Went to eat at Captain D's after work. Parked my Winning Blue 8 far from traffic. Got our dinner, and sat at a table where we could see the car. Up pulls a Lincoln Town Car on my passenger side, he misses the middle of the slot and is very crooked in the slot. Drivers side front door swings wide open barely missing my car. Big fat man gets out using all the door for leverage. Goes to his back door (the back is the part that is closest to my car), opens the door and fully swings it open with complete disregard for my car, appears to hit my passenger back door, reaches into his back seat and grabs his newspaper, and now it is obvious that his big ass is grinding the door into our car. Him and his wife are walking into the place as we throw out our trash and run outside. Sure enough there is a big dent right in the middle of the back door. Well, heart beating wildly, temples throbbing, voice trembling, I walk back into the restaraunt, and confront this big, arrogant, rude, worthless piece of human scum. I say, Excuse me sir, you just got out of your car and rammed your back door into my brand new car. He said, Oh I did, I didn't notice. I said, Well maybe you would like to come outside and see for yourself. He said, Oh lets go see what you got. So we get out to the car and He said, Oh thats a little bitty foreign car. I said, Are you trying to say you didn't see it when you threw both of your doors open as wide as you could. He said, You can barely see it, its really nothing. (At this point I noticed the edge of his back and front door and they were dinged and missing paint in at least 10 places) My blood is now boiling, thinking of all the unsuspecting people who have been hosed by this rude, inconsiderate, self centered bastard. Then he says, Where is it again I can't see it. I am now in full vile and nasty mode, my wife is holding me back, and I'm thinking of a way to use his dismembered body parts to pull out my golf ball size dent, that would make Helen Keller cringe. He offered his insurance card, name, address, and phone number in exchange for his life. At which point I took it just to get this sickening and vile human being out of my sight. Catching this one guy in the act, helps to make up for the three huge dents in my relatively new Dodge Dakota pickup, and the innumerable violations to me over 25 years of trying to own decent looking vehicles. My wife, upon getting home immediately called it into his insurance, and we have an appointment Monday to get it fixed at his cost. Maybe a little bit out of his pocket will instill the decency, and care, that I believe most people already have.

What is wrong with people? At least you caught him in the act...what a jerk. I hope his insurance jacks his rates way up, at the very least. We can always hope they'll dump him, but then that'd leave a moron with no insurance running loose.

You have my sympathy.

For some reason, I got angrier and angrier as I read your story, picturing it in my mind. Good thing you caught him in the act.

Sorry to hear about that - it makes my blood boil just reading about it!

Thing is, I have been known to contort my body in ways I didn't know it went to try to avoid ramming my door into someone else's car in a parking lot. No matter what kind of car or how crappy it is, it's common human decency. Respect other people's property!

Moron. It's good you caught him in the act, from the looks of it he does it all the fricken time.. :mad:

I admire the fact that you were still able to refrain yourself from acting violently. His total disrespect for anybody else's car makes me boil inside.

Bravo!

I'm all about instant gratification so I would have probably put a cinder block through his Lincolns roof and would have called it even.

Oh yea, my wife reminded me that she thought the remark that was going to set me off was the one he made that I left out of my post. He said, Its no big deal, things happen.

I too have squeezed out of a 6 inch crack in order to avoid any contact with close vehicles.

This guy probably kicks dogs, beats his wife, and farts in crowded elevators. RUDE, RUDE, RUDE.

Welcome to my club. You're honorary member #2.

Well at least you caught the prick that did it. My assailant fled like a bat outta hell before I could get her.

As I type, I'm carless, with my 8 in the shop in surgery. Unlucky for me, I'm paying for this with no insurance covering. :(

Makes you wanna say.. SOME PEOPLE!!?!?!?

Do me a favor.. make that rat fink pay ... for the both of us hehe...

Great outcome.

Just remember, it's only a car (I keep telling myself that over the keying incident) and there are more important things in life.

I still guard mine like a hawk! I almost tore out of Wendys the other day when a group of swarmers were all over the car.

wow...its a good thing your wife was there, otherwise you might have been replacing a dented hood, and possibly a shattered windsheild...

wow, that guy sounds like real garbage lol, piece of crap...
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It's just a damn shame we have to share our planet with loser scumbags like that. The problem is you could put a huge dent in his car and he wouldn't even care. People like that don't care about anything.

I remember seeing an advertisement for some magnetic strips that you can put on your car when you leave it in a parking lot. Has anyone had any experience with these things? They might not be a bad investment.

Originally posted by P00Man
wow...its a good thing your wife was there, otherwise you might have been replacing a dented hood, and possibly a shattered windsheild......
Or she might have been bailing you out of jail... and rightly so.

My motto is dont get mad get even , and dont get caught.

How close were you sitting? If it was within range of the remote, I'd hit the panic button and trigger the alarm while he was still grinding his door into mine.

I was probably close enough to set off the alarm, I guess shock kept me from thinking about it. I think the primary damage was done with the opening of the door and just swinging it wide open. He was already out of his car and opening his back door to get his paper, he saw the car there and its proximity, and didn't give a flying flip about it.

Chuck, sorry to hear about your dinging.... I was actually getting more and more pissed off myself as I was reading... so I can only imagine what was going through your head during this. Give insurance a call tomorow to get that scumbags money from him.

Strider-

Wow! Chuck, I'm saddened to hear that happen to your baby. Did it just occurred tonight (Wed)? We were milling around Destin up until Tues. Thanksfully I did not ran into any inconsiderate morons. I hope the fix will make the dent unnoticeable. Oh, make that bastard pay through his nose.

Oh man that is bad. So sorry to hear about it. I was getting furious just reading about it. What was it that John Travolta in Pulp Fiction said about damaging someones car. Back in England I used to know people who would ignore the wanker and instead pull a sledgehammer out of the boot and smash every panel and window of his car before driving off, but we are more civilized now. Give him the biggest insurance bill you can manage - did you have a camera with you?

