Slashed tires... Advice

[6mt370]

Ok so last night my family and I went over to my aunts to play cards. We left around 7 and got home at 12. Today I went to take my daily to work and went to reverse out of the driveway and I take my foot off the clutch and the car felt like the e brake was still somewhat on because it would start rolling but stop immediately. Anyways I took the car out of the driveway to see if something was stuck and my tire pressure light came on and I figured out what had happened unfortunately. Pulled the car back in and noticed that both my rear tires were flat. Intial thought was that I had friends deflate the tires because they knew I wasn't home. Long story short I used my air compressor to put air in the tires to find the leak and both tires had a single stab through the sidewall go figure. I own my Z and my daily is a 15 Dodge Dart. I always park my Z closest to the garage and my dart behind it because the Z is now non oped. In the driveway last night was my Z and dart behind it... My brothers highly modified civic to the right of my Z and my other brothers Saturn behind that... My dads truck to the right of the civic and my grandmas Kia behind the truck. My dart was the only vehicle damaged which is really surprising because whoever did it knows I have my Z. I will be moving my Z to a friends house in another city because I don't plan on driving it till next year and would rather not have someone destroy it. So my question for you guys is... What would you do? I'm almost 100% I know who did it. What can I do to protect my cars? Proximity sensors, dash cams, etc. this is a rather rushed and not a well put together thread because frankly I'm pretty pissed and I'm not going to keep buying new tires for my car and or possible more damage than tires. Help!

[6mt370]

Small slash by my finger. I couldn't even see it until I put my hand over it and felt the air coming out

[Zbrah]

First thing I would do is mount some security cam pointing to where you park then Finds the dude's car and return the favor.

[RonRizz]

1. Call police. (probably won't be much help, unless a neighbor saw something)
2. Calm down and rationally think about who you know might do this to you. inform Police.
3. Buy new tires.
4. Look into homeowners insurance covering tires??????? just a shot in the dark there.
Revenge is fun to talk about, but guess who ends up getting caught and locked up?
additional info;
start a gofundme
stop getting caught with aces in your boots, you know how mean your aunt can get

[falconfixer]

Crazy ex girlfriend?

[MagmaRed370z]

Im sorry. that really sucks. Your best bet is to put a security camera with recording and live feed to scare potential future damage.

In the meantime, there are a bunch of people here that are switching tires due to upcoming nice weather season, so you are in good luck if you want to grab a set for cheaper.

[dP3NGU1N]

If you have someone in mind who might do this to you I would suggest working out whatever issues you have with them first. I wouldn't recommend accusation or aggressive confrontation. Your goal should be to alleviate current tensions and avoid further conflict with this person that may cause them to lash out and do this again.

Yes it's ****** up. No it's not fair. But you can either work to make it better or spend time and energy making it worse and see how it escalates from there.

[mishuko]

my suggestion is getting a home monitor CCTV system. set it up at the front of your house angled towards your cars but enough of a window so you can see approaching people/vehicles.

also report it to the police as a FYI. say you don't expect them to be able to find the culprit but just wanted to report a case of vandalism.

it's odd that it was only one car though... I would be really concerned if they slashed all your cars/family's tires.

[axmea?]

All the above and if you don't have one yet, but a gun.

[kenchan]

Originally Posted by falconfixer

Crazy ex girlfriend?

u sound like someone with experience, falcon!

i liked ur other post too about cars and ladies

[kenchan]

yah, sorry to hear op. as others have noted, i would get a police report for dat and file insurance to get your new tires if deductible is low.

GL with the tire swap and get an ip camera with night vision installed. u can have it setup with motion sensor so dat when something moves within the frame, it sends u an email from the camera.


btw i got kinda lost in the car orientation explanation on ur driveway.

[6mt370]

Thanks for the responses. I never said I would get revenge. If that were the case it would just be back and forth and never end. Any recommendations for a home surveillance system with a couple cameras? The way my driveway is setup I would be able to monitor all the cars and who is entering. The tires are about $85 each but who wants to spend money on something like that?

[God-Speed]

No Revenge needed, "What goes around, Comes around!!" They will get theirs in due time!!!

[solidus]

As stated numerous times, get a police report. Patrol guys are'nt going to want to take a report for slashed tires but "If" they show up at all demand a report. If your locals have online reporting then do that. This way when you install a camera system and catch someone near your car that you can I.D. positively there's incentive for a followup report that nets an arrest stat. BTW: The larger the area you live the less likely someone comes out unless you can tack this into an aggravated stalking.

[Nixin]

Yes get a police report. It will legitimize your claim if you are going to contact insurance for assistance. Good luck.