it was blown there.

If someone was jealous enough to do something, I'm sure it would have been keyed or similar.
At first that's what i had thought too but there was nothing like that near the car......it could have only got on there with someone standing next to it and using it as a ash tray!
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Old May 31, 2011 | 09:21 AM
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Originally Posted by gee-money
Originally Posted by Dan Hale' timestamp='1306844004' post='20633135
A little bit of fag ash is hardly someone being jealous.

Probably smoking on a balcony / patio / something nearby and it was blown there.

If someone was jealous enough to do something, I'm sure it would have been keyed or similar.
At first that's what i had thought too but there was nothing like that near the car......it could have only got on there with someone standing next to it and using it as a ash tray!
but the fact is that it did no damage

it's the equivalent of someone throwing a crisp packet in the car when the roof is down

a bit irritating but their idea of a joke - NOT worth stressing over

as has been said, if it was really malicious, you would have encountered something far worse
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Old May 31, 2011 | 09:26 AM
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Originally Posted by gee-money
Originally Posted by Dan Hale' timestamp='1306844004' post='20633135
A little bit of fag ash is hardly someone being jealous.

Probably smoking on a balcony / patio / something nearby and it was blown there.

If someone was jealous enough to do something, I'm sure it would have been keyed or similar.
At first that's what i had thought too but there was nothing like that near the car......it could have only got on there with someone standing next to it and using it as a ash tray!
Good job the roof was up - they might have used it as a skip

You want to try running a beemer, you get this crap even whilst in motion!

BMW - Bringing out the worst in other idiots since 1928.

HAs Dan noticed this odd behaviour in other yet?
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Old May 31, 2011 | 10:23 AM
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Originally Posted by shirty
some feck stole my aerial (£180)
£180 for an aerial

What's yours made of? Plutonium???
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Old May 31, 2011 | 10:38 AM
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When using the S2000 for a UK holiday I always select an nice hotel in a rural location with off road and if possible out of sight parking away from prying eyes. There are usually much more expensive flash cars in the car park so the Honda doesn't stick out like a sore thumb. If I want to make an evening visit to a nearby town I will use a taxi. I have such a hotel booked for a week in Cornwall and the hotel is within walking distance of a town and a main line and branch line railway. Thus the intention is to enjoy the journey to and from and use public transport whenever possible during the stay as break from driving.
Except when on business and using the company car I NEVER EVER one of those suburban 2/3 star hotels/B & B's on a main road, with often very conjested parking in front on a drive and in full view of passers by. It also helps if car is not looking too shiny and expensive.
I'm aware that none of the foregoing will ensure the car is not stolen or vandalised but the risk is minimised.
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Old May 31, 2011 | 10:43 AM
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and some feck stole my aerial (£180).

That's ridiculous! First thing I did on taking delivery of the S2000 was to junk the awful chaep nasty plastic/rubber apology for an aerial and replace it with a neat shiny black mast that looked far more OE.
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Old May 31, 2011 | 10:49 AM
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Originally Posted by loftust
Originally Posted by shirty' timestamp='1306848963' post='20633354
some feck stole my aerial (£180)
£180 for an aerial

What's yours made of? Plutonium???
Loftust, thats the Honda price, actualy 186.23 (+VAT) not fleaBay and is the whole assembly. £38.99 just for the beesting!
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Old May 31, 2011 | 11:14 AM
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Originally Posted by BBBB
When using the S2000 for a UK holiday I always select an nice hotel in a rural location with off road and if possible out of sight parking away from prying eyes. There are usually much more expensive flash cars in the car park so the Honda doesn't stick out like a sore thumb. If I want to make an evening visit to a nearby town I will use a taxi. I have such a hotel booked for a week in Cornwall and the hotel is within walking distance of a town and a main line and branch line railway. Thus the intention is to enjoy the journey to and from and use public transport whenever possible during the stay as break from driving.
Except when on business and using the company car I NEVER EVER one of those suburban 2/3 star hotels/B & B's on a main road, with often very conjested parking in front on a drive and in full view of passers by. It also helps if car is not looking too shiny and expensive.
I'm aware that none of the foregoing will ensure the car is not stolen or vandalised but the risk is minimised.
Sad but true, I live in Cornwall and am ashamed by ar**holes that think enything not Cornish dosn't belong here, and that incomers are steeling their jobs etc, the truth is that these scumbags are unemployable and think the rest of us owe them something. Even living here and having taken on an unpaid position of responsibility, and a job in the charitible sector. On my first visit here and sporting an Essex plate, I found some scumbag had tired of eating a bannana and smeared it all over the roof and boot of my CRX, NICE! Now the plate I have on the S not only deters those twats but also seems to help avoid parking tickets, very unfair to the visitors that help support the county. I hope you enjoy your holiday in Cornwall and manage to avoid the predudice of a stupid minority. PM me if you want to enjoy some of the great places that do not rip off visitors.
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Old May 31, 2011 | 11:16 AM
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Originally Posted by m1bjr
Originally Posted by gee-money' timestamp='1306858678' post='20633941
[quote name='Dan Hale' timestamp='1306844004' post='20633135']
A little bit of fag ash is hardly someone being jealous.

Probably smoking on a balcony / patio / something nearby and it was blown there.

If someone was jealous enough to do something, I'm sure it would have been keyed or similar.
At first that's what i had thought too but there was nothing like that near the car......it could have only got on there with someone standing next to it and using it as a ash tray!
Good job the roof was up - they might have used it as a skip

You want to try running a beemer, you get this crap even whilst in motion!

BMW - Bringing out the worst in other idiots since 1928.

HAs Dan noticed this odd behaviour in other yet?
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Not really, I'm rarely allowed to drive it!
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Old May 31, 2011 | 11:30 AM
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Was it under a window ? Perhaps someone was hanging out the window smoking ?

I had some fat swamp donkey sit on my bonnet outside a club I'd just been playing at, was only a Nissan primera but for me it's more the principal. I asked her to move nicely and she looked round all ugly, pissed and full of contempt. The look on her face did it really, so I popped it in reverse, got to 4k and side stepped the clutch. She hit the pavement in a big floppy pile, it really was a sight to behold. Most people found it funny, apart from her boyfriend and all her big roid munching mates who thought they could run after a car like T1000.

This is why I don't like pissed people or nightclubs
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