Never thought it would happen to me...
Never thought it would happen to me...
Walked out to my car yesterday to find this. No note or anything. I park directly across the street from where I work and I look at my car all day long; yet I never seen it happen
I think I may know who done it, but I'm not for sure. I'm going to check the cameras at a bank across the street to see if it caught anything.
This whole situation would have been much different and I wouldn't feel as "hurt" if they came and told me. They could have at least hit the front bumper so I can get a different one
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This sucks! Good luck with the bank cameras!!
I understand how the lack of a note hurts more. I park my DD (not the G) on the street but can see if from my balcony. Was having a drink and a cig one time on the balcony and watched some turd back into my car with his Saturn Astra. What "got" to me was that he got out, examined his bumper without even a second thought about my car. I was furious and wathched him park, went down and called the cops. There was no seriouis damage to my car but, I wanted to be sure I followed "protocol".
The cop made a good point. Since the damage was minimal he recommended I just work it out with the Astra driver without any "police report" or hit and run charges. The police report would essentially place a "Front End Damage" claim on my CarFax even though it was just a light scratch. So $12 paint pen may cost thousands in diminished value.
If you can figure out who backed into it, give them a chance to pay out of pocket to avoid any blemishes on your history. Your paint looks very good and I presume you baby her so I would not want to ruin your resale more than it needs to.
Good luck man!
I understand how the lack of a note hurts more. I park my DD (not the G) on the street but can see if from my balcony. Was having a drink and a cig one time on the balcony and watched some turd back into my car with his Saturn Astra. What "got" to me was that he got out, examined his bumper without even a second thought about my car. I was furious and wathched him park, went down and called the cops. There was no seriouis damage to my car but, I wanted to be sure I followed "protocol".
The cop made a good point. Since the damage was minimal he recommended I just work it out with the Astra driver without any "police report" or hit and run charges. The police report would essentially place a "Front End Damage" claim on my CarFax even though it was just a light scratch. So $12 paint pen may cost thousands in diminished value.
If you can figure out who backed into it, give them a chance to pay out of pocket to avoid any blemishes on your history. Your paint looks very good and I presume you baby her so I would not want to ruin your resale more than it needs to.
Good luck man!
This sucks! Good luck with the bank cameras!!
I understand how the lack of a note hurts more. I park my DD (not the G) on the street but can see if from my balcony. Was having a drink and a cig one time on the balcony and watched some turd back into my car with his Saturn Astra. What "got" to me was that he got out, examined his bumper without even a second thought about my car. I was furious and wathched him park, went down and called the cops. There was no seriouis damage to my car but, I wanted to be sure I followed "protocol".
The cop made a good point. Since the damage was minimal he recommended I just work it out with the Astra driver without any "police report" or hit and run charges. The police report would essentially place a "Front End Damage" claim on my CarFax even though it was just a light scratch. So $12 paint pen may cost thousands in diminished value.
If you can figure out who backed into it, give them a chance to pay out of pocket to avoid any blemishes on your history. Your paint looks very good and I presume you baby her so I would not want to ruin your resale more than it needs to.
Good luck man!
I understand how the lack of a note hurts more. I park my DD (not the G) on the street but can see if from my balcony. Was having a drink and a cig one time on the balcony and watched some turd back into my car with his Saturn Astra. What "got" to me was that he got out, examined his bumper without even a second thought about my car. I was furious and wathched him park, went down and called the cops. There was no seriouis damage to my car but, I wanted to be sure I followed "protocol".
The cop made a good point. Since the damage was minimal he recommended I just work it out with the Astra driver without any "police report" or hit and run charges. The police report would essentially place a "Front End Damage" claim on my CarFax even though it was just a light scratch. So $12 paint pen may cost thousands in diminished value.
If you can figure out who backed into it, give them a chance to pay out of pocket to avoid any blemishes on your history. Your paint looks very good and I presume you baby her so I would not want to ruin your resale more than it needs to.
Good luck man!
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Damn, that sucks!
DOnt sweat it too much man. What can you do but move on. At the end of the day it is just a car. It will be fixed by your insurance though, you may have to pay out your deductible.
Good luck man!
DOnt sweat it too much man. What can you do but move on. At the end of the day it is just a car. It will be fixed by your insurance though, you may have to pay out your deductible.
Good luck man!
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Walked out to my car yesterday to find this. No note or anything. I park directly across the street from where I work and I look at my car all day long; yet I never seen it happen
I think I may know who done it, but I'm not for sure. I'm going to check the cameras at a bank across the street to see if it caught anything.
This whole situation would have been much different and I wouldn't feel as "hurt" if they came and told me. They could have at least hit the front bumper so I can get a different one
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The cop made a good point. Since the damage was minimal he recommended I just work it out with the Astra driver without any "police report" or hit and run charges. The police report would essentially place a "Front End Damage" claim on my CarFax even though it was just a light scratch. So $12 paint pen may cost thousands in diminished value.
If you can figure out who backed into it, give them a chance to pay out of pocket to avoid any blemishes on your history. Your paint looks very good and I presume you baby her so I would not want to ruin your resale more than it needs to.
Good luck man!
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[QUOTE They could have at least hit the front bumper so I can get a different one [/QUOTE]
maybe they did? 5lb sledge wrapped in a thick towel .............ahem
[/QUOTE]maybe they did? 5lb sledge wrapped in a thick towel .............ahem
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From: I live in a rural village with 120 other hermits
[QUOTE They could have at least hit the front bumper so I can get a different one [/QUOTE]
maybe they did? 5lb sledge wrapped in a thick towel .............ahem
[/QUOTE]maybe they did? 5lb sledge wrapped in a thick towel .............ahem
This is a joke right..? Sorry man you are not going to be able to fix that with paintless dent removal... That vehicle needs a new door.
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Here are some pictures of a fairly large dent on another car, before and after. The dent on the door is larger, so it will take longer to fix, but it is fairly uniform (there are not lots of little creases and waves in the dent). It should come out nicely if a skilled craftsman works on it.