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What, are you saying someone should step-up and take responsibility for their actions, good luck with that.

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Originally Posted by Marty94 (Post 1768891)

Funny picture

I love the sign especially the quote, the idea I give 4 Stars.

The " Have a Nice Day " has gotten old simply because well so many people say it without any sincerity .

Lastly with that sign in your window you are asking to get your vehicle keyed. :ohdear:

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Originally Posted by Choro&Swing (Post 1768648)

A couple weeks ago my girlfriend bought a new Ford F-250 pickup truck. When we got it to her house, she asked me to grab a couple short lengths of 6 x 6 she uses for blocking the wheels of her horse trailer and toss them into the truck bed. One was covered with dried mud, slipped out of my hand, and hit the side of the truck, causing a 2” round dent in her new truck. I felt awful about it and promised to pay for the repair. (Shouldn’t a truck body be stronger than that?) Of course, a year from now, judging from the condition of her last truck, she will have much bigger dents, and she won’t get them fixed.

As for me, I try to park maybe a hundred yards from the store I’m visiting if it is a busy period. I especially avoid tight spaces.

My girlfriend’s mother, who is 85, drives a fancy Lexus. She not only tries to park close to the store—even though she walks three miles a day—but when she wants to back out, she pulls straight back without looking. Last year a guy ran into her while she was doing that. She actually thought that she had the right of way if she was backing out! She argued that he was at fault.

Was that an aluminum body panel rather than steel?

All parking spaces should be wider for these old folks that throw their doors open like this one.

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Originally Posted by RayViall (Post 1768972)

All parking spaces should be wider for these old folks that throw their doors open like this one.

How about parking area for large people. Problem solved :shocked:

I have many ideas they come to me all the time.

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Originally Posted by gatherer47 (Post 1768865)

to the two people who basically said "no big deal" that's NOT the point

I took he OP as just venting a little, so made my own obsevstions from my experience. Did not mean to “no big deal” his concerns. I think we get the point. But it is moot. It is impossible to be sure you will never get a ding. That “should” be possible and people “should” be honest and fess up and pay for their mistakes, but it just doesn’t always happen.

My mustang received a very visible ding that upset me terribly. After reading this blog, I contacted Brice Kelly. He repaired the car today. He is amazing, almost a magician. He restored the door, luster and the result is perfect! Highly recommend. He is reliable, reasonable and cheaper than a psychiatrist!

If you have a small ding with no paint damage the repair will be cheap but if there is paint damage $800 - $1,000 sounds typical to me. We had a jerk ding our door, dented and paint damage, and I was quoted $800 for repair. Our other car suffered a small dent over the rear wheel and it cost $850 for the repair. You can't just paint the ding spot and get it to match the rest of the paint, the body man will have to blend the paint over the entire door so you don't see the difference between the new paint and old.

While I sympathize with you and agree, I have learned from experience that my new car is my total responsibility.

In this demolition derby world, when you buy a new car, you have to assume the risk. There are parents with kids, contractors, bad drivers, stones and litter on the road etc. All will be available to make your new car have patina just like all of the others. You cannot control the actions of others.

So it is up to you to protect the new car. That is called risk mitigation. You wouldn't drive it deliberately into an Ocala national forest trail, unless you were an avid Geocacher. I was and while doing that chose not to buy a new car.

Parking in a public lot is kind of like a forest. You have no control over what happens after you park. And I would not expect some harried mother in a ten year old van, whose kid just dinged the next door car, to go into the stores seeking the owner of the new car that was just dinged. At best , I would hope that she would say "you should be more careful".

So, be as defensive as you can. Did you add sidestrips on the car to protect the finish from inadvertent door openings? How about door edge guards on your doors. Park in areas away from other cars. Look for spaces near curbs where you can protect one side and minimize damage to other side by staying as far from parking line as possible. You are the one with the gold chariot. Don't expect others to worry about your chariot. They may have more pressing thoughts on their mind. Also, if you squeeze your car into a tight space and the owner of the neighboring car comes out to find that he has to be a contortionist to get into his car, you might expect to see some marring to your finish. Finally, be smart enough to not have political stickers on your car.

Good luck

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Originally Posted by theruizs (Post 1768701)

What is a clunker? Anything under $100,000? There are very few actual clunkers in the villages. The OP’s ding was likely not caused by one. And if it was just a ding, he way overpaid to fix it.

A clunker? Anything except MB and BMW according to MB and BMW owners:1rotfl: