BluKoo
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I went to collect my car from a local car park in Stonehaven, and I noticed an 09 plate Mazda 3 MPS parked behind it. I also noticed that all 4 windows were right down and there was no one sitting in the car. I felt the tyres & bonnet and they were stone cold, so i'm guessing it had been there for a while.
It had just started to rain, and I didn't want the guys nice leather/alcantara interior to get soaked and potentially ruined. Same with any of the electrics, so i rushed home and got a few bin bags and some masking tape to cover the windows with. I spent about half an hour covering all the windows, and making sure there were no gaps where water could run in, or no flaps where the wind would catch it. Not that it was too windy.
I phoned the police to inform them, and then told someone at the train station (as it was the train station car park) who got in touch with the CCTV controllers and got the camera right on the car to keep an eye on it.
Anyway, here is my handywork...
Now then Karma; where's my reward? 
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Matt H
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Tape solves everything
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smcGSI16V
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Court summons for criminal damage!
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Mike
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Bet that was a bit of a 'WTF?' moment when they came back
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daymoon
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destroyed all possible evidence now like finger prints... you can get charged for that....
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scoob
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wtf id of just left it mate
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BluKoo
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quote:
Originally posted by daymoon
destroyed all possible evidence now like finger prints... you can get charged for that....
The windows were down, not smashed, so it hadn't been broken into. I'm guessing an electrical fault or a very dopey owner.
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Originally posted by scoob
wtf id of just left it mate
Really? I'm glad I did what I did because it started raining pretty heavy later and the interior would have been ruined.
[Edited on 09-05-2009 by BluKoo]
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AndyKent
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Effort gone into that.
Can't imagine what I'd do if I came back to the car looking like that
Who would be that careless with a brand new car though? Possibly an unreported stolen and dumped?
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mwg
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bloody hell
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DannyB
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Probably the local gastapos bate car and you just messed their whole operation up
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radicalry00
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That's actually extremely thoughtful mate. Good to see there are still decent folk like you around. 
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DannyB
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Im off to the mazda forum looking for the..
"I left my windows open to get rid of a smell and some fool has taped the fuckers up" thread
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Deadude
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i wonder what ppl thought as they drove past u taping up someones windows 
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BluKoo
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quote:
Originally posted by DannyB
Im off to the mazda forum looking for the..
"I left my windows open to get rid of a smell and some fool has taped the fuckers up" thread
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radicalry00
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Hope you left a note with your phone number on for them to get in touch about your reward 
[Edited on 09-05-2009 by radicalry00]
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DannyB
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On a more serious note, what goes around comes around I beleive, not many people would have done that so nice one 
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Dave86
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i take it the windows werent smahed?
decent lad for doing that
wierd how someone can walk away from there car without knowing there windows were down tho?
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Shell
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quote:
Originally posted by Deadude
i wonder what ppl thought as they drove past u taping up someones windows
I'm guessing they thought "Oh look, there's a lad taping up his car windows". You wouldn't drive past unawares and think it was someone elses car.
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Matt H
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Probably an electrical fault by the way, used to happen on Audi A4's due to a faulty control unit
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mwg
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My Dad had an Astra years ago and the windows had a mind of their own. Would go down in the middle of the night
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Colin
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pmsl thats pretty funny
I probably wouldnt even have noticed never mind went to the extreme of going home for tape & bin liners!!
I would imagine its happened from the complete closure/open on the fob & one complete twit of an owner thats not got the full idea of using it....possibly a woman 
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BluKoo
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quote:
Originally posted by radicalry00
Hope you left a note with your phone number on for them to get in touch about your reward
I did actually leave a note explaining what i did and why. I also left my name and number just incase anything had been stolen and he needed more info from me, or a witness etc...
I very much doubt i'd get a reward, but a thankyou would be nice.
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Originally posted by Matt H
Probably an electrical fault by the way, used to happen on Audi A4's due to a faulty control unit
Thats what i was thinking.
I might have to keep a stock of bin bags and tape in my car incase it happens to more of them
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All Torque
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What.
The.
Fuck have you done? 
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Fraser Young
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Good for you mate
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BluKoo
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quote:
Originally posted by All Torque
What.
The.
Fuck have you done?
What.
Don't.
You.
Fully understand?
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