New car - damage
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Hopefully sharing this will prove cathartic as I sit here sulking over the first bit of damage to my one month old M2C. One of Jewsons finest delivery drivers was belting along a b road in the opposite direction, kicking up a massive cloud of assorted stone and detritus, and I watched in horror with nowhere to go as a rock was flung across the road towards my windscreen. It missed the windscreen but my relief was short lived as I heard a sickening thud on the roof. I now have a massive chip and small dent on my roof FFS. On the effing roof. I see it everytime I get in or out the car.
Why does this happen when you get a new car? Some other examples I recall :
2009 - new Focus RS Mk 2. Waited 6 months for that car. Day 2 of ownership, driving to a mountain bike race. First ever fill up in the mway services. Early hours of the morning. Massive empty forecourt, paying for my fuel. See a woman drive up, park right next to my car and fling her door open into my new car. Massive crease in my door. Everything went into slow motion as I vainly tried to run outside and stop the door, shouting nooooooo!!!! Cue big argument where she denied everything and was not impressed by my genuine offer to reinsert her children back where they had come from.
2013 - new M135i. Just collected it. Driving at 60mph on an empty mway, a rock hit the road out of nowhere (dropped by an eagle, its the only explanation) bounced and hit the windscreen and the roof. Chipped windscreen and dented roof.
2017 - new Golf R. One month old. Door was frozen shut. (its the only car I ever owned that did this in the cold). I was on my driveway pulling the door furiously when it suddenly opened, I slipped on the ice, and the door flew all the way open and hit the wall, resulting in a small dent and chip right by the door handle. So that was the first and last thing I saw every time I used the car.
Please share any similar experiences!
Why does this happen when you get a new car? Some other examples I recall :
2009 - new Focus RS Mk 2. Waited 6 months for that car. Day 2 of ownership, driving to a mountain bike race. First ever fill up in the mway services. Early hours of the morning. Massive empty forecourt, paying for my fuel. See a woman drive up, park right next to my car and fling her door open into my new car. Massive crease in my door. Everything went into slow motion as I vainly tried to run outside and stop the door, shouting nooooooo!!!! Cue big argument where she denied everything and was not impressed by my genuine offer to reinsert her children back where they had come from.
2013 - new M135i. Just collected it. Driving at 60mph on an empty mway, a rock hit the road out of nowhere (dropped by an eagle, its the only explanation) bounced and hit the windscreen and the roof. Chipped windscreen and dented roof.
2017 - new Golf R. One month old. Door was frozen shut. (its the only car I ever owned that did this in the cold). I was on my driveway pulling the door furiously when it suddenly opened, I slipped on the ice, and the door flew all the way open and hit the wall, resulting in a small dent and chip right by the door handle. So that was the first and last thing I saw every time I used the car.
Please share any similar experiences!
t box covered in dents/ scratches so I honestly couldn't tell you what damage is new or old. It's a nice feeling not having to worry about it!kick buttowski said:
2009 - new Focus RS Mk 2. Waited 6 months for that car. Day 2 of ownership, driving to a mountain bike race. First ever fill up in the mway services. Early hours of the morning. Massive empty forecourt, paying for my fuel. See a woman drive up, park right next to my car and fling her door open into my new car. Massive crease in my door. Everything went into slow motion as I vainly tried to run outside and stop the door, shouting nooooooo!!!! Cue big argument where she denied everything and was not impressed by my genuine offer to reinsert her children back where they had come from.
This is something I can't deal with. Deliberately park well away from everyone else and come back to find a car parked as close as physically possible to my driver's door. Had it at ASDA once except the idiot had parked diagonally and lazily... left his front passenger corner of bumper very close to my driver's door so there was no way in/out. Thankfully, as I was about to kick off biblically he was returning to his car. Profusely apologetic so, being grateful that I didn't have to wait, I let it slide. My mood wasn't helped by my brother giggling the whole time that I should go in and tell customer services counter but with the reg: NE14 ABJ... 
I drove a friend to pick up his new citroen c6 and within a few metres of the dealers I couldn't see him in the mirror so waited and waited then went back, a LHD giant camper van had taken the entire side out about 5M from the entrance! Campervan driver said he'd just picked it up at another unit and couldn't judge the distance.
