Hi Guys, Went into town to pick up a takeway curry last night in the pride and joy. I have just gone to go out this morning to get s local paper and noticed that someone while the car was in town has keyed the passenger side from front to back. And on a black RRS it just looks like a wavey white stripe. Great !

Does anyone know if the police care about things like this, obviously I would like the little caught, well actually I would like him put in a locked room with me for 5 minutes, he would never do it again !!

I have fully comp insurance through landrover does anyone know if this is covered under the policy and do they just fill in the scratch or should they do a full respray of that side.. literally the scratch starts on the front wing behind the headlight and ends at the tail lights..... waving up and down.

going to check if there was any cctiv near where I parked the car....

if anyone has been through this before and can advise I would appreciate it

sorry to hear that BLF, good luck on finding the little runt.. Another Pommie Bar Steward down under

MY20 Defender 110 SE P400 Eiger/Ebony
MY10 3.0 RRS TDv6 Fuji/Ebony/Anigre

Thanks, I don't rate my chances though....

Report it to the Police as you will need a Crime number for Criminal damage for the Insurance company.

It's unwitnessed damage so chances of them doing much is poor unless they have a positive policy of investigating all crimes. Some Forces do.
Personally if they told me it was being filed I would do a cctv trawl either side of where you were parked on the off chance that someone was recorded doing it. If you find something then they will have no choice but to investigate.

But then I'm just a stubborn sod

Either way Insurance will fix the damage. TDV6 - gone
TDV8 - gone
Audi Q5 3.0 Tdi Sline wef 6/11/10

Happened to me just 2 weeks after getting.



Can feel your deep distress

10 deep scratches in bonnet, bonnet was completley re sprayed, taken off car.

I was getting a curry to in the Midlands, had strange feeling something wrong as someone in bus shelter outside and it was 12 midnight, only twigged ther next day when spotted damage that buses do not run Sat nights that late.

Doutb the police will be intreseted but would report it anyway, might mess up their crime stats.

to you guys that have had this done before, are you claiming on the insurance for the repair work ?

claim as vandal damage

get a crime number asap

Unfortunately, happened to me a couple of times, first time I got it done by one the 'instant' paint vans that come to your home or office and do it a couple of hours.

Looks great for a few months, then you can really spot the difference and its vastly more visible as they rubbed down either side of the damage to blend it. Good for car showrooms where they don't keep the stock for long.

The next time got it sorted by a local specialist who does detail painting on high value cars.......that was a year or so ago and you wouldn't know where the 'runt', (I think that's how you spell it), '' had done his handiwork.

Cost about £300 (cash) for 2 panels.'', but it seemed like a better idea than an insurance claim.

Heard of a dealer that had 5 RRS keyed last week whilst they were on the forecourt! .

There is absolutely no substitute for a genuine lack of preparation.


TDV8 HSE MY10 with pretty much everything including a vase of daffs on the back shelf, tropical fish collection in the centre console, hamsters in the spare tyre and finally sheep on the passenger seats.....for weight distribution, what else??

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claimed on my insurance, did not need crime ref no, but remeber it will effect your no claims and if you change insurer it will also mean a higher premium even if you have protected no claims.

Just another sign of broken britain , That kind of thing seems to be very rare here in Spain petty mindless tossers. And if they catch who did it they will do nothing at all to him or her . 07 TDV6 HSE, JAVA BLACK,SIDE STEPS,DYNAMIC PACK,CHROME MIRRORS,CHROME BEZELS,COLOUR CODED GRILL & VENTS,TINTS,BREMBO,22"MATT BLACK ONYK.........AWSOME. ALSO SL55 AMG ..

Sad to hear that!
I hope, next time somebody does this, you catch him while doing it!


Luckily I live in a town were every little trainee get's its own Porsche and every student drives around in a Mercedes (the real estate sharks over here even drive Aston Martins ), sometimes I have stickers on my car saying it produces too much CO2 or some treehuggers telling me stuff like that but until today no keying or other sorts of vanalism at all.  RRS TDV6 HSE, 2006, bonatti grey, ebony interior, rear diff, s/c grille and vents, stormers, privacy, tasmods, iphone integration