Could I get a lawsuit out of this? Is it worth it?

[xx240Fox21xx]

To start out my car is a 91 coupe, the previous owner took crap care of it so the past week sense ive been home from college has been spent fixing the little things here and there and today was the day for reupholstering. It was raining today and so I stayed inside and worked on reupholstering my door panels and glove box when I hear this loud banging noise coming from outside. It sounded like someone slamming a car door so I go to my kitchen window and these two stupid kids couldn't have been older then 12 were jumping on my trunk and slamming my drivers door I run outside barefoot screaming at the kids to get off my car and I ended up chasing them almost to their house when their Father came outside and started in on me for chasing his kids. again is up with people these days. I wanted to strangle the little ****s before I saw the damage they did to my car.

I get back to my house and my drivers door is still open, so I go to shut it and now it won't shut. The darn kid bent in the little clip to hold the door shut, so I spent about 15 mins in the pouring rain fixing that so I could close my door. Then I see my trunk... there is a big dent in my trunk and a cracked spoiler So I went and put shoes on and walked to the guys house with the kids and pounded on the door. The father answered and I tried being very polite, but he made it seem like what his kids did was just fun in games and that the no dent could be made big enough by his kids that couldn't be removed with a dent puller. i wanted to kick him in his teeth for being so ignorant about his kids.

The dent is pretty big, I don't know if I can hammer it out from the inside, and the cracked spoiler pisses me off, I had just replaced it a week ago. Would it be possible to bondo the crack? And does anyone have any ideas on how to fix my trunk?

And as far as this family goes, would it be worth it to try a lawsuit? I don't know how I would even go about that, yeah it's only going to cost me maybe $100 to fix the car, if nothing else I buy a spoiler from a junk yard and get a trunk off a part out. I'm just so frustrated with how parents let their kids do anything they want and then don't discipline them when they do something bad. When ever I have kids if they did anything like that, they would be in deep ****

Well thanks for listening NICO I just needed to rant about that and get some advice on what I should do.

[AZ89two4Tsx]

Stupid kids.

Do something the kids' stuff and see if he likes it just as much as you did. Or just **** up the dad's car or house or something.

Btw, I don't think you could get a suit outta something like that. Just get even on your terms. Good luck.

[phleb]

Stupid kids.

Do something the kids' stuff and see if he likes it just as much as you did. Or just **** up the dad's car or house or something.

Btw, I don't think you could get a suit outta something like that. Just get even on your terms. Good luck.

Yeah, all of that, ignore it. Really bad advice. You have the upper hand right now being the one with the messed up property. I don't know about a suit right off the bat, but what you should do is fix everything and give him the receipts. That's the most important thing, make sure everything cent is documented. Then just say he should reimburse you for damages done to your car or you'll take him to court. Be sure to take pictures of all the damage, and no matter how hard it may be, keep a cool head about the whole thing, and never go out of your way to personally insult any of the family or cause any more friction then absolutely necessary.

Good luck with the whole thing though man. Those kids are seriously pieces of **** and the father shouldn't have been allowed to reproduce.

[Thamm]

I don't think a lawsuit would benefit you either.

Lay a bear trap with some kind of toy or candy and wait for them to do it again. When one of the kids get clamped on to, watch him crying and being in pain with a broken arm or leg. Then take the kid(whichever has the bear trap) to the parent and asks him if this is his kid. If he asked what happened, tell him you thought the kid was a bear and was attacking his car or something of the like.

[sommmatt]

I would demand he pay for the damages and threaten the lawsuit if he doesn't.

[kornaz]

Small claims stuff. It'll take some time, but it'll be worth it. Or slap that dad with the receipts. I hate kids. I hate kids who mess with stuff. And i REALLY hate kids who mess with someone else's car.

[xx240Fox21xx]

I at that. As far as keeping my cool. I haven't lost my temper yet. I had quite the screaming fit of rage once I got back inside. Tomorrow pictures will be taken. I cant find my digital camera, so my poloroid(sp?) will do, that way it's right there as well and there's no chance they could say I edited the photos.

