Car set alight in Kambah - Why?

busgirl said :

I have been known to be wrong at times though.

http://www.nrma.com.au/car-insurance/third-party-fire-theft/features-benefits.shtml#ftat

busgirl said :

Henry82 said :

Roadrage77 said :

Henry82 said :

why don’t you have 3rd party F&T?

How would that have helped?

Last time i checked, 3rd party fire and thieft covered damage to your car through fire and/or thieft.

I think 3rd party only covers the damage you cause to a 3rd party. Any damage to your own car is not covered. You’d need comprehansive to cover your own car. I have been known to be wrong at times though.

Incorrect – http://www.nrma.com.au/car-insurance/third-party-fire-theft/index.shtml

Henry82 said :

why don’t you have 3rd party F&T?

Have some compassion.

Obviously they dont have F&T – so dont be an unhelpful prick.

There’s also been a burnt out car on Learmonth for the past week – BMW with NSW number plates.

Henry82 said :

Roadrage77 said :

Henry82 said :

why don’t you have 3rd party F&T?

How would that have helped?

Last time i checked, 3rd party fire and thieft covered damage to your car through fire and/or thieft.

I think 3rd party only covers the damage you cause to a 3rd party. Any damage to your own car is not covered. You’d need comprehansive to cover your own car. I have been known to be wrong at times though.

matt31221 said :

arescarti42 said :

“Why would someone do something so horrible?”

Because people are scum.

Speak for yourself. Not everyone hides behind a false gross generalisation to justify their own shortcomings and bad deeds.

But, generally, on the whole, people are scum

Roadrage77 said :

Henry82 said :

why don’t you have 3rd party F&T?

How would that have helped?

Last time i checked, 3rd party fire and thieft covered damage to your car through fire and/or thieft.

Skidd Marx said :

Tooks said :

Skidd Marx said :

Not to say the majority of people in Tuggeranong aren’t good people, but it nonetheless has the highest rate of grubs per capita in Canberra, without a doubt. I used to live in Kambah, and due to lack of a garage I was forced to park my car on the street. Within the space of 6 months I had the badges stolen, 2 windows smashed, key-scratching down the entire length of the car, aerial broken off etc etc all in separate incidents. It really gets me down to think how I had managed to keep a 40 year old car in such great condition, only to have it systematically destroyed over a 6 month period by thoughtless vandals. It was the best car I ever owned and yet I ended up swapping the car for a case of beer for someone who was going to use it for parts.

I moved to Wanniassa to get away from it but it turned out being even worse so I gave up on Tuggeranong and moved to Belconnen. Guess what? 12 months later and I haven’t got a single bad word to say about the place.

Your family circumstances are very unfortunate, but you can’t take it personally. Believe me, scum don’t discriminate.

I bet you didn’t move to the Kambah/Wanniassa equivalent in Belcompton.

No, I didn’t move to Dunlop. But at least there are di&khead-free suburbs in Belconnen (Hawker, Weetangera, Aranda). Where are the Tuggers equivalents? I’ll pay Fadden but that’s it.

Really? There are absolutely NO dickheads in Hawker, Weetangera, Aranda? I beg to differ, having met a few of them. Every suburb has dickheads. If you live in bad parts of Kambah and Wanniassa, you’re more likely to run into them.

Where are the Tuggers equivalents? Fadden, MacArthur, Calwell, Bonython, Gordon, to name a few, are all reasonably devoid of d/heads.

arescarti42 said :

“Why would someone do something so horrible?”

Because people are scum.

Speak for yourself. Not everyone hides behind a false gross generalisation to justify their own shortcomings and bad deeds.

Henry82 said :

why don’t you have 3rd party F&T?

How would that have helped?

Tooks said :

Skidd Marx said :

Not to say the majority of people in Tuggeranong aren’t good people, but it nonetheless has the highest rate of grubs per capita in Canberra, without a doubt. I used to live in Kambah, and due to lack of a garage I was forced to park my car on the street. Within the space of 6 months I had the badges stolen, 2 windows smashed, key-scratching down the entire length of the car, aerial broken off etc etc all in separate incidents. It really gets me down to think how I had managed to keep a 40 year old car in such great condition, only to have it systematically destroyed over a 6 month period by thoughtless vandals. It was the best car I ever owned and yet I ended up swapping the car for a case of beer for someone who was going to use it for parts.

I moved to Wanniassa to get away from it but it turned out being even worse so I gave up on Tuggeranong and moved to Belconnen. Guess what? 12 months later and I haven’t got a single bad word to say about the place.

Your family circumstances are very unfortunate, but you can’t take it personally. Believe me, scum don’t discriminate.

I bet you didn’t move to the Kambah/Wanniassa equivalent in Belcompton.