I had the same thing happen to me while eating at jack in the box... i was perfectlly parked and this lady pulls up and opens her door into my 2 day old new vehicle... I go outside to see if there is damage, and sure enough... I go back inside, by this time she is sitting down eating. I approach her and tell her the news, she glares at me in denial with ketchup on the side of her face and says "what car?" I said the one you parked next to... So we walk out to investigate, she's barefoot and all... the soles of her feet were blacker than the asphalt... She looks and says "I didn't do that..." I said open your door.... the door edge lined up perfectly to the mark and dent left behind. Then she says "I Don't see what you're talking about." then she tried to argue her way out and say it wasnt her fault... I said i sat here and watched you... Her vehicle was an old beat up mid 80's truck. I told her i wanted her insurance information and she refused. The was starting to get in her vehicle leaving her sandwich behind on the table... I said look lady, if you don't I am going to call the police and report you for leaving the scene of an accident. She said you cant do that... It's private property... (apparently she's done this before...) I said regardless, it's still technically a collision... you were negligent and opened your door into mine, look... you didn't even park straight....as i fire up the digital camera. She stood there and said "I can't believe you think i did that" I opened my wallet and pulled out a business card and said here, write down your name and insurance info on the back. When I did that she saw my badge and agreed quickly. She also signed the back of the card saying I am not admitting fault to this accident, blah blah... I had an adjuster come out the next morning and in the end her insurance co. made a few car payments for me for the time and aggravation. :cool:

Nice Mark! There is some justice in the world.

Chuck, I no its no consolation, but we have simialar people to your door slammer in the UK. The rear doors are Aluminium, so did they repair or replace ?
Baseball bat meets Fatman seems like a good idea.


AnilS.

I'm sorry to hear there are such losers out there allowed to coexist among the people who appreciate their cars. I got lucky with my WRX; always snuggling up to a divider, or parking as far away from the crowd as I could. (even doing that, I'd often walk to my car and find a SUV or beater parked dangerously close, hopefully these drivers had some respect)

Unfortunately, it only seems to be a matter of time before some ahem, careless individual demonstrates his or her lack of respect for other peoples property.

I,m not getting it repaired until Monday. There is no crease or paint lost, just a blunt type indentation about an inch around. I'm thinking that it will just pop back out. At least I hope so.

KKMmaniac, As I sure with your WRX, it doesn't help that people will go out of their way to park next to you, no matter how far away you park. I can only hope that these people, are doing this out of respect for a nice looking car, and are simply trying to get a closer look. I don't think these type people are the ones to worry about, but it makes it hard to park where you will have peace of mind for a while. I'm thinking the trunk is big enough for two big red parking cones.

You are so lucky to have caught him "in the act". I would likely have dismembered all of his appendages and forced him to look at the "ding" until I was satisfied . . . then I would have reattached his limbs only to rip them off once again.

I hate dings, especially in my new car.

Gogetem.

Sorry to here about the damage to your RX-8. Glad you caught the guy in the act, make him pay.

Damn I hate people!

I too contort myself in odd ways to keep from damaging my car or others' cars while getting out. If I must open the door wide to get myself out, I always do so very slowly and with my fingers wrapped around the edge so my finger's will get stuck between our cars before the doors hit.

GRRRRRRRR! Glad you caught 'em though. I haven't had that misfortune...but I already made it clear to my g/f that the car will not be parked anywhere near her college's parking lot as I've had my last car dinged once, smacked nicely in the rear quarter panel (and the asshole took off of course without leaving a note, probably some drunk dick head), and broken into in that lot. The RX-8 isn't going near that hell hole of human waste.

GIVE HIM THE FULL PUNISHMENT :mad:...If I saw someone doing that to MY car, and he didnt want to pay, I would have left my foot in his door. :cool:

Oh yea, my wife reminded me that she thought the remark that was going to set me off was the one he made that I left out of my post. He said, Its no big deal, things happen.



See, this is where I would have planted his head into the asphalt.

That skull fracture is no big deal, things happen!;)


I hate to say it, but things like this happen because there are no longer consequences for such behavior. No real financial penalties, no shame, no backlash from family or friends, no ostracizing from society.

In many cases people that do "bad things" are convinced (with the help of family and friends) that THEY are the victims and people are being to hard on them.

When I was a kid I threw a snowball at a moving car. The driver chased me down and smacked me in the head. He then called a cop, who smacked me in the head. The cop took me home and my Mom smacked me in the head. Then my Uncle came over and smacked me in the head. Then my Dad came home......

Guess if I ever threw anything at anyone ever again! :D

At the time I was angry, but as I grew up I realized that such things made me a more considerate and moral person, it gave me the gift of......

EMPATHY

So let me get the order straight - first serial killers, then regular murderers, and then door dingers right?

Don't get me wrong, I hate inconsiderate jerks that beat the crap out of other people's cars and don't do anything about it. However, it does happen, and in the end it's only a car.

Here's something to think about - what if your grandmother parked next to you? Do you think elderly people are careful with their doors? Worst door destroyers ever.

I'm not saying don't get upset, but a baseball bat, axe kick to the side view mirrors (come close to this one before), or a swinging a sledge just makes you a bigger jackass than the tool who doored you in the first place.

The best you can do is try and prevent it, or be proactive and get some compensation if it happens (if you get it, you're a lucky son of a gun...), but don't go postal on 'em, some people just don't know or care anything about cars - and aren't intrested in "obsessive" people like us.

Ah screw it, inner struggles suck - if it's not your grandmas car then bash it good...:D

It's not the dinging the door that ticks me off, mistakes happen.

It's the inconsideration and "so what" attitude.

The problem isn't human error, the overall problem is a lack of empathy for others. Empathy is taught, usually the hard way.

