Eggs

I had my truck egged yesterday, which was confined to the front windshield. Long story, but what matters is the guy who did it did the mature thing and confessed to me and is covering all costs, and I've forgiven him.


I managed to clean everything off, and then had it taken to a shop for professional detail. They removed the vent cover where the hood and the glass meet and cleaned out that area. They mention that the cabin venting (or something like that, don't remember what they called it) didn't have anything seep in, but there was a bit of aroma when the vents were turned on that should dissipate soon.
After getting it back I sprayed again the outside vents and windshield with a garden hose with some pretty good pressure, then went through a car wash this morning.

Is there anything else I should do or look for? The outside looks like nothing happened and the egg smell is going away. I am having it looked at on Thursday by my insurance company as a follow up, and if there's something to mention I'd like to know!

 

dont forget to shoot the guy in the face.

 

x2
truck should be fine

 

Man, witht he amount of cleaning you've done the paint will probably wear off!

So how did you catch the guy who did it?

 

I would also replace the cabin air filter.

 

Kind of funny, here's the story:

I live in an apartment complex and rent an itty bitty garage. The road is narrow enough that I have to swing wide, back up, and then head into the garage.

Sunday night, some guy decided there was no parking, so he parked next to the curb on the other side of the road, directly in the spot that prevents me from angling into the garage. Not only is it not a parking spot, but it's got one of those nice red curbs that lets smarter people know that it's reserved for firemen who would plow you in the event of an emergency.
I try doing the nice thing and knock on doors... couldn't find the owner. Called the tow truck company, who said they couldn't do anything without the apartment complex's authority. Called the apartment complex:
"We can't do anything until morning"
"They are in a fire lane. The tow company just needs an authorization code."
"Sorry, we can't do anything"
"I'll be contacting management"
This is the time I remembered I had a tow strap... but thought I better not. Damn tempting though. Decided to pull the only other Ace card I had - called the police nonemergency dispatch, who came out to collect a nice tidy revenue.
Unfortunately, I was still without a garage, and now without a spot. There was one compact parking that would have given a quad trouble. I could roll up into the grass, or take my chances with one of the reserved, covered spots. Some of those aren't being rented and just remain empty, so I decided it's 1am already, people are home, might as well take one and just get up real early.

Woke up and jumped outside at 6:30am. Just about ready to get in the truck and BAM, noticed a pink piece of paper and a bunch of egg on the windshield. After waking up the neighbors with my yelling, I start thinking - the spot is reserved in someone's name, and the note has a phone number!!
Back on the horn with the police. They will bring a car by to check it out. I call the insurance in the meantime. Standard fare, but this piece just struck me:
"Sir, do you know who egged your car?"
"Well, the vehicle is parked in a reserved spot and the guy left his phone"
"Sir, we don't know if that could be related or if it was someone else"
(WTF? "I'm going to choose the one day to egg cars where I can find a pink sign and avoid all the other cars... RIIIIIGHT)

Cops show up, and we go through the motions. Yes, I want to press charges - if the person had just left their phone number, I would have taken them to dinner! I don't want to have to do this, but this is no excuse! My neighbor walks up, who happens to be the unofficial patriarch of the apartment complex - he knows EVERYONE there, very extroverted, you get the picture. "Oh lord officer, I know the man, but I'm surprised he would do this. I will slap him myself once I see him." I'm somewhat entertained watching how the cop tries to do his job while my neighbor talks about how he's going to discipline a grown man.

Cop leaves, my neighbor and I go wash the truck. The egger was thankfully pretty bad at vandalism - he only hit the windshield. Makes me wonder if he was hesitant to do the deed or there was a large part of the conscience holding him back. Just about everything washed off, but the egg managed to drip down from the windshield into the venting. Panic starts to set in, so like some action figure I jump on it with wild judo tiger skill.

I head straight to the dealer to get it detailed, but the dealer wants to wait until the afternoon, 4 hours away. That doesn't jive with Action Mike. I call up a local detailer, and he says, "let's get it in NOW". That sounds like a whole lot more action.
I give the Detailer the scoop, and he starts working. It's about 11am now, so He gives me a coupon for a sub shop down the street, and I happily go eat the first meal I have time for that day.
I get back, and the detailer says it's been a good success of hosing out the vent area. There's one area of cabin venting that Toyota makes that is apparently ridiculous to clean, and thankfully the egg completely missed it. Turning on the fan will still make the cabin smell a tiny bit, but should go away. If it doesn't I should come back in.
Got back, sprayed the truck down again, then went to have a talk with the apartment staff.

