[CPC]

Came out of the supermarket last Tuesday and noticed that some inconsiderate pig had left his calling card in my drivers door, To say I was not a happy bunny is an underrated statement, I don't usually swear but I now owe the local swear box a few notes.

Anyway this dent, although not all that big (about 20mm in dia) was really bugging me so hubby suggested we look on the web to see if there was a Dent Doctor in our area, and lo and behold there is one just 4 miles down the road in Enderby. So rang them up this morning and he said bring the car straight over and he will have a look.
Well I was very nervous and tried to talk the other half out of going as I was really concerned that it would only make maters worse.

Still we arrived at just before 11:00-am and by 11:15 the door was a good as new and I swear you would never know there had ever been a dent in the door, this man is now my ultimate hero.

No stripping the door furniture down, only a bent piece of rod shoved down the window opening and a lot of skill.

Cost £40 quid.

The guy is certainly on my Christmas card list

I'm now a very Happy Bunny again.

 

[Johnny]

Sorry to hear about your dent but thanks for the tip about dent doctor. Only had my Eos two weeks and still parking so far away from the the supermarket to avoid shoppers and trolleys that I might as well have walked there in the first place! Pleased you got it sorted.

Johnny

 

[CPC]

Johny Wrote

Sorry to hear about your dent but thanks for the tip about dent doctor. Only had my Eos two weeks and still parking so far away from the the supermarket to avoid shoppers and trolleys that I might as well have walked there in the first place! Pleased you got it sorted./QUOTE]

Problem nowadays is that the retailers are only interested in jamming as many parking spaces in as possible, consequently spaces are getting smaller and smaller and its almost impossible to get in and out without car doors touching the next car to you, but it's still infuriating when it happens.

I've tried parking as far away as possible, but there is always somebody parked next to me when I return, me thinks that my car must have some magnetic attribute that attracts other vehicles!! 

 

[Johnny]

I totally agree - the parking spaces at my office are now so small that I practically have to exit the car like something out of the 'dukes of hazard', clearly easier with the top down!!

 

[bugger]

dont you just love what we in the industry call PDR? better than having to pay $350 USD to fix the bumper on the toyota....

 

[pacemaker1000]

car park dents are my main nightmare
i would hate to work out how much of my life i waste driving around car parks looking for end spots, i have even gone so far as to exiting and looking for another car park, sad or what!
but sorry to say it does pay off in the end as there are so many ignorant pigs out there, i have witnessed countless dings and usually approach the offender and get him to leave his details for the owner( assuming hes not bigger than me )
why cant we have bigger bays are better still use diagonal parking like the states, it would make things alot better but i dare say you will always have jealous pigs
agree dent master are brill

 

[cb391]

While it is true that we have diagonal parking, that doesn't mean they are any wider. Some parking lots have painted buffer zones and some don't. Some of it depends on local zoning laws as to whether parking spaces are wide or narrow.

 

[CPC]

Apologies to all and to Paul at Dent-Technique, it was these guys and not a similar franchise called "Dent Doctor" who repaired my car. Got rollicking of hubby for getting that one wrong.

Hubby reminded me of a similar incident that happened at one of our local Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurants and thought you would like to hear about it as it sums up a lot of peoples attitudes especially if they think they have not been seen committing the deed..

The other half and I were sat in KFC last month (window seat) when an asian family parked next to his pride and joy (a 2 and a half year old Jaguar XJ6) the rear passenger (the drivers husband we think) pushed his door open so hard it bounced off the side of the jag like a tennis ball, you could even hear the couple on the next table to us cry of whoooo, well the old man was out of his seat and at the side of the Jag before you could say "12 Piece Family Bucket" and pointing out the nick in the paintwork, the lady driver of the asian family just kept shrugging her shoulders and speaking in a foreign language and then they all walked into KFC without a by or a leave.

The insulting thing about this episode was that once at the KFC counter they proceeded to discuss and place their order in complete good English, my husband approached them once again and they reverted back to a blank expression and speaking in their native tongue.

It was obvious that he was not going to get anywhere with this couple so my husband reluctantly backed off, but not before giving them a piece of his mind, which by their winces and look on their faces they obviously got the message.

After seeing the guys at Dent-Technique work on my car, the Jag is now booked in for next week for an assessment of that and another small dent on the off-side wing.

So probably something of a happy and cheap ending will come out of the second incident, however I do resent having to pay for other peoples ignorance and total lack of respect for others property.

 

[Lopaka]

People don't care!

Hi All,
I just want to agree that people don't care about other's property! They see a nice car and think, that person can afford to fix it or get another car. I'll drive around and look for a good sized space, only to come back and there is some big wreck parked next to me, or someone so close, and yep, theres that door ding!
I have had a lady bash a shopping cart into my door at a grocery store parking lot, and all she said was oh, after I started screaming, and looking at the 6 inch crease in my door! I called the police, took her plate number down and stood there till the police arrived. She denied doing it, and the police told me since it was private property, there was nothing that they could or would do. Must have not been the first time she had done so.
What goes around, comes around.
Vented!
Thanks,
Robert

 

[angus]

I hate these people. A patient at a private hospital tried to squeeze her car into the staff car park with no success, but she did managed to do >£1000 damage to the side of the plastic surgeon's porsche. She then drives off and parks in the visitor's car park. When approached later she denied responsibility until CCTV images captured the incident .