This is why we have so many killers, rapist and thieves. No one puts themselves in the other person's shoes.


BTW - My grandmother or myself would have been embarrased and would have insisted that the car be fixed to be like new and I would pay the costs upfront. I would have actually FELT BAD for being so careless!

This guy obviously didn't.

Originally posted by Boozehound
Ah screw it, inner struggles suck - if it's not your grandmas car then bash it good...:D

Elderly people are the only exception (and if any are reading, dont let this be an excuse) in my book. I was sitting in my car one afternoon in a parking lot, and a car pulls up in the space next to mine. This elderly lady smashes her door into the passenger side of my car...I was mad at first but the rage quickly subsided...i got out and looked at the damage and saw that there was some paint missing but luckily only the rails on the door protected it from a dent....:eek:

It was really the lack of any remorse that angered Chuck. This guy came out, said that foreign cars are really small, and seemed to be very put out that we would be concerned over a small thing like this door ding. (At the point the guy made the comment about foreign cars being so small, Chuck looked bewildered and asked the guy, in a rather loud voice -- "Are you saying you didn't see this car as you were pulling in and parking next to it?" The door dinger never apologized for putting the dent in our brand new car, he just said things happen. He acted like he was the victim of our anal concern for this little tiny foreign car -- since he himself was the proud owner of a big Lincoln Town Car. To this guy, our car was a foreign piece of crap.

I was a bit concerned when Chuck followed him across the parking lot, back into the restaurant, telling the guy in some type of "foreign" language exactly what he thought of his absolute lack of concern for other people's property.

I just wrote down the information, got the tag and decal number, car info, already had the insurance, and played mediator.

It was quite a conversation on both sides -- I don't think much of what I had to say was heard.

His insurance company has set up to meet with us on Monday, and his insurance lady stated they will completely take care of all expenses. We are meeting at the body shop and the body shop has already said they will give us top priority and fix the car immediately.

We have always tried to park the car in an area that was safe. The sad part about this whole story is, this guy could've parked in any of about 50 other sports available, that were probably much easier for him to get his boat in and out of. There were open spaces everywhere. Isn't it odd that he picked just about the only parking spot at the restaurant that had a car parked next to it?

I totally think Chuck did the right thing - I would've harassed the guy until he did the same thing, or until he left. Earlier I was alluding to the fact that while door dingers are usually thoughtless jerks, there's typically no reason to take it out on their car unless you're really into vandelism or just trying to show them you can do it too. Sometimes if the person's not around, it's just better to say a few choice words and go home and have a cold beer.

MarkRX, Chuck:
Sorry to hear about people messing up your brand new cars but I'm glad you guys were able to catch them in the act and get them to pay for the damages.

At least from hearing your stories, I regained some faith into handling matters in a civilized fashion. The fact of the matters is, these days, inconsiderate people seems to get away way too easily. Like I've had people cut in front of me waiting for gas or for the car wash, people stealing my parking space while barely hitting my car in the process. Every time get out of my car and tell them what they had just done, the response I usually get are "Oh too bad", "Better like next time" or some other lame excuse like "I was here first" (when clearly they weren't). Then they just walk.

I dunno, maybe you guys know some ways of how I can deal with these A-Holes in furture in some ALMOST-legalized ways.

:cool:

Originally posted by Chuck Clifford
Oh yea, my wife reminded me that she thought the remark that was going to set me off was the one he made that I left out of my post. He said, Its no big deal, things happen. This type of comment was quite prevalent on the Audi TT list.

Specifically, when one TT owner confronted the owner of an adjacent car that had just left a huge ding in his door the owner said "You need to calm down and realize door dings happen."

You just can't convince some people that door dings only happen because of their irresponsible actions...

Now the worst I've ever seen is when I went to a concert; the kid in the Jeep Wrangler parked next to me literally kicked his door to full open. If you know what the Wrangler's like that means it went to a full 90° to the car and missed my door by molecules...

Originally posted by Chuck Clifford
I,m not getting it repaired until Monday. There is no crease or paint lost, just a blunt type indentation about an inch around. I'm thinking that it will just pop back out. At least I hope so. Go to a paintless dent removal place - they can do wonders and it really does look as good as new.

Heck they may even give you a discount for being their first RX-8. :D

If you can go paintless, consider yourself lucky. Sadly the rear quarter of my 8 is being repainted for a dent/ding that PDR cant fix.. :(

I get it back today.. I pray.

Yes, dings are inevitable, it's just the way that they happen sometimes that really drive you mad because something as simple as a little courtesy and class could have prevented such things.

The auto body shop assured me that the car would look perfect when they were done. You are right, this will be their first RX-8, and they certainly didn't expect one so soon. However, they fully understand why we want to get this dent repaired. And it won't cost us a thing.

Chuck got most of his accessories in today and is in the process of installing the exhaust finishers. The aluminum door sill protectors look fabulous! We also got the "rotary emblem" wheel center caps, the rotary valve stem caps, the fender strakes, tne carpeted premium floor mats, the spare tire kit, the rear door protectors, and a bottle of touch up paint. The front and rear rotary accents, and the door edge guard are being shipped from a different warehouse and will be in tomorrow or Monday.

The installation of all of these items should keep his mind off that big ding, but boy, it sure does stick out!

I know that door dings are inevitable, but a bit of common decency for another's vehicle would be appreciated. Possibly a simple apology when a true accident does happen? I have never dinged or damaged another person's car, and I hope I never do. Good Luck RX-Nut and MarkRx.

I would have killed the MF. Door dings piss me off more than anything else on the planet (except PT cruisers and new beetles).
They ruin a car. Your options are: ding specialist $50 per dent, but if you catch it in the right light you can tell it was once there or a body shop which will use filler and paint for about $250-1000 depending on the size of the panel and ding. With option two you won't be able to tell, but you will always know.
I go to amazing lengths to prevent them, but sometimes there is nothing you can do. I have 3 on my 96 MX-6 M. Even when I tell people where they are they can't find them, but I know where they are and if they ever catch the light just right, it ruins my whole day.

