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Have you ever had your car keyed? A lot of people have, but for those fortunate enough to have escaped this crime, let me explain. Keying is the act of scratching someone’s car with a car key or other metal object such as a screwdriver. “Keyers” usually leave single or multiple scratches, some of which are zigzag — with depths that vary with the ferocity of the attack.
Article contentAdvertisement 1Story continues belowThis advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.Article contentWhy would someone do such an evil deed? Well, it seems there are several reasons. It might be animosity between two people who know each another or perhaps a short-tempered person who perceives a slight — such as another person parking his car too close in a crowded parking lot. In the first case, it is a coward’s action; the second, well, take a pill and grow up. But there is another reason people key cars and this one I find particularly heinous. It’s jealousy.
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Article contentArticle contentAs readers might be aware, I picked up a new Lotus Evora a couple of weeks ago. It is a very pretty car and draws a lot of admiring glances and comments from both motorists and passersby. It seems it has also drawn the wrath of someone who is personally affronted that someone he does not know — and likely will never know — has a car nicer than his. Within two weeks, my Evora had its first set of deep scratches — along the rear quarter panel. This attack occurred in one of two places — and the first I find unlikely. It was a high-end restaurant with a parking lot that was filled with BMWs, Jaguars, Mercedes and Cadillacs. This parking lot is frequented by people who are more likely to admire the car than key it. In fact, they are likely to have been the recipients of keying themselves. The other, more likely spot where the damage probably occurred was a strip mall parking lot, where the more common form of transportation was rusty Ford Granadas and 20-year-old Civics with duct tape for rear quarter windows.
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