Do luxury cars get pranked? In the case of our Porsche.
Published Date: 06.12.2019
Panamera license plate
The other day, I decided to get into a Panamera I had parked at home, and casually looked at the license plate and noticed that the angle was wrong for all intents and purposes.
Why is it like this?
I wondered if something had hit it, but if it had, the license plate would be dented, so no. Then I tried to fix it by hand, but it didn't fix it at all. So I asked my husband to take a look.
Uh...this is probably a prank. It's odd that the license plate is at such an angle. It's clearly a human hand.
And.
Seriously... (-_-)
."My precious car was tampered with.I was very uncomfortable at the thought of "I'm sorry," but I decided to check the drive recorder just to be sure. However, I was not sure if "I don't know if there is anything I can do about it, though...I took out the SD card and checked the huge amount of data one by one, but in the end, nothing was on the card.
The parking lot of our house is right on the way to elementary and junior high school, so perhaps a child played a trick. Or maybe it was someone who has a grudge against our house...(I think that's a pretty good way to live, W.)
License plate repair
Since I couldn't leave the license plate bent, I decided to fix it right away. I turned the screw with a screwdriver and removed the license plate.
I guess it's pretty easy to remove. The Panamera with the license plate removed looked strange, perhaps because I was not accustomed to seeing it, but it seemed somewhat soulless (w).
I then decided to go into the house and change the angle of the license plate back to the original angle, but my husband told me that
It's aluminum, so I think it bends pretty easily. If you put the license plate on a table or something with rounded corners and push it, it will probably come back together.
I was taught to do this, and when I tried it with a little force, it went back to normal quite easily.
No, it didn't go back perfectly straight, but I was able to fix it until it didn't feel particularly uncomfortable when I installed it.
Mischief on Porsche
Our neighborhood is crawling with Porsches and foreign cars.Whoa! It's a Porsche!I have never had any major mischief done to me, but once someone scratched the 970 Panamera Edition that I used to have in my house.
It had been a while since my Panamera was delivered. One day I noticed that there was a scratch on the hood that looked like it had been scratched by something.
It was not very noticeable depending on the angle and light, so I had no idea when it was put on...(↓It's hard to tell from the following photo)
However, I didn't want to leave it as it was, so in the evening of the day I noticed it, I went around to three nearby gas stations and stores that do maintenance. Then at the first one.
With this damage, we would have to repaint the entire hood, but Porsche's painting technology is so amazing that we can't guarantee that we can reproduce it perfectly... We recommend that you have it repainted at the dealer if possible.
The second store said they could fix it, but offered a much higher price. And at the third shop, I was told, "It's almost time to close for business, so come back tomorrow.They said, "I'm not going to be able to do that" (explosion)...
."I wonder if this is an implicit refusal from the restaurant...When we finally realized that our car had been damaged, we contacted Mr. H at the dealership and asked him to repair it using our insurance. As I recall, we only had to pay the deductible of 100,000 yen.
Since then, I have not been tampered with, but this time, the case of the bent license plate of the Panamera reminded me again of the bad memory of those days.
No matter what kind of car it is, it is an important beloved car for its owner, so please do not do anything naughty with it. Even if they do not get caught, the heavens are watching, and I am sure it will come back to them one day in some form or another.
I wonder if a shuttered garage would be less prone to tampering...I wonder.
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I always enjoy looking at your site.
I too have had an experience with a bent license plate and I will tell you what happened.
Even if the license plate is put back together, it will inevitably leave a crease.
I am concerned about it, so I did the license plate exchange.
If you can spare a weekday, you can replace it with a new one with just two trips to the DMV.
The cost is less than 1,000 yen.
If you tell the DMV receptionist that you want to exchange license plates, they will tell you how to do it, so why not give it a try?
Mr. Matsumura.
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>Number plates inevitably leave a crease even when they are put back together.
I know... even when I put it back in, it inevitably leaves a crease.
I kind of feel like it's weird every time I see it.
>I did the license plate exchange because it bothered me.
Oooh, so easy and cheap to get a replacement!
I'll try to make time for it before the end of the year!
Thank you for sharing this valuable information.
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Mina Good evening.
I hate pranks. It makes me angry. I can only imagine that you live in a neighborhood full of luxury cars.
After all, beware of mischief and theft.
The photos show the GT3 and the Panamera side by side, and together the two cars make a little house.
Recently, there have been relay attacks and other thefts, so it is important to have shutters or doors around the perimeter.
A garage is considered a must. More Taikan cars are planned for next year! Then even more so!
yone0531.
The street in front of our house is quite busy with cars and pedestrians, so much so that sometimes blog readers say to me, "You live there, don't you?
I still need a garage.
Since we rent, we can't tinker with the parking lot, so I guess we'll have to build a new garage.
I guess I have to really think about a lot of things... ^^;
Nice to meet you. I think this is a terrible, heartless prank.
I have had my windshield cracked before, although not on my Porsche. I don't know who did it, so I built a windowless garage to protect myself and my car.
I happened to see your site when I was thinking of getting a Porsche, and I've been encouraged by you since then, and I'm finally on track to buy a Panamera this month! (It's a base grade).
For turbo, GT3, etc., we recommend a garage for protection from UV rays and wind and rain.
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>I happened to see your site when I was thinking about getting a Porsche, and I've been encouraged by you since then, and I'm finally on track to buy a Panamera this month!
Wow that's great ！！！！ Congratulations ！！！！！
I'm so glad I could be of service in that way somehow!
The Panamera is truly a great car and I am still impressed every time I drive it (laughs).
Cars, it is better to put them in a garage, isn't it?
My husband has been looking for land for a long time, but he just can't seem to find "the one."
I hope to have a good match.
Hello. I always enjoy looking at your site.
After all, a luxury car with a large and prominent body like the Panamera is a garage essential, as it could be envied for that.
With a compact body like my 982, it is not intimidating at all and has the aura of a mass-market car, so I have no problem parking it in the open at all times....
Naya.
Yes, the Panamera is big and conspicuous, isn't it?
I think maybe the license plate this time was done by an elementary school kid or something...
It is difficult in many ways... ^^..;
We are enjoying watching you from Hong Kong.
Okay, it seems that this problem is unavoidable after all. It seems that owners are also suffering from damage to a greater or lesser extent, and garages seem to be preferable.
Hong Kong seems to be able to handle it, though, because there are cameras everywhere in the parking lots of condominiums.
I also have a parking space for two cars in my detached house in Japan, but if I park my Porsche or other cars, they will definitely get into mischief, so I asked my wife if I could add a garage, but she said it would be impossible because then I would only be able to put one car there.
Certainly, if I build a garage, one car will be the best I can do. However, in Japan, it would be a bit awkward to get along with neighbors if they knew I had a Porsche, so I guess I would have to put it in a garage for rent. It is a hassle to go all the way to a garage to drive a Porsche, but I did some research and found that there are a lot of options.
I'm literally just trying to get over it.
Zaijin Arrival
Thank you for everything.
I had never been pranked so much before, so I guess everyone is taking various countermeasures against Porsche.
I'd like to see what kind of garages you are building, and I'd like to take a tour of them and use them as a reference (laughs).
There are a variety of garages for rent.
It's a bit of a hassle not being able to ride right from home, but it's nice to have a safe place to leave it!