Should I be slightly surprised that the alarm didn’t go off, even with sentry off? Or is it a much higher bar to trigger it?
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Keyed!
- Thread starter hingus2000
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Gatsojon
Member
Horrible to see this mindless vandalism. I hope you get it sorted without too much fuss.
Bloody annoying. Probably mindless kids I wouldn’t dwell on it.
I ‘owe’ Anna?
List of Tesla Approved repair shops here:
Body Shop Support
I ‘owe’ Anna?
List of Tesla Approved repair shops here:
Body Shop Support
I parked up near s Porsche the other day. Some idiot keyed "fascist" on the door. Misspelled
Yeah, it's bad enough being keyed but with bad spelling that must make it so much worse ...
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Jason71
Well-Known Member
Wouldn't this be covered by insurance if its that much?My local Tesla approved body shop wants £6000
I can understand wanting an approved body shop for work where panels had to be taken off and replaced etc but since this is only a re-spray ( maybe take off the top door trim / handle ) does it matter if its Tesla approved?
itzKris
Member
What would something like this cost to fix? I made sure to go with Direct Line so excess is £650 but if a body shop can sort it for less then we should perhaps put together a list! It’s inevitable for some of us that have no off-street parking.
Tesla don't do bodywork, they would refer you to one of there approved bodyshops. Since its damage from a key, any bodyshop should be able to do it. If you use a tesla approved it will be very expensive, and in this case there isn't really a need to.
The alarm won't go off, the alarm is only going to trigger when there is either movement in the car, or a significant impact to the outside. If it was sensitive enough to set of when a key touches it then most likely it would be set off in bad weather. Sentry is a little different as the cameras just look for motion outside, and therefore would have recorded them in this case, the alarm still wouldn't have set off though.
My local body shop is normally £200 a panel, but I've never asked for a bonnet before (might be more as bigger than the average door/wing panel). It varies wildly depending on where you are - best thing is to get a bunch of quotes.
Thunderbird1
Thunderbird1
Knock on several doors and see if anyone has something recorded on a nest door bell or cctv somewhere.Also do report to the police
Jonny Ringo
Member
Feel for you. If your insured with Direct line its only the cost of your excess, see here Our vandalism promise | Direct Line
MrBadger
Badger out
That only mentions NCB. It conveniently omits mentioning how future risk may be assessed and its effect on future premiums.
electricar
Member
Actually the meaning of Ionna is " I'm a Lifelong Loser " - my heart goes out to you - that is disgusting
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Spacep0d
Active Member
This also sounds like mumble-speak for 'I don't wanna', like the geniuses who type 'IONO' for 'I don't know' or 'tryna' for 'trying to'. Tryna is less egregious and sometimes funny but it's all of a piece.
Really sorry this happened. I absolutely loathe the type of people who do this. There's honestly nobody on Earth whose car I'd do this to. I tend to voice my disagreements with words and ideas (not keyed into cars).
This is just horrible. There are truly some horrible people out there to do this to someone else's property. Really? Too bad sentry was not on. This is another reason why I always PPF my entire car. I am not saying that is the solution but its another level of protection given how people can do stupid things for stupid reasons.
