Can't have 'owt nice
Discussion
So yesterday, after a trip to High Cross in Leicester my car now has scrapes dings and scratches on all sides (and corners). I do try to keep my car in good nick, mechanically and cosmetically. Serviced on time, if it needs replacing it is replaced a.s.a.p. etc.
It's a shame other people are not so caring. None of these cosmetic afflictions have been due to my driving or even occurred while I was at the wheel. I deliberately park away from the herds too and yet my efforts have not been sufficient. Every single dent, scuff, scrape and scratch is down to some careless f
ker who either a) can't open a door gently and without hitting the car next door or b) can't navigate a stationary object. I have even had people bash their doors in to mine while I was still sat in the car! My incredulous look to them receives a "what you fking looking at mate?!" back... mental.
I give up. Yesterdays is the worst yet. Someone had already clouted the back corner, cracking the paint, but this one is a good 2 ft long scuff with scratches down to the plastic and lashings of red paint. Was there a note saying here are my details? NO. Even a sorry note would have done. No, nothing, just drive off.
I am not actually too annoyed about the car, its nothing special, its a Civic and its coming up 9 years old this year. Its the principle. I have tried to keep the car in good nick, it is a good car, still looks modern, still drives well. But people just don't seem to give a st. If it had been something more special, I would be seriously angry now.
I look outside at my ratty, 20 year old shed of a Volvo and just think; "I should probably just get another one of those, people actively avoid you that way!"... why have anything remotely nice? Just buy something that looks like it drove through a thorny hedge and been in a few "fender-benders" to begin with.
It's a shame other people are not so caring. None of these cosmetic afflictions have been due to my driving or even occurred while I was at the wheel. I deliberately park away from the herds too and yet my efforts have not been sufficient. Every single dent, scuff, scrape and scratch is down to some careless f
ker who either a) can't open a door gently and without hitting the car next door or b) can't navigate a stationary object. I have even had people bash their doors in to mine while I was still sat in the car! My incredulous look to them receives a "what you fking looking at mate?!" back... mental.I give up. Yesterdays is the worst yet. Someone had already clouted the back corner, cracking the paint, but this one is a good 2 ft long scuff with scratches down to the plastic and lashings of red paint. Was there a note saying here are my details? NO. Even a sorry note would have done. No, nothing, just drive off.
I am not actually too annoyed about the car, its nothing special, its a Civic and its coming up 9 years old this year. Its the principle. I have tried to keep the car in good nick, it is a good car, still looks modern, still drives well. But people just don't seem to give a s
t. If it had been something more special, I would be seriously angry now. I look outside at my ratty, 20 year old shed of a Volvo and just think; "I should probably just get another one of those, people actively avoid you that way!"... why have anything remotely nice? Just buy something that looks like it drove through a thorny hedge and been in a few "fender-benders" to begin with.
You have my agreement on that, I have a Picasso that is used as a Hackney cab, because it's over 3 years old my Licensing Authority insist that the car is kept in "as showroom condition" and is inspected every 6 months when it has a Hackney test and any little defect on the body such as door dings, scratches etc have to rectified before the licence can be renewed, luckily I have another car for day to day use but even so its a real pain trying to park somewhere in the cab without worrying about any possible damage to it when I get back to it.
Same story for me. I've had my 106 GTi since Feb 2007 so 8 years. I love it even if it now handles like jelly, knocks and bangs and requires my knee to keep it in fifth gear. I have always looked after it as best as I can (gears will be sorted soon) and only once 'crashed' it (~3 mph in to a big plant pot on my drive). Anyway, moved to London and even though I park it carefully it is full of dinks and scratches.
I washed it yesterday and found two new ones. Passenger wingmirror and drivers side of the rear bumper.
Why cant we all drive in towns without rubbing against random cars?!
I washed it yesterday and found two new ones. Passenger wingmirror and drivers side of the rear bumper.
