Someone Kicked a Small Dent in My Car - Report to Cops?

devildoge100 on 21/02/2021 - 17:23
Last edited 21/02/2021 - 18:12

Hi guys :D

I don't what I did to this guy but this guy confronted me about random things, nothing to do with the car while I was parked on the side of the road and I was standing outside my car in Liverpool and kicked my car door now it has a small dent in it. No, I am not parked illegally i.e blocking a driveway, parked in a disabled spot, taking up two spaces.

Maybe it's a case of mistaken identity maybe another 86 very similar to mine nearly hit him or honked at him while he was jaywalking because I never encountered this guy whilst driving through Liverpool CBD.

The guy seemed drunk, on drugs or has some mental issues this is why I didn't confront him initially when he kicked my door for my safety. He was also slurring his words and almost seemed incomprehensible

The question is should I report him to cops for damaging my car or just let It slide?I haven't checked dash cam yet but I think I got his face approaching my car but obviously dash cam films forward and back I don't think there is any footage of him kicking my car. It is too late to report to cops? Will cops do anything since there is no footage of him damaging my car?

Sorry for repeating myself if I am :D

Thanks :D

Automotive

Comments

  • Hybroid on 21/02/2021 - 17:26
    +72

    Maybe because your 86 has a Subaru badge on it. How much drama does your driving life have?

    You can call non-emergency police assistance on 131444.

    • plmko on 21/02/2021 - 19:13
      +7

      Crazies attract crazies

      • Scrooge McDuck on 22/02/2021 - 04:11
        +10

        Plot twist: OP's alternate personality is the one who kicked his door.

        • azonki on 22/02/2021 - 08:19
          +1

          Fight Club

    • SF3 on 21/02/2021 - 19:18
      +10

      If OP asks questions such as ls It Legal to Change The Badge of a Car?, maybe someone recognised him…

      • WreckTangle on 21/02/2021 - 20:05
        +5

        Oh, OP is that guy! Never a boring day for devildoge and his car

  • Ughhh on 21/02/2021 - 17:32
    +2

    Do you know where he lives or anything to identify him? Cops will need a name, they'll probably tell you to deal with your insurance.

    • devildoge100 on 21/02/2021 - 17:40

      He left after kicking my door, I didn't want to confront him or try do get his details for my safety. But this happened in Liverpool so I am going to guess he lives either in Liverpool itself or somewhere in South Western Sydney.

      • xuqi on 21/02/2021 - 17:44
        +66

        "guess he lives either in Liverpool itself or somewhere in South Western Sydney"

        Well that narrows it down a lot, I'm sure the cops will apprehend the suspect in no-time…..

        • Zachary on 21/02/2021 - 22:00

          I was wondering where liverpool was….

        • This Guy on 22/02/2021 - 19:05
          +4

          Come on. That's only around -405,000 people. Assuming a quarter clearly look female and another quarter are clearly children or elderly, that is only 200,000 suspects.

          I recon with 100 detectives they should be able to get alibis for around 180,000 citizens over a year or two. Then the police can round up the remaining 20,000 for a lineup at Fairfield Oval.

          Then we can get this guy to do 200 hours of community service.

          Sounds reasonable. Why are you making fun of OP? He bought an 86. We can't expect a rocket scientist.

          • berry580 on 22/02/2021 - 22:01
            -5

            @This Guy: OP bought an 86, so he deserves to have his car door kicked in.
            OP even bothered to think about bringing justice, so ozBargain will ridicule him.

            Fair dinkim

            • This Guy on 23/02/2021 - 07:43

              @berry580: Berry580 you are right. And when you are right, you are right.

              I was wrong to assume the gender or age of the perpetrator. I was also wrong to assume the people of South West Sydney deserve due process.

              We need to get this meth head who was in South West Sydney, what ever the cost. Let's use 50,000 police officers to round up every one who lives there and detain them until one of them admits to their crimes. If we don't have enough officers we can call in the army for back up. Don't worry about the over time, OP has 86 money, they got it.

              As we normally pin these sorts of crimes on indigenous adult males. I ask we mix it up and select a white, female child this time to throw off Melbourne off our usually empowering [insert spin word for racist] kangaroo court.

