Vandalism would normally be covered by comprehensive coverage, and won't affect your premiums; you'll just have to pay a deductible. If you tried to do it yourself, you'd never get the paint to match quite right, so you're better off taking it to an auto body shop to have it professionally repaired.
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Depends, how much do you care, and how good does your car still look?
If you drive a pristine car that you plan on selling eventually: get it done at a bodyshop.
If you drive an older car or plan to keep it until it dies, and dont care about the looks too much: chrisfix has some good videos on working with a paint pen
If you drive a 20 year old car in the rust belt: lol
It's somewhere in between. A 2012 ford mustang. Some minor scratches on the driver's side that i bought it with. The passenger side was perfect. I care a good amount but I'm not made of money. I'm definitely considering some DIY rn
Definitely repair. If you have comprehensive coverage, then double definitely!
If you're in the the US, file a police report. If for anything documentation (and local crime statistics). I'm sure there won't be any real investigation, but it does help identify patterns.
Also, when/if you choose to file an insurance claim, you'll have a police report number. Which may or may not help grease the wheels of the claim.
In the European countries that I am familiar with, a police report is mandatory for an insurance claim, and a formality.
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My local pd lets you submit police reports yourself online. I've done maybe 10 or so in the past for work. No cops required lol.
I wouldnt bother with ChrisFix when it is about paintwork, after i saw his videos on bodywork i lost all trust in his skills concerning that. AmmoNYC (irrc) has an old video featuring a Mercedes g-class where he shows different ways to do it, from "i just dont want it to rust" to "only the best is good enough".
I'll be honest, i wouldn't know better. I was just watching his deep scratch video and it seems like something i could do and I'd be happy with results similar to his.
How deep is the scratch?
He said down to the metal.
Oh yeah, sorry missed that.
In that case, as Gellis12 said, professional paint job is your only option (to match the original paint).
You can make it a little bit less visible, but a lot of those "quick, easy and DIY" solutions will actually make it look worse.
Did you park like an ass? Sorry to hear that happened, a body shop is your best bet
It doesn’t matter. Leave a note, don’t destroy someone else’s property.
I’m not advocating for vandalism, but people don’t usually key cars for no reason
It's summer. Children are out of school. Bored children do shit for no reason.
That's absolutely true but I'd really hesitate to blame the youth for this. I don't live where theres much or any foot traffic because I live in a circle. I do park in the street but so does everyone.
I’m not advocating for vandalism, but people don’t usually key cars for no reason
lol
people don’t usually key cars for no reason
Dashcam video channels (example) have tons of vids showing randos vandalizing cars for no discernible reason. Some people are just antisocial, destructive a-holes.
Truth be told i probably deserve it on some sort of cosmic scale of karma.
But also I didn't do anything that would make my car a target to my knowledge.
You know what? Good on you for recognizing that we’re not perfect. You’re cool in my book OP. Sorry this happened, wish I had constructive advice to give.
Thanks man, appreciate it. I'm just a dude. Far from perfect but not a blight on society either. I'm ok with being an average person
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