Originally posted by RomanoM




When I was a kid I threw a snowball at a moving car. The driver chased me down and smacked me in the head. He then called a cop, who smacked me in the head. The cop took me home and my Mom smacked me in the head. Then my Uncle came over and smacked me in the head. Then my Dad came home......

OUCH !!!!!

wizardrummer just to be specific we're not talking a beating. Just a tap to the head like you may give to a buddy.

As a kid though, it's enough to focus your attention on the issue at hand.

I feel your pain Chuck. :(

I've had more crap happen to my Integra than any other car I've owned (including my RX-7). There was this one guy who, two days after I bought my Integra, decided he was going to backup his pickup at a gas pump and dent my front bumper. His reason: 'Oh I didn't see your tiny car." (I would have loved to have shown him my giant size 14 shoe!) My friend's neighbor backed her Rav4 into my parked car while we were all away on a trip. Couldn't take any action because she denied it, and my only witness didn't want to be bothered (gutless moron). I can't forget about the kids that shot my driver side mirror with a BB gun (same kids broke the antenna off my RX-7). And then there was the mysterious dent that appeared one morning last year on my rear quarter panel, the size of someone's ass - probably the same kids. So I moved. But it didn't stop there. Two weeks after buying a house and moving out of the neighborhood from hell, my next door neighbor's kids broke my windshield and dinged my hood and driver side door while they were having a rock fight.

All little shit that was either too low for my dedutible to cover, or I couldn't get the other person's insurance to pay for it, so I paid for everything - except for the new windshield. My neighbor was man enough to take responsibility for his kid's actions, and paid for a new one.

Big fat guys like the guy that smacked your car, give big fat guys who give a shit about other people's property, like myself, a bad name. I'm a big guy (6' 370lbs), and I make it a point to make sure that I have plenty of room to get in and out of my car. If I think that it's going to be a tight squeeze, I move to another spot. If that means I have to walk a few feet more, then so be it. I can use the exercise!

It never ceases to amaze me how inconsiderant people can be. This whole "Not my fault!" or "Oh well!" mentality drives me up a frickin' wall. Accidents happen and kids do stupid things. I realize that. But why can't more people be like my neighbor, and take responsibility for their actions (or their kids' actions)?

Anywhay, despite all of the crap that I've gone through with my car, though, I'm still looking forward to getting the RX-8. :D

Good luck on your repairs, Chuck (you too RX-Nut). Hopefully you won't have to go through this again.

--Anthony

Unfortunately we need to intervene with technology - auto door-ding-sensor doors that refuse to open into an object :D

I've been pretty lucky with my maxima, only one incident in two years - some teenage kids throwing each other around in a parking lot, one right into the drivers side of my car. I heard later the cops came and they were charged with something, but apparently since nobody specifically mentioned on a report that someone had been thrown into a beige maxima, there was nothing they could do. I couldn't even get their names...

*sigh*, heres to good luck in the future, for the sake of everyones cars :)

As RX-Nut and BillK suggested I went and found the best Paintless Dent Repairer in town. There was only two that I could find. He wouldn't let me watch (trade secrets), I heard some bone shakin, and chanting, but I left him alone. He did a fantastic job. I can still find it, but its real hard. You can't see the defect anymore in the surface, now you can only see how it slightly distorts the reflected image on the surface, and its kind of not fair because I know right where to look. All in all I'm very happy, and it only cost 60.00 dollars. Thanks for the advice Forum members. I was dreading them trying to match Winning Blue on just one rear door.

I'm glad it worked out

It amazes me that my huge SUVs that I couldn't care less about and park anywhere never get dings in 50k miles, but my little blue IS300 that I try to park away from others in an end-spot etc always gets door dings within a month. It will probably happen to my red RX-8 too...

Well needless to say im glad that you were able to get that &*%$%!!***$#@@!@#+#!@@!!!!! to pay.
You might want to try dentking.com,they specialize in dentless paint repair,well anyways I think that anyone who dents your car is a worthless piece of ?*&!.
Ive had many experiences with this.I can remember my first 7,I worked in the mall(wrong place to work),I had a mint 7 and after 10 months it had more craters in it than the moon.

Well, from experience NEVER,EVER park your vehicle parallel to another....thats right i dont give a S**!.

Im that guy that takes up 2 spaces everywhere I go,sometimes 3,and diagnoly,yep thats me.......and you know what, my car, another 7 has no dents and dings in it.

Hey,its your property and its your investment and your entitled to do whatever it takes to protect that at all costs.......BOTTOMLINE.

Im glad you restrained yourself because that vandal would of had a foot up his ***!


OK,im done i feel much better. :)

Originally posted by smoothSevenz
Im that guy that takes up 2 spaces everywhere I go,sometimes 3,and diagnoly,yep thats me.In Dante's seven levels of hell, that puts you about one level above the door dingers, IMHO.

If you want your car to remain pristine, then inconvenience yourself, not everyone else.

Not sure what IMHO means, but I guess its not good.....lol.

We will agree to disagree, theres usually hundreds of parking spaces and when its a small lot I park my car on the street......I dont take up handicap spaces, which is probably in your eighth level of hell, and I do use my judgement because Iam aware that some people out of negative reaction to my own action might not like my parking skills and decide to key/scratch my car. Nevertheless I guess most of the public gets the drift, my car is begging to be left alone.

I do inconvenience myself, my car is usually parked by itself very far away from other cars.

Im really a nice person. I just dont like other peoples disregard for someones elses property, the times when I use to park close to other cars I was always very conscious of opening up a door as to not touch another persons car.

As far as people who say its just a car.....well, why dont we all take a poll.....youll really find out how much people really do care for their cars. Their an extension of ourselves.


