I actually saw a guy spray painting his bumper in the home depot parking lot with cars all around. Unbelievable.
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Parking garage neighbor scratched car
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Now that he has a job, he can afford to pay for the damage.
Seriously, the best thing you can do is let him know politely what you think happened and see what he does, either with a note or in person if you ever happen to see him.
People just don't care sometimes. I've been sitting in my car when people parked next to me open their doors and hit my car without any acknowledgement.
I seem to remember a neighbour of ours spraying Ronseal on their fence a few years ago. The mist this created covered our washing that was hanging on the line, our windows and a neighbours car. Obviously I went round and was very polite about it to which they simply said it wasn't them. The disbelief that my intelligence was being questioned I think was obvious at that point. I said I had witnessed them spraying the fence and there was no other explanation, but they just shrugged their shoulders. I think we learn from our mistakes and if I am faced with this type of situation again, it would just be best to be more rational about it and punch them in the face before asking the questions later
Another assumption. I have been gainfully employed for over 20 years, my car doesn't move daily and has not moved daily in the last 5. Guess that means to you there is no possible way that I could have a job.
Your passive note may be your only hope and sounds like a good call. At least the guy, if he did it, will know to be more careful. If he didn't then the note will probably just make him roll his eyes and wonder who is playing parking lot hall monitor on their spare time.
Buff your scratch out and move on. Your car will likely see another scratch or dent if you take it out and park it in a public place. Unless you're the guy who parts in three spaces diagonally, you know, to avoid damage.
I seem to remember a neighbour of ours spraying Ronseal on their fence a few years ago. The mist this created covered our washing that was hanging on the line, our windows and a neighbours car. Obviously I went round and was very polite about it to which they simply said it wasn't them. The disbelief that my intelligence was being questioned I think was obvious at that point. I said I had witnessed them spraying the fence and there was no other explanation, but they just shrugged their shoulders. I think we learn from our mistakes and if I am faced with this type of situation again, it would just be best to be more rational about it and punch them in the face before asking the questions later
My other neighbour spray painted there fence as well. The only victims were the wheelie bin and drain pipe. We just laughed about it though. He is always helping us with free of charge DIY, and I'm always helping them with their computer stuff! We get on quite well. Which is always best if you have to live next door to each other. Not so good if you punch them in the face! Next time it's a nail in the tyre and a scratch.
I think you will just have to move on, because I think this guy will just say it wasn't him.
Time is a healer. Plus I have my side of the fence to paint this year and fancy a go using the spraying method.
I know this may not be accepted very well.
But seriously, it's a car. You should look to yourself and determine why this scratch is so important to you. Why are you wasting 3 seconds of your life on something so little? Why are you bothered at all? There are kids starving not 100 miles from where you live, a wife being beaten, a father being emotionally abused.
And honestly, the neighbor may not have done it. It could have been the very large lady with the very small dog that jumped out of her hands and she slowly chased between your vehicles. If he did do it and doesn't have the morals or decency to attempt to fix his mistake, then your note or lecture will probably be reacted to the same way all unintelligent, uncaring people deal with things: with anger.
Invite your neighbor over for a meal. Say hi. ( Creep them out. )
But seriously, it's a car. You should look to yourself and determine why this scratch is so important to you. Why are you wasting 3 seconds of your life on something so little? Why are you bothered at all? There are kids starving not 100 miles from where you live, a wife being beaten, a father being emotionally abused.
And honestly, the neighbor may not have done it. It could have been the very large lady with the very small dog that jumped out of her hands and she slowly chased between your vehicles. If he did do it and doesn't have the morals or decency to attempt to fix his mistake, then your note or lecture will probably be reacted to the same way all unintelligent, uncaring people deal with things: with anger.
Invite your neighbor over for a meal. Say hi. ( Creep them out. )
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I'd consider talking to him face to face, if you can be diplomatic and want to humanize yourself.
The note may work, or it may just get wadded up and tossed.
If you want to be truly anonymous, print out several copies of the note and put it on a bunch of cars, including your own
You don't have to be OK with it at all. By all means speak to your neighbour about it, just stay calm and say that you would have appreciated a note.
My car is about 2 months old now, black paint too. I make a point of parking far away from others or in end spots where the chances of someone dinging it are smaller. I know that one day I'm going to come back to a mark though. It's upsetting but the sad fact is that people who don't give a **** about their own vehicles aren't going to bat an eye if they mark yours.
