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> Door-ding: WHUMP!, What do you do?
Dave_Darling
post Oct 16 2005, 06:40 PM
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I drove my 914 to the store earlier today. As my attorney and I were walking back out to the car (one of 3 parked in a ~40 car lot), some ancient geezer in a big white full-size van dives up and parks right next to my car. About four inches next to, in fact. He opens up the door to the van, WHUMP! A nice new door ding, complete with paint chip.

He carefully squeezes out of the door (because it doesn't open very far due to being so close to my car) and starts walking away. "Excuse me--you just dented my car!!"

He looks at the ding, looks at his door, and shrugs. "Everybody does it." Uhh, noooo.... And why the hell did you have to park so close to me in an empty lot? "I'm between the lines!" Uhh, no--look again bozo. "Well whaddaya want me to do about it? Give you twenny bucks?" Sorry, old timer, but even the paintless dent removal places won't work for less than eighty. And now it needs paint, too.

I just said the hell with it, but my attorney and he kept yelling at each other. It's not like the paint on my car is in very good shape anyway, but the lack of consideration is just appalling.

I probably should have gotten his insurance info and called it in to them. I might not have gotten any money, but it would have been a pain in the butt to him and maybe he'd think twice about it in the future. Then again, he was probably 80+ so he may not be thinking or seeing so clearly anymore. He was definitely hard of hearing...

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post Oct 17 2005, 11:11 AM
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Wow, Dave that sucks.

Coming back from the WCC in 04 I stopped at a McDonalds in the middle of nowhere Nevada. I was the only customer in the entire place. I parked right by the door, and sat in view of my car. Then I see a big white mid 80's towncar pull in (you know the type, big old bugscreen up front with the blue visor). , and yes you guessed it decided that out of a completely empty lot he was gonna park 2 feet from the little porsche. I was out of my seat and in a sprint towards my car (no joke) and threw myself between his drivers door and my passenger door as he swung it open. I put my hand on the edge of his door as it pressed against my door, as he (elderly) required assistance getting out of the car and way pressing my hand against my door!. Anyhow, I scared the crap out of the old man, and he started to get testy with me, saying I shouldn't run up on people like that ect. In a nice voice stated that I was just trying to protect my car.

He laughed at me and said that was not nessesary and pointed to the door of his lincoln showing me that he had the door edging strip and that prevented other cars from damage! And says he does it all the time! I could not believe it! He parked close on purpose to use my car as a brace to help himself get our of his car!

He then told me that I should have parked far out if I was worried about dings. At that point I was fuming but just left. Wonder how many cars he has dinged over the years (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/chair.gif)

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Dave_Darling   Door-ding: WHUMP!   Oct 16 2005, 06:40 PM
bd1308   Dang DD..... http://www.914world.c...   Oct 16 2005, 06:48 PM
Thomas J Bliznik   Dave, so sorry to hear this. Memo to us older guy...   Oct 16 2005, 06:49 PM
brer   technically that is a collision. ask for his insu...   Oct 16 2005, 06:53 PM
markb   Sorry to hear it, Dave. Some people just have no c...   Oct 16 2005, 06:58 PM
bmcwilli   Dave You shoulda made him as miserable as possible...   Oct 16 2005, 06:59 PM
Flat VW   Door dings cut me to the core, my parents modeling...   Oct 16 2005, 07:23 PM
Brew   Sorry to hear it, Dave. I had a lady do that to me...   Oct 16 2005, 07:35 PM
wilchek   Dave, don't sweat the small stuff. it sucks a...   Oct 16 2005, 07:37 PM
ClayPerrine   Dave, (Insert Bill Clinton voice) I feel your ...   Oct 16 2005, 07:54 PM
shaggy   <...   Oct 16 2005, 07:55 PM
ClayPerrine   That's when you call some friends with a coupl...   Oct 16 2005, 08:09 PM
bd1308   LMAO! thats good clay....   Oct 16 2005, 08:12 PM
goose2   people like that really piss me off...and everyone...   Oct 16 2005, 09:06 PM
bd1308   in KY everybody has a gunrack in thier car.....for...   Oct 16 2005, 09:24 PM
Gint   Sorry Dave! http://www.9...   Oct 16 2005, 09:49 PM
JOHNMAN   I would have at least left the scene with four val...   Oct 16 2005, 11:42 PM
fiid   Dave: Does your lawyer take cases like this? I go...   Oct 17 2005, 12:28 AM
OMB_Godfather   Ya well at least your not a retard and clip a meta...   Oct 17 2005, 12:55 AM
sj914   Dave, Let the guy burn. A guy rearended my new tr...   Oct 17 2005, 01:27 AM
fiid   ...   Oct 17 2005, 10:40 AM
Ferg   Wow, Dave that sucks. Coming back from the WCC in...   Oct 17 2005, 11:11 AM
Crazyhippy   I had an old jeep rock crawler, Full cage, huge ax...   Oct 17 2005, 11:38 AM
Sparky   ...   Oct 17 2005, 06:41 PM
Dave_Darling   Yup, she'd kill me if I mentioned "consulting"...   Oct 17 2005, 07:04 PM
ClayPerrine     Oct 17 2005, 10:48 PM
Dave_Darling     Oct 18 2005, 06:10 AM
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