krisgowing Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 Spent a week of my summer getting out all the dents in the Supra, treating all the rust spots to have the body work all dent free. Just for someone later on to swing open their door or bump into it and dent the front wing. I had the car plasti-dipped so the chunk out the plastidip can be touched up so I'm not to bothered except the whole there now. Reason I got it dipped was because I couldn't afford the respray right now and if i had it resprayed and paid all the money just for some idiot to open their door to much and scratch the paint and dent the body. It seems unavoidable, at the gym I park in the larger spaces out the front, haven't been to a multistory and park miles away from stores to have no cars next to me but STILL had someone do it. Rant over Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slink116 Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 Spent a week of my summer getting out all the dents in the Supra, treating all the rust spots to have the body work all dent free. Just for someone later on to swing open their door or bump into it and dent the front wing. I had the car plasti-dipped so the chunk out the plastidip can be touched up so I'm not to bothered except the whole there now. Reason I got it dipped was because I couldn't afford the respray right now and if i had it resprayed and paid all the money just for some idiot to open their door to much and scratch the paint and dent the body. It seems unavoidable, at the gym I park in the larger spaces out the front, haven't been to a multistory and park miles away from stores to have no cars next to me but STILL had someone do it. Rant over It happened to me not long ago, it was right outside my flat, someone tried to reverse into the space behind my car, and managed to catch my left side wheel arch, to add the insult that person scratched half of the rear bumper as he/she try to squeeze in to that space, got it sorted with other bits last weekend, just not nice when this happen to anyone or any cars, makes it even worse it'd happen to my pride and joy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imi Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 Accidents do happen however it's super rare for someone to admit their fault and leave their details behind. Unfortunately society these days are jealous and don't care about damaging other people's property Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cered Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 Know how you feel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevie_b Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 Know how you feel [hijack]Nice wheels. I'm usually Captain OEM, but they're lovely![/hijack] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
syco Posted November 26, 2015 Share Posted November 26, 2015 arrrrgh this has got to be one of those things that get me so mad:cry: . I park miles away from other cars but when you go back out to your car there is still some muppet ussually parked next to it and even worse they park close to it aswell,even though there are no other cars by it. what the f@ck is that about,it hurts my head even thinking about it. Also it is not easy denting a panel just from lighlty hitting it,itried it with some old panels once and it actually takes a decent amount of effort which makes it seem like they could not even be bothered to be careful. sorry rant over and feel gutted for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ripped_fear Posted November 26, 2015 Share Posted November 26, 2015 This is the reason I never take mine into public car parks, and IF I have no choice, I will go at a quiet time, park in the furtherest corner, and over two spaces. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krisgowing Posted November 26, 2015 Author Share Posted November 26, 2015 [ATTACH=CONFIG]207063[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=CONFIG]207064[/ATTACH] Anyone handing at knowing how to fix the dip mark with out doing the door again Also attempting to get the dent out with a toilet plunger a heard that's a good trick! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stonkin Posted November 26, 2015 Share Posted November 26, 2015 I was sitting in the car the other day on the phone, about to go into Tesco's. Parked well away from everyone, spare spaces everywhere surrounding me. Someone comes and parks right next to me, was too fat to get out of their car comfortably and bangs their door into the side of my car, twice! thinking the car was empty. He went home without his shopping.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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syco Posted November 26, 2015 Share Posted November 26, 2015 I was sitting in the car the other day on the phone, about to go into Tesco's. Parked well away from everyone, spare spaces everywhere surrounding me. Someone comes and parks right next to me, was too fat to get out of their car comfortably and bangs their door into the side of my car, twice! thinking the car was empty. He went home without his shopping.... this is what i mean, I don't understand the mentality of these people, its like something in there head is telling them they must park by another car. I occassionally have to pick my mrs up from tesco's (work), and i do the same as you. but still get numpty's park close, to the point they struggle to get out there car. I asked the one once, why so close and why next to me when there was a million spaces every. They just looked at me with a gone out look lol and scurried off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hitbox Junkie Posted November 26, 2015 Share Posted November 26, 2015 This is the reason I never take mine into public car parks, and IF I have no choice, I will go at a quiet time, park in the furtherest corner, and over two spaces. do you pay for 2 spaces Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max5437 Posted November 26, 2015 Share Posted November 26, 2015 Always happens at the Tesco where I work too, people just don't respect other people's property, just the other week someone came in complaining that there were kids running up and down people's bonnets in the car park [emoji35] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Attero Posted November 29, 2015 Share Posted November 29, 2015 My NA was knocked lightly many times be careless twits. It's not jealousy because they are completely oblivious to what they are doing. It's just careless acts of mindless idiots who have no value awareness. I have also seen kids running over peoples bonnets and roofs. I shouted at them but doubt its made much difference in the world. