Discussion
It is possible that quite a few people here, care more about their cars, than the `average' driver, and this brings me to the issue of avoiding door dings.
I have seen quite a few really nice cars even Astons and other exotics, spoiled with tell tale vertical dents in their sides, caused by some clot who has opened their door without thinking, taking care, or taking no steps to prevent their car door from striking the vehicle parked next to them.(In some cases it may even be deliberately caused by individuals, jealous that some one else has a better car than they do?)
It seems as though the only protection against this, is to park as far away as possible from other cars in a car park (and even this does not seem to work, as one can park as far away from other cars as possible, only to come back to find an isolated cluster of cars parked around your vehicle, even in a largely empty car park)
Another option is to try to park next to nice / well kept vehicles, as then there is a reasonable chance that their owners will be equally as careful with their car, as you will be about yours, but these are not always in evidence.
I wondered if it would be possible to have a quickly inflatable fender that could be inflated and then hung from the tops of the door windows used when forced to park in less than ideal situations, But even this may be counter productive, encouraging adjacent drivers to take even less care when parking/getting outing out of their cars?
Anyone got any suggestions on how they deal with this?
I have seen quite a few really nice cars even Astons and other exotics, spoiled with tell tale vertical dents in their sides, caused by some clot who has opened their door without thinking, taking care, or taking no steps to prevent their car door from striking the vehicle parked next to them.(In some cases it may even be deliberately caused by individuals, jealous that some one else has a better car than they do?)
It seems as though the only protection against this, is to park as far away as possible from other cars in a car park (and even this does not seem to work, as one can park as far away from other cars as possible, only to come back to find an isolated cluster of cars parked around your vehicle, even in a largely empty car park)
Another option is to try to park next to nice / well kept vehicles, as then there is a reasonable chance that their owners will be equally as careful with their car, as you will be about yours, but these are not always in evidence.
I wondered if it would be possible to have a quickly inflatable fender that could be inflated and then hung from the tops of the door windows used when forced to park in less than ideal situations, But even this may be counter productive, encouraging adjacent drivers to take even less care when parking/getting outing out of their cars?
Anyone got any suggestions on how they deal with this?
swisstoni said:
Well supermarkets and other tight car parks are where they are mostly inflicted.
I'd rather walk the extra 50 yards to get as far away as possible from the types who would actually park IN the supermarket if they could.
Me too, but that is not always possible. Some cars I have had have just been old clunkers where another dent, did not make any difference (even when using that I took care not to damage the vehicles next to me when getting out/in). but if like many here on pistonheads, one has been able to get a decent car, it is a bit of a p*ss boiler to come back to your `nice' car and find that the brainless clod who parked next to it, has put a dent in it, which could so easily have been avoided, with just a little bit of care and respect for other peoples property. It is just sad that people cannot have anything nice without some a*sehole damaging it, either inadvertently or deliberately.I'd rather walk the extra 50 yards to get as far away as possible from the types who would actually park IN the supermarket if they could.
scherzkeks said:
Pan Pan Pan said:
It is possible that quite a few people here, care more about their cars, than the `average' driver, and this brings me to the issue of avoiding door dings.
I have seen quite a few really nice cars even Astons and other exotics, spoiled with tell tale vertical dents in their sides, caused by some clot who has opened their door without thinking, taking care, or taking no steps to prevent their car door from striking the vehicle parked next to them.(In some cases it may even be deliberately caused by individuals, jealous that some one else has a better car than they do?)
It seems as though the only protection against this, is to park as far away as possible from other cars in a car park (and even this does not seem to work, as one can park as far away from other cars as possible, only to come back to find an isolated cluster of cars parked around your vehicle, even in a largely empty car park)
Another option is to try to park next to nice / well kept vehicles, as then there is a reasonable chance that their owners will be equally as careful with their car, as you will be about yours, but these are not always in evidence.
I wondered if it would be possible to have a quickly inflatable fender that could be inflated and then hung from the tops of the door windows used when forced to park in less than ideal situations, But even this may be counter productive, encouraging adjacent drivers to take even less care when parking/getting outing out of their cars?
