My first scratch
 

My neighbor put a nice two inch gash in my passenger side door this morning and wont own up to it. Im really pissed right now. This thread is useless I know, I just need to vent.

He gave me his laptop to fix earlier this week and I was going to do it for free bc I like the people but now I dont have much of a choice but to charge them so I can get this **** fixed...

You could give him the choice to pay for the laptop or the scratch, his choice!

How do you know he's responsible?

I have a couple door dings too - sucks.

that totally sucks, man. i feel your pain.

i'm also curious how you know it was your neighbor.

Pics? Sorry man...

how do you know it was him?

What did you do, get the neighbor on video?

Im in Baltimore where its been snowing like crazy over the past week. The car hasnt moved in quite sometime. This morning I was out shoveling and got the snow off the top of the car. There were no scratches to be seen as I am super carefull around the car and havent even had it a month. I go outside about an hour ago to finish shoveling and their car that was parked next to mine on the passenger side of my car is gone and thats when I see the scratch. So by my powers of deduction it seems pretty straight foward as to who the culprit is. :mad:

Im sure it wont be that hard to fix its just the principle of the matter

The first one always hurts the worse. sry to hear. gl on the repair.

if it's just paint transfer you can polish it out.

if it was carelessness or inconsideration then he should be made to pay for it.

well he is your neighbor and you seem to be in good terms with him/her...plus you didn't see it and he/she says they didn't' do it...now, is it worth tarnishing some of that relationship with them over a scratch? if you knew for sure without a shadow of a doubt that they did it then by all means charge them for it...but if you don't have definite proof and you do charge them for it but they didn't really do it then they will be sore about it for sure and might ruin your relationship...tough call

Just cut the f*cker's brake lines and call it even.

I'm kidding about cutting the brake lines, btw. Just to be clear. ;)

I'd F with his laptop but, then again, I'm pretty vindictive.

yeah but since you park your car outside, and your neighbor knows you care about your car, so if you get back at him, he could put another scratch on your car :eek:

I agree with Rasengan...if you didn't actually see your neighbor do it, and you have to continue living and parking near him, you should probably swallow your pride and get it fixed yourself.

Sucks that he wouldn't own up to causing the damage, but it sounds like there's a chance he isn't the one who did it.

Any chance there's some noticeable damage or some of your paint on his car door? I'm assuming it's a door ding...

Like put child porn on it and call the police saying you "found" it?




I'm kidding about that too...

I would be sure to say something like "man, I came out the other day and found a scratch on my car, took it in and had to pay $XYZ to have it fixed. Ain't that a crock? Wish I knew how the f... it happened - then again I'd probably put a hole through their knee with a .45."

Then watch 'em squirm. Almost makes up for it.

Guilt trip FTW!

I was thinking the same thing...

When I was really young I had an unfortunate drinking and driving incident... I was totally plastered and when I backed out of the spot at my friend's apartment, I connected rear bumpers with a car in the lot. I don't really remember doing it.

I went back to my friend's place a few days later. We left for most of the day and, when we came back, my car was gone. I reported it as stolen, but the cops said "It wasn't stolen, it was impounded for leaving the scene of an accident." It turns out that a tiny piece (about 1") of my rear brake light had broken off... the victim had kept it. When he saw my car, he fit it like a puzzle. Luckily, he dropped the charges when I offered to pay him $400 for a $100 scratch :icon17:

Shouldn't wear those sunglasses when your shoveling snow!

my next car is gonna be a car that i don't car if it gets scratched or anything. it's just too painful when s*** like this happens. I may just buy a Hyundai Santa Fe or something...

So I think Im just going to fix his computer and charge him like $100 for it and put it towards getting the scratch fixed. Im pretty sure it was his wife that did it but I cant prove it. And the kicker is she was just telling me yesterday how much she liked my new car and how she wants to get one when their kid goes away to college.

My car is blue and the scratch shows up white but their car is green. I think something she was carrying bumped into it. I know it was an accident just wish people would be more careful.

my first scratch came via a rock, this paint chips/scratches way too damn easy...

If I were on trial, I wouldn't want you for a juror!!

haha, yeah actually youre not the only one. Ive gone through the selection process once and as soon as they found out Im an engineer I was free to go. Apparently engineers are too critical in their thinking.

JUST seen today (after my husband was clearing all the snow off my car) a 4-5 inches deep scratch on the fender. Immediately blamed him since I washed my car the night before the snow and there was NO scratch. He claims he didn't do it..but he's now buying my new exhaust cuz of it! He just don't know it yet...til I use my credit card :) Mess with me..not my car LOL He's lucky I have touch up paint...which I'm not a pro at doing yet but did touch up 2 lines on my hood

An eye for an eye.
NAH MEANS?!
lol!

or you can lease a car. i think a scratch on a leased car is not going to be as painful as a scratch on a car that you purchased.

Just make up conversation with your neighbors about the snow then throw in the scratch you found on your car to see if they will confess to the act. ;)

+1, pick and choose your battles. It sucks, but I would try to just forget that they did it and buff it out or pay to get it fixed yourself if it really bothers you.

You could park his laptop right in the snow bank. Additionally, trace/outline your middle finger on a sheet of paper and leave it under the lid. That would make me feel better at least.