Groan.
Stupid careless people. One of these days I'm gonna break down and buy one of those fugly plastic Aztecs or Elements or something just so I don't have to think about it...
Wait, those things are uglier than a Pinto just come out of a demolition derby.
n/m
Stupid careless people. One of these days I'm gonna break down and buy one of those fugly plastic Aztecs or Elements or something just so I don't have to think about it...
Wait, those things are uglier than a Pinto just come out of a demolition derby.
n/m
if i saw someone do that i'd be pissed... especially since 99% of the time it's because they're careless.....
i have a ucla sticker on the back of my car... some f'er scratched the side of my car and the sticker... bitter i bet...
i have a ucla sticker on the back of my car... some f'er scratched the side of my car and the sticker... bitter i bet...
SP33Demon
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Seriously though, I've had this happen to me at a mall. My 79 Olds Cutlass Supreme with bullet holes in the side, nicknamed "Animal Thug" (not by me lol) got mashed in on the front passenger side. It was noticeable so it ticked me off, I would have loved to find out who did that to my pimpmobile. Although it did add more character to it, not only was it a drivebymobile, people would now think it had bodies on it (I should have put some red paint on the dent!).how are u gonna prove she did it..i mean u assume she did but didnt actually see her....u state in ur post that she sped off quickly and u assumed she dinged it.... maybe she just broke up with her bf or somethign so she slammed the door shut and sped off...
I dont know if id have called the police without proof or without actually having seen her open the door and bounce off your car...unless ur lookign at ur car 24/7 while u eat which is kinda weird....
how big is the dent or is it a ding..you got any pictures...
im just curious..i am not saying ur wrong and all
I dont know if id have called the police without proof or without actually having seen her open the door and bounce off your car...unless ur lookign at ur car 24/7 while u eat which is kinda weird....
how big is the dent or is it a ding..you got any pictures...
im just curious..i am not saying ur wrong and all
If there's paint on her door (which is quite possible if she hit it hard enough to make a ding) then it should make it easy to implicate her. However, if there's not then it'll be pretty tough. Hopefully the cop's tactic will scare her enough.
That's pretty much what I'm hoping for.. that she'll fess up. I know she did it, but I can't prove it unless theres pain on her door, or small pigments or something on my door that I can't see.
Toasthead
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Originally posted by: jumpr
No, poetic justice (for me, at least) would be reading a post from you tomorrow saying, "OMG, NO! Someone backed into me in the Kroger parking lot and didn't leave a note or anything! I'm screwed!"
now that would be funny
Oh c'mon. My car must have 10-15 door dings in it. I'm sure people have bashed into it while parallel parking, run shopping carts into it, etc. I even have a nice scrape where someone ran into my bumper in a parking lot. You know what? This is life. Not one of those people ever stuck around, and honestly I wouldn't expect them to - except the person who actually hit and scraped my bumper, I do wish they had the balls to at least leave an apologetic note.
I'm SURE that sometime in the last 20 years I've opened a car door and digned someone else's without noticing. It's not like the chick rammed her car into yours - she hit it with her door. What's the actual damage to your car? $20? $30? $40? Apparently not even so bad that she left any paint on your door???
Hardly seems like something I'd be calling the police over, and certainly would freak out if someone did the same to me. Oh, and I don't believe for a second that even a third of the people here who claim they would, would actually stick around for more than 3 minutes if they accidentally dinged someone's door in a parking lot.
I'm SURE that sometime in the last 20 years I've opened a car door and digned someone else's without noticing. It's not like the chick rammed her car into yours - she hit it with her door. What's the actual damage to your car? $20? $30? $40? Apparently not even so bad that she left any paint on your door???
Hardly seems like something I'd be calling the police over, and certainly would freak out if someone did the same to me. Oh, and I don't believe for a second that even a third of the people here who claim they would, would actually stick around for more than 3 minutes if they accidentally dinged someone's door in a parking lot.
Damage? I personally know the guy who does all my work.. and it's clear you have no idea what you're talking about. Try several hundred to pull the dent out, mud it, sand, prime, paint, and clearcoat it.
You just said that whatever the damage was, it wasn't so bad that any of her paint scraped off.
But I can only assume by this comment the "ding" scraped the paint off YOUR door? What's the actual damage?
Ever hear of Dent Wizard? $39 and they'll make the dent disappear, if there's no paint damage. And of my 15 door dings, I'd say only 1 or two did any actual paint scarring. What couldn't be fixed with a little rubbing/polishing compound, I certainly wouldn't risk fixing via repainting a big portion of the door.
You have a 2000 Grand Am and you already have a personal body shop guy? How much bodywork have you already had done to the car?!? And your first choice to repair a door ding would be to bondo and repaint?!? Is it a ding, or is it a 6" gash in the door?!?
