Mad As Hell (mad because I now have door dings)
 

i got a couple od gins on my passenger side door.... i think it is from the jeep tat parks next to me in my garage... i live in an apt so i dunno... wat do i do???? should i ask they to pay for it even though i aint 100%sure...... so i mess up their car even though i might not be sure???? (actually this would be my first choice)

very angry right now because its not just 1 ding its a COUPLE of dings on the door and the height would be just right for it too =T

Sorry to hear about the dings. That said, are you asking if you should mess up their car, or did you already mess their car up? I sure hope you didn't touch their car. As for asking them to pay for something when you have no proof that wouldn't be right either. If you have proof they created the dings either by matching paint transfer, witness, or video, by all means make them pay. Until you have proof, don't ask them for anything and don't mess with their car. Only punks purposely vandalized someone else's car even if the other person is an A hole. Don't mess with another person's car period.

Well said:thumbup:

Not much you can do, but accept that these things happen. Take it to a paintless dent repair place, get 'em fixed, and move on.

i agree with the others, retaliation is NOT the way to go. try to somehow get proof or suck it up.

Door dings suck, but that comes with owning a car. Revenge will not make you feel better. I was the first to scratch my car so I don't feel bad now when others screw it up.

from now on park far far away from everyone else. i have one ding on my rear quarter panel from when I was down in Hickville Richmond Virginia...there were a bunch of drunk nascar fans at the hotel I was staying at. Somehow the Mecury SUV next to me not only put a ding in my car, they managed to ding it deep enough to almost completely puncture the rear quarter panel. It's like they did it intentionally. My advice: park away far away..or close to other luxury/ sports/ well kept cars. I tend to spot out the vehicles I know that are not driven by mindless door swinging zombies.

My experience with luxury owners is quite the opposite. I have seen folks in Mercedes/Lexus/BMW throw the door a lot. I try to guage it by the model and make, then by if they have the door protectors installed on their car. I had to put protectors on my wifes car because the kids are little and throw the doors sometimes. Thus, I don't park next to soccer mom type cars.

Mindless zombies
 

You can't have anything nice out here these days. Its bad enough if it at the mall, but when it encroaches to where you live, thats worse.

I had person do the same to my old Eclipse, after the door made contact, hell it looked like the shoved it on it so you could really see the crease. I don't condone violence, but cutting the valve stems sure makes you feel better.

I feel your pain Dabigman. $40k+ car and some jackass can't leave it alone. Hope you can get it fixed

Don't be a ding-bat! Damaging other ppls cars just 'cause yours got damaged is asking for more of the same. They'll suspect that you did the damage and deliberately mess up your car even more, like maybe keying the whole side of it. Is that what you want? You need PROOF of who did the dings, and then you can request that they pay for the repair.

I would at least talk to the guy with the Jeep, in a friendly manner of course, and say that if he did dig your car “accidentally” you would appreciate his being more careful from now on. Without proof, that’s about as far as you can go. And you’re giving him a subtle warning with the goal of preventing a future occurrence. Then get the dig repaired and hope for the best.

BTW, I do have these plastic stick on sheets that I got on the internet that match the color of my G35 that I slap on my doors whenever I know I will be parking a bit close to another car. After nearly four years (touching wood here) my doors are still virgin. :thumbup:

Are they magnetic or something? Can you post a name/link please?

Yes, here's the link:
http://dingdefender.com

They are magnetic so you can just slap them on. I keep my pair in the trunk and use them as necessary.

I have a pair of these too. They are made from that flexible rubberized magnet material you find on refrigerator magnets. They seem to work well, although they get stiff in cold weather and don't lay flat. You also want to be careful when you apply them to your car. Don't drag them across the finish of the car, especially when its dirty, otherwise you'll get scratches.

I use the dingdefenders when I can't find a protected parking spot, e.g., an extra wide parking space or one at a corner of a lot that has no one next to me or some other barrier. I also never park next to two door cars, minivans, or big suvs or trucks, or people who are too far over in their parking spot. Bottom line, I'm still ding free after 10 months.

you probably live in an apartment that has assigned parking space so you can't park anywhere you want huh?

wait for the jeep to get home and see how they open the door.

The best place to park is next to shopping cart corrals, like I do:

:D

http://www.infoarena.com/lexus/misc/fire_side.jpg

See more corral pics here:

https://www.clublexus.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=253187

Hmmm, Technique, I have seen some "lazy" shoppers push their carts from afar towards those corrals after they loaded up their car and miss their destination.

not only that, you have like 20 loose carts around your car, those things are lethal on windy days

I'm curious - why are you taking pics of your car in Lowes parking lot?
Do you carry a camera and take pics everywhere you go?
By the way, ride looks good:thumbup:

Thanks man! hehe, ya that was like 12 hours after I got my car... I went to Lowes to buy a switch for my nav hack... I had my camera with me for taking pics of the nav hack... That was the first time I had ever parked my car outside so I took some pics to post here... I'm always thinking of you guys :)

I can second that. I had to run into the Costco Liquor store one day, 5 minutes tops, and I parked next to the cart corral. Came out and found a cart resting on my rear bumper and a nice 1 inch scratch on the top of it.:mad:

As for the Jeep owner, I would confront him in a civil manner and talk things out. Kill them with kindness.

I also avoid cart corrals like the plague. It is fine if they are empty and people push their carts all the way in but since most are lazy the are very dangerous places for your car. I also park "uphill" when given the chance in parking lots so careening carts will have gravity working against them instead of for them.

new name
 

Technique should change his name to the 'Gambler' :)

You were all excited about getting cheap liquor that it clouded your judgment :D

But hey, I can relate, costco has some great deals on booze, especially on nice wine/champagne, at least here in VA they do...

What should you do
 

What I would do is this. I would watch them get into their car again and see if they hit the car next to them. If they don't then it might not be them. see how reckless they are. If they hit another car well then i think you found the person. I would then walk over and pickup one of those big metal trash cans and put it through there windshield. Or line up a few hockey pucks and use there car a target practice. Then go to a shop and get the dings fix and park far far away from them. That what i would do. :)