scheides
04-14-2008, 01:00 PM
Guys, I cannot express how awful I feel about the vandalism that occurred on our spring cruise. For those that do not know, while the cars were parked overnight on the top level of a parking garage in La Crosse, someone decided it would be great to do some damage.
The more I talk to people about it, the more I realize that it could have happened to any one of our cars, and we're actually lucky it did not happen to all of them. Both of the car owners have a $500 insurance deductible, like probably most others here. I thought it would be really cool if we, as a larger group of people, could help these two guys out and help them restore the luster to their stallions. I don't think it's too much to ask, but I'd like to try and raise $200 for this--that's $100 per car, for the owner to get things back in order.
If you feel like donating $10 or $20, I'm sure it would mean the world to these guys. Please send donations paypal to chris@snowsecurity.com with 'vandalism' in the subject and I will put your name on the list when we give it to these guys at the dyno day in 3 weeks. If you want to donate at the dyno day, that would be awesome too, but I'd like to have all of the money ahead of time for this, so please donate before May 1 if you can!
Thanks guys,
-scheides
Here are some pics of the damage:
Rose0529's car. For those that don't know, the evo wing is made of carbon fiber, not chincy plastic. I have seen video of people jumping up and down on them w/o breaking. Whoever did this was *really* trying.
http://www.scheides.com/albums/springcruise2008/IMG_6233.sized.jpg
http://www.scheides.com/albums/springcruise2008/IMG_6235.sized.jpg
http://www.scheides.com/albums/springcruise2008/IMG_6236.sized.jpg
http://www.scheides.com/albums/springcruise2008/IMG_6240.sized.jpg
http://www.scheides.com/albums/springcruise2008/IMG_6241.sized.jpg
Keep in mind its not just the horizontal piece that is damaged. The uprights and trunklid are also damaged from the stress of someone doing this to carbon fiber:
http://www.scheides.com/albums/springcruise2008/IMG_6242.sized.jpg
Tried to get the wiper off, no luck though:
http://www.scheides.com/albums/springcruise2008/IMG_6243.sized.jpg
The more I talk to people about it, the more I realize that it could have happened to any one of our cars, and we're actually lucky it did not happen to all of them. Both of the car owners have a $500 insurance deductible, like probably most others here. I thought it would be really cool if we, as a larger group of people, could help these two guys out and help them restore the luster to their stallions. I don't think it's too much to ask, but I'd like to try and raise $200 for this--that's $100 per car, for the owner to get things back in order.
If you feel like donating $10 or $20, I'm sure it would mean the world to these guys. Please send donations paypal to chris@snowsecurity.com with 'vandalism' in the subject and I will put your name on the list when we give it to these guys at the dyno day in 3 weeks. If you want to donate at the dyno day, that would be awesome too, but I'd like to have all of the money ahead of time for this, so please donate before May 1 if you can!
Thanks guys,
-scheides
Here are some pics of the damage:
Rose0529's car. For those that don't know, the evo wing is made of carbon fiber, not chincy plastic. I have seen video of people jumping up and down on them w/o breaking. Whoever did this was *really* trying.
http://www.scheides.com/albums/springcruise2008/IMG_6233.sized.jpg
http://www.scheides.com/albums/springcruise2008/IMG_6235.sized.jpg
http://www.scheides.com/albums/springcruise2008/IMG_6236.sized.jpg
http://www.scheides.com/albums/springcruise2008/IMG_6240.sized.jpg
http://www.scheides.com/albums/springcruise2008/IMG_6241.sized.jpg
Keep in mind its not just the horizontal piece that is damaged. The uprights and trunklid are also damaged from the stress of someone doing this to carbon fiber:
http://www.scheides.com/albums/springcruise2008/IMG_6242.sized.jpg
Tried to get the wiper off, no luck though:
http://www.scheides.com/albums/springcruise2008/IMG_6243.sized.jpg