What to do when you have to park near c***s
Discussion
hepy said:
lord trumpton said:
The common denominator in these situations is always the wife.
My wife's alloys are kerbed but apparently she didn't do it.
There's scratches on the rear bumper that she does not know how they got there
There are a could of bumper scuffs that someone else must have done.
Generally speaking women don't deserve nice cars because they don't really give two f
ks about them.
Just buy her a stter like a little clio or a Punto and send her on her way
Wow, have we gone back in time to the seventies? What next, call your wife 'the little lady'? Do some mother in law jokes. My wife's alloys are kerbed but apparently she didn't do it.
There's scratches on the rear bumper that she does not know how they got there
There are a could of bumper scuffs that someone else must have done.
Generally speaking women don't deserve nice cars because they don't really give two f
ks about them.Just buy her a s
tter like a little clio or a Punto and send her on her way Why don't you sit back and enjoy some Jim Davidson DVD's.
What?
It really boils my piss that it seems to be that if others knock into an old shed of a car, they wouldn't think twice about just locking their car up and going on their merry way without a seconds thought. Someone's shed can be someone else's pride and joy.
I can't be the only one that feels this way?
I can't be the only one that feels this way?
whysub said:
It really boils my piss that it seems to be that if others knock into an old shed of a car, they wouldn't think twice about just locking their car up and going on their merry way without a seconds thought. Someone's shed can be someone else's pride and joy.
I can't be the only one that feels this way?
I agree 100%. When my VW bay window was rammed by an inattentive tI can't be the only one that feels this way?
t in a Volvo his opening gambit was "it's only an old van" - bd.Wish I still had that van.
I find it amazing that you can tolerate that much damage and just not do anything about it. I think the answer was the one given in the first (and more or less every subsequent) reply.
If you aren't willing to step down to a shed, I'd suggest you at least buy her something smaller than a big ass lexus to drive around in and maybe other people will find it easier to miss.
If you aren't willing to step down to a shed, I'd suggest you at least buy her something smaller than a big ass lexus to drive around in and maybe other people will find it easier to miss.
Burrito said:
Could try fitting a dash with motion sensor to see if it picks up who's doing it and if it's deliberate.
This is a budget friendly option worth trying. I used to have an "ActionCam" dash cam thing recommended by Techmoan - cost about £50-60 and recorded whenever it detected movement.
hepy said:
lord trumpton said:
The common denominator in these situations is always the wife.
My wife's alloys are kerbed but apparently she didn't do it.
There's scratches on the rear bumper that she does not know how they got there
There are a could of bumper scuffs that someone else must have done.
Generally speaking women don't deserve nice cars because they don't really give two fks about them.
Just buy her a stter like a little clio or a Punto and send her on her way
Wow, have we gone back in time to the seventies? What next, call your wife 'the little lady'? Do some mother in law jokes. My wife's alloys are kerbed but apparently she didn't do it.
There's scratches on the rear bumper that she does not know how they got there
There are a could of bumper scuffs that someone else must have done.
Generally speaking women don't deserve nice cars because they don't really give two f
ks about them.Just buy her a s
tter like a little clio or a Punto and send her on her way Why don't you sit back and enjoy some Jim Davidson DVD's.
t taste in women?thelawnet said:
Why used to? What made you get rid?
Lazyness to be honest. It was on a suction mount which fell off the window. At the time, I threw it in the glove box and never bothered to re-attach. I've since swapped my car and never bothered fitting it in there either. It was a little big/in the way for my liking and didn't quite fit behind the mirror.For reference, it was one of these; http://www.techmoan.com/blog/2013/6/9/sj1000-at-la...
HairbearTE said:
So you get video footage of an incident, what are you going to do with it?
Get an old stter for this kind of commute.
(that said, I did park an Esprit in Harlesden daily about 20 years ago! - Knowing the locals can make the difference between being able to do this or not..)
Haha I can imagine, I work there! Get an old s
tter for this kind of commute. (that said, I did park an Esprit in Harlesden daily about 20 years ago! - Knowing the locals can make the difference between being able to do this or not..)