        • sir-screwball on 23/02/2021 - 09:16
          +2

          You'd be surprised. A dude who walks around assaulting people or kicking cars in the middle of the day is most likely not doing it for the first time and there's a good chance the police may know him already.

          I met a police officer who worked in Inala in QLD (very high crime rate) and he told me to always report stuff regardless of whether you know the person because of this exact concept, they're often known to the cops.

        • Muzeeb on 22/02/2021 - 14:35
          +13

          drug affected its so easy to hold them down

          This is complete and utter bollocks. If you suspect someone is drug affected DO NOT fight back.

            • Muzeeb on 22/02/2021 - 17:58
              +5

              @Chchnu: Don't even confront them at all. Just move away and call the cops if threatened further.

            • Cave Fire on 23/02/2021 - 15:37
              +1

              @Chchnu: Terrible advice, heaps of service workers are injured by people on ice for example. A drug user can seem calm then violently lash out. They can also have more strength. Citizens arrest has to be done with appropriate force. Not easy when the person is violently resisting and you are not trained.

              • Chchnu on 23/02/2021 - 17:01
                -2

                @Cave Fire: Appropriate force is easy to apply when they going supersaiyan 100% on you cos you can then also go 100% ultra back which will be appropriate force.

        • SydStrand on 22/02/2021 - 15:34

          If they are out of it drunk/drug affected its so easy to hold them down on the ground and wait till the police comes.

          What if he's on PCP?

      • nikey2k27 on 23/02/2021 - 08:59

        You all ways keep pepper spray or taster on and bikes on number on your phone it ozbogan way.

  • jsrz18 on 21/02/2021 - 17:40
    +4

    should have beat the crap out of him and driven off

    • bobbified on 21/02/2021 - 17:45
      -8

      …if OP isn't a skinny little twig 🤣

      • jsrz18 on 21/02/2021 - 17:52
        +5

        in fairness to OP, if the other guy was significantly bigger/physically stronger then I wouldn't have done anything either

        • bobbified on 21/02/2021 - 17:52

          The bigger they are, the slower they are!

          • SF3 on 21/02/2021 - 19:13
            +5

            @bobbified: Unless OP’s name is David and has a slingshot.

          • Aarent on 22/02/2021 - 14:45
            +1

            @bobbified: I dont know much about sports, but i've seen Aussie NRL, those big dudes look like they could hightail a scooter at max speed.

          • gromit on 24/02/2021 - 10:11

            @bobbified: That saying is a heap of bs and a great way to get your head taken off. I am 6'4" and my brother is 6'7", many a little smartarse has made that same assumption to their detriment.

      • Zachary on 21/02/2021 - 22:01
        +1

        wait, OP is a skinny twig??

        • miwahni on 22/02/2021 - 00:41
          +2

          He is Groot

    • ntz88 on 23/02/2021 - 09:17
      -1

      I would have left a similar dent in his head 🤣

  • herecomestheoost on 21/02/2021 - 17:51

    Just curious as to what kind of random things was he saying (if it was coherent / if you remember) ?

    • devildoge100 on 21/02/2021 - 18:01
      +9

      Comprehensible words - enough, pitbull, Coronavirus, vaccine, Liverpool, and a whole lot of swear words I am not going to say on here so I don't get banned.

      • moo on 21/02/2021 - 18:35
        -1

        Any chance that the attack could be racially motivated? Reminds me of a recent unprovoked attacked on Nigel Ng/Uncle Roger in the UK.

        • Scrooge McDuck on 22/02/2021 - 04:16
          +31

          Definitely! If in doubt, racism!!

      • This Guy on 22/02/2021 - 19:15
        +3

        Did he yell, "Mr Worldwide" and try to sell you a vape pen? Sounds like 2020 was a hard year for him.

  • spal on 21/02/2021 - 18:06
    +4

    It feels like that you are looking for someone to tell you that go to police and they will catch this person and get you justice. Truth is this is a needle in a haystack.

    Maybe you can make a complaint to police for assault and property damage. Take it to your insurance. They might accept it as a no fault claim. A drug affected person crashed into my work colleagues car, insurance required a police report and refunded the insurance excess.

  • holdenmg on 21/02/2021 - 18:11
    +4

    I'd like to see the MS Paint and the Chalk outlines.

