But what usually happens to them in the end?
What would you do if you met the guy who dinged your door?
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Originally posted by eljefino:
what frosts me is people who care so much for their Beemer or what have you they park and take up TWO parking spots. It's half dent-reduction and half simple vanity. A good, noncriminal revenge act is to build a shopping cart "fort" around the offender.
I would love to read any forum posts by the guy who got 'screwed', and see what his take is on all this.
That was a bit of overkill.
That was a bit of overkill.
brake fluid and paint don't mix, or so I hear - from my experience it does nothing to paint.
"My wife and I ALWAYS park way out in parking lots to avoid dings. "
but for every one of you guys theres 50 that circle the parking lot for hours trying to get the closest spot possible, it's as if exercise is hazerdous to one's health or something.
but for every one of you guys theres 50 that circle the parking lot for hours trying to get the closest spot possible, it's as if exercise is hazerdous to one's health or something.
what frosts me is people who care so much for their Beemer or what have you they park and take up TWO parking spots. It's half dent-reduction and half simple vanity. A good, noncriminal revenge act is to build a shopping cart "fort" around the offender.
If they dent it and they say "Hey man Im sorry heres my phone number and I'll make sure I take care of it." Then if he shakes my hand I'll call it good and call him later. If they just say sorry then I have before taken some superglue and plugged the door lock full of it. So it was dang near impossible for them to open their door. Prob cost them near the same to fix that lock as it will for me to fix the dent.
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This is very true... but IMO, this guy's actions are exactly why gun controls are necessary...
I park in the far end of evey lot and try to avoid being by any other car, because people are such slobs... and yet some old **** or fat lazy jerk ends up parking right close to me, despite there being awhole lot of open spaces... when people have damaged my car (I keep track of dents, so I know what is new), I respond in kind, along with a nasty note, but I use equal damage... Of course somehow Im still wrong, but I figure this is acceptable revenge, especially if I put out my mind very nastily and verbally.
Unfortunately, I think that there is no good solution. Police will laugh; for the most part, there is no proof of who did what; a dent or two or three are still well below comprehensive deductibles, even if you have that coverage; parking lots are getting squeezier, cars are getting wider; and, people are just plain rude and dont care.
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Nope, they are physically making the spots narrower down here. There's an Australian Standard that describes the minimum lane widths, and space widths, and no-one building a private car park (like a shopping centre) pays any attention to it.
I had just driven the new Mz3 off the dealer lot and went to a mall three blocks away. Dropped my wife off to shop and went to a spot on the lot with no cars for twenty spaces or three rows on any side. I mean in the middle of nowhere. Pulled through to avoid backing out of the slot. Opened the back door to get something out of the rear seat and notice a HUGE new Chevy pick up start slowly backing into the spot right behind me. Kept on coming. I move to the back of my car and watch as the truck's HUGE trailer hitch is inching toward my brand new trunk. The windows were tinted so I couldn't tell who was driving it. Finally I scream STOP and start slapping the truck's tailgate HARD as the truck stops within two inches of my car. A young woman gets out and indignantly states she saw me and something about a parking sensor. I scream at her that she is way too close and she needs to get her sensor checked. She seems offended. I get back in my car shaking like a leaf and find another spot on the other side of the mall. She was hot, though.
Like cutehumor, my car has some MAJOR blemishes
the worst part is, she needed a sensor to back up.
and as you pointed out it obviously was not working, and if you were not there your trunk would have a hole in it and she would have pulled away and parked somewhere else.
I am convinced that there should be another license required to drive trucks and SUV's, some folks (most) just can't handle them - they don't know the dimensions of their vehicles, and don't know how to turn them - how many times have you seen a person in an SUV back up 4 or 5 times to get into a spot? I see it all the time.
I have a class A license that covers pretty much anything on the road except bikes and buses, it may be extreme to ask for that much but maybe they should get an SUV/Large Truck endorsement on the license or something.
I always park on the end of the lot where no one parks. Not only do I avoid a lot of dings but I really enjoy the extra exercise...
When I had my Ford Focus - I had someone park so close to my driver side door they plowed the side view mirror off and left several ~3 ft scratches. After I spent $75 on a new mirror and put it in myself the very next day at school someone managed to plow the same mirror off (that person was long gone by the time I got there). That was the last time I ever parked in a populated lot close to school. I will always park on the far side where no one is. Now with my car (ford focus was my dad's) - I have always parked far away - no serious dings except from my sister backing into my car...
As much as I'd like to pay someone back for damaging my car - I don't think I would do anything to their car (my personal opinion). Though, I think that if enough people got repaid for their carelessness maybe they would stop being so careless. So, I have nothing against you "repayers" as long as you are 100% sure you have the right car.
I'm afraid that my dents in my car will cause someone parked beside me to think I hit their car or caused their dent/problem then they proceed to take it out on my car. So...
I always park in the middle of nowhere.
