I should've known better than to park close to the mall entrance during this time of year.

Because this is what happens when you do:







So i think im going to invest in some bumper guards. Anyone have any suggestions? Or any opinions on the the damage and if its repairable?

 

If your deductible is low, go thru insurance. It would be considered no fault. You could go out of pocket and get it repaired, few hundred dollars. Or you could just live with it.

 

That sucks...no note or anything. I would be furious if that were to happen to me.

 

Most of that will buff right off.

 

bumper guards ftl

 

I agree, most will buff out with a high speed. But still some scratches will be there. Do that for now, then in spring, bring to a paint shop, approx a $200 fix. But good luck with the paint match. The pearl cars (Pebble Beige, Sterling silver, Arctic White) repair paint usually don't match about 95% of the time.

I would be FURIOUS too! I feel your pain, before I got my beater my Max would get tapped in the school parking garage about once a month. Such a great present to come out to. Most people don't care, nor pay attention. Although what do you expect, the have no respect for themselves let alone their cars.

 

That's nothing; you should see the gouge I have out of the left rear bumper.

 

we all knew it was coming
but its true though

 

that sucks man. my friend came out to his car one day at school and low and behold some some dented his door in, no note or anything. I swear i used to find new scratches on my car everyday, so i started parking farther away

 

my car got hit last winter in best buy parking lot, i came outside and my car was sittin diagonally in the spot with a HUGE dent on the rear bumper...yea it sucks , and best buy checked their camera's and it was a big *** excursion that hit me, stopped, and kept going moving my car out of their way, but couldnt see a license plate number or nothing, so now everytime i see a black excursion i run them off the road, no jk

 

I feel your pain too man. Some scumbag in a yellow (I know because the color's imbeded in my door) hit my rear passenger door and drove off in a Sears parking lot. I'm thinking in was a Sentra SE-R or a VW Beetle.

 

guess you're just gonna have to eat this one. the majority of these go unreported and even more unsolved. maybe now you'll park further way.

 

A few months ago, I came to my car and I saw a huge expedition in front of it, and the spot was impossible for a truck that size. Lo and behold, his tow connector thing scraped the top flat part of my bumper 2-3 times. I got his license plate and took pictures. My father was in the hospital at the time so I didn't have the time or energy to go after him. Realistically though, I would have a chance right?

 

hate this kind of stuff. I mean how hard is it to park a f*****g car?? People that do that kinds of stuff shouldnt even own a car, much less have a license. About 3 months ago, within 2 weeks apart, my car was hit twice at walmart. I hate walmart. I usually try to park in between nice cars figuring those people might give a s**t about their rides, but guess not huh!!

 

Yeah, i think when i get a new car, im going to park very very far away.

So those bumper guards are fail?!?!

I always thought they were pretty effective.

 

If you think that's bad my old 97 got hit in the driver side rear quater panel and I got nothing. Hit and run too.


I park my 99 in my apt complex in a parking area where nobody else parks and double park it also.

 

Not exactly. Sometimes people who drive nice cars (or in nice cars) are even more reckless.

Yes, WalMart's parking lot is dangerous. There are a lot of UM (Un-insured Motorist), II (Illegal Immigrants) and RD (Reckless Drivers).

 

damnn...you got the door busters man...sorry-to-see

 

I was in a parking lot the other week and was fixing my glove compartment. When so dumb ***** hits my car with a cart, she was even still holding it. WTF

 

It pains me to see that... god I miss my rosewood 97 se 5 spd

 

+1

 

 

Yes, lost a corner light last week. I have a shopping/school car to take all that punishment. The I30 got a few nicks here and there but nothing major.

 

brush guards would help. i think that it would be cheaper and look better if you just get it re-painted.

 

I have 3 answers to the parking lot hit/run dilemma...

1) I ALWAYS park far away from everyone else, and/or at the and of the row where I can park out of the range of the adjacent car's door wing.

2) "Door Defenders" - magnetic bumpers than can be placed on the doors to provide temporary protection from door dings and loose shopping carts.

3) I have a dashcam that is triggered by vibration. If my car is hit then the dashcam will fire up and record video facing forward, and backwards or to the side.


My wife's car was hit in a parking lot at work - took the license plate & holder off the front bumper (she found it 50' away). Police report was made, of course nothing came of it. Bumper was fine, just drove around with no plate until I got pulled over for no plate - even then I just showed them the smashed plate and offered the police report number 0 he didn't care that much)

Just recently I saw a lady at work hit the gas instead of the brakes as she was pulling into a parking space - hitting the car in front of her. She got out and looked, and went to get back in her car when she saw me staring at her, arms crossed, giving her the "Don't even think about just driving away" look. She waved at me, pulled out piece of paper and started writing, and stuck it under the widshield wiper. I walked into the building, but came back out again 5 mins later and she was gone, her car was gone, and the 'note' was gone too. I had the last laugh, though. I left a note that said; "You car was struck by a red neon with license plate XXX999."

 

yea i hate it when someone dings my $2000 beater!

 

We don't all drive $2k beaters.

 

I consider my 1996 SE a beater I guess. I look forward to parking close to store entrances where lazy people leave thier shopping cart next to the space, or even in the space off to the side. I don't have to worry.

My SE has 235000 miles, runs great but eats oil, the left rear window doesn't work any longer I used to hold it up with duck tape, but in the summer I got a duck tape streak as the window rolled down again. So as you can see it is not in great visual shape.

But since my BMW needs a $500 alternator (water cooled), I have been using the old reliable SE, until I fix the beemer. There is a sort of freedom in not having to worry about your car, especially here in Southern California.

 

oh-we took off the panel and stuck a peice of wood in. Its a good permenent solution and looks alot better if you dont want another regulator! Nah i was just kidding, I love my beater!!!!

 

i double park my car every chance i get. ive gotten so many dings and scratches and shopping cart dents at work that i park so far away and doubled.

 

If I park over 2 spaces (very rare - usually I just park 10 spaces away from everyone else) then I make sure I do that at the far end of the lot. We had a lady once that parked her 'new' 95 Intrepid across 2 spaces right at the door. Our lot was so small that the extra space she used meant the last person to arrive had to park in the remote lot abo.

After 3 days of putting notes on her car someone finally complained to the building owner - who posted a copy of the parking lot rules with "5) All cars should be parked in a marked space - one space per vehicle." Then she finally got it.

 

Paint thinner or nail polish remover and a paper towel, most of it will be gone.

 

Thats what I was gonna say. Doesn't look that bad

 

that sucks My doors on my pass side got hit by a hit and run and it is bad I love looking at my car from the drivers side and then I go to the other side and AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHH I am pisssed

 

Same thing happend to me I feel ur pain

 

some people just don't have any respect when it comes to stuff like this. what a bummer...

 

i also wasd the victim of a parking lot rub....gotta love christmas and women drivers!