I have a couple of blackvue cameras in my car. when parked up you can swivel the back camera to face forwards and the front vice versa picks up anything that occurs but you do have to make sure they don't flatten your battery,
Leave them both on all day then all night and your battery will go flat, reverse into the space girate the rear cam forward and turn the front off is generally what I do when day parking I leave them off at night when home as we have cctv
Though in this instant I would just go buy a shed and get a multicar policy
It will be much cheaper in the long run plus better for your stress and well being, with the added bonus of tip runs and shopping runs
Leave them both on all day then all night and your battery will go flat, reverse into the space girate the rear cam forward and turn the front off is generally what I do when day parking I leave them off at night when home as we have cctv
Though in this instant I would just go buy a shed and get a multicar policy
It will be much cheaper in the long run plus better for your stress and well being, with the added bonus of tip runs and shopping runs
Well just went to try and sort it out.
Firstly went to the body shop.
He said:
This is how we always park. We are at the end of a cul-de-sac and it's much easier to park forward. And as you can see, there is a bush on the right side. And the scratch is on the left. So it couldn't be from that.
Except, as I mentioned earlier, when that scratch appeared it was just after it had been serviced, and then dropped off at my house by Lexus. They reversed in, I was home at the time, looked out the window saw them reversing in, and thought 'that's thoughtful of them'. So it seems fairly likely that in fact what happened was that when Lexus reversed it in, they scraped it down the bush, and I didn't notice it immediately, because I wasn't looking, but the next day when the car was parked the other way round as usual, it was obviously immediately noticeable - I assumed it had been done at the college, but actually it's more likely to have been Lexus, but I can't really prove that now.
Anyway, I had a look at the car park, it's pretty crowded and the spaces are close together. There are a lot of very bashed about cars. Apparently the students are free to park there after 5pm, and my wife finishes at 7pm. Also I think I probably underestimate how s**t their driving is - apparently one of the students (aged 19 or whatever) was spotted teaching his girlfriend to drive, which is illegal as you are supposed to be 21. So it's pretty conceivable anyway.
We spoke to the facilities manager and she's been given a new place to park in, so that's a start anyway.
Originally, before it got f***ed up, I had been planning to get the car detailed and the microswirls and such like polished out so it's properly shiny, but I'm not sure if there is any overlap between the repairs and the detailing work to save potentially paying for polishing and whatever twice.
Firstly went to the body shop.
He said:
- scratch down the side of the car http://imgur.com/a/mY1zq is from a tree branch. I didn't see how that was possible. And the smaller scratch made earlier looks like a trolley or something [I don't know if it could be a car door or something]. I said 'we don't really go to the supermarket', and if we do we park in p+c bay. About £250 to polish out but not guaranteed it would be perfect, try it and see. But he did point on the shadow from a previous smart repair on rear passenger door.
- scrape at the nearside rear bumper is from a white car. Again £200 or so
- Driver's door scrape is also from a white car. It needs painting, and it's also slightly dented. Hopefully after painting will match the others. Around £400 or so.
This is how we always park. We are at the end of a cul-de-sac and it's much easier to park forward. And as you can see, there is a bush on the right side. And the scratch is on the left. So it couldn't be from that.
Except, as I mentioned earlier, when that scratch appeared it was just after it had been serviced, and then dropped off at my house by Lexus. They reversed in, I was home at the time, looked out the window saw them reversing in, and thought 'that's thoughtful of them'. So it seems fairly likely that in fact what happened was that when Lexus reversed it in, they scraped it down the bush, and I didn't notice it immediately, because I wasn't looking, but the next day when the car was parked the other way round as usual, it was obviously immediately noticeable - I assumed it had been done at the college, but actually it's more likely to have been Lexus, but I can't really prove that now.
Anyway, I had a look at the car park, it's pretty crowded and the spaces are close together. There are a lot of very bashed about cars. Apparently the students are free to park there after 5pm, and my wife finishes at 7pm. Also I think I probably underestimate how s**t their driving is - apparently one of the students (aged 19 or whatever) was spotted teaching his girlfriend to drive, which is illegal as you are supposed to be 21. So it's pretty conceivable anyway.
We spoke to the facilities manager and she's been given a new place to park in, so that's a start anyway.
Originally, before it got f***ed up, I had been planning to get the car detailed and the microswirls and such like polished out so it's properly shiny, but I'm not sure if there is any overlap between the repairs and the detailing work to save potentially paying for polishing and whatever twice.
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