thread backfire.  i love how you wrote the threat down.   so if i write $100,000 on a sheet of paper, does that make $100,000 magically appear??      
      people don't like loud cars--your cobra is probably pretty loud, and i'm sure that irritates him, and fueled his response to you.   should have just driven right by.  i try to attract as little attention as possible to my cars when i'm near my house--only bad things can happen by drawing attention to your car near your house.  my '87 was keyed at my apartment complex 10 years ago when i was in grad school--it was loud as hell, and was my only car.  hence, it was driven late at night sometimes, and probably woke people up/irritated them.   that being said, rain will not melt your car.  i'm pretty particular about my cobra as well, and i've owned it since it was new--guess what??  i frequently got stuck in freak rainstorms in florida, and my car has survived the trauma and remains in absolute mint condition