Sadly it's just one of those annoying things - the world isn't perfect, and cars can take a battering out there.
I'd say this is why I stick to shedding, but to be honest even on a shed I'd feel a pang of annoyance at a new dent or scrape that has appeared from somewhere - so I can sympathise. Nothing can be done about it unfortunately, just all part of the ride.
Try and see the positive in it. Its happened now, so that means you can really give it the beans without worrying too much.
I'd say this is why I stick to shedding, but to be honest even on a shed I'd feel a pang of annoyance at a new dent or scrape that has appeared from somewhere - so I can sympathise. Nothing can be done about it unfortunately, just all part of the ride.
Try and see the positive in it. Its happened now, so that means you can really give it the beans without worrying too much.
Watch the first few seconds of this video ....... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJM92tXh-f4&t=...
Makes my teeth itch. That sound
Makes my teeth itch. That sound
Although a lease car..... I waited several months for my new a4 avant to arrive in 2018. I informed work I would be a few hours late and would make my way once my car had arrived. I had driven 2 miles from my home to the m32 in Bristol when a a big stone smashed against the bonnet. I got out at work to discover a chip right in the middle that had taken off the clear coat, paint and was several mm deep. The stone had then ripped further up leaving a scratch in the clear coat. Mad.
My Mrs also had someone smash into her Citroen VTR a few hours after buying it. Waited months for it to arrive , had it for about half a day before the right wing , bumper, light, alloy and suspension needed replacing.... takes the shine off a new car
My Mrs also had someone smash into her Citroen VTR a few hours after buying it. Waited months for it to arrive , had it for about half a day before the right wing , bumper, light, alloy and suspension needed replacing.... takes the shine off a new car
Edited by oldaudi on Sunday 14th March 16:09
I'm cursed. Only ever had 3 new cars in my life. All in my current job - as I'd previously raided car pools to find something from a higher pay grade.
125d MSport in Valencia. Had it about a month when I scraped the driver's side on a pillar in an underground car park in Germany.
520d. Had it 1 day. Took it to a running club race and the person who parked next to me in the field slammed a door into my offside rear passenger door, leaving a small crease.
Current X1 xDrive 25e. Winscreen spontaneously cracked overnight when 2 days and 400 miles old. 3 months later I'm still trying to get this fixed as the lease company fitted a non-OEM screen which refuses to hold calibration of the collision detection system and no longer identifies speed limits. Never allow a glass company to fit non-OEM to a modern car!
125d MSport in Valencia. Had it about a month when I scraped the driver's side on a pillar in an underground car park in Germany.
520d. Had it 1 day. Took it to a running club race and the person who parked next to me in the field slammed a door into my offside rear passenger door, leaving a small crease.
Current X1 xDrive 25e. Winscreen spontaneously cracked overnight when 2 days and 400 miles old. 3 months later I'm still trying to get this fixed as the lease company fitted a non-OEM screen which refuses to hold calibration of the collision detection system and no longer identifies speed limits. Never allow a glass company to fit non-OEM to a modern car!
My condolences OP, its sods law this happens. Hopefully a smart repair can be done - good as new.
Not a new car, but new to me Audi got a cracked screen within days of ownership. Had the screen replaced and on the first trip out picked up a chip in the new screen FFS!! Had that 'repaired', but could always see it.
Nowadays my daily is a shed type car, brilliant at the basics, and brilliant to have a far more carefree attitude towards its aesthetics. It got 'egged' one mischief night, bringing the lacquer off the roof in places. It naffed me off for 5 minutes, but I have left it.
I'd be very peeved in your situation though and definitely would get it repaired.
Not a new car, but new to me Audi got a cracked screen within days of ownership. Had the screen replaced and on the first trip out picked up a chip in the new screen FFS!! Had that 'repaired', but could always see it.
Nowadays my daily is a shed type car, brilliant at the basics, and brilliant to have a far more carefree attitude towards its aesthetics. It got 'egged' one mischief night, bringing the lacquer off the roof in places. It naffed me off for 5 minutes, but I have left it.
I'd be very peeved in your situation though and definitely would get it repaired.
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