Door dings! People are idiots.

JARblue

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Chuck33079

I'd have lost my **** the moment she claimed to not be responsible.

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Mecinoid

A long time ago ... in a Taco Bell parking lot far, far away. I was sitting in my car and a passenger from car next to me wacked my car with her door. It was a mistake kind of as the hinge detents popped the door open further than she expected. It was probably one of the first times she was in the car.

I approached the owner and the passenger and finally after a few minutes got her to admit the damage. She said, "No worries, my brother has a body shop. He'll fix it for you." I said, "I'll have my insurance agent just call you." I let the insurance agent take care of it.

If you can get them to admit it you can get them to pay for it. If not, take pictures and take them to court. Make sure you get their license plate before they leave. In my case, if they won't agree to pay on the spot and give me their phone number generally it's not worth my time and I just pay to have the dent removed. Make sure to still take a picture of the car and the plate of the car that caused the damage.

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PaulZ370

Sometimes I think I am just being way overly paranoid, then I read stuff like this and I find out that I am not paranoid enough!

Sorry to hear that. My sympathies...

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Mr. Q

I was thinking the magnetic door guard thing sounded like a good idea and started thinking of making something until i remembered our doors are aluminum. damn

tWeEzY

Experience has taught me theres only so much you can do. First it was door dings i had to worry about. Now its ******** walking by your ride and brushing up against it with their jacket and leaving a scratch. You do your best and hope for the best. Best part about finding a door ding is trying to recall when and where it occurred.

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mhill0425

I get told that I'm way too paranoid about my car, but I do have some guidelines:

- Always park with a median between my car and the "close spots"

- As inconveniently away from entrances as possible(skewed to one side or another, the middle of the parking lot, away from popular stores in the mall)

- IF I have to park next to another car, if I see that there are kids things in the car or one of those silly stickers on the back, I move my car.

- At work, where I can see how people treat their cars and other cars a bit better(and at home.... stupid garage ramp angle here at my condo makes me nervous about trying to get the Z into the garage) I have learned that nice car does not equal careful owner. There is a guy who I park next to that is VERY careful about other people's cars despite the fact that his car is kind of falling apart.

- If I can park where the nose is facing a lamp post, I do it. This way if someone decides to park in the spot that I face, they can't decide to just "pull forward until they hit something" and have that hit something be my car.

And of course, I am always in security camera distance and if I have bad feelings, quick picture of plates around me.

kenchan

me too. take dd when not going on a weekend motoring fun in my Z.

and i know how to fix dings... its not worth my time or energy.

Limeybastard

Some of us are not as fortunate to soley use our Z as a weekend car

kenchan

well, if you ever decide to get a dd, it's AWESOME! not having to have to worry about dings and getting key'ed.

onzedge

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JARblue

I have to say, most of my cars before the Z were beaters with high mileage and plenty of dings and scratches and what not. However, I would often park next to nicer cars in an attempt to protect them, knowing that I would be very careful and not leave any unwanted markings on their car (while also admiring them up close). I can't say I ever parked next to someone way out in no-man's land. But even now I look at beater cars next to my Z and think the worst. The fact is, people who drive beaters can be as careful as you and me, and not all fancy car drivers care about anyone else's car or even their own.

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blackcherry20

exactly.
Many times hubby wil drive his F-150 (If mini and I are in the Z) I will park next to a median and he parks the truck on the other side. More protection, and what is better than a big crew cab pick up eh? Love my hubby!

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kenchan

basically the last 5-6 dd's ive owned got key'ed...including the one im using now. key'ed at 2wks less than 300miles.

and i dont live in some shitty town either... just dumbarse mofo's from neighboring hoods shopping at the same stores...

Limeybastard

I got a tip for you. Try not parking next to a performance car that he or she has parked out of the way to avoid folks like you.