No, I didn’t move to Dunlop. But at least there are di&khead-free suburbs in Belconnen (Hawker, Weetangera, Aranda). Where are the Tuggers equivalents? I’ll pay Fadden but that’s it.

why don’t you have 3rd party F&T?

30 secs after posting my comment I read of an axe-wielding mugger in Belconnen….

I know there are knobs everywhere, Tugger just seems to have more of them hence the use of ‘per-capita’ to clarify my claims.

edlang said :

Can she drive manual? Or does she need an automatic? If it’s the former I might be able to help…

ditto…

They are not called “Thuggies” for nothing 🙂

Ironically, Tuggers has not had an axe wielding mugger yet……….

Skidd Marx said :

Not to say the majority of people in Tuggeranong aren’t good people, but it nonetheless has the highest rate of grubs per capita in Canberra, without a doubt. I used to live in Kambah, and due to lack of a garage I was forced to park my car on the street. Within the space of 6 months I had the badges stolen, 2 windows smashed, key-scratching down the entire length of the car, aerial broken off etc etc all in separate incidents. It really gets me down to think how I had managed to keep a 40 year old car in such great condition, only to have it systematically destroyed over a 6 month period by thoughtless vandals. It was the best car I ever owned and yet I ended up swapping the car for a case of beer for someone who was going to use it for parts.

I moved to Wanniassa to get away from it but it turned out being even worse so I gave up on Tuggeranong and moved to Belconnen. Guess what? 12 months later and I haven’t got a single bad word to say about the place.

Your family circumstances are very unfortunate, but you can’t take it personally. Believe me, scum don’t discriminate.

Got any stats to back up your claim? Thought not. You also forgot to mention the two areas in both of those suburbs you lived as both of them have areas that are less desirable than others. What precautions were you taking to prevent anything happening to your car?

I have lived down here for 17 years, 7 of those in Richardson & I love it. What has happend to the OP was unfortunate & probably a result of the weather warming up.

Skidd Marx said :

Not to say the majority of people in Tuggeranong aren’t good people, but it nonetheless has the highest rate of grubs per capita in Canberra, without a doubt. I used to live in Kambah, and due to lack of a garage I was forced to park my car on the street. Within the space of 6 months I had the badges stolen, 2 windows smashed, key-scratching down the entire length of the car, aerial broken off etc etc all in separate incidents. It really gets me down to think how I had managed to keep a 40 year old car in such great condition, only to have it systematically destroyed over a 6 month period by thoughtless vandals. It was the best car I ever owned and yet I ended up swapping the car for a case of beer for someone who was going to use it for parts.

I moved to Wanniassa to get away from it but it turned out being even worse so I gave up on Tuggeranong and moved to Belconnen. Guess what? 12 months later and I haven’t got a single bad word to say about the place.

Your family circumstances are very unfortunate, but you can’t take it personally. Believe me, scum don’t discriminate.

I bet you didn’t move to the Kambah/Wanniassa equivalent in Belcompton.

The fact is that each time something so blatantly unforgivable happens, and people here call for justice, we are told that we are a “lynch mob” or “the Laura Norder crowd” or that we do not understand the terrible upbringing/social situation/mental health problems etc etc ad nauseum of the perpetrators and that severe punishment/incarceration for these people is inappropriate, and that teh cops only fit people up and never catch the actual guilty parties.

Then we have the ACT judiciary, who seem to think their roles is that of social services to the criminal fraternity.

The whole world has gone mad. Except for me.

Not to say the majority of people in Tuggeranong aren’t good people, but it nonetheless has the highest rate of grubs per capita in Canberra, without a doubt. I used to live in Kambah, and due to lack of a garage I was forced to park my car on the street. Within the space of 6 months I had the badges stolen, 2 windows smashed, key-scratching down the entire length of the car, aerial broken off etc etc all in separate incidents. It really gets me down to think how I had managed to keep a 40 year old car in such great condition, only to have it systematically destroyed over a 6 month period by thoughtless vandals. It was the best car I ever owned and yet I ended up swapping the car for a case of beer for someone who was going to use it for parts.

I moved to Wanniassa to get away from it but it turned out being even worse so I gave up on Tuggeranong and moved to Belconnen. Guess what? 12 months later and I haven’t got a single bad word to say about the place.

Your family circumstances are very unfortunate, but you can’t take it personally. Believe me, scum don’t discriminate.

Can she drive manual? Or does she need an automatic? If it’s the former I might be able to help…

“Why would someone do something so horrible?”

Because people are scum.

As soon as I accepted this the world started making a lot more sense.

Also if you assume that anything that can be vandalised/stolen will be, and that if an opportunity exists for people to screw you over they will, then you end up making far more robust decisions that lead to those things happening less frequently.