DreamWarrior

Well, I got home last night to see some jack-*** parked as shown in the attached picture. With a gut feeling, and knowing that this moron consistently parks like crap, I figured I better take some pictures and get his plate number. Figures I wake up this morning and my gut feeling has to be correct, the piece of crap hit me.

Now I would have moved the car but, as you can see, I couldn't get in my door nor could I tell if any damage was done yet and I didn't want to potentially move the car from the scene just in case. Besides, he was so close that moving my car may have meant I could have hit him...and I didn't want that! So I took pictures and it turned out I need them :-(.

The dick head scuffed and turned in my driver's mirror, his big *** tires left rubber marks on the bottom of the door, has front end scraped the door, and something dented the rear suicide door.

IF YOU CAN'T DRIVE OR PARK IT, DON'T BUY IT ASSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSHOLE!!!!!!!!!

Anyway, I guess I posted this to cry...but also to find out who else has had similar experiences and how much, and how good the repairs were, also who did them (Mazda or independant).

Hopefully the police can use his tag and catch him with blue paint on his truck...then he gets slammed for leaving the scene and non-reporting. However, his plates start with "LE" which I'm guessing means law enforcement...so I don't expect much; we'll see. Hopefully my insurance don't go up if they have to cover this ****, and I don't really want to pay a deductable because of this *******!

ARGH!!!!!!!! Here's a picture of his superb parking skills...I'll leave you with this because I'm too pissed off to type anymore.

x3dfxWolfeman

my condolences...I wouldve called the cops immediately upon seeing the damage and the offending truck sitting next to it, then have the cops waiting with your when the Truck n00b comes out.

DreamWarrior

Couldn't see any damage last night so until this morning I didn't know if any damage was done. However from looking at the pictures I took, he didn't hit me until he left...so even if I called the cops last night the only thing they would have said was "move your car" which I guess I could have done then...but hindsight is always 20-20. :-(.

sferrett

YOu probably should have gone with your instinct and moved the car...

I have had several incidents where someone has parked too close for me to get in, in those cases I go in the passenger door, put the car in neutral and push it out of the spot until I can get in the drivers side.

Sorry to hear your story - I hope you can track the idiot owner down and get something sorted out.

Ike

I hate to say it but the odds of the police caring or doing anything about it are slim to none.

rev-2-9k

People drive trucks like that in Jersey? I could swear he has a Texas look to him. I can only imagine how you feel, I am stuck at home today becasue it is raining outside and I just waxed yesterday.

DreamWarrior

I'm hoping the money from writing him a big fat failure to report/leaving the scene ticket would drive them to do something.

The cop was also young and said he loved my car...maybe that'll motivate him to screw the guy. If not, guess I'll be ponying up the insurance deductable :-(.

Yeah, they drive them and don't learn to park them! If it was Texas the mother-asldfkjasldfkjasdl;fkj would probably know how to park it.

mamccubbin

Sorry your car got messed up. However, if you were concerned enough to take photos, I think you could have found a way to get in the car and move it.

Loaded8

Sorry about your car. On the bright side the triangles in the seats look cool in the picture!!!

adrian-1

Wow, he's definitely crossed into your line. So does he live in your apartments? Hope the cops hunt him down.

rchaud98

It's time for street justice methinks....

Squidward

It really sucks the big one that your car is damaged, but let's look at the facts for a second:

You know there's a very likely chance of your car being dinged, yet you sat by and let the unmentionable happen.. In fact you went through the trouble of getting your camera and taking a picture, rather than simply moving the car.

You had a chance to avoid this situation completely. Most people don't even get that chance.

Have you considered the fact that he *might* have seen you taking a picture of the cars. Who knows... It's possible he saw, and it pissed him off that you were "challenging" him rather than be smart about it and just move your car. If I was a jerk, I'd think that was an invitation to be even more of a jerk..

Cuz he didn't just slightly ding your car. From your description, what happened was obviously intentional. If you show the cops a picture the night before, they'll wonder why you didn't move it. Don't expect them or anyone else to be
very sympathetic when they hear your story.

kbull

What does it matter if he moved his car or not? The point is, he parked well within the lines, and someone hit him. Should he have moved his (well-parked) car just because some other moron can't park? Maybe, but the guy might not have hit him, either. It's 100% this other guy's fault, and he should be held accountable.

fluque

I feel for you and hopefully you'll get the guy..... Was the passenger door blocked or how come you couldn't get into the car on the oher side?

therm8

Hehe, his tires look expensive, it would really suck for him to have to buy 4 new ones...

