Celica Hate (Update 10/26/08), Smashed my window (now with pictures) Options

[MaskedMan]

Haven't been on here much lately, but I thought I'd post an update.

About an hour ago, somebody or most likely a group of people threw a large rock (bout the size of a basketball) into the rear hatch glass of a Hatchback Celica which I'm building for my sister. The rear glass is completely shattered but luckily none of the parts inside were stolen. The rock landed on top of an ST205 front bumper core support and smashed a 96+ front bumper I had in the hatch. It's too heavy to lift the rock out with all the glass in the way right now. Already filed a police report.

My convertible Celica had a smaller rock next to it (about the size of a softball). The rock appeared to had been thrown at the window in attempt to break it, but they did not succeed. The window is chipped up, but not cracked. The Convertible top is barely damaged, the rock seemed to have just knicked it a bit. The Celicas were parked out on the street in front of my house both right next to each other.

The main question that was brought up by the officer was if I had any enemies up here. I don't believe I have any enemies up here. I actually don't believe I have many enemies at all. The rocks that were thrown at my car were not from around the house. They were rocks that seemed to be part of a sidewalk curb or construction. I drive responsibly everywhere I go, I don't speed or drive recklessly. All I do up here is go to work and come home. I don't hang out with certain people or dress any certain way where people would relate me with other people. I'm kind of having a hard time understanding why my cars were targeted. I live at a dead end street on the top of a hill. Whoever had done this must have known where my cars where at and even bothered to carry rocks from another location just to throw at and into my cars.

I always thought in a situation like this, I would feel depressed, or full of revenge. But I'm really not either of those. I actually feel somewhat fortunate that my cars are still here and not stolen, and nothing inside was stolen. None of the exspensive parts were damaged much. There's really nothing I could have done to avoid this either, so I'm not really beating myself up taking blame for anything. All I can do is get the glass repaired and move on with my life. I can take pictures of the damage tomorrow when the sun is out.

This post has been edited by MaskedMan: Oct 26, 2008 - 7:46 PM

[DEATH]

Two things bro:
1. NEVER keep stuff in the hatch like that - you're asking for this to happen. It still could have been someone trying to get all that stuff out of the car and perhaps the light scared them off - that's how they do it. Bust the window with a big rock, grab the stuff and haul ass. As far as the cops think - you asked for that to happen [Trust me - I've had one tell me just that before when a system got stolen from one of my old ones - pissed me off almost as much as the theft]
2. Just be happy the extra weight on the parking brake didn't cause it to roll down the hill .IDK about you but I just pull the brake far enough to keep it from rolling and not all the way up so the cable doesn't get stressed [tho I could see why you would pull yours all the way up LOL - I wouldn't feel like my car was safe parking on a hill that steep ]

Unless you have gone out of your way to make enemies I'd consider this random vandalism. Seems highly unlikely that this would be a race related issue in this day and age and where you live [SF right?]. What race are you BTW?

Hope this works out OK for you - last time I checked back hatch windows were significantly higher than $200 due to the defroster - that is if you intend to keep that.

This post has been edited by DEATH: Oct 9, 2008 - 4:36 PM

[MaskedMan]

Two things bro:
1. NEVER keep stuff in the hatch like that - you're asking for this to happen. It still could have been someone trying to get all that stuff out of the car and perhaps the light scared them off - that's how they do it. Bust the window with a big rock, grab the stuff and haul ass. As far the cops thingk - you asked for that to happen [Trust me - I've had one tell me just that before when a system got stolen from one of my old ones - pissed me off almost as much as the theft]
2. Just be happy the extra weight on the parking brake didn't cause it to roll down the hill .IDK about you but I just pull the brake far enough to keep it from rolling and not all the way up so the cable doesn't get stressed [tho I could see why you would pull yours all the way up LOL - I wouldn't feel like my car was safe parking on a hill that steep ]

Unless you have gone out of your way to make enemies I'd consider this random vandalism. Seems highly unlikely that this would be a race related issue in this day and age and where you live [SF right?]. What race are you BTW?

Hope this works out OK for you - last time I checked back hatch windows were significantly higher than $200 due to the defroster - that is if you intend to keep that.

Indeed. but i really doubt they planned on stealing anything because why would you throw a large rock on top of things you're planning on stealing? The cops' thinking was that they were trying for it to be heard, to send some sort of a message. Because the cop said that when people steal things from cars, they usually break a door window and/or use some sort of metal tool and hammer to break the window with less noise. All the parts inside the car are 6gc specific so, they would only be able to sell the parts, and I'm sure they would have no idea how much TRD and SSIII extentions sell for. The only reason it bothered be a little is because this car is not just a car, but a car that I'm building for someone who means a lot to me, and they just went ahead and vandalized it for reasons unknown.

If they were trying to steal something, they had to have seen the car in the day time or on a different date. The windows on that car fog up at night and you can't see anything on the inside. I couldn't even see through the glass that night at all (well, out of the windows that weren't broken). The cop kept thinking it was just ememies or something, but I haven't done anything up here to get any enemies. I haven't gone out to public places (other than to eat and go to work), and I haven't tried to pick up anyone's girl... wait.. no, well, lemme think...um.. no I haven't. I just live my life like a hermit and don't get in anyone's way up here. He said that the night before a bunch of rims were stolen from cars in the area. If they had the intention of stealing my wheels, they probably saw the hill and realized that jacking my car up wouldn't be a good idea unless they wanted to be ran over by it haha. Also very difficult to jack up a car that is 2" off the ground.

Thanks for the heads up on the hatch glass. I'm going to need the rear defrosters because this car is being sent back to the East Coast when completed. So you think it will be like maybe double the price? $400 perhaps?

Oh, the Hatchback is Automatic so I just leave it in park and it's ok. The parking brake doesn't work so well in it, but the convertible is there to catch it if anything happens . Ok jk, I would rather have that car roll away than into the GTfour front end. The hill is pretty steep, so I always turn my wheels the proper way to prevent it from rolling in case something happens. I remember when AZN87 parked his Celica there and when he came back outside, his car had rolled down the hill into someone else's yard .

And my race is Asian/Chinese.

This post has been edited by MaskedMan: Oct 9, 2008 - 4:44 PM