My Corvette was Vandalized - update

Top cut in 2 places, plus some stuff was sprayed inside. Waiting for police to arrive. This was posted from my iPhone

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Imagine my surprise and heart failure this morning as I headed to work at 7am when I noticed that my top was slashed



I was so upset since I have had tops slashed before and it is a hassle with phoning in a police report, then the insurance company to get a claim number, then bringing it in for inspection, estimates then having it repaired. I had a slight problem with the police report as I thought that they were giving me a hard time and had I had to wait for a police cruiser to arrive to physically inspect the damage before I could bring it somewhere for an estimate

I posted the first photo directly from my iPhone, I finally figured out a simple way to do it

It seems that there are animal rights activists running around town breaking into cars and spraying them with Fire Extinguisher retardant because of the leather seats. The police mentioned this several times, thus the reason that they wanted to see it for themselves.



I was also told not to try to clean it myself incase chemicals imbed themselves into the leather causing additional problems, so I drove it to my repair centre perched on a Garbage Bag



Here is Tony, my service advisor photographing the damage.

I actually had big plans this weekend. There is a huge Corvette Rally at Sun Peaks Resort near Kamloops, BC for which I had already pre-registered and paid my entry fee months ago. And also a Vintage M/C Event in Tacoma where I was back and forth on the fence about going. So now all my plans are quashed as I cannot drive the car without rainproof protection

Tony just called and mentioned that they will be cleaning my interior but the top is at least 10 days away, so the repair process is well underway . Duecks is an excellent service centre.

Now that everything is being done the best that can be, I have settle down a bit and wonder why I have been targetted. It's not like a normal person would be carrying a Fire Extinguisher full of foam, so this was not necessarily a chance encounter. I hope they aren't waiting to damage my replacement top, it's not even like I needed one in the first place as mine was like new



On my last post I had purchased some Vegan snacks, or so I thought, but Trobairitz chimed in that perhaps the decadent Butter Tarts with raisons were suspect. So it was another excuse to purchase another package just so I could read the label. I mean, it was the right thing to do. And also I have to eat these delightful morsels . . . can't let them go to waste, can we ?



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Update:

I didn't realize it at the time that our neighbour also suffered some damage from a slashed tire. I came home and spoke to another neighbour down the block that they also tried to break into his truck


Neighbour's slashed tire

I was originally afraid that I was targetted and for some reason that these vandals would be back, but they were creating havoc as they ventured randomly down the street.



so I am a bit relieved that I was not personally singled out