Why cant we all drive in towns without rubbing against random cars?!
You're not alone brother. Firstly, hands up, the first one was my fault. As I opened my door a strong gust of wind hammered my door into the car beside me. One hell of a bang, the woman sat in there nearly jumped out of her seat. When I spoke to her to apologise and make good the damage but she wasn't interested - didn't even look. I said it's quite a dent but she said it's her husband's car so she didn't care. 
Creased the edge of my door nicely though. 
The following day I returned to my car at the supermarket and a lovely dent and scratches on the nearside rear quarter. Exactly the right height and shape of a trolley. No note or contact.
Creased the edge of my door nicely though. The following day I returned to my car at the supermarket and a lovely dent and scratches on the nearside rear quarter. Exactly the right height and shape of a trolley. No note or contact.
Its just a fact of modern life now, lots of people who are just scum. It does seem to depend on the car though. I was expecting my Jag to take a beating as its very wide and gets parked in all sorts of bad places - train station, supermarket, motorway services but 2 years in and there are only a few tiny scratches.
My Mrs Merc SLK which is tiny by comparison has both sides of the rear bumper deeply scratched, car park door dents on both front wings and doors and every panel has scratches and marks. Same used to happen to her VW Golf.
I put aside £1000 a year for sorting out dinks, dents, scratches and the odd kerbed wheel, it usually gets spent.
My Mrs Merc SLK which is tiny by comparison has both sides of the rear bumper deeply scratched, car park door dents on both front wings and doors and every panel has scratches and marks. Same used to happen to her VW Golf.
I put aside £1000 a year for sorting out dinks, dents, scratches and the odd kerbed wheel, it usually gets spent.
Me and the missus were parked up in a car park service station heading back from somewhere in the UK, she went to the toilet and i was sat in the car.
Watching people as you do, a row in front of us a chap drives into a spot and catches the back end of another car, he obviously didn't see me watching him as he reverses out and goes to park at the other end of the car park (we saw the car parked as we left).
I left a note and contact details under the wiper of the damaged car as it had made a right mess of the corner of the back bumper but i never heard anything!
Watching people as you do, a row in front of us a chap drives into a spot and catches the back end of another car, he obviously didn't see me watching him as he reverses out and goes to park at the other end of the car park (we saw the car parked as we left).
I left a note and contact details under the wiper of the damaged car as it had made a right mess of the corner of the back bumper but i never heard anything!
krisdelta said:
I choose my parking spots very carefully, but still manage to accrue dings and scrapes. Most people just don't care. I try and either park between two already parked cars, or park next to something nicer / well looked after.
Doing the above is not going to help things in my opinion. The best thing to do is go as far to the back of the car park as you can or, in the case of a multi-storey, go right to the top. People are lazy and always try to squeeze in to spaces as close to the shop entrance as they can. I often drive past queues of idiots at Tesco straight to the far area of the car park which is scarcely populated with cars, park in a space with no cars surrounding it, and come back to find they're still empty. I hate people and I try to avoid them as best I can. I'd rather walk for an extra minute even in the freezing cold.
Doesn't always work though:
Every time I park in the local Aldi in the missus old K11 Micra (already full of dings), I park on an end of row, at the other side of the car park, with the wheels literally on the line, so there's twice as much room for whoever parks in the space next to me.
Virtually guaranteed that when I get back to the car, if somebody has parked next to me, they're hanging over into my space.
Some people just can't park in spaces and have to use the distance between other cars as a frame of reference.
Virtually guaranteed that when I get back to the car, if somebody has parked next to me, they're hanging over into my space.
Some people just can't park in spaces and have to use the distance between other cars as a frame of reference.
bigkeeko said:
To a lot of people a car is just a convenience item like a wheelie bin.