  • Okayy on 21/02/2021 - 18:12

    Report to cops &Suck it up. Sorry but I have seen a guy punching another drive on Canterbury Road for no reason. Use insurance or try a repairer whatever works for you.

  • Cave Fire on 21/02/2021 - 18:20
    +3

    Might be known to the local police and causing trouble. You could try finding him and try to get on patrol cops to talk to him. Or you might have enough on your dashcam to identify him.

  • Austaurean on 21/02/2021 - 18:40
    +9

    Some people, believe it or not, are very well known to ther Police.. i.e, if this is the case, they may know him on sight..

  • Ocker on 21/02/2021 - 18:41
    -2

    Cops won't give a proverbial on what they consider a trivial matter.
    The last thing they will want to do is record a malicious damage report and inflate crime stats.

    • freakatronic on 24/02/2021 - 06:56
      -1

      Cops only go after people they can fine. That's why they'd have charged OP if he'd given this junky a well deserved beating. That's why cops will ignore OP if he asks for help.

      "File a report mate" - so that the report can for in the filing cabinet.

      The police don't exist as a public service; they represent the state only. They serve state interests and protect state assets. Mostly this means hunting working citizens to fine them for whatever they're doing. You can't fine junkies cause junkies have nothing to take.

  • brendanm on 21/02/2021 - 18:41

    This story and ops replies seem very much like attention seeking. Must be a slow day on Facebook.

    • kerfuffle on 21/02/2021 - 19:06
      +4

      Literally every single post from the OP is car related …

      • brendanm on 21/02/2021 - 19:59
        +15

        I've got a Toyota 86, look at me!

        • SF3 on 21/02/2021 - 20:43

          Not if you don’t deliver tofu.

          • Aarent on 22/02/2021 - 14:47

            @SF3: bwahaha, ahh Takumi, you legend.

        • Zachary on 21/02/2021 - 22:46
          +1

          to be fair 86's, when fully modded look pretty cool i guess…….

          • Baysew on 22/02/2021 - 08:58
            +4

            @Zachary: What about if the modification is just putting a Subaru badge on it?

            • Zachary on 25/02/2021 - 00:32

              @Baysew: If it's just a badge and nothing else…then ok, I guess that's understandable… But if OP wanted the subaru branded one, why didn't he simply buy the subaru brz instead of the toyota 86??? They still sell the brz right? If they dont I guess the reason for replacing the toyota badge with the subaru one is justified….kinda….but would make you look silly in front of other rev heads who would be able to tell the difference between the two… It's like driving a girly hatchback when you're a macho looking man unless you don't actually care what others think of you or are gay/metro….

          • gromit on 24/02/2021 - 10:12

            @Zachary: Don't think I have ever seen an 86 modified or otherwise that looks cool

            • Zachary on 25/02/2021 - 00:33

              @gromit: O, so then what modified car looks cool to you?

  • nubzy on 21/02/2021 - 18:42

    Contact the cops, give them the dashcam footage showing his face clearly as he approached the vehicle and then any sound of him kicking the door.

  • morse on 21/02/2021 - 18:44

    Report it if you’re thinking of claiming insurance

  • robberbutton on 21/02/2021 - 19:06
    +1

    There's a reasonable chance this chap is already "known to police", so dashcam could be enough to identify him. However, there's even more chance that he's a tweaker who has no money, so you're not going to get any recompense anyway.

    As much as it sucks, it's probably not worth pursuing.

  • Patchy01 on 21/02/2021 - 19:09
    +12

    It's Liverpool. What did you expect ? Junkie city.

    • devildoge100 on 21/02/2021 - 19:16

      Is it really that dangerous? I never knew since I live in the Inner West.

      • SF3 on 21/02/2021 - 19:21
        +4

        Is it really that dangerous?

        It is as safe as The Bronx.

      • Blue Cat on 21/02/2021 - 21:09
        +2

        Be glad it is just a small dent and not your broken windows.

        Hang around Liverpool long enough and you will realize I am not kidding!

        • Kingfield on 23/02/2021 - 15:38
          +1

          to be fair, isn't a broken window even easier to replace?

          • Blue Cat on 23/02/2021 - 16:37

            @Kingfield: It is, but broken windows give them access to whatever is inside the car, which might result in losses that cost more than just a dent repair.