I just still can't believe the father didn;t take any action.

And thanks Phleb for the advice he will definitely get copies of the receipts and threatened with a law suit if he doesn't pay.

[r3v_v3ng3]

well what you would do is document everythingyou need a police report. take pics of the damagethen get an estimate and give him a copy. then if he won't pay take him to small claims. the parents are responsible for their kids action.

the one thing you don't want to do is to get it fixed then slap him the receipt. you would give him the estimate first so he knows how much.

[r3v_v3ng3]

btw if you have time, try to watch those court shows like judge judy stuffyou'll learn alot on what to bring and present your case

[sommmatt]

True that. Speak only when spoken to, haha.

[NismoDriver240]

small claims takes a long time, with a trunk and a spoiler how much in damages could it be? I say a spark plug tap to every window late at night on his car 1 tap and BOOM, no more window

[ADF932]

It pissed me off just reading the story. I would seek legal action agianst these kids. Send some kids over to that dads car and have them do the same thing to his car, i bet he's not going to say its fun and games.Just out of curiousity , why were your doors unlocked in the rain when you were inside? not to flame or anything

Dam those kids and their ignorant dad

[silpena]

break every single toy they got mu haha. but seriously do what old ppl do and call the cops and file a police report then start getting quotes and file some claime. I'm pretty sure the father will bend over. If it was me i would take responsibility. Those kinds of things are embarrassing in the community. I wouldn't want my neighbors to know about my dumb *** kids destroying property around the neighborhood. Then i kick my kids *** for it with a belt and if he runs outside i'll grab a stick off a tree and get him.

[maroon240]

Call the ****ing cops, and report those little ****s for vandelisem (< sorry cant spell) tell them the father didn't do ****, and you want to press charges. Or get your little cousin to jump on his car then when he gets mad, just be like oh kids can be kids.

or



SOMEBODY GET THESE MOTHER ****ING ****S OFF MY MOTHER **** CAR!!

[vocationalzero]

Call the ****ing cops, and report those little ****s for vandelisem (< sorry cant spell) tell them the father didn't do ****, and you want to press charges. Or get your little cousin to jump on his car then when he gets mad, just be like oh kids can be kids.

or



SOMEBODY GET THESE MOTHER ****ING ****S OFF MY MOTHER **** CAR!!

Samuel Jackson style FTW

[Otto.]

well what you would do is document everythingyou need a police report. take pics of the damagethen get an estimate and give him a copy. then if he won't pay take him to small claims. the parents are responsible for their kids action.

the one thing you don't want to do is to get it fixed then slap him the receipt. you would give him the estimate first so he knows how much.

Do exactly what he said. ^^^ If that dosent work...KILL THE KIDS! And then rape their mother I cant believe kids these days

[motoman399]

well what you would do is document everythingyou need a police report. take pics of the damagethen get an estimate and give him a copy. then if he won't pay take him to small claims. the parents are responsible for their kids action.

the one thing you don't want to do is to get it fixed then slap him the receipt. you would give him the estimate first so he knows how much.

ya make sure you get a police report... i hate cops but sometimes they're needed lol good luck man

[numbnuts240]

call the cops, they will deal with it appropriately, and then give the father a copy of the estimate for repairs. i had some punk kids in my neighborhood slash all four tires and key up the side of my truck for no reason whatsoever. i found out who it was, called the cops and they came out and did their thing. the cop even gave me the option, right in front of the kids and their parent mind you, of sending them to juvie or not. i stalled for a bit, while they cried and let them sweat over it. i told them i was going to do them a favor, and not send them away or even ask for the money (insurance covered all the damages). i just told them and the parents that one more little slip up from them and i would be out for blood. they have since moved away, but i never even heard a peep from them after that. btw, watching their father beat their asses after he found out what they did was absolutely priceless.

