A friend of ours came around to dinner last night and parked her nice Saab convertable about 50 yards from our house. It's a shame she didn't park it under a street light.
Result - 2 ft slash in the roof!
It looks like the person who did it managed to get himself between the car and the hedge it was parked against, then did it.
Just to add to her problems, the tear runs through a seam and down onto the side panel of the roof.
I'm hoping she won't need a new roof, but she may do.
Does anyone know of a good repairer in the West Devon/East Cornwall area, and are there processes for repairing these as opposed to removing whole panels, or replacing the roof?
Thanks
Hugo
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They can be repaired if you know an upholsterer/trimmer but its specialised work and its usually best to replace the roof because its so difficult not to make the repair unsightly.
I used to buy pattern roofs for Mazda MX5s for about £100 and fit them in about 2 hours,i guess the Saab roof will be much more expensive and difficult to fit.
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These people are in Chessington Surrey
www.carhood.com/
Isn't this an insurance job?
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A friend of ours came around to dinner last night and parked her nice Saab convertable about 50 yards from our house. It's a shame she didn't park it under a street light. Result - 2 ft slash in the roof!
Gratuitous vandalism should attract a severe penalty.
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Gratuitous vandalism should attract a severe penalty. --
Execution would be a good starting point.
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"Gratuitous vandalism should attract a severe penalty.
Execution would be a good starting point."
catching the so-and-so who did it is the problem
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Sorry, meant to add that this sort of thing seems all too common - sons car has been keyed and daughter's new(ish) Clio now has a large dent in the boot with big footprint in it. What's the point? why do they do it (rhetorical questions since "gratuitous vandalism sums it up)
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Talking of 'keying' I was in Antwerp on Wednesday and saw a brand new Bentley Continental which had been extensively keyed all down one side................Belgian Scum exist also it seems !
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Insuranc job, yes I suspect it is, though I'm sure she'll end up paying through the nose on renewal, plus don't forget the dredded excess.
As for what should happen to these people if caught. Don't get me started on that....
It seems to be that the occasional prat seesm to find this sort of thing funny for a little while, then gets bored. We don't get a lot of problems here compared to some areas/villages etc, but one is too many.
Thanks for the pointers, I'll keep you posted.
T. Lucas, would it be too much to ask for you to point me in the direction of a supplier for your Mada roofs?
Thanks
H
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>>>>Execution would be a good starting point>>>>>
Wow a bit drastic, - maybe just castration.!!!!!!!
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>>>>Execution would be a good starting point>>>>> Wow a bit drastic, - maybe just castration.!!!!!!!
YES, that as well!
MD
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Hanging, drawing and quartering? The death of a thousand cuts on digital TV? Pinning down on an anthill in the equatorial sunshine? Being made to listen to a 24-hour monologue by Jimmy Saville? Being photographed by paparazzi wearing mail-order trainers? The list goes on and on.
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Reading about all the various punishments in the Daily Mail.
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Hugo, Got my Marlin uphlostery many years ago from Lang & Potter in Plymouth. I would imagine they would be a starting point for that type of repair. I know nothing about them now but I see they are still in our yellow pages (Page 230)plus lots of similar firms.
Good luck Steve.
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Hi Steve,
Thanks for that. I've just spoken to the lady concerned, who phoned up to wish me a happy birthday (yes the irony hasn't escaped me).
Apparently they're going through their insurers and it needs a new roof. There is another smaller cut elsewhere so whoever did it went unnoticed for a longer time.
Cost £3K!
Hugo
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"It looks like the person who did it managed to get himself between the car and the hedge it was parked against, then did it."
Does that imply the car was parked on the pavement, in which case it sounds like the pavement would be completely blocked. If so, it is a good way of enraging somebody.
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There must be lots of roads, even residential ones, in Cornwall which don't have a pavement!
The hardtop coupe/cabrio is the way to go: the next breakthrough in design of these will be one that has a reasonable boot with the roof down.
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Pete Mansell has a good point. Some time ago I parked alongside the local shop on my way to work, half road, half pavement sort of parking. I thought that I was showing a bit of consideration for other road users by not causing an obstruction. As I walked back to the car, a young girl was pushing a loaded pushchair along the pavement and deliberately scraping the side of my car. We both looked at the damaged paintwork and she just smiled and told me that I shouldn't have parked there. And I couldn't agree more.
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<< and told me that Ishouldn't have parked there. And I couldn't agree more.
The police currently turn a blind eye to pavement parking if there is at least a 1 metre width left unobstructed.
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