woman reversed into van - laughed about it.

[hondansx]

I do think there is a link with housewives out there who have everything paid for, and therefore do not appreciate the value of things. It's a not a good combination when a lot of women don't see the fuss about cars.

Incredulously, a week after finding shoe prints on the roof and rump of my 911, i then came back to the car to see someone had scraped across a corner of the front bumper. Thanks, fellow citizens!

[T0nup]

Car parks are a hazardous place, more so when they are filled mainly with women drivers who car little for anyone elses car... Did have an incident a while ago that restored my sense of karma.

Sitting in my car in the car park, woman drives past the back of my car and takes a wide turn into a space opposite. Too wide as it turned out, and she had to reverse to straighten up. Yup, bumped my car. I get out and she's parking up and just looks over at me. I smile, point to her car on which the bumper is badly cracked and clearly not good. She looks, and it's a head in hand job as I laugh at her, pointing to my towbar.

My car, not a scratch.

[Blakewater]

hondansx said:

I do think there is a link with housewives out there who have everything paid for, and therefore do not appreciate the value of things. It's a not a good combination when a lot of women don't see the fuss about cars.

Incredulously, a week after finding shoe prints on the roof and rump of my 911, i then came back to the car to see someone had scraped across a corner of the front bumper. Thanks, fellow citizens!

Standing on a car isn't carelessness, that's malicious. It seems to be a growing trend for people to show owners of premium brand cars what bourgeois planet killers they are by putting their designer brand trainers, made by 7 year olds on a penny a day, all over them. Then their mates take photos with their premium brand smart phones to upload onto Facebook to show off to their champagne socialist mates.

[Gareth79]

Urban Sports said:

Pixelpeep7r said:

cal-de-sac

Cul

Also, the "square" is in fact turning circle so cars (and bin lorries) can turn around, not a parking area.

[divetheworld]

dave_s13 said:

To be fair, if I were to nudge another car (would never happen obvs.. Xlnt driver) and there was no damage caused whatsoever then would I leave a note?

Not sure I would..... Might leave you open to getting fleeced from an unscrupulous bumpee.

And that might teach you to be more careful with someone else's property in the future.

[rich888]

Many years ago I was parked up in the local McDonald's car park in my Range Rover eating a happy meal (OK is sad but true) when along comes another car which parks next to me. Next minute the car door opens onto my door with a bang. I wind down my window and ask the driver what the hell he is playing at, and receive the response that its only a van, to which I reply thats OK then, and open my car door onto his door with a bang - you should have seen his face and the look of horror as his door was well and truly dented. Oh well, it's only a car

I don't think he would be so flippant next time... where has the respect gone?

[croyde]

I have owned my latest car only 2 months and try to be very careful where I park it and rarely take it to big carparks, ie Sainsburys. It has already collected door dings from others on both sides.

[robinessex]

Fort Jefferson said:

Pixelpeep7r said:

'are you going to leave a note on that van you just hit?'

Yes.

Dear Mr Vanowner, I have just reversed into your van, lots of people saw me do it, and are watching me now. They think I'm leaving you my name and address, but I'm not.

Dear Mr. Van Owner. I saw the bd who backed into your van, and came to see what the notice they put under your wiper blade said. Here is their registration number, and here is my mobile number if you need me as a witness.

Edited by robinessex on Sunday 19th October 10:14

[Cliftonite]

rich888 said:

Many years ago I was parked up in the local McDonald's car park in my Range Rover eating a happy meal (OK is sad but true) when along comes another car which parks next to me. Next minute the car door opens onto my door with a bang. I wind down my window and ask the driver what the hell he is playing at, and receive the response that its only a van, to which I reply thats OK then, and open my car door onto his door with a bang - you should have seen his face and the look of horror as his door was well and truly dented. Oh well, it's only a car

I don't think he would be so flippant next time... where has the respect gone?

.

Good of you to reinforce the well known 'all Range Rover drivers are knobs' stereotype.

[djc206]

I witnessed a guy nosey parking his golf in a tesco car park and getting it wrong putting a nasty scrape down the side of the ford ka next to him. He drove off.

I started to write a note when the girl who owned the car came back, I gave her the details and my number in case she needed a witness statement. I got a call and letter from her insurance company asking what I had seen. About a week after I sent that off she appeared at my door with a crate of beer to say thanks as the guy had admitted liability.

Personally I think people like that deserved to be banned. It wasn't a door ding it was a massive scrape about half the length of this poor girls car, he knew he'd done it and fled. aholes.