In Dante's seven levels of hell, that puts you about one level above the door dingers, IMHO.

On a side topic related to door dings:
Why is it when I park my car a thousand miles from any other vehicle in the lot to prevent a ding, some A$$&$&#^&$ will park their POS right next to my car when they have a couple dozen other spaces open. Then on top of that, pull RIGHT UP to the passenger side of the car. I can't imagine they had much room to get out of their vehcile. Somehow I haven't got a ding on that side, but I just can't believe when people do that crap. Why do so many people lack any common sense??

Originally posted by smoothSevenz
Not sure what IMHO means, but I guess its not good.....lol.In My Humble Opinion.I do inconvenience myself, my car is usually parked by itself very far away from other cars.Okay, I'll elevate you to the first level then. :) The folks that really get my goat are the ones who park sideways or across multiple spaces in the first couple of rows nearest the door. :mad:

GLAD YOU CAUGHT THE DIRT BAG. ARE YOU FAMILAR WITH DENT WIZARD?THEY CAN GET THE DENT OUT WITHOUT BODY REPAIR.
GOOD LUCK
DON.

At school on two seperate occasions i had people park their cars into my 2001 prelude insead of the F@$KING parking space, causing two basketball size dents. And the worst part is they pulled a hit and run on me. These dents combined cost me a total of $1000 to fix because of my insurance, but w/o insurance these dents combined would cost me close to $2000 to repair. I hate cock suckers like these! I now park way out in the lot and try to park where no cars are at.

-Mark

Oh i forgot to say i also had someone run into the back of me in a Wendy's drive thru. I pulled up to the window and this White Trash F%@K comes flying around and hits my rear bumper. I had my g/f and her mom in the car. I get out and the first thing the Asshole says to me is "I fuckign didnt hit your car" and because of my short fuse i went off. I tell him you Fucking did hit my car COck Sucker!!! and continue to check for damage. To my suprise there was none :eek: but the Asshole contiuned to talk his shit. I just said fuck him and got into my car and pulled through the drive thru into a parking space to do a better check on my car. Then this ASS pulls his car (a Beater) behind mine as i am pulling out. He continues to talk more shit and i said fuck this. I unbuckle my seat belt and start to open the door when my g/f and her mom (reaching over the back seat) pulls on me to keep me in my seat. being curtious to them i just get back into my seat and drive away. I wish i didnt have them in there at the time cause i was about to unleash all my Anger from the hit and runs at my school on this guy. I can't beleive these ASSHOLES in this world, really i cant. Once i get my 8 all teh asses better just stay a good 75 feet from it.

I guess I have many people who feel just like I do. I know my blood was boiling when I was typing the earlier response.

I have patience and can let many things slide, but the one thing I do not have any patience for are those inconsiderate people.


Maybe we should call this thread DENT THERAPY with
Dr. schmoozeSevenz.

I feel you O, did you remember to put the check in the mail.....


You guys enjoy your Friday night. Hasta Luego.....

Can someone come up with a motion sensor system that shoots brake fluid from their door handle against the other car upon contact?

Funny ive actually thought of ways to prevent dents,ect.

Supposedly saturn has that on their cars....what about parking spaces with 5ft high pillars sticking out where the lines are, of course the pillars would be made from that soft cushiony material. You can also make them reflective for at night......not a bad idea,right?

rofl.... glad that story ended well... i wuz at MVA (motor vehicle association) and this girl is gonna try to park where i wuz suppose to park... well she turns in too sharply and hits this car... her mom wuz with her and she just drives off... and parks far away, like i didnt see wat just happened. i went up to the car and there didnt seem to be any dmg but still... it seemd like she had more damage on her front spoiler... i saw her get in line for the driving test... i hope she failed... lotsa messed up ppl in this world. gotta watch out fer em

Originally posted by Lock & Load
My motto is dont get mad get even , and dont get caught.

man, my collaspable baton would come in real handy (make sure there's no shock sensor on the car's alarm by kicking it's tire

or a pair of tin snip type scssiors for the valve stems

or a squirt bottle of brake fluid

or vasaline on the wind shield (greasey and water proof, might leave finger prints tho)

sorry to hear that but at least you caught him

Somewhat related to this discussion, does Mazda make any door/side protector rub strips/rails for the RX-8?

My current Probe GT has the factory side rails, or whatever you call them, and they are very subtle (body color) and very well integrated into the design, unlike some/most cheesy after market pieces which look worse than any dent they might protect from. They have done noble service protecting my Probe's flanks from the oafs of the world.

i wish i nailed the punks who dinged my 7, i love my baby and id sell my soul for sweet vengence if i could..... well maybe just rent my soul to the highest bidder

Originally posted by Rhumb
Somewhat related to this discussion, does Mazda make any door/side protector rub strips/rails for the RX-8?



They don't have "rub strips/rails". They do have the door edge guards. I ordered a set, which hasn't come in yet. Don't have the part #. Check with your parts department at your dealership.

i'd have to see how those "rubbers" work.......I think ill still continue parking how I always have.

I saw a car that had those on the doors and rear bumper........absolutley hideous.

My wife dinged my door. We were washing the car on Sunday (a full 8+ hour Zaino session) and whilst she was rinsing the car with the hose the metal spray-head suddenly flew off and dented/chipped the passenger door. I was standing next to her and was in a state of shock for several seconds, then turning to her I saw the look on her face and said 'hey, it's only a car - it can be fixed' and gave her a hug. In a way it's almost good - it reminded me not to get too obsessed with 'things' and that people and their feelings are much more important. (I said almost...)

Just a faint dent and a chip down to bare metal about 0.5" long below the side mirror - fairly obvious. Probably makes up for the fact that I was the first to dent/scratch all her new SUVs - the Jeep Grand Cherokee, the Lexus RX300, the Acura MDX etc. Will try to get it fixed next week.