But does your wheelie bin stand you a personal investment of often more than ten grand?This is what I don't understand. These f
kwits are doing just as much damage to their own cars, and the type of thoughtless idiot doing it is generally in something fairly new or leased. It must cost them an absolute fortune when they want to get rid of the car, so I can't understand how anyone can treat a car so badly again after being bum-raped come trade-in the first time round.Sure, there's a small set of people who won't even notice the couple of grand they lose, but the majority must do. It's very confusing.
Non-car people probably don't notice or mind all the little scrapes and dings. To them it's just what happens when a car gets older.
Car people want to keep the car looking like new as long as possible and this sort of thing really drives them up the wall.
Some nob at the garage jacked my car up on the sills and put a couple of ever so barely noticeable creases in them, absolutely drives me up the wall knowing they're there, even if 90% of people can't see what I can.
Car people want to keep the car looking like new as long as possible and this sort of thing really drives them up the wall.
Some nob at the garage jacked my car up on the sills and put a couple of ever so barely noticeable creases in them, absolutely drives me up the wall knowing they're there, even if 90% of people can't see what I can.
Otispunkmeyer said:
So yesterday, after a trip to High Cross in Leicester my car now has scrapes dings and scratches on all sides (and corners). I do try to keep my car in good nick, mechanically and cosmetically. Serviced on time, if it needs replacing it is replaced a.s.a.p. etc.
It's a shame other people are not so caring. None of these cosmetic afflictions have been due to my driving or even occurred while I was at the wheel. I deliberately park away from the herds too and yet my efforts have not been sufficient. Every single dent, scuff, scrape and scratch is down to some careless fker who either a) can't open a door gently and without hitting the car next door or b) can't navigate a stationary object. I have even had people bash their doors in to mine while I was still sat in the car! My incredulous look to them receives a "what you fking looking at mate?!" back... mental.
I give up. Yesterdays is the worst yet. Someone had already clouted the back corner, cracking the paint, but this one is a good 2 ft long scuff with scratches down to the plastic and lashings of red paint. Was there a note saying here are my details? NO. Even a sorry note would have done. No, nothing, just drive off.
I am not actually too annoyed about the car, its nothing special, its a Civic and its coming up 9 years old this year. Its the principle. I have tried to keep the car in good nick, it is a good car, still looks modern, still drives well. But people just don't seem to give a st. If it had been something more special, I would be seriously angry now.
I look outside at my ratty, 20 year old shed of a Volvo and just think; "I should probably just get another one of those, people actively avoid you that way!"... why have anything remotely nice? Just buy something that looks like it drove through a thorny hedge and been in a few "fender-benders" to begin with.
Sorry to hear this. I actually find the Highcross one SO much better to avoid this sort of thing than the one above Debenhams/etc. Have you noticed how lots of peeps park in the electric bays there?? A little larger space I reckon. My advice is to go for the end spots closest to the exit lane but on level 2. Reason being is that everyone is trying to park as close as possible to the main entrance/level 3 they forget about these spots. I usually see some exotic motors parked in these bays so rock up next to them It's a shame other people are not so caring. None of these cosmetic afflictions have been due to my driving or even occurred while I was at the wheel. I deliberately park away from the herds too and yet my efforts have not been sufficient. Every single dent, scuff, scrape and scratch is down to some careless f
ker who either a) can't open a door gently and without hitting the car next door or b) can't navigate a stationary object. I have even had people bash their doors in to mine while I was still sat in the car! My incredulous look to them receives a "what you fking looking at mate?!" back... mental.I give up. Yesterdays is the worst yet. Someone had already clouted the back corner, cracking the paint, but this one is a good 2 ft long scuff with scratches down to the plastic and lashings of red paint. Was there a note saying here are my details? NO. Even a sorry note would have done. No, nothing, just drive off.
I am not actually too annoyed about the car, its nothing special, its a Civic and its coming up 9 years old this year. Its the principle. I have tried to keep the car in good nick, it is a good car, still looks modern, still drives well. But people just don't seem to give a s
t. If it had been something more special, I would be seriously angry now. I look outside at my ratty, 20 year old shed of a Volvo and just think; "I should probably just get another one of those, people actively avoid you that way!"... why have anything remotely nice? Just buy something that looks like it drove through a thorny hedge and been in a few "fender-benders" to begin with.