[robinessex]

Waiting at the rear of local bank for the wife one Wednesday morning. Car arrives, and parks in vacant customer parking bay. Guy goes into bank. Comes out 5 minutes later. Gets in car. Whilst sitting there, another car arrives, and squeezes in next customer bay, with her nearside right up against the wall. Driver door opens door with a thud into other cars nearside door. Female totty birds takes no notice of what she's just done, and toddles of in stupidly high heels. And not into the bank either. Guy in car next to her pulls out, and then gets out to look at his door. Then drives back in, only now about 2" from the totty birds car. Gets out. Locks car. Sees me grinning at what he's just done. '"That'll bugger her" I remark. "Yep" he said. " I work for the bank. Won't be back till Friday". Wish I could've seen what happened when she returned.

[croyde]

I have had new cars and would love to get another, the new Mustang in V8 please, but I won't as having a decent car is just too much of a worry unless you have pots of spare cash to keep repairing it.

My main daily is a E36 Beemer bought back in '98. I used to despair at the keyings, scrapes and parking dings that it collected but I just make sure it's serviced at the correct times and important stuff is repaired when needed.

The exterior is battle scarred but not rusty and it does keep people away in heavy traffic

Means I don't have to worry about where I leave it and when it collects another ding (Big scrape a few weeks ago and another keying, come on! how can you be jealous of a 16 year old car worth maybe £500) I just shrug and carry on.

[Martin_M]

Crush said:

Ari said:

Mercury00 said:

I'd chop off her tits and bury them in my back garden.

Was that actually funny in your mind..?

I actually quite like the idea of a boob tree

...but not in a booby trapped garden...

OP - I share your annoyance - I would have left a note for the van driver on her behalf! Did your dash cam actually record it?

[Pixelpeep7r]

Gareth79 said:

Urban Sports said:

Pixelpeep7r said:

cal-de-sac

Cul

Also, the "square" is in fact turning circle so cars (and bin lorries) can turn around, not a parking area.

Thanks for the correction on spelling Urban sports

Gareth, do you know where i live fella? Because i can assure you it is not a a circle, its a square. Thats why i referred to it as a square.

And no, its not for lorries turning, its for residents parking. Hence there being white lines everywhere indicating this.

Assumption eh?

[Speedracer329]

Fort Jefferson said:

Yes.

Dear Mr Vanowner, I have just reversed into your van, lots of people saw me do it, and are watching me now. They think I'm leaving you my name and address, but I'm not.

Exactly that happened to me around 4 years ago. Neighbour came across to tell me why the rear bumper of my Alfa 146 was caved in, said it was a lady driver in a Mini and she had left the car in neutral on a hill but forgot to put the handbrake on. The note under my wiper said exactly that above. Still, I should be grateful I was out in the TVR at the time!
Two weeks after having the bumper repaired a fking delivery driver stoved one of the back doors in, and he didn't leave a note, just his calling card.

[Cliftonite]

Speedracer329 said:

Exactly that happened to me around 4 years ago. Neighbour came across to tell me why the rear bumper of my Alfa 146 was caved in, said it was a lady driver in a Mini and she had left the car in neutral on a hill but forgot to put the handbrake on. The note under my wiper said exactly that above. Still, I should be grateful I was out in the TVR at the time!
Two weeks after having the bumper repaired a fking delivery driver stoved one of the back doors in, and he didn't leave a note, just his calling card.

Oh dear! You didn't use this phrase on purpose, did you? Just as they were all settled down for a sleep after Sunday lunch!

[Hol]

Fort Jefferson said:

Pixelpeep7r said:

'are you going to leave a note on that van you just hit?'

Yes.

Dear Mr Vanowner, I have just reversed into your van, lots of people saw me do it, and are watching me now. They think I'm leaving you my name and address, but I'm not.

I saw that episode of home to roost too.

[ooo000ooo]

Watched a dozey old bat in a Peugeot 206 reverse 3 times into the front of a parked car, hit it hard enough to lift her rear wheels off the ground, and then get out of the car as if nothing had happened. She tried to deny it when I asked if she was going to leave her details. I left the car park and waited just up the road. 10 seconds later she drove out. I passed details of both cars to the police although never heard anything more about it.

[GC8]

The 'square' in a cul-de-sac is actually a TURNING AREA! It isn't there to park in, it is there for people to turn around in.

[Cliftonite]

GC8 said:

The 'square' in a cul-de-sac is actually a TURNING AREA! It isn't there to park in, it is there for people to turn around in.

There is usually a convenient driveway to use instead!