Attaching bizzare contraptions to your vehicle is likely to rather encourage mouthbreathers to damage it. I have seen quite a few really nice cars even Astons and other exotics, spoiled with tell tale vertical dents in their sides, caused by some clot who has opened their door without thinking, taking care, or taking no steps to prevent their car door from striking the vehicle parked next to them.(In some cases it may even be deliberately caused by individuals, jealous that some one else has a better car than they do?)
It seems as though the only protection against this, is to park as far away as possible from other cars in a car park (and even this does not seem to work, as one can park as far away from other cars as possible, only to come back to find an isolated cluster of cars parked around your vehicle, even in a largely empty car park)
Another option is to try to park next to nice / well kept vehicles, as then there is a reasonable chance that their owners will be equally as careful with their car, as you will be about yours, but these are not always in evidence.
I wondered if it would be possible to have a quickly inflatable fender that could be inflated and then hung from the tops of the door windows used when forced to park in less than ideal situations, But even this may be counter productive, encouraging adjacent drivers to take even less care when parking/getting outing out of their cars?
Just accept that you will get dings if you leave your vehicle in public.
I never use my high day and holiday car for going to the supermarket, but even so I would prefer my everyday supermarket clunker to be in the same condition I left it in once I got back to it. On holiday one often has little choice but to park in some kind of mass car park for various attractions, or in town centres, hotel car parks etc. The underlying problem could be that for many their car is just an extension of their white goods line up, and they really don't care about them much, if at all.
I may be that getting door dings is something that happens mainly in the UK, Having driven all over Europe for work, and holidays, I have found that generally people on the other side of the channel, are a `bit' more careful about their cars, and how they get out of them (with the exception of Paris, and some other major cities) It could also be down to the fact that in many European countries there is much more parking space available than in the overcrowded UK.
scherzkeks said:
Pan Pan Pan said:
scherzkeks said:
Pan Pan Pan said:
It is possible that quite a few people here, care more about their cars, than the `average' driver, and this brings me to the issue of avoiding door dings.
I have seen quite a few really nice cars even Astons and other exotics, spoiled with tell tale vertical dents in their sides, caused by some clot who has opened their door without thinking, taking care, or taking no steps to prevent their car door from striking the vehicle parked next to them.(In some cases it may even be deliberately caused by individuals, jealous that some one else has a better car than they do?)
It seems as though the only protection against this, is to park as far away as possible from other cars in a car park (and even this does not seem to work, as one can park as far away from other cars as possible, only to come back to find an isolated cluster of cars parked around your vehicle, even in a largely empty car park)
Another option is to try to park next to nice / well kept vehicles, as then there is a reasonable chance that their owners will be equally as careful with their car, as you will be about yours, but these are not always in evidence.
I wondered if it would be possible to have a quickly inflatable fender that could be inflated and then hung from the tops of the door windows used when forced to park in less than ideal situations, But even this may be counter productive, encouraging adjacent drivers to take even less care when parking/getting outing out of their cars?
Attaching bizzare contraptions to your vehicle is likely to rather encourage mouthbreathers to damage it. I have seen quite a few really nice cars even Astons and other exotics, spoiled with tell tale vertical dents in their sides, caused by some clot who has opened their door without thinking, taking care, or taking no steps to prevent their car door from striking the vehicle parked next to them.(In some cases it may even be deliberately caused by individuals, jealous that some one else has a better car than they do?)
It seems as though the only protection against this, is to park as far away as possible from other cars in a car park (and even this does not seem to work, as one can park as far away from other cars as possible, only to come back to find an isolated cluster of cars parked around your vehicle, even in a largely empty car park)
Another option is to try to park next to nice / well kept vehicles, as then there is a reasonable chance that their owners will be equally as careful with their car, as you will be about yours, but these are not always in evidence.
I wondered if it would be possible to have a quickly inflatable fender that could be inflated and then hung from the tops of the door windows used when forced to park in less than ideal situations, But even this may be counter productive, encouraging adjacent drivers to take even less care when parking/getting outing out of their cars?
Just accept that you will get dings if you leave your vehicle in public.
As the saying goes sh*t happens, but that does not make it acceptable for someone to either accidently, deliberately, or even casually damage your property. The fact that doing something to protect ones car, makes it more likely that someone will deliberately try to damage it, makes it an even sadder indictment of todays society.
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