Howard- said:
I hate people and I try to avoid them as best I can. I'd rather walk for an extra minute even in the freezing cold.
Doesn't always work though:
It could have been worse. It could have been a right $hittr of a people carrier covered in dents and stickers and loaded with the benefits family with the fat kids in the back eating. Just a mobile skip to go with their house and garden that`s probably a riot too. That`s the kind of car you don`t want to see anywhere near yours.Doesn't always work though:
nomank said:
Otispunkmeyer said:
So yesterday, after a trip to High Cross in Leicester my car now has scrapes dings and scratches on all sides (and corners). I do try to keep my car in good nick, mechanically and cosmetically. Serviced on time, if it needs replacing it is replaced a.s.a.p. etc.
It's a shame other people are not so caring. None of these cosmetic afflictions have been due to my driving or even occurred while I was at the wheel. I deliberately park away from the herds too and yet my efforts have not been sufficient. Every single dent, scuff, scrape and scratch is down to some careless fker who either a) can't open a door gently and without hitting the car next door or b) can't navigate a stationary object. I have even had people bash their doors in to mine while I was still sat in the car! My incredulous look to them receives a "what you fking looking at mate?!" back... mental.
I give up. Yesterdays is the worst yet. Someone had already clouted the back corner, cracking the paint, but this one is a good 2 ft long scuff with scratches down to the plastic and lashings of red paint. Was there a note saying here are my details? NO. Even a sorry note would have done. No, nothing, just drive off.
I am not actually too annoyed about the car, its nothing special, its a Civic and its coming up 9 years old this year. Its the principle. I have tried to keep the car in good nick, it is a good car, still looks modern, still drives well. But people just don't seem to give a st. If it had been something more special, I would be seriously angry now.
I look outside at my ratty, 20 year old shed of a Volvo and just think; "I should probably just get another one of those, people actively avoid you that way!"... why have anything remotely nice? Just buy something that looks like it drove through a thorny hedge and been in a few "fender-benders" to begin with.
Sorry to hear this. I actually find the Highcross one SO much better to avoid this sort of thing than the one above Debenhams/etc. Have you noticed how lots of peeps park in the electric bays there?? A little larger space I reckon. My advice is to go for the end spots closest to the exit lane but on level 2. Reason being is that everyone is trying to park as close as possible to the main entrance/level 3 they forget about these spots. I usually see some exotic motors parked in these bays so rock up next to them It's a shame other people are not so caring. None of these cosmetic afflictions have been due to my driving or even occurred while I was at the wheel. I deliberately park away from the herds too and yet my efforts have not been sufficient. Every single dent, scuff, scrape and scratch is down to some careless f
ker who either a) can't open a door gently and without hitting the car next door or b) can't navigate a stationary object. I have even had people bash their doors in to mine while I was still sat in the car! My incredulous look to them receives a "what you fking looking at mate?!" back... mental.I give up. Yesterdays is the worst yet. Someone had already clouted the back corner, cracking the paint, but this one is a good 2 ft long scuff with scratches down to the plastic and lashings of red paint. Was there a note saying here are my details? NO. Even a sorry note would have done. No, nothing, just drive off.
I am not actually too annoyed about the car, its nothing special, its a Civic and its coming up 9 years old this year. Its the principle. I have tried to keep the car in good nick, it is a good car, still looks modern, still drives well. But people just don't seem to give a s
t. If it had been something more special, I would be seriously angry now. I look outside at my ratty, 20 year old shed of a Volvo and just think; "I should probably just get another one of those, people actively avoid you that way!"... why have anything remotely nice? Just buy something that looks like it drove through a thorny hedge and been in a few "fender-benders" to begin with.
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