kovacs32
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So in a nutshell, about 2 months ago I was finally able to afford to get myself a nice 02 F150 like I had been wanting for a while now. The truck is damn near mint, even though it has 145k miles on it. Other than a handful of very small scratches in un-noticeable areas, the paint overall looks super good...until two days ago i noticed a shit load of random scratches confined to small 10 inch radius just behind the gas door.
I almost had a heart attack when i saw this because not even 5 days prior i had hand washed and hand polished the whole truck and it was immaculate. I stood there for 10 minutes trying to figure out what the hell could have happened. I thought maybe when my dad borrowed the truck for half a day to pick up somthing that he may have drove witht he gas cap off and it blew around and caused all the scratches....well the gas cap doesnt even reach to where the nearest scratches start. I called my dad and asked him and he said theres nothing to his knowledge that would have caused the scratches and I believe him.
So i spent half of my day furious and confused trying to figure out what happened and when it might have happened. When my fiancee made a good point that the two neighbor kids ( around 6-7 yrs old) from two houses down always ride there bikes, and there parents tell them they have to turn around in my driveway. Now, I have never noticed them personally come near my vehicles but my fiancee said the last week the little boy nearly fell into the side of her car when he was riding in the grass to turn around.
I still wasnt sure this might have been what caused all the scratches until tonight when i had my dog out in my front yard, i noticed that with my front porch light on that i could see very distinct bike tir paths that circle from the side walk, to about 5 feet up my front yard right next my driveway where they disappear, and this is the exact location of where my truck is generally parked and where the scratches are located. So now heres my tricky situation, these kids do this routine probably 30+ times a day, and the parents are rarely watching them. I want to go over and kindly explain myself to them and just request them to not have there kids ride circles in my yard up by my vehicles when they turn around. I dont expect them to take blame or pay for the damage, but I'm very worried it will create a problem because of race.
What should I do?
I almost had a heart attack when i saw this because not even 5 days prior i had hand washed and hand polished the whole truck and it was immaculate. I stood there for 10 minutes trying to figure out what the hell could have happened. I thought maybe when my dad borrowed the truck for half a day to pick up somthing that he may have drove witht he gas cap off and it blew around and caused all the scratches....well the gas cap doesnt even reach to where the nearest scratches start. I called my dad and asked him and he said theres nothing to his knowledge that would have caused the scratches and I believe him.
So i spent half of my day furious and confused trying to figure out what happened and when it might have happened. When my fiancee made a good point that the two neighbor kids ( around 6-7 yrs old) from two houses down always ride there bikes, and there parents tell them they have to turn around in my driveway. Now, I have never noticed them personally come near my vehicles but my fiancee said the last week the little boy nearly fell into the side of her car when he was riding in the grass to turn around.
I still wasnt sure this might have been what caused all the scratches until tonight when i had my dog out in my front yard, i noticed that with my front porch light on that i could see very distinct bike tir paths that circle from the side walk, to about 5 feet up my front yard right next my driveway where they disappear, and this is the exact location of where my truck is generally parked and where the scratches are located. So now heres my tricky situation, these kids do this routine probably 30+ times a day, and the parents are rarely watching them. I want to go over and kindly explain myself to them and just request them to not have there kids ride circles in my yard up by my vehicles when they turn around. I dont expect them to take blame or pay for the damage, but I'm very worried it will create a problem because of race.
What should I do?