But I can only assume by this comment the "ding" scraped the paint off YOUR door? What's the actual damage?
Ever hear of Dent Wizard? $39 and they'll make the dent disappear, if there's no paint damage. And of my 15 door dings, I'd say only 1 or two did any actual paint scarring. What couldn't be fixed with a little rubbing/polishing compound, I certainly wouldn't risk fixing via repainting a big portion of the door.
You have a 2000 Grand Am and you already have a personal body shop guy? How much bodywork have you already had done to the car?!? And your first choice to repair a door ding would be to bondo and repaint?!? Is it a ding, or is it a 6" gash in the door?!?
First of all, its just he place where I got my car fixed up, as I bought it totaled... and he happens to be a friend of the family, that is how I know him personally. If I get it done the old fashioned way, it will be several hundred. I will not even touch a ding king or whatever they have one TV, but I will explore paintless dent removal.. as I've had that done once to my car. But when I took it there (also a good friend), he explained not all dents are able to be removed that way without having the paint crack.
Some people care more about their cars than you. Personally I can't say I'd be pissed enough to call the cops if I got a door ding. But if I saw the person do it and drive off, and I had their license plate, you can bet I'd get the cops involved. That's just wrong.
This is getting better and better. Now you're complaining about a door ding on your Grand Am that has been previously totalled?
I've got a buddy with a $60k benz. He is also a bit too anal about his car, (nice car, but hey it's just a car) and yes also throws fits when he comes out into a parking lot and finds a new dent. (I don't cut him too much slack about it, either) He's had 4 or 5 pretty serious door dings taken out by the dealer, they go in through the window channel with a long prybar and massage the metal back into shape. At the mercedes dealer I think they charged $50 a dent or something like that.
You literally can't tell the dents were ever there. Ask around for recommendations of a compentant paintless ding guy in your area and I suspect you'll have similar results.
I've got a buddy with a $60k benz. He is also a bit too anal about his car, (nice car, but hey it's just a car) and yes also throws fits when he comes out into a parking lot and finds a new dent. (I don't cut him too much slack about it, either) He's had 4 or 5 pretty serious door dings taken out by the dealer, they go in through the window channel with a long prybar and massage the metal back into shape. At the mercedes dealer I think they charged $50 a dent or something like that.
You literally can't tell the dents were ever there. Ask around for recommendations of a compentant paintless ding guy in your area and I suspect you'll have similar results.
I would be pissed ... if anyone ever scratch my GTI and then took off like that. I would hunt them down like the pig they are. I once hit a guys car one day when I opened the door and the wind took it "smash" right into the guy's car door. It didn't chip because my door bumper hit 1st but it made a small dent.
I left a note saying I was in the store and would be back in 10 min. When I came out there was a note on my car saying "no worries!"
If you take the responsibility most people will forgive you and move on. If you run like a bitch most people will hunt you down just because of the fact.
I would have done just what you did ... and made that bitch pay for what she damaged.
I left a note saying I was in the store and would be back in 10 min. When I came out there was a note on my car saying "no worries!"
If you take the responsibility most people will forgive you and move on. If you run like a bitch most people will hunt you down just because of the fact.
I would have done just what you did ... and made that bitch pay for what she damaged.
Believe it or not, I once spent over 200 hours sanding, fiberglassing, and priming a car I owned. Saved up $$$ and went to 10 shops before finding one I wanted to paint it. Came out of the paint booth looking absolutely amazing. 3 years later I wake up and find a hundred hail dents in it. It happens, nothing you can do about it. I spent a week putting an entire A/C system into my Jeep, just because I don't trust anybody else working on it. Last month I even got quoted in Sport Compact Car as a research source for one of their articles. But you know what? Some things are out of your control, and if you DRIVE a car and you PARK it in parking lots - it's gonna take some abuse.
HomeBrewerDude
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From what you said about sanding priming and painting, I'd have expected you to be more pissed about the hail dents. If that happened to my car, I have no doubt I'd take my insurance check (and whatever additional money was needed) to another paint shop to get it restored. Either way though, this guy is totally in the right, and there's nothing illegal, immoral, or unjustifed about what he did. I give him a :beer:.
I hope they catch the sonofab*tch and pay for your shiet.
some bastards hit my car at the corner of where three panels meet. So that means if I was going to replace that shiet, I'd have to replace all three panels!! lucky you got the plates and make/model.
some bastards hit my car at the corner of where three panels meet. So that means if I was going to replace that shiet, I'd have to replace all three panels!! lucky you got the plates and make/model.
I'd love for you to explain what my car being previously totalled has to do with anything being discussed here? (since you say this is getting "better and better" and all. Hell, buying a totalled car is the way to go IMO. I got a $22,000 car for under $14,000 with only 6,000 miles on it. As long as you know the person fixing it up, it will be better than new.
Gunslinger08
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