Originally posted by pelucidor
My wife dinged my door. We were washing the car on Sunday (a full 8+ hour Zaino session) and whilst she was rinsing the car with the hose the metal spray-head suddenly flew off and dented/chipped the passenger door. I was standing next to her and was in a state of shock for several seconds, then turning to her I saw the look on her face and said 'hey, it's only a car - it can be fixed' and gave her a hug. In a way it's almost good - it reminded me not to get too obsessed with 'things' and that people and their feelings are much more important. (I said almost...)

Just a faint dent and a chip down to bare metal about 0.5" long below the side mirror - fairly obvious. Probably makes up for the fact that I was the first to dent/scratch all her new SUVs - the Jeep Grand Cherokee, the Lexus RX300, the Acura MDX etc. Will try to get it fixed next week.

You're a saint, Pelucidor! I would've behaved very badly :(

divorce her

j/k....i guess you have no choice but to let it go, it can be repaired.

I have a hard time accepting the "its just a car part", the nonchalance and the reaction showed by the person who did it.
That would only make me angrier.

If the person did it and it was a mistake, which is fine, mistakes happen, be straightforward enough to say hey im sorry and ill pay for the damage......although your situation is different. Your married to her not the car. :)

If your house was destroyed by a tornado would you say its just a house?


'hey, it's only a car

Originally posted by smoothSevenz


If your house was destroyed by a tornado would you say its just a house?




Although saddened, I would say it's just a house. It can be replaced.

If someone like me has priorities that are higher, such as God & family, then posessions are not the number #1 thing in life to fret or worry about.

My dealer told me there was a thing that for 90 days if i got a door ding to take it in and they would fix it.

Hey Pelucidor, does she break dishes when you make her wash those for 8 hours. Just joking. I'll be doing my 8 hour Zaino this weekend by myself. Hows yours look, did you use the excelerator.

I am the one who said 'Hey, it's just a car' not my wife. She was almost in tears about damaging my new toy, which is why I thought her feelings were way more important than a little paint scratch. Later, in private, I said many bad words to myself.

She was looking after the baby or out most of the day and only helped me with the washing with Z7 and drying (about 30 minutes of the 8 hours) as I thought it was going to rain soon and needed to hurry up. I did everything else such as first washing with Dawn then using ClayBar and afterwards in the garage using Z5/ZMX followed by Z6 and then multiple Z2/ZMX followed by Z6 etc (and my arms and legs still hurt). I did use the ZFX accelerator. The car looked great but naturally it rained heavily the next day (still looks good however). Now the Huper Optik tint is on I will post pics soon.

I agree with RX-8 Zoomster - if my custom built 4 month old house was distroyed but my family (including dogs of course) were fine I would be OK but obviously not happy about the house. But we have very good insurance for things like that. I figured out a while ago what is truly important to me and it's not a car or a house.

that was a pretty intense story, as my heart was pounding just thinking of myself in your shoes..

I have had the displeasure of experiencing the very same thing, but it was a rude old granny.. I would have let her off if she had just been nice to me, but the remark, "you should be thankful to us Americans" sort of did it for me... And I'm not an american?? god damn red necks...

owwwwww how this issue boils my blood more than anything, nothing like door dings that will bring out the worst in me, I just am about to mail in the last car payment on my 98 Sephia, and it looks just as shiny and the interior is just as clean after 5 years and a hair over 60K miles, except for door dings which are pocked all over the rear passenger side door. Even though this is a economy car or whatever shitty things anyone has to say for it, it's a triumph for me, it survived 5 years of college and was payed for by me as for the college. And as good as I treated it, it still looks is flawed cause of A$$h***s who can't respect other people's property - If I was the RX-8 owner who watched and had to deal with that s***bag who dinged his door, I would probably would have flipped out and done something really stupid.

ok ok I am getting a little off hand here.... hahahahaha
but as it does for most car owners who buy and respect their cars, dings are the most infuriating tings to find.

anyways how much is paintless ding removals cost - I got about 20 on my rear doors that drive me crazy when I wax and wash my car

'Oh thats a little bitty foreign car'
If it's so small then why did he hit it! Reading it made my mad too. It's a really good thing you caught him. I park my Eclipse in the corner spot outside my window at work so I can try to watch for people like that. Plus everyone at my office knows what I drive and how much I care about it, they always keep me posted - even to tell me someone is checking it out. ;)

Cost for Paintless Dent Removal ranges from 25.00 to 100.00 dollars depending on the complexity to get to it. Only certain dent can be completely removed using this method. I'm sure they would give you a discount for a lot of them. Definately worth a try.

Ditto, when I was driving my 85 Peugeot which looked like a beat up metal trash can, i was always careful not to ding somebody-no different when driving the 8. Unfortunately we are surrounded by inconsiderate idiots.

bump

I hate people that cant open doors slowly and carefully.. geez.

Heres the simple fix to the "Its just a car line" Them- its just a car..... You- "blood no boiling red steam is comin through your fore-arms you break there nose, Say "well thats just your face, Break every window in there car say dont worry its just a car. break there right leg so even if they get back into there car to drive it makes it very combersome to just use there left leg. Also if you geat a chance take there plate number look on the web find there house burn there car down and leave a postit note on there door. READING THERE GREATR DAMN ADVICE "hell its just a car"

Wow. I don't get people?.
I had a 00 Eclipse. One time I went to a starbucks. On the way out some guy in a pickup truck parked right next to my driver door. I could not even get in!. I had to get in the driver seat by the passanger side! So I get back out, took the lid off my carmal frap and tosed it all over the font and side of his truck.

c'mon people... you guys are acting like hes some big 350lb cross between Hitler and the Devil himself with horns and fangs and evil intent in his heart down to the core :) ! It was an ACCIDENT.... accidents happen, thats why we have insurance. You guys are going on like he malicously did this out of his evilness and resent to little itty bitty forieng cars flooding his all beloved american counrty. Somehow, I don't think thats quite the case.
Yes, getting a ding in a brand knew car is a bummer, and yes he was acting like an ignorant fool but at least he gave up his insurance with hardly a fight, and now you're getting your car fixed at his expense so its all gravy.

