It was the youth hoodlums who threw a slice of cheese on Elias Vistonay’s car. What happened next, though, was pretty much his own fault
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With their windows down, music blaring and vapes puffing, a teenager in the passenger seat produced what I would later learn was a cheese single – the plasticky American kind – and frisbeed it toward my car, landing on my hood. It appeared they were filming it as a TikTok prank, so I didn’t react. They sped off.
A slice of cheese was thrown at Elias Visontay’s car, but he refused to remove it as an act of defiance. It then degraded.My parents in particular told me I was a moron, and pleaded with me to remove it every time I’d visit. But parental nagging goes down differently in your mid-20s, without the threat of being grounded or banned from the TV. My dad would repeatedly tell me that I was “ruining” my car. I’d chuckle.
New Year’s came and went, with the cheese’s shiny surface developing a matte finish. By the end of February, thanks to a few scorching days, the slice had baked into the duco and started to splinter into hardened nibs. The whole bonnet needed to be stripped, repainted and treated, I was told. A cheaper option would be to buy a new bonnet, for about $1,000 if I was lucky. Not only that – I was told I couldn’t just leave it be, as the cheese had removed the finish that protected the metal from rusting.
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