Pranksters tipping Smart cars like cows

[Reaper]

Pranksters tipping Smart cars like cows

EDMONTON - Owners of pint-sized Smart cars aren't laughing about reports that vandals may be targeting the tiny vehicles in a 21st-century take on tipping cows over.
The Internet and blogosphere are abuzz with media reports that pranksters may have pushed several of the tiny vehicles into canals in Amsterdam.
And now a man in his 40s is charged with mischief for allegedly tipping a Smart car onto its side along Edmonton's Whyte Avenue, a trendy bar-and-boutique strip that sometimes attracts rowdy drinkers.
Windows, exterior mirrors and panelling on the car were damaged, and despite the outrage of owner Kevin Spaans, amused bystanders posed with the flipped car and snapped photos with their cellphone cameras.
Police are seeking other suspects, but one official said it appears to have been an isolated occurrence.
Ken Lust, sales manager at David Morris Fine Cars, which sells the popular car, says goofing around with it isn't a harmless prank but rather a brazen act of property damage.

Lust has himself been a victim. Three years ago, he went outside one morning on a property he owns northeast of Edmonton to find that somebody had tipped his Smart car over during the night.



Pranksters tipping Smart cars like cows - Canada - Canoe.ca

[Reaper]

Lol - the kids have moved on from cows I see.

Reaper

[Troy711]

I edited your post cos for some reason it put an ad in there. All gone now

[azkwazere]

hahahah although its wrong..... its funny :P

aZk.

[Coast_Calais]

lol, not wrong, just funny.. teach em for buying a toy instead of a car...

oh wait, it is wrong, and illegal, and silly, and costly, and an inconvenience.. but it's still funny...

[Grennan]

Haha hilarious. I remember top gear reporting on the Smart Cars being pushed into Canals in Amsterdam, Clarkson was very sympathetic.

[TVR-190]

yes clarksons words "DONT GO PUSHING SMART CARS INTO CANALS, I'm serious" while smiling and nodding

[Goon]

He-man lol !!!

[holdenhero]

hahaha smart idea

[NIXONLS1]

Its what ya get for buying a smart car lol

[fuzzy2308]

bahahahaha

[Fitzy09]

ha same thing happened to my mum. Woke up one morning walked out to get the paper and the pulsar was on its side. cops got four sets of prints but caught no one. lol

[Troy711]

Oh no, I think fuzzy and his mates have new ideas

[cdtoaster]

i fail to see the humour, why dont you people send me your addresses so i can knock the mirrors off your cars and smash some windows

[WogBoyz]

i fail to see the humour, why dont you people send me your addresses so i can knock the mirrors off your cars and smash some windows

Why... so.... serious.....

[Astranomical]

Well I laughed, anyway.

[azzfox]

I thought it was quite funny aswell.

Back in high school there was an art teacher who loved his old mini's and the year 12's (I was a bit younger at the time) would give him shit about it and pick up and move his car, or turn it 90 degrees in between other cars. Luckily he saw the humor in it too.

[CANYONERO]

I can see where people see the funny side but i dont personally. Be it a Smart car or a ferrari, its someones car, someone paid money for that and for "kids" to get a kick out of tippin em is kinda sickening in a way. i sympathise with the car owner as i had a "toy" car as my first car and kids at school used to pick it up and move it around inbetween tress etc, funny because there was no damage was caused, funnier when i marine greased the guards and filled it with pavers coz it was a friday and i knew my "mates" would be plannin something lol. never got touched again

[hsvpunk]

i fail to see the humour, why dont you people send me your addresses so i can knock the mirrors off your cars and smash some windows

....... there is always one in the room isnt there......

as if you ahdnt done anything wrong in your life.

Heck, if these cars were around 10yrs ago, i woulda tipped them over with some other forum members who are mates.

[minux]

....... there is always one in the room isnt there......

as if you ahdnt done anything wrong in your life.

Heck, if these cars were around 10yrs ago, i woulda tipped them over with some other forum members who are mates.

So you would have NO issue at all with someone coming by your car and rolling it on its side?

I find that very hard to believe. I for one would be extremely pissed. Having fun is one thing, but damaging someone elses property is just not on.

[hsvpunk]

I understand where your coming from Minux. as "youngsters" we all felt unbeatable (if that the word)

But yes id be quite annoyed.

[Trayner]

I thought it was quite funny aswell.

Back in high school there was an art teacher who loved his old mini's and the year 12's (I was a bit younger at the time) would give him shit about it and pick up and move his car, or turn it 90 degrees in between other cars. Luckily he saw the humor in it too.

Used to do that to my mates Ford laser all the time lol , but he thought it was funny too

[yeeeezy]

those cars arnt so smart then i see

[MikesCalais]

those smart cars are pretty expensive arent they?

i'd be pretty pissed....

edit - even if they wern't expensive, still someones property, and a car of all things...

think about this... how would you feel having a stone thrown through the window of your house? or even having your house egged... not pleasent is it

[Matt02SS]

lol. sounds like our school. people love to pick up the groundskeeper's little car and put it in places where its near impsoosible to get out. or tur in 90 degrees or just hide it, he only finds it funny when he is as good mood.