I heard that there has been an unusual amount of cars with bricks in the window in that guys neighborhood *wink, wink nod, nod. It was on the news, that guy should be careful.

 

Bro, you shoulda just whooped his ***. I don't care abou arrogant ****** or jail for the matter of fact. When you have a short fuse like me some shi.t is bound to go down and if he's not willing to give you the respect or even say sorry for that matter, it's time to teach him how with your fists. Forget all those sissies who says violence doesn't solve anything because it does. And when people don't respect you or your car it's time they learn.

 

This is why God invented aluminium bats.

Somebody does that to me and they will get 4 slashed tires.

 

Boy there is a lot of violent people on this board. I mean:

People that dent my cars make me really mad as well !!!

I feel all of your guys pain. I have had many dents from other careless people. My problem is with those of you that want to beat them down.

Unfortunately, if you do that you will wind up in jail with a misdemeanor or worse that will follow you throughout your working career. It's worth holding your temper so that it doesn't effect you during a job search in the future. Misdemeanors have to be reported on job application these days for the better jobs and can make it difficult to find a job if you end up out of work. Not to mention the jail, bail $'s, time for court and *** reaming you might get while your in. Just not worth it.

Your insurance company will cover it under collision or vandalism if they can't prove the person that hit you was the one, or don't have the time etc... Let them handle the fight. You pay them for it.
The bad thing about that is you need to make sure your ded is low enough to make it worth it to you to claim. The Comp portion of my insurance is only $50ded instead of the $250 ded like my Collision insurance is just for this reason.

You do need to approach the person and try to get as much information as you can. If you let them know you saw the damage happen by them and line up the door with the dent you might even get them to pay for it.

I had some stupid girl fling her door into mine while I was sitting in my ride at a Taco Bell. She was on the passenger side of a friend's car. She was only 14 years old. The dent and repair was $600. It was a middle bid of three that I showed to the girls parents. They in turn got the girl who car it was to report it to their insurance who took care of the whole thing with my insurance company. $0 ded after my insurance company was paid back.

It was hard because the girls where screaming and cusing at me while I took down their license plate etc... I showed the owner of the car and the passenger how the dent lined up with the door and explained how they did it. They still wanted to cuse at me. It was very imbarassing being an adult having kids cuse at you in public. If I had done that in public my Dad would have kicked my *** as a kid. I was talking to them as if I was a co-worker with them to make sure I checked my attitude. It just was worth getting all upset about. But, I did want my car fixed and let them know I was going to pursue the issue through their parents and my insurance company.

As it was, I got my car fixed the next week. However, it took over 6 months to get the $50 ded back from my insurance company because it took a while to get addresses and correspond with all the different parties.

Another time I took a guy to court because he backed into my bumper at a shopping mall. I didn't want to get insurance involved because at the time I had $1000 ded for this type of stuff. That was before I learned the system.
I took him to court, got a judgement. However, it took 6 years to get my $375 back from him. I had to wait until he sold his house and that was only because I had to attach his house because he didn't pay what the court demanded. Fortunately, my wife happened to be the escrow officer on the deal so she clued me into setting the demand in escrow to get my money.

I know WOW, I hate people that damage my stuff and then don't take responsibility for it. I am not one for letting them get away with it either.
However, I am not going to go to jail or have a record for someone elses stupidity.

I mean really folks it's just money (fun tickets) anyways. We can always make more.

I park way out in parking lots with my Z or other nice cars and walk a bit. Even with that I try to find one that have protection on both sides now. However, if I can find that I park the passenger side against the curb. Generally that helps because 75% of the drivers are in there cars by themselves and that lowers the risk of getting a dent in the driver door a bit.

Sorry for the winded post ..... Hopefully, this will help someone stay out of jail.

 

[QUOTE=mecinoid]Boy there is a lot of violent people on this board./QUOTE]

I think it may be more accurate to say there are a lot of kids on this board. I'd be willing to make a small wager that many who post violent solutions to small problems are all talk, they wouldn't take the chance of going to jail for the evening.

And I'm pretty sure any of them who have spent an evening in the pokey for taking a swing at someone who nicked their door wouldn't want to do it again.

Anonymity leads to false bravado

 

I would have taken out my tire iron and smashed in a few windows, I am not joking, and I have done it before.

 

Paying for OTHER (dumbass/careless) people's mistakes fkn S.U.C.K.S.!!! And its almost like you can't do A.N.Y.T.H.I.N.G. about it either...
--You have to put up with 1)stress 2)loss of time to get it fixed 3)loss of $ from your acct 4)other issues as we all know it 5)worry of it happening next time

Oh...and would it have helped had he had a camera with him and photoed the damage and when the dude opened his jeep door and the two matched up, and reporting this too?

 

let me say.... im not all talk... same thing happened to me when i parked our accord on a parking deck. This suv parked next to me and dented the shiet out of my door. Before i blew up I made sure it was that car... yup 100%

So what did i do? I took my foot and kicked her door leaving a dent and drove off. People will learn

 

Heck, I would've done it right there!!, wait for him to go in the barber shop, and once he's getting his hair cut, then write a nice message with the key on his door. If he had a jeep wrangler with soft top, then make a nice hole on the top, if it was topless, light a cigarette and leave it on the seat..etc etc.

I could come up with a million things to do if someone did that to me.

But the best one of course, follow him to see where he lives, and pay him a midnight visit

 

I figured I wasn't alone on this subject. It was just the first time this happened in front of me. My insurance is crap and it seems like their not going to help me out with this so I quess I'm going to have to report it to the police and sue the hell out of him. I don't care if it cost a penny to fix, the pleasure of seeing his face when we leave the court room will be enough for me. No matter were you park or how far you park, someone will find a way to ding your door, trust me some things in life you just can't aviod, like a ***** talking on the cell phone or a 4 foot tall Asian woman in a minivan.

 

Be careful escalating the situation with a stranger...he might follow you home instead....stay within the law, keep it on your side...

 

Law schmaw, it just doenst work anymore. Cops dont care about stuff like this, wont even take a repot most of the time. I have learned to not blow up like I used to on such a psychotic degree, but I have had this happen to me twice and my reaction was the same each time. Get in your car, drive away a block or so, remove the bat you keep in your trunk, quickly run up to his car with the hat on that you also keep in your trunk and smash both headlights out. I typically like to keep the damage right at or slightly under the typical 500 deductible so it just plain hurts them and they wont profit from making a claim. Run away fast, with the adrenaline you have pulsing thru you from anger to the damage to your car and the immediate vindication you feel.

 

If it was me, after witnessing it and have him ignore me, I would have kicked his door in and high tail out of there.

 

[QUOTE=LA_Z]Yeah, I figured that. However, I also thought I would bring up the fact that some people might not think about. That is, the fact of how a fight might effect you long term. Not to mention if the person has combatitive training that you don't have, or a gun. Could be nasty. However, if someone took a swing at me, for whatever reason, I would be feel the need to protect myself. Don't get me wrong on that point!

 

id have knocked his ***** *** out

 

I was with some friends and my friend opened the door and left a ding on a old muscle car with a nice paint job. The guy came out and called the cops. I told my friend that a cop wouldn't come out for a door ding. But a cop did come.

 

[QUOTE=mecinoid]A very good point mecinoid. Several years ago a good friend of mine (with a bad temper) was shot over something just as trivial as a door ding. Two guys + 2 bad tempers + 1 gun = tragedy.

Protect and defend myself and family ... you bet. Over a door ding/dent (or as one of the members wrote "disrespecting my car") not a chance. Insurance and small claims court are much better options.