They just might back in to you without looking.

This happened to me yesterday. I waited for the Ford Expedition to pull in to a parking space in front of me at work yesterday morning. They were halfway in the spot or more when I decided to pass them. Although there was plenty of room to make a wide turn into the spot to pull in straight, she decided to back up and straighten herself out. Without looking behind her for pedestrians or vehicles, she backed up anyway and hit my driver side rear door.

It looks like my deductible will be waived as she was more than 50% at fault and I can get this fixed at no cost.

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Michael LaFleur

'05 E320 CDI - 86,000 miles
'86 300SDL - 360,000 miles
'85 300SD - 150,000 miles (sold)
'89 190D - 120,000 miles (sold)
'85 300SD - 317,000 miles (sold)
'98 ML320 - 270,000 miles (sold)
'75 300D - 170,000 miles (sold)
'83 Harley Davidson FLTC (Broken again) :-(
'61 Plymouth Valiant - 60k mikes
2004 Papillon (Oliver)
2005 Tzitzu (Griffon)
2009 Welsh Corgi (Buba)

I'm going to play devil's advocate here and say that I NEVER assume what some soccer mom in a Ford Excavator is going to do.

They think with that big hefty toddler tank wrapped around them, they are invincible.

Sure, she was at fault, but why risk it? She could have punched it and you'd be in a little more hurt.

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'85 300TD "Puff The Magic Wagon" - Rolling Resto
'19 Mazda CX-9 Signature - Wife's sled
'21 Morgan 3-Wheeler P101 Edition
'95 E300d - SOLD
'84 300TD "Brown Betty" - Miss this one
'81 240D "China Baby" - Farm grocery getter

Sounds like both drivers need a basic course in driving and then a defensive driving course. Defensive driving reduces incident rates by a large margin. Thanks

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83 300D 227,xxx miles, sold
86 300 SDL 130,000 miles, sold

Parking my TD in a crowded lot makes me as nervous as a long-tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs. Walmart is particularly bad. Over a year and a half, I've been hit twice by doors opening against my car. One time was so hard it not only bent the trim strip, but put a pretty good crimp in the door.

Now I park way out by myself.

That's the way to do it.

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This area is typically used to brag about one's current or former automobiles.

I just don't go to Wally World. I have my CHL and I don't feel safe there.

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'85 300TD "Puff The Magic Wagon" - Rolling Resto
'19 Mazda CX-9 Signature - Wife's sled
'21 Morgan 3-Wheeler P101 Edition
'95 E300d - SOLD
'84 300TD "Brown Betty" - Miss this one
'81 240D "China Baby" - Farm grocery getter

Maybe you should invest in a bullet-proof vest to go along with your S & W!!!

The way my luck runs, I would get caught in the crossfire when two CHL holders get in a gunfight following a door ding incident!!!

Heh.

If two CHL holders get into a gunfight over a door ding... then they should just finish each other off and we'll all be in better shape.

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'85 300TD "Puff The Magic Wagon" - Rolling Resto
'19 Mazda CX-9 Signature - Wife's sled
'21 Morgan 3-Wheeler P101 Edition
'95 E300d - SOLD
'84 300TD "Brown Betty" - Miss this one
'81 240D "China Baby" - Farm grocery getter

Your fault!

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Jimmy L.
'05 Acura TL 6MT
2001 ML430 My Spare

Gone:
'95 E300 188K "Batmobile" Texas Unfriendly Black
'85 300TD 235K "The Wagon" Texas Friendly White
'80 240D 154K "China" Scar engine installed
'81 300TD 240K "Smash"
'80 240D 230K "The Squash"
'81 240D 293K"Scar" Rear ended harder than Elton John

in every area of the country where CHL exists, crime goes down.
and isn't that what we all want?

kinda like that comment Robert Di Nero said in a recent movie:

"Most people respect the badge, EVERYBODY respects the GUN".

ditto on the Wally World situation. I spoke with a wally world
door greeter recently and he told me they experience 5 -6 shoplifting
incidents DAILY. and, should you happen to experience loss to property
or life while on Wally World's property, check out their 'company policy' concerning their responsibilities and YOUR responsibilities. they have
well covered themselves on the legal side of things.

Waiting until you experience loss of life might be a bit late!!!

But, since you apparently are familiar with Walmart policies, what are my responsibilities after I experience loss of life? Hopefully, I can at get a refund on my final purchase. Or at least a bereavement discount.

Let's not twist a comment about poor marksmanship into something else entirely.

I live in downtown Atlanta... Walmart is no mans land after sunset! (Yes, I am exaggerating a bit, but just a little.)

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2006 BMW M5 "Heidi" @ 109,000 miles
2005 MBZ C55 AMG "Lorelai" @ 165,000 miles
1991 MBZ 300E "Benzachino II" @ 165,000 miles
1990 MBZ 500SL "Shoshanna" @ 118,000 miles

(On the hunt for a good used M103 engine as of 6/10/23, PM me if you have one to sell!)

Agreed, been doing that for decades regardless of what car I'm in. It's become a habit.

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83 SD

84 CD

Good move............that way they can get a good running
start before hitting ya

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81 Mercedes 300SD 289k.......SOLD
82 Mercedes 300CD 252k......slow ride

82 mercedes 300 SD...mi Unknown
83 Mercedes 300D ????ksniff..gone too
84 Mercedes 300D 148k........SOLD
85 Mercedes 300TD 386k and holding some one elses project