[MikeinAlexandria]

Growing up in Europe with a huge respect for cool cars, it still amazes me what scumbags some Americans are. We live in one of the largest democracys in the world, are mostly free to do anything, can make our own lives, and yet this is how we behave. What is really unbelievable is that the kind of guy who would do this would actually have a girl friend, or any friends at all!

Sadly, there is almost nothing you can do with a car vandal unless you are a mobster. Your best bet is to catch them on video, be sure to post it to You Tube, preferably with their name, and show it to the Police. Here in Alexandria, if a citizen sees a misdemeanor (peeing in public, on a car could fall into this) the Police won't do anything! Misdemeanors here are only prosecutable if the officer witnesses the act.

So, the safest thing is public embarrasement... make the guy (or girl) feel like an idiot. Even better, but risky, goad them into attacking you. Once they land even one punch, you've got them for battery, and vandalism, and would probably be justified in restraining them till the Police arrive.

I can't understand why people have no respect for cool cars. I guess it really does have alot to do with upbringing...