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swampy442 Posted November 30, 2015 Share Posted November 30, 2015 People just dont give a toss about anything or anyone these days, thats why theyre not careful Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasonR24 Posted November 30, 2015 Share Posted November 30, 2015 I got so fed up with this that I parked length ways across all 3 spaces, yes 3! Right at the back of a Tesco and it was a bay so you couldn't get anything in front or behind me, I accept it was a dick move by me but tbh I think back to all the dick moves iv had against me with absolute tools parking tight and banging into my car that I thought I deserved a break plus why should I have to pay for nobs hitting my car? My advice to you guys is just tally it up in your head and when you've had enough against you, cash it in Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sanya Posted November 30, 2015 Share Posted November 30, 2015 I think that this is a part of living in a society, someone does something that annoys you in the same manner as you do something that annoys someone and don`t even think about it. This is inevitable that a car will get scratched and dented with so many cars and careless people driving. No need to make a big deal out of it. If a person wants to keep a car immaculate then he should not use it, park in a dry garage in a hermetically sealed box and fill it up with argon. Cant see another solution to the problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike33 Posted November 30, 2015 Share Posted November 30, 2015 The solution is park up get a shed load of bubble wrap and tape it round the car!! SORTED!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasonR24 Posted November 30, 2015 Share Posted November 30, 2015 I think that this is a part of living in a society, someone does something that annoys you in the same manner as you do something that annoys someone and don`t even think about it. This is inevitable that a car will get scratched and dented with so many cars and careless people driving. No need to make a big deal out of it. If a person wants to keep a car immaculate then he should not use it, park in a dry garage in a hermetically sealed box and fill it up with argon. Cant see another solution to the problem. I agree in terms of wear and tear, stone chips and the like but what were talking about here is a pure lack of decency or courtesy. Is it that difficult for people to simply take a bit of care? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Wilson Posted November 30, 2015 Share Posted November 30, 2015 A lot of people genuinely fail to see that a car can be anything more than a means of getting from A to B and that some people love them more than their children, and worry about every mark and blemish. I am NOT saying it's good that people open doors or park in a manner that damages another vehicle, it's not, but just saying some people have no real concern for their own or others cars, even when their own car is new or near new. Now here is an interesting and true story. A friend's father, back in the early seventies, was parking his Jaguar on King Street in Manchester. He accidentally damaged the bumper of another car parked behind him. The owner was sat in this car at the time and got out, saw damage was done and became nothing less than maniacal. Had he been calm this friend's father would probably have given him a few quid and that would have been that. But his attitude "got his gander up" and he took umbrage and took an unusual stance. He told the guy in the other car that although the damage was of his doing, a bumper, by name and description is sacrificial, and designed to protect the rest of the vehicle. As such it was designed to be bumped... He wouldn't be paying, take it to court and be damned... No this unusual take had been something he had been going on about for years, but he had never had cause to try out this theory. As his day job was as a barrister he decided to test his case, and you know what? He won, the magistrates decided in his favour and that bumpers were, by definition, sacrificial and designed to be damaged and bumped... Whether this formed a precedent that others have, or could, follow I have no idea. Maybe it would need to have gone to Crown Court or higher to form a precedent. But an interestingly moot legal point. Anyone fancy trying it out again? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TuneR Posted November 30, 2015 Share Posted November 30, 2015 I think its worse than taking a chunk from the wall of a house, people are very selfish and getting worse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasonR24 Posted November 30, 2015 Share Posted November 30, 2015 A lot of people genuinely fail to see that a car can be anything more than a means of getting from A to B and that some people love them more than their children, and worry about every mark and blemish. I am NOT saying it's good that people open doors or park in a manner that damages another vehicle, it's not, but just saying some people have no real concern for their own or others cars, even when their own car is new or near new. Now here is an interesting and true story. A friend's father, back in the early seventies, was parking his Jaguar on King Street in Manchester. He accidentally damaged the bumper of another car parked behind him. The owner was sat in this car at the time and got out, saw damage was done and became nothing less than maniacal. Had he been calm this friend's father would probably have given him a few quid and that would have been that. But his attitude "got his gander up" and he took umbrage and took an unusual stance. He told the guy in the other car that although the damage was of his doing, a bumper, by name and description is sacrificial, and designed to protect the rest of the vehicle. As such it was designed to be bumped... He wouldn't be paying, take it to court and be damned... No this unusual take had been something he had been going on about for years, but he had never had cause to try out this theory. As his day job was as a barrister he decided to test his case, and you know what? He won, the magistrates decided in his favour and that bumpers were, by definition, sacrificial and designed to be damaged and bumped... Whether this formed a precedent that others have, or could, follow I have no idea. Maybe it would need to have gone to Crown Court or higher to form a precedent. But an interestingly moot legal point. Anyone fancy trying it out again? Very interesting story, although it shows where law falls short on mechanical understanding. Just because it's a bumper there is no guarantee that structural deformity behind the bumper hasn't taken place. Definitely would have helped the guys cause if he hadn't of gotten out angry and been the one to keep calm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Wilson Posted November 30, 2015 Share Posted November 30, 2015 In the late sixties and early seventies bumpers were still rudimentary and fairly effective at protecting coachwork from minor nudges and bumps. Today they are ludicrously expensive and stylized addendums with no real function as a "bumper" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasonR24 Posted February 15, 2017 Share Posted February 15, 2017 Just thought I'd bump this. Unfortunately no picture as I was fuming but I thought to myself today while I had the car out that I'd park in one bay for a change seeing as it was busy. I parked on an end bay all the way over and what happens when I come back? Some moron has parked over the line into my bay. Basically I've been proved right as to why I park in 2 bays all the time. Because of morons like that! Rant over... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim Posted February 15, 2017 Share Posted February 15, 2017 just thought i'd bump this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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