      • SydStrand on 21/02/2021 - 23:44

        How 'inner?'

        • Muzeeb on 22/02/2021 - 00:22
          +2

          Inner Western side of Point Piper

  • JIMB0 on 21/02/2021 - 19:20

    Even if you can identify them you need good evidence for anything to happen.

    • Scrooge McDuck on 22/02/2021 - 04:18

      He lives in Liverpool, I rest my case.

  • Euphemistic on 21/02/2021 - 21:14
    +2

    Report it, but know that you are probably just adding to crime statistics. It’s important to report, the offender may do the same again or have done the same before.

    They will likely not investigate unless they get a string of similar offences.

  • Muzeeb on 21/02/2021 - 23:29
    +1

    Where's the imgur link to the damage?

    Sounds to me like you dodged a devil at level 100 so I guess username checks out.

    • This Guy on 22/02/2021 - 19:18

      Devil Dog E100?

  • jv on 21/02/2021 - 23:36
    +5

    You shouldn't be driving at 86 anyway.

    A danger to yourself and other road users…

    • devildoge100 on 22/02/2021 - 07:41

      86 is the model of my car not how fast I was going.

      • FocusRider on 22/02/2021 - 07:54
        +8

        I thought your car was a BRZ?

        • Muzeeb on 22/02/2021 - 08:14

          OP is the Master of Illusion

          • [Deactivated] on 22/02/2021 - 09:07
            -1

            @Muzeeb: Caught up on some of OP's previous posts. Funny person.

        • jv on 22/02/2021 - 09:36
          +1

          I thought your car was a BRZ?

          Isn't BRZ a type of waxing ???

          • juki on 22/02/2021 - 18:59
            +1

            @jv: JV as smooth as usual :)

        • SF3 on 22/02/2021 - 22:08

          Changed badge (if Legal).

  • Trying2SaveABuck on 22/02/2021 - 00:58
    +4

    Police will tell you it is a civil matter the system is pretty useless when it comes to protecting your property

  • newjerseydamo on 22/02/2021 - 07:45
    +1

    So the only thing you have on the person is a dash cam image of them?
    No name, no address, no telephone number?

    Police aren't going to do anything. Just call your insurance if you want it fixed.

  • dogboy on 22/02/2021 - 10:14

    If someone kicked my car, then it would have a second dent in the bonnet matching their body.

    • jv on 22/02/2021 - 22:50

      Oh you Casanova you………

  • westzod on 22/02/2021 - 10:17

    Dashcam would have sound recorded right? That should help a bit?

  • Peck on 22/02/2021 - 10:23

    Sorry to hear it. One reason why I drive an average brand of car (Toyota Corolla) and don't put my 'Vietnam Veteran' and other stickers on it. You never know who or why people will take exception to your vehicle and give it a kicking.

  • the Unforgiven on 22/02/2021 - 10:36

    If he was out of it, he wouldn't remember it, so don't call the cops.
    Just pop out the dent in your car door & everything is back to normal

  • ozboygsl on 22/02/2021 - 10:48

    cops probably wont do anything because they usually wont do anything …but I missed the bit about why you were too gutless to do anything there and then

  • TChalla on 22/02/2021 - 11:08
    +2

    Cops ain't gon do !@$#%

    • Euphemistic on 22/02/2021 - 12:09

      Which is why you ring the assistance line and they just take a record. They might do something if it becomes a pattern.

  • Munki on 22/02/2021 - 13:14

    Unless your doors are Lamborghini style, I wouldn't let it slide.

    • Euphemistic on 22/02/2021 - 13:36

      Lamborghini doors lift. People mover and van door slide.

      • Munki on 22/02/2021 - 14:01

        You're right, it pivots upwards.

      • This Guy on 22/02/2021 - 19:29

        Just change the badge. Everyone knows of the Lamborghini Countransit the Ferrari LaCarnival.

  • deme on 22/02/2021 - 15:48
    +1

    Did you report to cops

    Police Assistance Line (131444) - NSW Police Public Sitewww.police.nsw.gov.au › …
    If you are a victim of a crime, other than life threatening or time critical emergency situations, you should contact the Police Assistance Line (131 444)

    And your insurance

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