Squidward

I don't dispute that the damage is 100% of the guys fault, and CERTAINLY he will be proven liable in court..

You miss my point completely.

My point was that he shouldn't cry about something he could have avoided but gambled on it. I don't feel sorry for stupidity because instead of spending time to take the picture, he could have simply move the car... not exactly rocket science. Now he's stuck with a damaged 8 and a big headache. His own doing (not the car damage, but everything else).

livitup

Is it possible it dididn't occur to this guy to go in through the passenger side?

Granted it would probably be difficult, and you risk scuffing up some plastic part inside. Maybe he considered going in through the passenger side and dismissed the idea as too hard.

I never would have thought myself about putting it in neutral and rolling it back.

Give the guy a break. Some turd just miffed his car. He's got enough to worry about.

---A

PS. To the original poster: Definatley call the cops. If they can find any kind of evedence on the guys truck he could definatley be hit with Leaving the Scene.

DreamWarrior

Well for everyone telling me to go into the passenger's side I'd just like to say that hindsight is 20-20 and had I known this ******* was certainly going to hit me I would have parked it 20 miles away, however we have assigned parking and there were no non-assigned spots left open that I could have moved it into. So I was basically stuck leaving it there.

Not to mention that, as I said, even if there were spots open I'd have had to crawl in through the passenger's side (and I didn't think of rolling the car back to get in the drivers side). Besides that, had I hit him coming out it would have been MY FAULT! Then what?! I would have a scratched RX-8 AND higher insurance because I hit that f^$@er that was parked too close.

I guess the *best* thing I could have done in hindsight was call the police right then and there. That way they could watch me pull out, see if there was any damage when I did, and then proceed to take action. Then find the guy and tell him to move his **** parked truck so I could pull back in. But again, hindsight is always 20-20 and thinking about what I could have done does me no good today.

Anyway, thanks for the support and the hindsight insight which does me no good. As for the cops, they're probably not doing anything but I did see the truck again last night and lined up scuffs on his brush-guard with my mirror and scuffs on his paint with the scratch on my door...hopefully the cops will see it when he gets back provided he hasn't fixed it yet.

chief8

I feel your pain. Same thing happened to me in an airport parking lot. I just returned from the trip and my right side rear flare had all of the paint taken off by some white vehicle. Haven't had it fixed yet but will see what it costs next week.

Squidward

well, eitherway, good luck to you in getting this whole thing resolved and getting your 8 back into it's original form.

none of us like to see damaged 8's (especially our own), it's horrific.

Hard 8

Sorry to hear about that major bummer. Why don't you leave a note on his windshield? Real short and sweet; not provocative or vicious. Just something like,

"Excuse me, but you parked next to me the other night (insert date) and your truck was parked over the line and into my space, so I took a picture of it up against mine, and the next morning I found that your truck had extensively damaged my car. Today I saw your truck again and matched up the damage on it with the damage to my car, and there's no doubt that you hit me. Although I have already reported this problem to the police, I'd much rather resolve it amicably, so please call me at the number below and we'll work it out."

Print out the picture and leave it with the note. That way he knows you've got him dead to rights and could charge him with a hit and run. He knows you have pictures. He knows the dents match. He knows that YOU KNOW where he parks, and he might have some fear that you would retaliate.

If he doesn't call you, then find out who he is (the DMV in many states will release this information to someone with a specific legal reason for getting it), and then call him or send him a letter. Eventually, you should get redress. In the meantime, document your damage carefully with photos, along with the matching damage to his truck, and get your car fixed.

That's what I'd do, anyway. Whatever you do, keep your cool and just stay on target, which is to get your damage paid for. If you pay the deductible and your insurance pays the rest of the damage, it should not affect your rates if you show your insurance company that it was not your fault. Then all you want from this guy is your deductible, and it will be up to your insurer to subrogate against him for the balance; not your problem.

DreamWarrior

Hard-8:

That's not a bad idea, but if I alert him to his misnomer I'd think he would go out and make his truck look all shiny new and I'd never be able to show the cops the slight scuffs on his truck.

I'm banking on the fact that he thinks I have no clue regarding who did this because then he has no reason to shine up his truck to remove any "evidence".

When, and if, the cops question him he may also lie, not knowing that they already have evidence that he was parked there, which will look conspicous and support me...hopefully.

But thanks for the idea! Maybe I'll drop him a note if the cops don't do anything this way he might at least pay my deductible out of, as you said, fear I may press harder. But with law enforcement plates, I don't think I'm going to instill any fear into him .

Hard 8

I hear ya. Whichever approach you take, I might suggest photographing the scuffs on his truck ASAP. Good luck!