The Honda Meets a Foot

Since I am blogging about injuries to the Honda, I'll tell you about the Honda being vandalized.

As I said in the previous blog, I spent many weekends in Atlanta this summer while Justin and I were house hunting. One weekend, we had appointments to see quite a few houses and were starting at 9:00 a.m. Justin was renting a room in a house that had a parking lot behind the house for the residents and their guests. When we walked out of the house that morning, we noticed a piece of clear, red plastic (it was part of a tail light) on the ground. We looked at the vehicle (SUV) closest to the plastic and noticed their tail light was broken. We also noticed scratches on the paint and the rear window wiper on the ground. I made the comment to Justin that it would really suck to be the owner of that vehicle. He agreed and we kept walking.

When we got to my car, my mouth dropped to the ground. My car was damaged, too! It didn't have as much damage as the SUV, but it had enough. The main thing was the big dent in the trunk. Because my car was so dirty, the vandal's shoe print was left in the dirt and dust on my car when he/she decided to kick my car. There were also scratches (the "scratches" didn't break the paint, so I guess they weren't really scratches) around the trunk and on the sides near the trunk. I was beyond furious!


I guess the person hated Hondas because the six vehicles around mine were Hondas and all were damaged. Mine and the SUV seemed to have the most damage. The others had scrapes and small dings. They apparently liked German cars because the BMW and Mercedes parked on either end of the Hondas were fine. We spoke with some of the other residents later and no one remembered hearing anything during the night and no one knows why this happened.

Justin and I had the house appointments so we had to leave. When we returned that afternoon, I called the police and filed a report. I learned something that day. When I called the police department, I called their non-emergency number and explained what I needed. I was told that in order for a policeman to be dispatched, I would have to call 911 even though it wasn't an emergency. So, I called 911 and a policeman arrived in about 30 minutes. He was very nice and informative.

I called the body shop that fixed the tire tread damage the week before and they gave me the number for a dent specialist. He came to my office and fixed it. I was amazed at how well he did...you couldn't even tell the car had been damaged when he finished. Before he started, he said it would only be about 90% perfect when he finished. I was hesitant, but I think it was 100% perfect! He worked for about an hour and charged $200. It was well worth it because he did a fantastic job.