today was horrible. i got my Z about 3 weeks ago and today as i am walking in the parking lot to my car i see this lady trying to get out of her minivan. i noticed that her door was close to my car so i started running over to watch her and tell her to be careful. As soon as i get about 10 ft from my car i hear this bang. Yep she smacks my passenger side door with her door. I said what the **** are you doing you just smacked my car. She was so careless she didnt even know and it was a BANG. And yes, she dented it. I think she just didnt give a ****. I told her to lose some weight so her fat *** can get in and out of her car like a normal person. Anyways i dont know why i am sharring this, but i guess to just warn you people to watch where you park! People these days just dont seem to give a ****.

-Steve

 

bummer dude..gonna make an insurance claim? I take it you got no appology

 

Yeah, I turned it into the insurance, so now I have to go get it fixed. Its not that big, but it’s a brand new car and it should look brand new. I will notice the smallest nick and this dent is about the size of a quarter and the paint is chipped. But yeah I am going to get it fixed.

 

You better make her pay for it. I wish they made car surveillance cams, so you can record what goes on with your baby. My car has a dent on the drivers side door, that's why I park as far as possible and next to the curb or whatever so I can get close to it.

 

You should have taken her insurance info and had her company pay for it.

 

She did it, you saw it....her insurance really should be paying for it. But I wonder if that's even possible, to have her insurance pay for it. Better yet...she should pay for the whole damn bill out of her pocket. Hmmm....small claims court? Its a pain, but it might be worth it if it makes her have some respect for other people's property.

 

you sound like you let her get away wit it? i hope not, i would've flipped out!!!

p.s. i wouldn't have made any fat jokes though...

 

see if your insurance agency has a diminished value claim, which is a claim some agencies have where if you get a new car and it gets hit, and you go and sell it down the road they ca tell its been hit, so your insurance agency can then give you money now from money you might lose in the future. I got my Z in mid August and it got hit in October and I took it to a shop and they said I would need to get a whole new door skin, i was like how much, they said about $500. I was like **** that and took it to a bad *** place that works on vipers, bentleys, mercedes,.....turned it into a $1500 job, then their insurance paid for it and I also got $250 for a diminished value claim.

 

I didn't let her get away with it. I chewed her out big time and this is final deal. I called my insurance and they have told me to go get it fixed. After I submit the bill, they will contact the owner of the car who hit me and file a claim against their insurance. I have a $500 deductible and for this incident I don't have to pay the deductible which is cool. Its really not even the money. I am more concerned about making sure the paint matches up after they fix it. I hope this teaches this women a lesson that she should be respectful towards the property of other people. I am just guessing it will cost a couple hundred dollars to fix but if they have to paint the whole door so it matches it could be quite more expensive.

 

Its a good thing you caught her in the act. Some people dont give a rats *** about other peoples cars. I used to have a 00 Grand Prix before my Z. This lady side swiped my car in front of me. I told her to stay put so I could get a police report. But she took off. I reported a hit and run. I got a nice check from her insurance. Some people are so stupid.

 

In an attempt to avoid such incidents I park the Zzzzz, and our Highlander for that matter, away from other vehicles as much as possible. To assume people will always tread others property with respect is just not realistic.

Also why go off on the lady....assuming it was not intentional?
It sounds like she gave you her insurance info. Would you have acted the same if it had been a large muscular guy?

Manure happens but civility should rule assuming no evil intent.

 

what a biatch

 

i am a "large muscular guy" lol. actually this is the deal. i went off on her because i wasnt ready for this type of incident. It was my reaction and the first thing out of her mouth was "no one will notice". To me this inidcates she thought it wasnt a bog deal and i should have no concern about it. Almost like the dent is nothing and my car isnt that nice and i really should't care. This is what ticked me off....basically that she had no respect towards my property. she didnt give me her insurace. she gave me a wrong phone number and contact info. i was able to find out who she was because i got her license and my insurace company tracked it down. i also was able to see her work badge and i knew where she worked from that.

 

"No one will notice"? I wouldve been really pissed off!

 

OMG, its not even my car and I'm even pissed right now. I HATE people that dont give a sh*t about other peoples property and then say, "Noone will notice". Damn dude, I hope she learns a lesson and gets it in the a$$ from her insurance.

 

..if she actually has insurance

 

AFAIK giving false information is a crime in california. Since this was not a moving vehicle accident though, I don't know if that applies. I'd at least investigate. Being she was such a biatch about it AND she tried to lie to you about her identity, I think the least she deserves is to face the possibility of criminal prosecution.

 

When I got bumped by another driver the first thing out of her mouth when she got out was, "I don't think that is my fault."

I wasn't moving. She rolled into me. Who's fault is it then?!?

She paid in the end.

Sorry to hear this happened to you. I wouldn't mind so much if someone gets out and appologizes immediately instead of making excuses first.

 

I've noticed two types of people while I'm in my Z.


1: The don't give a $hit people. Careless, durby driver. Parks right next to you at some crazy angle - god knows how they got their car in the parking space.

2: The "Hey nice car - don't want to scare the $hit out of you" people. Like in a parking lot and the guy who pulls next to you hugs the far line - makes you want to say "Thanks!"...