A couple months ago I got a new parking neighbor in my garage at my apartment complex. The neighbor I had before was fine, no issues, never damaged my vehicle or scratched it or parked super close, etc.
So far the new neighbor has been fine. I have still not seen this person though which I would like to so I can get an idea who the person is. Their vehicle only moves once or twice a week, which is fine with me. But it does go someplace once in a while.
Last night their car was gone when I got home from work. I parked my car as far over to the right in my spot that I could (I park to the right of this vehicle, and my wife parks to the right of me so I parked as close to my wife as I could, like I always do). Our parking spots are actually a good size, large enough so when I do this my door can't reach his car and vice versa.
I come down this morning to go to work and almost immediately notice someone had rubbed up against my rear door, leaving pretty significant scratching and marring of the clear coat. I may or may not be able to get it all out with a cutting pad and cutting polish, but I shouldn't have to do that to a car that's 8 months old. No note left of course. I know for a fact this was done by the neighbor when they returned because I had checked the car over really good when I parked it last night, plus the car is dirty and there was no disturbances in the dirt on the car from someone rubbing up on it when I parked it.
Needless to say I'm pretty pissed. Typical take no responsibility situation and think it's perfectly ok to rub up on someone's car, scratching it pretty bad, when there are over 3 feet of space between the vehicles. I had noticed he had boxes in the rear passenger side, and now those are gone so I'm pretty certain it happened when unloading the car last night.
I want to leave a note or say something because I don't think it's right that I should just say "You ****ed up my car, ok that's fine" and do nothing about it, but on the other hand I have to park next to this guy for probably at least ten more months (I have no interest in switching parking spots, my wife and I currently are next to each other on the end of a row out of the way from everyone which is about as good as it gets, so long as the person next to me is respectful since that's the only person that our cars are "exposed" to). I do want to leave a post-it note on his window though, but I'm not sure what to say.
Ideas? Nothing pisses me off more than working so hard for what I have, being a car guy and going the extra mile to keep my cars flawless, parking far away from everyone everywhere, etc., only to have the douchebag that I have to park next to every damn day damage it even when I'm parked in such a way to give him absolute maximum room and think I won't notice or care on a brand new vehicle.
They shouldn't be scratched because some jerk is careless and doesn't care if he rams your car with their door or whatever they hit the OP's car with.
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Some people are heartless. It's a fact of life though that has to be accepted that people in parking lots don't give two ***** about hitting your car with their door and if they damage it. I feel your pain. I hate getting scratches on my car especially since it is a black car. Most of them are just driving and a stone is kicked up or whatever. Nothing I could have done to prevent that. But, if I was coming up to my car in a parking lot and saw someone just fling their door open without care about it hitting my car, I would flip. You might as well have crashed into my car.
People have parked their cars in front of my garage preventing me from getting my car out. So had to have them tow the car away. But, it made me miss a test in one of my classes. Thankfully I was able to make it up. On a sweet justice note, one of the jackasses that parked in front of my garage ordered pizza that night, but couldn't pay for it because he left his wallet in the car. Take that oh sweet justice *******.
And I can't stand it when I park in the middle of no where to prevent jerk's from dinging my door, etc and out of all the empty spots around me, some jackass decides to park right next to my car.
Well to you all just be thankful that you don't drive in Paris France.
Well to you all just be thankful that you don't drive in Paris France.
Holy crap! Now that was an ******* parker.
What might shock you more is this type of behaviour is not that uncommon while parking in Paris.
You can at least hope that you don't end up doing what I did. I came back to my car one day after some shopping and discovered a huge set of scratches along the bottom of my door. I was furious! I drove home fuming and angry and wondering who the @#%^ would do that to my car. Then when I got into the garage I noticed something whose size and shape matched up exactly... yep, I had done it to myself without realizing, and only saw the damage later in the sunlight of the parking lot. Luckily the item that did it (Shop Vac hose) only left plastic deposits on the clearcoat, so it looked like scratches but it buffed right out. Whew!
I ended up not leaving a note, he was still gone at 11 last night and when I woke up this morning I figured the season had passed.
On the plus side, nothing else happened between last night and this morning, so I guess all I can do is hope nothing else happens again.
On the plus side, nothing else happened between last night and this morning, so I guess all I can do is hope nothing else happens again.
Gotta be careful with leaving a note. My friend did that and ended up with a bigger dent the next day.
Notes are not to be trusted, they are dangerous creatures.
Notes are not to be trusted, they are dangerous creatures.