All in all that was relatively an easy occurance because he could have been much, MUCH more difficult.... and more often than not they usually are more difficlut

I would disagree because its called consideration and being respectful of other peoples property.

Yes, accidents happen but you have to think ahead and assume that there is always a possibility that having your door bump someones car can happen so parking your car crooked or far away from others is a great option because your protecting your investment and someone elses.

To me it all sounds like common sense but a lot of people dont see it this way. No one wants to see their property vandalized (accident or not).

Think about it, if someone dings your car and they fess up to it do you think its going to make a difference to you or make you feel better if they tell you it was an accident------no. I would still be pissed either way.

I would disagree because its called consideration and being respectful of other peoples property.

Yes, accidents happen but you have to think ahead and assume that there is always a possibility that having your door bump someones car can happen so parking your car crooked or far away from others is a great option because your protecting your investment and someone elses.

To me it all sounds like common sense but a lot of people dont see it this way. No one wants to see their property vandalized (accident or not).

Think about it, if someone dings your car and they fess up to it do you think its going to make a difference to you or make you feel better if they tell you it was an accident------no. I would still be pissed either way.

You sound like you believe you are perfect :rolleyes:

Don't tell me that in all your years on this planet that you haven't screwed up at least once where someone else was afftected in some way, shape or form. Whether you accidentally ding another person's car, or you step on someone's foot by accident.... and no I am not saying that those two things are the same.... what I'm saying is you can take all the precaution in the world and still have an accident, no matter what it is. Hey man sometimes Shit Happens

In regards to your last question... sure you'll still be bothered that your car got damaged but c'mon... I'm gonna give you two scenarios and you tell me which one is gonna really screw you.

1) Someone dings your car... you both know he did it, but continues to fight that he didn't and doesn't even offer insuarance let alone a first name. All you have left is to either a) throw down and try to bust his ass (thats of course if you CAN) or b) take his license plate and go through the
He said She said " shit. Which we all know gets you know where and you end up Shit outta luck with a dinged car and out of pocket expense to fix it.

OR

2) Someone Dings your car.... admits its an accident and as a result, covers your damage.

I don't know about you but I think I'll take option number 2. Sure I'll be bothered that my car got dinged, but at least I wasn't jerked around and its being fixed at someone else's expense. That taken into account, I won't be all that heated at all..... a little bothered? yes, but thats about it... at least I'll be able to sleep at night. If I had to go through option number 1, I'd be so pissed I'd wanna do a drive by on that dudes house.

When you buy a car, whether its a pinto or an E55. You gotta know that this type of thing WILL happen, and more often than not with dings and knicks you are left with the bill. Shit like that goes with the territory of owning a vehicle and if you can decrease your heart ache by someone else covering your damage its all GRAVY.

Agreed, agreed, agreed.....im just a no nonsense type of person. As i was reading your post I had to stop and just answer it this way.... I like to avoid the whole hastle all together (whether it was dented, whether it wasnt, who may have done it or if it was a mistake) im also the type of person that likes to avoid arguments, fights, or any unneeded stress in my life, therefore when I do pull into a parking lot I usually not only park my car far far away but I also do take up two spaces. Have never ever had a problem yet. Ive been doing this for like 5 years and it works. Theres none of this, well what if someone by accident opens there door and dings mine or what if someone backs up without looking and hits the car...you know all those possibilities. Ive basically been smart and taken all the steps to avoid something like that from happening or better yet making it less likely to happen is a better way to put it.

Many analogies can be used in many areas of your life. I guess its just experience...my first rx looked like it had been through a demolition derby after one year of ownership. The doors were so dinged up everytime I looked at them it would burn me up. You get to the point where you dont even wanna wash or wax your car because your going to see all these dings and dents.

Your cars just an extension of yourself. Theres nothing wrong with me wanting to take extra special care of it. I think most people feel the same and for the people that say its just a car im not so sure they really mean that.....I think there just saying that to get under peoples skin.

We can go on and on about this subject to no avail.......it is what it is....your you and im me, in the meantime ill keep on doing what makes me happy and gives me peace of mind.

You sound like you believe you are perfect :rolleyes:

Don't tell me that in all your years on this planet that you haven't screwed up at least once where someone else was afftected in some way, shape or form. Whether you accidentally ding another person's car, or you step on someone's foot by accident.... and no I am not saying that those two things are the same.... what I'm saying is you can take all the precaution in the world and still have an accident, no matter what it is. Hey man sometimes Shit Happens



I will under no circumstances discuss my last golfing experience. Suffice it to say I will never take my 8 to a golf course again. No damage to my car. But I can definately say that cars in the parking lot are not safe. To add salt to a wound, we were doing a scramble and one person short so we took turns taking a second shot at each spot. My second shot also went right onto the lot. Needless to say we finished that hole quicky and moved on.

A few weeks after buying my CRX, a (drunk) woman somehow backed up over two parking lot aisles and into the rear of my car. It was OK though and didn't need to be fixed she said, because "everyone on my street has dents like that."

A few months after my wife bought her Escort, a guy in a pickup bumped into the rear of her car while in a McDonald's drive-through. That was OK too he explained, because "that's what bumpers are for."

I was once sitting in my car in a department store parking lot while my wife shopped. A saw a van coming down the access lane towards the lot. It caught my attention because the passenger door was swinging around wide open while they drove, with someone shoveling crap out the door. The van drove between a number of cars in the lot, and the open door obviously crashed into a beautiful Infiniti Q45(?), as the door suddenly snapped back closed from the impact. They stopped in the middle of the lot, opened the side door, and swept, with a broom, all kinds of crap out of the van into the lot (cups, ashes, trash, etc.).

