How far do you go to avoid door dings?
01-26-2011 | 11:06 PM
#31
I will park far out towards the edge, a spot with a curb, or cart barrier. If I cant find a decent spot, then I will try to find two high end cars to park between...Last resort I will leave to avoid a door ding....
01-27-2011 | 12:57 AM
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Two months after getting my G37 sedan, I had been a victim of a dent. I went to a local restaurant and the parking lot was full. As I waited for a stall to open up, I noticed a Honda Civic with two fat chicks in it. I had first priority to the parking stall that opened up. What I did not know is that there were two spots next to each other as the spot next to it wasn't clearly marked. I didn't let them park first, because I had been waiting. As we entered the restaurant they had pulled into their parking space and were getting out of the vehicle. When I returned to my car I found a dent the size of golf ball on my driver's door. I had a feeling something like that was going to happen. I should have let the fat chicks go first as they were hungry. Clearly it was done on purpose. PDR repaired the dent. I had no scratches on my car until yesterday. When going to the local grocery store I always park near a delivery truck that is always parked at the time that I go shopping. I knew that the truck was not going to be moved so I had my driver's side of the car protected. As I was getting out of the car, I became distracted and I accidently hit the car door against the metal rail on the truck. What really pissed me off was that this was caused by me. I couldn't believe what had happened. Luckily it was just a small scratch and there was no dent. I always do walk around to check the car for dings. I was wondering if we could use insurance to repair the dents? What does it go under? Comprehensive or Collision?
01-27-2011 | 09:38 AM
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I drop the girlfriend off, park as far as humanly possible then walk. It doesn't bother me. At work, I'm at the end of the lot and park on the white line becuase the car next to me is a white Focus hatchback (We have assigned spots 
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01-27-2011 | 11:28 AM
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01-27-2011 | 12:06 PM
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I hate dings and scratches but these are just cars. So it's not worth the aggravation for me. Particularly I would never park in a handicapped spot. Those folks have enough to deal with as it is.
01-27-2011 | 12:22 PM
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Even I would never do that, and I'm not Mr nice Guy. 
But seriously I try to park away from others or park in between 2 nice new cars. Also I have never ever taken up 2 spacers with my car and I can't stand people that do that. Now I have not read most of this thread so if one of you guys does that, I can't stands ja.
But seriously I try to park away from others or park in between 2 nice new cars. Also I have never ever taken up 2 spacers with my car and I can't stand people that do that. Now I have not read most of this thread so if one of you guys does that, I can't stands ja.
01-27-2011 | 02:44 PM
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There is also a female member here who claimed to do this douche move too, but that was some time ago and she was also criticized for it at that time.
01-27-2011 | 11:28 PM
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My Infiniti dealer offered me a Dent Wizard package that will cover my dings for 3 years so that does give me some peace of mind. But preventing the damage is still much easier than repairing the damage after it happens. I use many of the "strategies" listed above.
01-27-2011 | 11:29 PM
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01-27-2011 | 11:33 PM
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