Apparently, they can't tow anyone for 72 hours. I think they probably are full of it when it comes to fire lanes. They decide to give me some credit on my bill and move me to a much nicer garage that doesn't have any place for people to park around it and block me. Woot.
We talk about some of the other issues as well, and I leave.

My neighbor sees me walking back and motions me over. Apparently he was telling the truth earlier in the morning, and went to chew out Egg Man. Before he could say anything, Egg Man spills his guts. "I've been so foolish, I want to apologize but I don't know what to do!" My neighbor gives him a sermon and sets him straight. Fast forwarding back to now, I find a written apology, and my neighbor asks me to take a few minutes to consider forgiving (Egg Man) in person.
I wasn't planning on this, and had to think. The man was wrong to do what he did. I am completely justified to take him to court, to send him to jail. However...

Every week, there's a building I go to. There's many words I say, and many things I feel strongly about. I do things that hold great meaning to me, and help me be a better man. Among many things I do, I say aloud, "forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us."

I go to Egg Man's house with my neighbor, and Egg Man apologizes deeply. It's probably the strangest sight you will see - a man who's almost half a head taller than me, built like he was bred to wrestle gorillas - begging me for a second chance and forgiveness.
There's some stern words from my neighbor and me, but I forgive Egg Man. Egg Man promptly demands to pay any of my bills and states that the three of us must go to dinner on him.

Egg Man and I are now becoming friends. He drives one of the most flat-out beautiful Tundras you will ever see (I had to forgive him now - a fellow Toyota truck driver!), and he's got some info on where to find some really good deals on parts.
What's more, is that he's offering to be my personal trainer. He is getting me a discount at the gym, will show me what workouts I need to do, and so on. I have metabolic syndrome, so he's basically saving my life.

At the insurance company's request, I went to take the truck in to have the insurance guy assess the damage yesterday.
"So what happened to your vehicle?"
"It got egged"
"Where?"
"Here"
"Are you sure?"

It's been between 90 to 111 degrees this week, and the truck's been parked in the sun for 3 days since the incident. I can't see any damage. I can't smell any eggs either. I think things are in the clear.

The incredible edible egg, huh?

 

wow crazy story! lol happy things worked out though

 

You were the mature one. Good Job. I don't know if I would have handled it as well as you did.

 

So the jist of it is some asshole parked like an asshole so you took somebody's spot (asshole move) and your car got egged for it. Childish, yes. Not thought out, certainly. If he was "smart" he would've waited till you weren't in his spot and then retaliated thus widening the possible suspects and achieving the ultimate in passive agressiveness.

He didn't know your situation. He just knew some asshole parked in his spot. Did you apologize to him too like you should've for the far lesser but still wrong doing on your part?

 

wow, next time I take an egg to the windshield i hope i get an Eggman like yours

 

Well, sounds to me that although mistakes were made, in the end everyone did what they should have, and as a result a friendship may actuall develop...thats cool. The only people that apparently didnt do their "job" is your apartment manager, who should not hesitate to tow a vehicle parked in a fire-zone...this time it was an iconvenience, but what if next time its someones life?

Good for you for forgiving the guy, sounds like he felt like a jerk, and was sincerely apologetic. You both did the right thing.

 

As I mentioned, I could have gone a few steps further in the wrong direction I tried rolling the dice knowing most of those spots stay empty ($65 for a narrow spot under an aluminum sheet... most people opt to either fight for the free spot or paying the extra $10 for a garage)

Here's a real head scratcher:
Do you run the risk of a GTA/vandalism/theft by parking at an empty Safeway's, or risk a Class III Vandalism by parking in some guy's spot? Just curious what folks would choose.

And another one: eggs or poopsie daisy?

There were many apologies, but we stopped talking once the food came.

 

you should post pics of his tundra! nice story btw

 

how can a truck lover egg another truck?? esp. another yota!! had my car egged back in high school, some of them missed my car and got my dads govt. truck!!! could have turned out real bad for the chick but she wasnt worth the time or effort.

 

Rep inbound. That was funny as hell.

 

My truck got egged last night and I would LOVE to know who did it.