[sldewyz]

small claims takes a long time, with a trunk and a spoiler how much in damages could it be? I say a spark plug tap to every window late at night on his car 1 tap and BOOM, no more window

ive heard things about the spark plug boom to windows. Is it the white ceramic part of the spark plug and if it is how much do you need to make a boom? not that im going to use it i just want to clear up how this all works

[finalgear]

you don't need allot like the size of a pencil eraser will do just fine and tie some string to it so you can retrieve it easily, or you can use a BB gun also with the led shots also works.

[ze12o]

I hate kids at that age. But can't really blame them the parents are kinda showing them that they can get away with anything. My dad would of paid it and starved me till it broke even(jk) but seriously he would of beat me like there was no tomorrow.

[amolao]

Sorry, I couldn't read all the replies. Th events sound kind of questionable. Something is missing in the whole picture. These kids jumped in your car for no reason??;The parents do not get involved and play it off like nothing happened??...

You never called the police for a report and intervention ??. You are asking about lawsuits, somewhat complicated legal procedure. Good luck.

[coolestandy007]

Forget about the lawsuit, call your insurance company and find out what they can do. Make sure you keep receipts of EVERYTHING you use to fix the damage and take lots of pictures. They will love that crap when you take his butt to Judge Mathis.

[NismoDriver240]

ive heard things about the spark plug boom to windows. Is it the white ceramic part of the spark plug and if it is how much do you need to make a boom? not that im going to use it i just want to clear up how this all works

i've never done it but i know it works, its all about harmonic frequency, like people singing high and cracking glass in cartoons... that can actually happen. stuffs crazy lol

[brizanden]

Sorry, I couldn't read all the replies. Th events sound kind of questionable. Something is missing in the whole picture. These kids jumped in your car for no reason??;The parents do not get involved and play it off like nothing happened??...

You never called the police for a report and intervention ??. You are asking about lawsuits, somewhat complicated legal procedure. Good luck.

wait ur telling me you've never seen kids do something retarded for no reason? wow where have u been? i see dumb **** like this all the time.

[xx240Fox21xx]

Update as of 9:45 this morning. I called the cops first thing this morning after reading some of the replies, they came out and took a report. I was told to take it to an auto shop to get quotes. I will be taking it down later today to get a rough estimate. I was then told to call the officer involved on this case and tell him the estimate and he could come over and i forgot what he said would happen.

By the sounds of it I'm going to be able to let them pay me back for the damages nicely... or I can take it to a small claims. I like the idea of a spark plug, but not til this clears up.

I'd rather not call my insurance company, I have a $500 deductible and if the price to fix is under that I'm going to pay for it anyways. If the quote to fix is over $500 then I'll call them up and explain the situation.

I'll update this later today after I get the quote. Oh an Amolao, you're telling me you've never seen kids do dumb things for no reason? I know my brother and I as kids did some stupid **** for no reason. But at least when we were caught our parents did something about it. This stupid father making it sound like it was just fun in games makes me angry enough to throw a moltov through his window

[Cone Junky]

Lawsuit?

How about calling the Police and filing a report on vandalism. Everything else should fall into place after that (lawsuit, criminal charges, compensation...).

[BigMACKenzie]

The nicer you are now, the better you appear in court. every time you want to tap out his windows, think of the expression on his face when he has to fork out a ridiculous sum of money to fix what his brain dead mutants did to your car. Just call around and get the most expensive god awful surprise sex quite you can get and send THAT to the parental units and fix it yourself later. The worst part is I bet him and his wife probably drive stupid (old, not cared for, base model POS'S) jack-off cars and will never understand how mad you are or how much it sucks to watch two kids stomp on your hard work and if the legal system fails you can always pay some high school kids to set fire to his lawn.

[srpowered240sx]

youre on the right track. take it to a bodyshop, and explain the situation. have them make a very high estimate, making sure to include the damage to the door, water damage from the door being left open for a while as you fixed it, any little thing they can add. then go to dumba$$ dad and show it to him. ask him if that looks like fun and games.

[karmakaze]

you need to file a police report as soon as possible and go from there.