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Old 08-04-2001, 07:42 AM
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If you park your nice car that you care about in the deepest portion of your local parking lot you should be fine NOT .
It will just be a magnet for all those who just hate the fact that " that guy thinks his car is so great well I am going to park there". It is a sad thing but envy fills people to the point that they do not care about others property. My friend parked his benz at the back of a Home Depot, he then moved all the carts that were around to prevent rolling damage came back 10 minutes later to find a large plywood dolly resting on his door. I really wish there was a way to electrocute, or maim this trash or even a rod that when your car is dinged it will shoot a hole in them or their sorry ass car. I have had the luxury of catching a dinger red handed and trust me they do not care one bit about your property. We should unite and raid their precious trailerparks and beat the hell out of there home with baseball bats.

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Old 08-04-2001, 09:37 AM
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I'm still bothered by that unsightly dent on my car, which was received about a month ago. Everytime I see it, and it's very obvious, I start developing mental images of me catching the moron and bashing his head against his car door! It just pisses me off! I really think the dent was not a careless accident--more reason to be really pissed off.

Everytime I walk to my car, I see the dent from this particilar angle, which seems to really magnify the dent more. Oh, it infuriates me! My car doesn't seem perfect anymore. As soon as I find time, I'm going to head to a MB dealer and inquire about Dent Wizard. Just ranting.
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Old 08-06-2001, 08:36 AM
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Hood stars as well!

I never noticed this till I got my MB, the hood stars often get messed up after you straightened it, people must have not paid attention when they walk past your car. I once had a 4WD parked in front of me, and my star was almost flat against the hood!! Lucky it didn't break. I think the frequency of the hood star getting bumped into would explain the mysterious (deep)scratches on the sloping hood of my Chrysler Voyager.
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Old 08-06-2001, 08:39 AM
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I believe that the hood star disturbance is caused by kids who try to break it off as a souvenir. I have had this happen numerous times, but only the most determined kid can break it off. They are really strong and difficult to break. They must be forged steel.

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Old 08-06-2001, 09:03 AM
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Discovered a ding a month ago on my wife's SL, and it's in a location where the ding remover technician would have to drill a small hole to gain access. I vetoed the suggested repair and shuddered at the thought (though I had that done on a former vehicle), until this weekend.

Apparently, the previous owner must have had another difficult-to-get-to ding, because there is an extra black plug that resides on the driver's side door that doesn't exists on the passenger side. So now, I believe the car is forever tainted, so ON WITH THE DRILLING!
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Old 08-07-2001, 08:26 AM
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Dinging cars is no accident the lawyers should do something useful and find a way to "ding" these people back. In a grocery parking lot my tundra had a new RED ding next to the Tundra was a piece of crap Camaro. I waited and confronted the person (cigarette stains on the teeth and all) and he basically said "so what who cares you can't do crap" I should have sat quiet and followed him home
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Old 08-07-2001, 08:50 AM
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A Camaro is at the top of my list of cars not to park next to. The door is long with a pointed corner and weighs somewhere between six and seven hundred pounds.

Problem is, how do you keep him from parking next to you after your gone.

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Old 08-07-2001, 01:21 PM
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more insurance..

Hi!

Maybe it would be wise to carry some addition insurance on your vehicles. I used to have "vandalism" coverage. Isn't that still an option?? I would call getting doored vandalism, wouldn't you?? AND These *******s aren't going to stop bashing your cars no matter where you park...

Maybe someone should invent some sort of big magnetized, impact absorbing, rectangle that you could slap on the side of your ride. Maybe it could come in the exact color of your exterior....but then again, some ASS would probably steal that too....*geez*

~Christy
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Old 08-07-2001, 01:40 PM
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There actually is a way to totally prevent door dings, but I doubt that any of us would be willing to take the step.

A few weeks ago, I saw a car on the freeway that was like no other I've ever seen. I never have a camera when I need one.

The car was a little red econo hatchback of some sort and there was an impressive complete roll cage welded around the OUTSIDE of the car. There was latch of some sort at the drivers door, but other than that it was a complete roll cage. At that moment I would have given fifty bucks for a throw away Kodak camera. I would love to know the situation behind that extreme step.

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Old 08-07-2001, 02:36 PM
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Yesterday I parked at the far end of a Trader Joe's parking lot, 1 empty row and 20 empty stalls in all directions. I came back to see a woman and her kid walking away from a Ford Expectoration (what else - why is it ALWAYS a 5'1" 100 lb woman and 1 kid in these 3 ton SUVs?) parked at an angle up close to my car - we were still the only 2 cars out there. I didn't see any dings looking down the side panel, but when I got home I found she had clobbered my wheel well hard enough to take it right down to the body metal and leave a dent on the edge of the well. (I had just washed the car, so I know the dent wasn't there 1/2 an hour earlier).

I remember thinking I should say something or take down her license number at the time, but telling myself I was getting paranoid and needed to be more positive in my outlook.
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Old 08-07-2001, 02:57 PM
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Hhhmmm...

Would FLATTENING her tires have been too extreme?? I mean THAT wouldn't even cause permanent damage...just an inconvience...

I think I might have done it...

~Christy

btw...why is it that the 5'1 ' 400lb woman drives the Geo Metro???
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Old 08-07-2001, 04:08 PM
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Christy its because the ford motor co does NOT offer a crane as standard equipment on any of the suvs, and that suv would be BIGGER than her trailer that she lives in so look out for the geo thats why i take mr G with me so he could have a snack the next time she TRIES to park next to me!

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Old 08-08-2001, 06:28 AM
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I understand as well as, or better than, anyone, the frustration of seeing my car dinged out of carelessness.

But I think that there is no call for belittling someone because they choose to drive an enormous vehicle. The last time I looked, this was still SUPPOSED to be a free country. We have the freedom to drive an MB and others have the freedom to drive what they want. There are some who have similar attitudes toward us because we drive MB's.

If someone is willing to pay for not only the vehicle, but the fuel bill, it is their right to drive it.

BTW, I would be willing to bet that it would be difficult to find someone that drives one of these expensive vehicles living in a Mobile Home.

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Old 08-08-2001, 06:32 AM
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Old 08-08-2001, 11:54 AM
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If my comment on the height/weight of the woman who dented my MB offended anyone, I sincerely apologize. In Orange county, CA (can't speak about the rest of the USA) local newspapers have commented that the largest SUVs are typically driven by the most petite women, usually alone or with 1 child. This point, however, was only relevant to the damage to my car if I had pointed out that this is the 4th dent in one of my vehicles initiated by an SUV, and the 3rd time it was caused by a petite woman. Larry correctly points out that similar observations could be made about MB drivers - in fact this same newspaper article pointed out that they are typically driven by young attractive women or grey haired older men, thus generating more stereotypes. (David C Klasse, you have an uphill battle! ).

That said, I would argue the motivation of someone parking at an unusual angle and in close proximity to my car at an unused, far corner of the parking lot, and leaving a dent in my car in the process. To me, this is not carelessness, but deliberate damage to someone else's property. This action tends to feed the stereotype about SUV drivers.

We continually evaluate our environment in relation to our experiences. Sociologists describe stereotypes as learned behavior based on the actions or characteristics of a target group. They describe stereotypes as useful first approximations, with the downside of predisposing opinion, often unfairly. This being the latest of several events initiated by truck based passenger cars, my experience tells me that they are potential trouble to me, and should be viewed with caution and suspicion. This is my opinion, however, and should not infringe on the right of a person of any size or gender to purchase or responsibly operate one of these vehicles. I expect in return that they will not infringe on my right to try to maintain my car in showroom condition.

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