By this time my wife was back, and followed me over. She stopped me from confronting them, so we simply wrote down the license plate, tracked down the owner in the store, and called the cops. The Infiniti had a huge gash running down it's entire side. A long story and many hours later, the cops stopped the van a few miles away and brought me to ID the two women driving it.

They pleaded their innocence, because they "didn't notice" hitting anything. They were "just cleaning out" their car.

ARGH. I started sweating just reading that. I especially love when people like that compund the problem with "what dent?" "it's nothing" and other crap to make YOU sound like the a$$hole.

I was at Boca Park center when this guy in a Dodge SRT or what ever its called, made a right hand turn an spun out into a small tree. I said to my self: what will that guy tell his car inc place? "I ran into a tree?" LOL!

This is the most aggravating thread here. Because it's one of my biggest peeves and fears. Friday I was waiting for a friend who was buying cigarettes at Wawa, I was sitting in the back of the parking lot with a space on each side of me. A few minutes later, this gigantonormous SUV pulls up RIGHT NEXT to me, despite the several empty spaces elsewhere in the lot, cuts it way too close, leaves his fat ass crooked in the space, and shuts off the engine. A second later, front passenger door opens, and this woman hops out, looks at me like I'm retarded, and swings out the back door to let the kids out. What does she do? Smack the damn thing into my mirror! Looks at me like "oh well", and pushes the door back a half-inch so it's no longer resting on my mirror. I knew it was pretty minor, so I didn't even say anything - there's not even a scratch. But just the idea that these idiots do first and think second, is so aggravating! I mean, you have a 60,000 lb tank, park it crooked, and come out swinging your 40-foot doors! Why not park in a space with an empty one next to you? Why squeeze and beat the shit out of other people's cars? ARGH!!!!!!!!!!

-arattle

i got a story that still pisses me off to no end.

i was at bockbuster vido with my mom in her 2004 530i. the car had 6k miles on it. im walking out and theres some kid getting into her dads s500 benz. she slams the door into the sex-mobile (530). i run up, see a small ding, and bang on the drivers window. he stops and looks at me like im crazy. he rolls down his window and i say "excuse me, but your daughter just put a chip in my car." he said "sorry. that really sucks." i asked him if he was gonna get out and give me his info. he said "what are you crazy? why should i pay for that. its just a little chip." and then he drove away. fucking prick. i wanted to get his plate, but it didnt cross my mind. i was so god dam pissed off. im gonna go key every s500 on longisland.


eugh. FUCKSHITASSHOLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i got a story that still pisses me off to no end.

i was at bockbuster vido with my mom in her 2004 530i. the car had 6k miles on it. im walking out and theres some kid getting into her dads s500 benz. she slams the door into the sex-mobile (530). i run up, see a small ding, and bang on the drivers window. he stops and looks at me like im crazy. he rolls down his window and i say "excuse me, but your daughter just put a chip in my car." he said "sorry. that really sucks." i asked him if he was gonna get out and give me his info. he said "what are you crazy? why should i pay for that. its just a little chip." and then he drove away. fucking prick. i wanted to get his plate, but it didnt cross my mind. i was so god dam pissed off. im gonna go key every s500 on longisland.


eugh. FUCKSHITASSHOLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Now THATS the type of thing that would really get me pissed.

Then again, this lil anecdote may shed some light on the other side of things

This happened to me years ago as a young pup:

I was hanging out with a friend. We drove to this one bar and as i was reversing to parallell park, i kinda noticed the car behind me bounce a lil like as if i hit it....but i honestly heard nothing, probably because of the music which wasn't even on loud.... not even a minute later I heard banging on my trunk....the owner told me i hit his car. I didn't argue as i did notice it bounce from a bumper kiss. BUT for god sake, this guy was some fast talking shiester. The damage he pointed out could never be from a bumper kiss.... he was pointing out many little weathered hairline cracks and scratches across the entire width of the nose (it was a Stingray)..nothing that a lil love tap would have done.

Anyways he starts with the fast talking and his buddy is joining in. My friend was a girl in every sense of the word so i really had no back up.

1) He doesn't even begin to talk about insurance
2) Hes saying all this shit like as if it was pre-scripted and said it would be $500.00 to fix. Now that I think back, based on his script it'll be more than that to fix but i didn't know back then.
3) I was so scared because it was dads car i was driving, I just offered 100.00 to pay him off and he TOOK IT.... and that was that.

If he really thought I did that damage there is no way in hell he would take a measly 100.00 as compensation if he could have just got it out of my insurance....

All in all....the T.O.D simply got swindled. But i was young and scared.

See the thing is.... most other people aren't as honest as those up-standing citizens in the RX8 club :) So thats probably why the "guilty" people are reluctant to just go along with what you say, unless they actually saw the damage they did for themselves. There are lots of crooks out there and alot of these people are just trying to make sure they are not getting ripped victimized.

Anyone that looks at my car gets kicked in the throat.

I think the RX-8 should come optional from the factory with this as an alarm feature...
http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/africa/9812/11/flame.thrower.car/

So whenever someone opens up their door into your car...poof!
Maybe RX-8's could teach some repect to these people, and from then on, they'd always think twice about opening their car door, though hopefully it would be unlikely that they'd ever be able to drive again! The same goes for keying. I think this would be a great feature tied into a viper proximity sensor. Anything comes within 1 foot of the vehicle, anywhere around the vehicle and poof! And to add insult to injury, you still hit them up for their insurance to cover damage, if they managed to do any! Oh, I love it!

I like the part of that article that says "Fire blinds, not kills..." Now that I've been enlightened, I'm going to set myself aflame.

^^^ Just don't do it while you're in the 8. It would be a shame to blind her! ;)