getting scratched up in parking lots

[infurno]

How the hell do you keep your cars in decent shape?

im parked in the same lot as 2006 bmws, mercedies, and lexus and im getting hit and runs, and people scratching the crap out of mine almost every day! I just found this on my lunch break:




I don't get it. Am I just a magnet for this stuff? This really pisses me off. Im glad i didn't see it happen, i don't know what i would have done.

wtf am i suppose to do? stand guard with a baseball bat?

[Dragunov]

Put a deactivated AK on the hat holder, see if anyone dares mess with your car anymore.

[e34.535i.sport]

I hate it, some people are really ignorant and think when they fling their door open it bounces back off thin air... I've resorted to parking over two spaces in the car park! Even that won't stop some of them...

[infurno]

I spent a lot of time and money trying to restore this thing. Worked on it all weekend, waxed it Sunday night. Really depressing to go out and see this. im so fired up right now i can't even do my job

[jjdickm]

that really suck. We need like an inflatable ring that goes around the car when its parked. It looks like someone was leaning on your fender and had some metal buttons or something. God I hate inconsiderate people.

[unkomn]

I have gone through the same thing. Seems like every day anew ding or scratch. I have taken to parking away and I do mean away from every car within 40 yards and even then I take two spaces crossways. I am so sick of people tearing up my car. Problemis we all want to park close to wherever wer'e going. I looked at it this way. Hell I can benefit from the exercise.

[infurno]

I have gone through the same thing. Seems like every day anew ding or scratch. I have taken to parking away and I do mean away from every car within 40 yards and even then I take two spaces crossways. I am so sick of people tearing up my car. Problemis we all want to park close to wherever wer'e going. I looked at it this way. Hell I can benefit from the exercise.

I wish it was as easy as parking away from everyone else. Im in college and sometimes parking space is pretty limited. I usually look for something expensive, or someone i know. - Ill watch your side, you watch mine


i was parked at a gas station once and some ******* leans on my car door while talking to his friends... i start my engine and he didnt move. I lowered the window with his back on it and yelled "hey im about to move" and he still didnt get off. a few seconds later he finally did

I regret not having turned my wheels in and back out smashing him against his own car. Of course if I did that I would be regretting it in prison instead.

[Ferret]

Interestingly, I only discovered this happening after I moved down south - I used to live in manchester (gunchester to most) and never had a problem with my old 525.

Moved down to near London and it just got scratched to **** in 3 months... I couldnt believe it - absoloute nightmare. I *think* it's because these cars are so wide and people object to a car next to them that's larger in its space.

Never used to happen to the Ford Escort I had for a few months either.

There've been several occasions when I've come back to my car and found a door dent in the side, and the car next to me has MY green paint on its door jam... which then ended up with MY rubber and stones off my boots embedded in its paint as well.

Eye for an eye... just *accidentally* dragging the sole of your boot down a car door makes a hell of a mess. What does it take for 5 seconds of decency as you open your car door? I mean c'mon! This kind of carelessness REALLY pisses me off. I ended up giving up and not caring with my TDs in the end - I never bother washing it these days.

[Paul in NZ]

i will park completely apart from everyone even if it means i am the most distant from my destination.Another trick is to park right at the end of a row so at least you can forget about one side.Parking next to a column or up/down ramp in a parking building is the same idea....if i cant find a spot i like i park between or next to the nicest looking car(not necessarily the newest) i can find

[LunatiC]

I had once come back to my car with the Ford Falcon parked behind me actually having their bumper pressed up against mine (they were touching). If it wasn't for a public supermarket carpark, I would've kicked the **** out of his quarterpanels / doors.

I had done that before many years ago when I was still at uni, some guy parked right up the arse of me (parallel parking) and kinda boxed me in. After 15 minutes of reversing in and out and finally getting out of the spot, I got out and thumped the **** out of his door with my shoe, leaving a huge ass dent.

In retrospect I was young and stupid, but if you act like a ********** in public and you get caught, be prepared to pay the consequences.

One other time I was sitting in my car in an empty carpark. A shitbox Peugeot 206 decided to park right next to me, opened his door and it smacked my side mirror (lucky). Then he got all huffy about me making a fuss. He was lucky that it hit my mirror only, if it had hit a panel I would've beat the **** out of him. Many times I think about keeping a bat in my boot, but better sense kicks in and it's probably best that I don't have one.

I really wish my E34 had at least a towbar, even if I never tow anything, just to keep arseholes off my tail.