Posted on 07/18/2007 8:28:59 AM PDT by 3AngelaD
Vandals Batter D.C. Man's SUV, Slash Its Tires and Scratch In an Eco Note
On a narrow, leafy street in Northwest Washington, where Prius hybrid cars and Volvos are the norm, one man bought a flashy gray Hummer that was too massive to fit in his garage. So he parked the seven-foot-tall behemoth on the street in front of his house and smiled politely when his eco-friendly neighbors looked on in disapproval at his "dream car."
It lasted five days on the street before two masked men took a bat to every window, a knife to each 38-inch tire and scratched into the body: "FOR THE ENVIRON."
"The thought of somebody vandalizing it never crossed my mind," said Gareth Groves...
Now, as Groves ponders what to do with the remains of his $38,000 SUV, he has been the target of a number of people who have driven by the crime scene in his upscale neighborhood and glared at him in smug satisfaction...
Neighbor Lucille Liem, 37, who owns a Prius hybrid, said that a common sentiment in the neighborhood is that large vehicles are impractical and a strain on the Earth -- and Hummers in particular are a symbol of consumer excess... Liem added quickly that she does not condone violence...
Investigators said they are searching for the vandals but don't have many leads. Witnesses saw two men about six feet tall with bandanas or masks over their faces smash up the car about 3:30 a.m. Monday and then run off...
He bought the used 2005 vehicle a month ago from a dentist in Fairfax County..."I'm worried about what I do now," he said. "If I get it fixed, do I put it back in the same spot three weeks from now?"
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
Love and tolerance from the liberals.
Ask your insurance company.
In Anchorage cars are being torched all over the municipality. Who and why not known.
I’d borrow some of this and put it on the windows... “Better Bombs: Scientists Develop Metal That Explodes on Impact”
Mass psychosis.
Boy am I glad that wasn't me, I don't deal well with situations like that by @ssh0!$ neighbors. I tend to put them in a situation where its my turn to drive by with a smug look of satisfaction on my face...
If anyone tried that down here in Texas, they’d wind up eating a lead sandwich.
People delusionally wanting to "save the earth" are sick. They are also the angriest; next to muslims, of course.
Can you imagine the uproar and outrage if someone broke into all the houses on the street and started smashing all those 60” plasma HDTV’s....
Since it's already trashed, he could use it to run the enviro-faggots off the road.
Repair it, Pack it full of C4, with detonators where they whacked it before and watch those eco terrorist go BOOM!
I live in a town in which about 90% of the cars you see are either Range Rovers or Toyota hybrids.
On another note, that doesn’t look like a grey truck to me.
Y’know, while I would never key someone’s car, I have on occasion made loud remarks about posers who drive an SUV that’s used neither for utility nor sport.
I mean, what earthly good is an SUV that never goes off-road? If you’re not gonna use the SUV for the reason God created it, buy a damn station wagon.
(I’ve also been known to cast aspersions on the manhood of middle-aged guys who drive Corvettes.)
You put is back out there again, again, and again. These folks are so darn tolerant. Save the earth, kill the babies. Get child molestors counseling in lieu of jail time. This world is truly an amazing place. These people are the “progressive” ones?
I don’t condone the vandalism, but I would be pissed if my neighbor purchased a vehicle that could not fit in their garage. My VW Touareg (13mpg) gets worse gas mileage than a Hummer so I say you should be able to buy any vehicle that you can afford to operate.
It’s dark grey, and it has that swishy bit of a pickup-bed in back.
Summer vacation. It'll stop as soon as school restarts.
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