Hi All,

I got back to my car after work this evening and found two silver paint marks on my drivers door I haven't had a chance to see if I can remove the paint and polish out the damage as it's been dark.

My Blackvue camera is permanently live, so I reviewed the footage from today to see if I could identify anyone knocking the door. There is a silver Corsa which owns the space next to mine, and just after it arrives back in the parking space, the owner gets out and there's a slight knocking sound as her door opens.



There is a second video which shows the car driving away on a separate film, but the Blackvue hadn't activated in time to show her getting into the car so I don't know if this is when the knock happened!

I know the scratch wasn't there when I parked this morning, but it's there now and the Blackvue shows that only one car has been parked there today........ I am undecided whether or not I should leave a note saying I noticed some damage to my door... or if I should avoid starting a war with someone I need to park next to every day and hope it was a one-off. The footage isn't exactly conclusive.

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i think she hits your car at 0.04. from the shadows at 0.03 it looks like shes mostly out when you get the thud at 0.04.

i hate that happening to anyone. im so careful around other people cars, couple of years ago i parked my new lexus next to my brother in law car. he didnt know it was my car. opened his door putting his kid in and dinged my door. i came along two seconds later and noticed it straight away and he was like oh is this your car looking 100% guilty still with the door open but not hitting my car. he didnt say a word. i choose to just let it go. i have a private car park with a public park next door and i used to dream about buying a magnetic plastic panel to stick on while parked.

we wont be safe from these menaces until we have cameras on all sides.

Its really quite simple.......


Burn the Corsa

Park next to her in the morning and do the same back ... Only problem there is that you will knock the corsa on its side  ====================================

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CY wrote:

.....or if I should avoid starting a war with someone I need to park next to every day and hope it was a one-off. The footage isn't exactly conclusive.

Thanks all.

I wrote a very polite note, saying that I spotted this and just to make them aware in case they hadn't noticed, but that I'd try and ensure I left them plenty of room because it's a narrow space etc...

Just trying to make the point that I'm aware and hopefully they'll be more conscious of their door.

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I hate people who do that. I went to longleat last year and a chap in a modeo parked next to me, it was a windy day and when he opened his door the wind caught and smacked it into mine. No apology not even a as doc recognition, I was sat in my car!

Being a fairly laid back chap I had a quick look I thought there would be more damage than there was, a small chip, no ding. So I figured I could repair it myself, which I did. But what really irked me was the fact that he did not even acknowledge what he had done!

I personally let the kids out from outside the car and put my hand on the outside edge of my door between my car and the next. Just wish people would do the same! There is nothing that can't be fixed with a hammer😜😜
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I have a Jaguar XJ8 that I am selling and sent it to the body shop to remove all the parking "dings" and marks it had picked up in it's 16 years - fresh from there and looking rather splendid outside my house my own father left the door of his car open on a windy day and this resulted in a 5mm dent on the very door I had just fixed. Not even an apology and even went so far as to say he could not see anything

Suffice to say I was not well pleased.

I put really ugly rubber thingies on the doors and I'm "anal" about opening the doors and I also insist on the girls (12 and 5 yo) being very carefull not to bang into other cars doors. They are actually quite good, even the little one.

Unfortunately not everyone is or they don't care or they are just a-holes that think people driving nice cars like us are rich f*ckers that deserve it. To me it just highlights something about their personality and feeling of entitlement, like they have the right to damage other peoples property and basically steal their money (to fix the damage). So to me they are fundamentally thieves, although you'd be hard pressed to ever get them to admit it.

I just hate people like that and hope karma/afterlife/kismet whatever gets them back one day, BIG TIME.

For those who do it purely by accident, I still don't like them but I have to accept that some people are just not "smart" enough to think ahead, drongobrains .

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Thanks all,

I agree it's very frustrating when others don't take care and damage your property. I always take HUGE care to park miles aware in strategically selected parking space. However, in this case, I have an allocated parking space at the office beside the tenant/owner of a residential flat.

I have lifted out some of the silver paint from my door and applied three coats of Autoglym polish which has certainly tidied it up and masked the majority of the damage. Fortunately the panel isn't dented. I'll make a separate post on here to ask tips on how best to remove the remaining scuff marks and silver paint from my (dark green) door.

As an aside, I've started leaving the Range Rover parked in off road height as I thought this may protect the doors slightly - the side steps may then be high enough to catch swinging doors (rather than the door panels). This was a tip I read on the DISCO3 forum. Does anyone else do this when in tight car parks?

Thanks,

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Off road height... now there is an idea. Until that is I forget and fall out of it

I feel your pain. What you really need is one of these. You could also get the protective strip for the door....

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I hate parking in car parks and really wish the DSS could be locked out when you leave the car

After years of this i have become an ass when it comes to parking as most dont give a flying flaming turd so any vehicle of mine is reversed or driven front in to a space so that my passenger side is near enough touching the white line and is against their passenger side. This leaves the most space possible on the drivers side but prevents passengers getting in when they have invariably parked on or next to the line as well as more often than not its distracted passengers ive seen ding other cars.

An old fella tried to give me jip about it once from his rough looking ovlov as his mrs couldn't get in. She wasn't bothered at all about it and could see why i took um-bridge with his jip, he had actually parked his whole passenger side tyres into the space i parked in. The only other place i could have parked at the time was on a grass verge or mound.. FFRR MY06 facelift With TDV8 Alloys Zeros/ATR's
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