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Old 08-18-10, 10:28 AM
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Are you married? One of my buddies has mystery dents and scratches all over his cars (and the sides of his garage door opening) because his wife has a "gift" for driving.
Old 08-18-10, 10:32 AM
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Fiance wasn't home, my car was the lone car in the driveway. I'm going to chalk it up to someone pulling into my driveway to turn around.
Old 08-18-10, 12:18 PM
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Just got it fixed. He wasn't able to fully remove a crumpled part of the bumper but it looks way better. You can see the busted taillight there.


Old 08-18-10, 12:22 PM
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Looks like an excellent job well done!

Go buy your friend dinner!
Old 08-18-10, 02:27 PM
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That was fast and looks good too. You should better now.
Old 08-18-10, 02:47 PM
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Sorry to hear that happened to your car but glad to see you got it fixed already.

Things like this make me wanna get an aftermarket alarm system.
Old 08-18-10, 02:59 PM
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Got any neighbors (across the street) that may have security cameras-----if so, the camera may have picked it up.
Old 08-18-10, 04:15 PM
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I had a neighbor a few years ago that had both of his cars hit and damaged pretty heavily not in his driveway but in his garage with the garage door on top of them. He had the advantage of the offending car still being in his driveway but without any driver of course. An alert police officer saw a couple of young people getting into a cab at a nearby gas station a short time later and returned them to the scene. And the car did belong to the mother of one of the two.

You seem to have no doubt that your damage happened after you left the dealership or I would think they were responsible.

It looks like you have it looking pretty good already.

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Old 08-18-10, 04:53 PM
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dang will. sucks I'm glad u got it fixed bro. let's hope u find out who did it.
Old 08-18-10, 05:08 PM
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Sorry about that ding dude, but look on the brighter side, it looks good now you just have to go into inspector gadget mode and find out who the culprit was
Old 08-18-10, 08:38 PM
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Originally Posted by Dave Mac
I had a neighbor a few years ago that had both of his cars hit and damaged pretty heavily not in his driveway but in his garage with the garage door on top of them. He had the advantage of the offending car still being in his driveway but without any driver of course. An alert police officer saw a couple of young people getting into a cab at a nearby gas station a short time later and returned them to the scene. And the car did belong to the mother of one of the two.

You seem to have no doubt that your damage happened after you left the dealership or I would think they were responsible.

It looks like you have it looking pretty good already.

Dave Mac
Almost what happened to one of my cars...kids racing in the housing tract, drive up my driveway, slam into the garage door, which splits at the hinges and folds up onto my rear bumper. Since it was in the garage, the deductible was $1K so I had to foot the bill for a new garage door and get the rear bumper repaired! Next house will be in the boonies w/ at least a 500 ft long driveway and gate.
Old 08-19-10, 06:22 AM
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Nice quick fix - looks way better.
Old 08-19-10, 07:24 AM
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Looks good. Judging from your pics there is absolutely no reason why anyone would ever need to back up that far. Looks a bit like my neighborhood (a subdivision) and not once has anyone ever backed into our driveway.

On a funny/weird note: I look out our window one day and there's a Camary just slowing backing up by our driveway, moving forward, and backing up again. I went outside and asked wtf they were doing. Turns out it was an asian couple trying to learn how to parallel park using one of our cars parked on the side of the street! Weirdest part of all was that they didn't feel it was weird at all to go to a stranger's house and do this!! I am Asian too btw so I am not hating on them. Weird things do happen sometimes.
Old 08-19-10, 07:31 AM
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Glad you got it fixed.

It could have been someone turning around it your driveway... a random.
Old 08-27-10, 09:27 AM
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^ Yea

I would keep a look out for a black car (looks like that's paint transfer) with similar damage with some white in there.


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