I was driving my wife's 300M from dinner two years ago. The car was about a week old. We were getting off the HW when we heard a loud bang on the passenger side. I blew it off and told my wife me must have hit a rock, but I suspected something else had hit us. I inspected the car when we got home and found a BB gun hole on the side of the car (Rear passenger side). I told my wife to call the police.
Against my wife's objections, I took my car and drove around the neighborhood close to the off-ramp. Drove around for a while without any luck. As I approached the last Cull-de-Sac, I saw the outline two boys and a BB gun leaning against the 6-foot chain link fence. I jumped out of the car while still rolling, jumped over the fence, grabbed the BB gun, and pushed one of the kids against the fence. The other kid took off so fast that his shoes were left where he was standing. I told the other kid that if his friend did not stop running, I would beat the crap out of him. "Josh, stop running, please" he cried almost in tears.
The two boys were about 14-16 years old. Strangely enough they were taller than me and I'm 5'11''. I had them face down on the grass. The show "COPS" has nothing on me. I called my wife and she said she would be on her way with the cops when they arrived. I was giving the kids a sermon on how dangerous their little stunt was when I noticed that they were itching and scratching because of the grass. I told them to sit up. I was so mad that I told them that "You messed with the wrong Colombian".
"You're Colombian?" one of the kids replied.
"Yes, why?" I asked.
" I heard you guys are dangerous, please don't kill us."
LOL
I sent one of the kids to get their parents, while I held the other one "hostage". Needless to say the parents were very upset. My wife arrived with the cops 45 minutes later. Per the mother's request, she had the kids handcuffed and placed on the back of the unit to give the kids a good scare. They were crying and scared sh*tless. I felt bad for them. We worked out the repair issues. I wasn't going to press any charges. The kids were very apologetic and I told them: "Hey, next time don't get caught." They apologized to my wife also, but she finally got mad when they called her "Ma'am". LOL

 

These guys normally will never understand what point we're trying to make here, they couldn't care less, and they'll wouldn't be bothered to join forum like these, that's why they'll never understand.

 

Very upset! Just discovered my first ding, between the rear door and rear wheel arch! Bastards!

 

My RX-8 got dented a month after I got it. I caught the guy who did it. It did not crease, so I looked up paintless dent removal (PDR) places in town. I did not want to paint my whole back door, so I went with a recommended PDR guy, it cost 60 bucks, and he did a great job, can't notice where it was. Definately recommend trying it first, before the paint job.

 

FWIW, someone just did something similar to that here in Colorado. They got arrested for assault on a minor and felony menacing. (Yes, threatening to "beat the crap out of someone" is enough to earn you a trip to jail; actually touching a kid is a guarantee...)

 

I'm surprised he didn't give the stock answer these people usually do (that of course infuriates me):

 

Well, they were lucky that we did not have a baby two years ago. Three inches higher and they would have hit the glass where she sits. They kill my baby, I go after them, no trials, no retrials, no appeals, no matter what age they are. I had to wait over an hour for the cops to show up. They were probably giving someone a speeding ticket . I was not the first or last car they hit.

 

Don't you mean, thank god I didn't catch them?

 

Why car companies don't make the car's body finish like the Lotus Elise. The Elise's body are made with some sort of plastic (not sure of the technical name) using mold injection technology. These plastic panel would be dent-free. The most you'll get is paint chip, but the body works would bounces back if something were to knock slightly on them.
The advanteage would probably be even more weight saving. What would be the disadvantage of using these process? Any thoughts?

 

Ray Barone (Everybody loves raymond), says cars should be made out of NERF, but a gust of wind will take your car away.

 

Get this.... my husband parks next to me in the garage...he put 4 dings on the door from opening his door to his SUV. Then I got a couple more...total 6 small dings in one door......had them fixed for $200....then two days later got another ding.....not my hubby....read him the riot act after his 4....he denied...but I caught him in the act!!! He says it's only a car!!! Yikes....how can you feel that way about such beautiful pieces of amchinery that take you everywhere you can imagine?? Well...some cars are beautiful.....like the RX 8, G35,350Z,T-bird(new and the 56-57 birds),Vette's, Aston Martins(Vanquish)...to name a few! Oh...yes the Mazda's get dings easily and liitle chips from rocks....got lots of those too!

 

Those punk kids deserved it... What a story! Nice job! All I can say is don't feel sorry, you saved someone else's car down the line... well hopefully!

Recently, my wife's car got her front bumper keyed 43 times. We stopped in a bad part of town at a Starbucks. I called the police just to report it... hoping at least that someone else does. Maybe if enough people bother to get involved then they might find the punk. I'm sure that I'm not the first, and you probably weren't the only one that got shot at.

Luckily my wife's dad owns a body shop and repainted it for free. Although it was a 17 hour drive to his shop.