When I had my Ford Focus - I had someone park so close to my driver side door they plowed the side view mirror off and left several ~3 ft scratches. After I spent $75 on a new mirror and put it in myself the very next day at school someone managed to plow the same mirror off (that person was long gone by the time I got there). That was the last time I ever parked in a populated lot close to school. I will always park on the far side where no one is. Now with my car (ford focus was my dad's) - I have always parked far away - no serious dings except from my sister backing into my car...
As much as I'd like to pay someone back for damaging my car - I don't think I would do anything to their car (my personal opinion). Though, I think that if enough people got repaid for their carelessness maybe they would stop being so careless. So, I have nothing against you "repayers" as long as you are 100% sure you have the right car.
I'm afraid that my dents in my car will cause someone parked beside me to think I hit their car or caused their dent/problem then they proceed to take it out on my car. So...
I hope nobody splits a gut when they see my 77 LUV parked out where the puppy has plenty of time for any accidents before we get in the store.quote:
Originally posted by Win:
I sometimes think parking away from all the other cars simply invites trouble by calling attention to your car and the implication that you want to avoid damage to it.
Sort of like the cliche about waving a red flag in front of a Bull.
On a gas saving thread, somebody pointed out the advantages of parking where you don't have to back up.
The problem here is a common one. Someone negligently damages another's property, knows that they damaged it, and is so lacking in honesty, courtesy, and responsibility, that they think nothing of it and take no steps to pay for the damage. It is of course worse when they do it right in front of the owner of the property, make some inane or insulting comment, and then walk away. They've not only damaged your property. They've also in effect said "All I'm going to do is walk away from this. What are you going to do about it? You wimp."
Unless you have witnesses, its your word against theirs. If its your word against theirs it will do no good to call the police or to attempt to get payment from the perpetrator through the civil justice system. The police will do nothing, and there's little if anything a lawyer can do in a civil case, when its one person's word against another's. The person who damaged your property knows this, and that's one reason why they walked away after an inane or insulting comment. They do this kind of thing all the time, and get away with it because few, if any, people have ever fought back against them.
In view of the above, I'd ask for their name and insurer and ask if they intend to pay for the damage. If they don't give me an adequate response and walk away, and I don't have witnesses, then I'd retaliate in some way, as the starter of this thread did. Its taking justice into your own hands, and generally I don't condone that. However, sometimes that's the only justice that you're going to get and this type of perpetrator, who obviously feels that he'll get away with it as he always has, needs to be made to suffer the consequences of his actions. If your response is in excess of the damage caused you, that's just too bad for the perpetrator. The better the lesson that's taught them. They SHOULD pay more for what they've done than the cost of the damage to you, and you need to factor in the fact that you will have to bear the cost of repairing the damage to you no matter how much you damage their property, so the damage to their property SHOULD exceed the damage to yours.
Unless you have witnesses, its your word against theirs. If its your word against theirs it will do no good to call the police or to attempt to get payment from the perpetrator through the civil justice system. The police will do nothing, and there's little if anything a lawyer can do in a civil case, when its one person's word against another's. The person who damaged your property knows this, and that's one reason why they walked away after an inane or insulting comment. They do this kind of thing all the time, and get away with it because few, if any, people have ever fought back against them.
In view of the above, I'd ask for their name and insurer and ask if they intend to pay for the damage. If they don't give me an adequate response and walk away, and I don't have witnesses, then I'd retaliate in some way, as the starter of this thread did. Its taking justice into your own hands, and generally I don't condone that. However, sometimes that's the only justice that you're going to get and this type of perpetrator, who obviously feels that he'll get away with it as he always has, needs to be made to suffer the consequences of his actions. If your response is in excess of the damage caused you, that's just too bad for the perpetrator. The better the lesson that's taught them. They SHOULD pay more for what they've done than the cost of the damage to you, and you need to factor in the fact that you will have to bear the cost of repairing the damage to you no matter how much you damage their property, so the damage to their property SHOULD exceed the damage to yours.
Some of the things listed here (screwing the doors shut...LOL LOL) are kinda extreme, but the world is such a place now where people no longer understand common courtesy, or the concept of repenting when you have 'sinned' against someone's property. To most people, its just no big deal. They guy with the screwed-shut doors likely didn't wonder who did it, as I'm sure he remembered his careless 'sorry' and his lesson about other people's property was an expensive one. Just like getting shot for spitting in someone's face, you're not likely to repeat your mistakes against other people or their property if it costs you something. My parents spent $2500 getting their immaculate '72 Monte Carlo repainted. Mom was very careful about parking, but not even a week later the door of some *******'s pickup found the Monte Carlo anyway, so I grabbed her keys and left him a kind message inscribed in the door of his truck. It said S.O.B. No, it didn't make my mom's dent go away, but I am pretty sure he remembered dinging the car when he saw the gift I left for him. Unfortunately, the general public needs an education in courtesy and if that means it costs them money to repair their own vehicles, so be it.
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