Yellow Vauxhall Vandalised After 'Photobombing' Picturesque English Village
In 2015, Peter Maddox of Bibury, Gloucestershire found his little yellow Vauxhall Corsa hitting the headlines for an unusual reason. It turned out rather a lot of people on various social media services were voicing their angry opinions about his car ‘ruining’ their view and pictures of the National Trust-owned Arlington Row cottages. Now, Mr Maddox’s car has been vandalised in what looks like a vicious retaliatory attack.
The driver’s side window and rear windscreen have both been smashed, and the word ‘move’ scratched into the bonnet. Presumably by some awful person who hasn’t worked out how to use the content aware fill function on Photoshop yet. Vincent Vega would not be impressed with such behaviour…
According to BBC News, the Arlington Row buildings are among some of the most photographed houses in the UK. They’re even on the the inside cover of UK passports, not that this justifies such a cowardly act of vandalism.
84-year-old Maddox is sticking to his guns, though. He’s said to have the support of the village following the incident, and if the car has to be replaced (the damage is estimated to be around £6000), he’s said he’ll buy a car in lime green.
So, perhaps we can suggest a car for this defiant hero. Maybe an Ultimate Green Ford Focus RS? Or how about a Signal Green BMW M3? We’ll take your suggestions in the comments…
Sources: The Telegraph, BBC News
Growing up on a diet of World Rally Championship highlights and lengthy Gran Turismo 2 sessions, a life in cars was as good as inevitable for Matt.
Comments
How does that ruin the view?? It actually makes it look nice
Cuz it’s supposed to look like a photo of “the past” I guess
I think it really adds a beautiful touch of contrast between these old traditional houses and an actually rather nice looking modern car. It shows how we’ve moved on in life.
Not spoiling nothing to me
There are these… Creatures. I think they’re called “Pedestrians”, that have a hard time appreciating automotive art.
Can you imagine what would happen if it instead was a Prius? … Or a Multipla?!
I don’t think you can even get a replica of this for 6k.
well. he did say he was getting a car in lime green….
Now i know what the V in VXR stands for!
Still, could be worse…
give that man a mopar
Limelight green all the way
Indeed
Did these come with every color from human eye spectrum?
I’m thinking BMW art car style green and orange splashes.
No, not a rare MY2010 Corsa Excite Black Edition Special Edition! The must only be 203557 of those left in the UK!
It’s not about it being rare or not. Imagine someone did that to your own car. Rare or not, cars are not to be vandalised
Shout out to the granps for buying a yellow car and not blending into the boring world of silver
I think this might solve the problem
Until Ferrari sends out a cease and desist letter. :p
Of course, you could improve the view (picture from google, not mine)
I say we get him a tank
You mean a volvo? Yessir
Perfect.
I completely support this idea. Should we get him an 850 or an S70?
Mini should give this man a car in their iconic red paint and flag scheme as a PR move