it's the only way to avoid dents

 

This.




Go to the campus now. Seniors will be selling their shitboxes for next-to-nothing.

Get a shitty little runabout for campus. Keep the Z home for weekends and summer.

 

While I'd love to do that parking would be a major issue as my brother is bringing his car down also and its taking up the only other parking spot.

 

I park pretty far away or in a corner so only the passenger side is at risk!

Seriously though I park pretty far away and there's a Camaro SS that parks out near me, a black Z06 (early 2000's model not the newer ones . .c4?) and a brand new red mercedes. .

My advice is park out in an open lot far away

 

I can't spell at all. I also understand that when we type quickly we can make errors. However, if someone consistently doesn't use appropriate punctuation and capitalization, it usually means one of several things: 1) They are too uneducated or stupid to know the difference, 2) They are too lazy to make the effort to make their posts readable, or 3) They are not familiar with appropriate etiquette in "grown-up" forums (I know that is a stretch for my350z.com but still...).

I don't know whether it is 1, 2 or 3 in this case. Calling someone out on poor use of the language can help to bring it to their attention. In this case, it was done comparatively gently by my350z.com standards.

 

3 door dings in 1 week. Avoid it if u can.

 

From personal experience, I would not do it. For the past couple of years I parked my car on campus, I've had so many dings, paint chips, and other damage to my Z to the point where I literally have to repaint my car. My buddy had a black Z that got keyed on campus as well.

 

youll be fine

 

Its just a car, drive it, enjoy it, dings will happen.

 

which Z is yours at ASU? I've seen another black Z, a red and silver one. Im the black one with black and silver 20s.

But O/P as far as parking goes. just simply BE SMART. At my university I park at the very top of the garage and I park so that I will not have cars on either side of mine, but I make sure I am not parked so far away that I am excluded from everyone else (that way I wont get targeted for theft)

 

If you're not prepared to accept that some inconsiderate individual will eventually ding your car in parking lots, you're not prepared to be driving the car without another daily driver.

Get a daily driver, park the car in a garage, and win the game.

 

lol @ this thread.

A. Why don't you just get a DD or live somewhere close?
B. If you can't afford a DD, and you are afraid to drive the Z, why did you buy it in the first place?
C. Buy a cheap 650 or something. Should be easy enough to park.

 

It never seems sensible to me when people buy a car for its driving experience, and then decide to protect the car by not driving it. Why would you decide to put it away in a garage and drive around in a rusted Honda Civic?

You must budget $$ for routine maintenance, so just include removing door dings as a part of your maintenance program. Paint-less dent repairs are inexpensive compared to other body work, so save maybe $200-$500 for this and do the repairs as you need or want to. Repairing door dings is elective, and you do this as your budget permits.

--Spike

 

It's a valid question, I just don't have the space for parking another car at my place. The car has been driven for 2 years; 12 months a year through snow and rain, it's been driven. I just was wondering how others in a university setting go about parking their vehicle with the peace of mind that nothing like door dings would happen.

 

Could you buy a car cover (one with the extra side/door protection padding), carry it in the hatch space, and put it over the car when you park it at school?

I have one of these, and it takes about a minute to secure it over the car. I suppose the risk is someone on campus might steal it.

Another option is one of those door-drapes that you attach by rolling up the windows and dropping the drape along the side of the door to fend-off door dings from careless people who park next to you. I’m not sure that will work since the Z “snugs-up” the front door window after closing the door(Possibly putting a strap in the way might damage the window motor?).

--Spike

 

Just keep in mind that SF is now one of the highest areas for auto theft according to the NICB. http://nohotwire.com/uncategorized/c...eas-car-theft/

Keep your car locked at USF!

 

I bet he could have used that information over a year ago

 

im at usf and with my friends car someone tore up the whole side of his car from front bumper to back personally i just park mine next to the nicest car in the garage or people who back in prob harder to hit me if all ya gotta do is drive forward

 

Or Toyota Tundra's that bump with the most ghetto set up EVER

 

Day 4 on a college campus : Egged & Keyed.