Someone backed into my Z.
 

Went to lunch at a local burger joint yesterday and just as I was settling in to enjoy my lunch, a gentleman comes up and asks if I own a white Nissan 370Z. Crap....that can't be good. I told him I did, and he proceeded to tell me that he just backed into my car. I couldn't hide my displeasure with the news and as we walked out to survey the damage, I was expecting the worst.

Fortunately, it turned out less severe than I imagined - it appeared to be a slight rub against the back bumper. After brushing away some of the dirt (I hadn't washed the car yet after the weekend rains), I could see there were some scratches in the paint that would need to be buffed out. I got the driver's info and told him I would get some estimates for having a body shop do the work:
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When I got home last night, I decided to grab my detailing supplies and work on it myself. First, I cleaned the area and then took a clay bar and removed the black plastic that transferred from the bumper of the other car. Next, I took some scratch remover and went over the area with a couple of applications. Lastly, I reapplied some wax to the area. The end result is 95% of the scratches were removed. Fortunately, none of the scratches went through the paint; I'm so glad that I don't not need to deal with paint matching this color.

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This was a reasonably happy ending, but still a pain to deal with.

Dave

Glad it was minor. When you started with "Do you own a White 370Z" I was expecting much worse.

At least he came up to you and didn't just run away.

Glad the damage is not as bad as imagined. I guess all that dirt acted like an extra layer of protection for your bumper lol :icon17:

nice to know there are still honest people out there. Maybe its a bad idea for me to park far away cuz they have a better chance of getting away. You plan on keeping the money or getting it repaired?

Are you gonna still make a claim even though there isn't much damage?

nice man. Good guy for not driving off.

Someone hit me in almost the same spot. Looked like they backed into me with a trailer hitch. Had to replace bumper. Hit and run. :shakes head: Hooray for insurance. :)

Someone backed into my 240sx. totalled it. didn't leave a note.

you should of threatened him and got a 500$ check out of him:rofl2:

glad it was minor

I was working out in the gym when I was done I came outside and someone backed into my 350Z. Huge dent in the door all the way to the metal, no note, no person reported it or nothing. There were no cameras either so it was all on me. At least you had an honest person.

Still some honest people in the world! Glad it worked out well for you.

One time I was coming out of a convenient store on a military post and I saw a lifted truck get an entire wheel on the back of a toyota MR 2. He was driving away and I snapped a pic of truck and license plate. The driver was barely even thankful then goes "its a beater anyway, Im just gonna get rid of it".... :facepalm:

On topic, the work looks good man and this makes me extremely paranoid :eekdance:

Glad that worked out pretty well. I had a kid back into my 350z in a parking lots once and did like $3000 in damage. At least he had insurance.

Hey Dave - Sorry to hear that, but then glad the guy was honest enough to come clean and find you to let you know. Also glad it was minor. I bet this person was an older guy? Not that all young 'uns are not responsible

Anyhow, hope we're gonna see you and your Z this weekend over in Hammond for the Z Club Meet? Supposed to be real good weather...

Hey Paul... I may try to make it over there Saturday if the weather holds. :)