 

[SKIDOO]

I hate these people. A patient at a private hospital tried to squeeze her car into the staff car park with no success, but she did managed to do >£1000 damage to the side of the plastic surgeon's porsche. She then drives off and parks in the visitor's car park. When approached later she denied responsibility until CCTV images captured the incident .

Yes we too park as far from the supermarket entrance as poss and at all cost avoid any car that has a child seat in it, especially now with the school holidays started!!!
As someone on the forum already said it is actually worth buying a child seat for the back of the car, just so you can park in the mother and baby spaces!!!!

 

[Stephb]

someone has put a dent in my passenger door i dont have a clue where its happened im dead gutted. even if they had left a note with their details on i wouldnt of minded so much. im not sure if there is a dent doctor in my area will have to have a look

Steph xx

 

[neild41]

Mind you if selfish pigs who don't have kids didn't park in the mother and baby spaces ( or the disabled ones for that matter ) then that would leave all the mother and baby spaces available for those who need to open their car doors wide open to get the little devils in and out and perhaps avoiding a few of the dinks ! I speak from both sides of the fence, before I would park at the very back to keep away from other cars, last few years I use the baby spaces and you need the extra room when trying to get that baby carrier out but how many times did i see a twit face who cause its nearer the supermarket use one of the spaces !!!
and don't get me on the subject of people who press the pelican crossing button and then run across when there is a gap or I will really start to rant !!!

 

[Winbar]

Same. My Eos was the first car i've literally had from brand new and within 7 days someone opened the door on to it in at the Trafford Centre in Manchester. I was absolutely raging when I came back to it.

Luckily hasn't broken the paintwork so I'll seek out something similar to a dent doctor locally.

But still...grrr

 

[pacemaker1000]

friend of mine used to spend hours in a tesco car park with his seat reclined having a kip while he waited for calls to come in(not a pervert but and engineer covering a large area)
he said that despite parking well away from the shop at least 6 times somebody parked next to his new reg car and, thinking it was empty opened a door against it waking him up.
the other favorite trick was to push a trolly at full belt into him.
dont get the mentality of these people, i mean you dont mess with another guys motor period. i'd have them shot!

ps i always parallel park where possible, better a bumper ding than the metalwork

 

[CPC]

Believe it or not, but any business that supplies parking facilities for patrons have a duty and responsible for ensuring that the area being provided is fit for purpose. Erecting a sign which states that vehicles are left at the owners own risk does not hold any water in a court of law, and the land owners still have responsibility to the users as long as there is evidence to support any complaint.

Now wouldn't it be great if all of us car owners who have had their cars damaged due to having to use parking spaces that were too small to ensure their safe keeping, sent in multiple claims. do you think they would get the message, in reality I think not, but it would at least allow us to let off steam.

 

[silvershadow]

Believe it or not, but any business that supplies parking facilities for patrons have a duty and responsible for ensuring that the area being provided is fit for purpose. Erecting a sign which states that vehicles are left at the owners own risk does not hold any water in a court of law, and the land owners still have responsibility to the users as long as there is evidence to support any complaint.

Now wouldn't it be great if all of us car owners who have had their cars damaged due to having to use parking spaces that were too small to ensure their safe keeping, sent in multiple claims. do you think they would get the message, in reality I think not, but it would at least allow us to let off steam.

It is my understanding that English Common Law still prevails in this situation and any damage claim has to prove negligence on the part of the providor to be successful. Unlike the USA, the user also has to accept responsibility for their actions - minor damage in a parking facility is a self-evident risk which is beyond the reasonable control of the providor and the user is deemed to accept responsibility by using the facility. After all; the user has the choice of parking elsewhere albeit possibly at some inconvenience if the facility is not suitable.

IMHO, the best way to get action is to not use the facility or patronise the business whilst encouraging others to do the same - nothing like a loss of profit to encourage corrective action .

 

[neh321]

Believe it or not, but any business that supplies parking facilities for patrons have a duty and responsible for ensuring that the area being provided is fit for purpose. Erecting a sign which states that vehicles are left at the owners own risk does not hold any water in a court of law, and the land owners still have responsibility to the users as long as there is evidence to support any complaint.

Now wouldn't it be great if all of us car owners who have had their cars damaged due to having to use parking spaces that were too small to ensure their safe keeping, sent in multiple claims. do you think they would get the message, in reality I think not, but it would at least allow us to let off steam.

Believe it or not there is a UK 'standard' width laid down in law for parking spaces! And it hasn't been changed since it was introduced in the 1950s even though cars have grown so much. Believe it's about 1.8 metres, which is narrower than many cars, esp 4x4s!
So as long as Sainsbury's (or whoever the car park belongs to) have followed this width then no-one would get anywhere trying to prove in law that they hadn't carried out their statutory duty of care. Sorry!

 

[DF1302]

Revenge is sweet. . . .

My mate had some inconsiderate *chooses words carefully* idiot put a nice dent in the side of his car. When my friend approached him the guy just told him to eff off, so, my mate went into the supermarket, bought a tube of superglue, squirted it in every lock on his car, inserted a key into each one and snapped the key clean off . . . new locks all round! Was great fun watching the man walk up to his car, look at his locks and started going crazy. With this we drove passed with a big grin on our faces waving to the nice man

 

[tishysmith]

Wish I'd been there to see that! That has really made me laugh this morning!