Door Ding Frustration

[wkel24]

Only had my S60 for two weeks, absolutely immaculate bodywork until yesterday.

Overnight stay and parked furthest away as usual from all the nutter door bangers. Noticed a car parked next bay last thing but thought leave it, it's fine.

Back out in the morning, their car now gone and a brand new ding awaiting me on my drivers door! Noticed it straight away and my heart sank. No more than a couple of millimetres but enough to see when the light catches and now totally do my head in!

Honestly why can't people just open their doors without banging away?

[Peter86]

No respect! I had a fella throw his door open against my wing mirror, didn't give a damn till he noticed me sat in my car glaring at him. Look on his face was priceless! There is a barely noticeable scratch on the indicator lens but I hadnt had the car that long so couldn't say he did it and it could have been there already.

[john.wigley]

" ... why can't people just open their doors without banging away?", 'wkel24' asks.

I have an idea that the lack of respect of which 'Peter86' speaks may be due to people leasing their cars and not actually 'owning' them. I had a similar experience in 1978 two weeks after buying my first and only new car. That Mini 1000 cost me £2200 and I saved for years to buy the car. To say that I was annoyed was putting it mildly.

It seems to me that paying a few hundred pounds a month for the privilege of owning a car today does not engender respect for others. I have also noticed that those of us who do run older cars, often considered 'bangers' by such people, tend to exhibit much more respect for other's vehicles, be they old or new.

Regards, John.

[wkel24]

I think chips away for this one, hopefully nothing too dramatic on the cost.

I've bought a set of those magnetic door buffers. They look a bit unusual, but I don't care as long as they're doing something to protect the car.

[ASt85]

The really annoying dings seem to come from higher ground clearance 4WD Chelsea tractor type motors where the carelessly opened door puts a ding in the upper curved part of the door just below the window line - I collected one on each front door last week.

I know it sounds sad, but I usually try to park in supermarket car parks spaces with a space either side of my chosen slot free preferably as far from the store entrance as possible.


However, of late, it seems to make whichever car I've used a magnet for idiots, some of whom might do well to provide a tin opener to allow other car park users to get back into their cars. They clearly have no idea that the general opinion is one should park in the middle of an available space. The worst offenders are those who leave a nice big gap so they can get out easily whilst leaving only a few inches for the driver of the car on their left to get back in.....clambering feet first over from the passenger seat is becoming painful and tedious.

[christheancient]

Originally Posted by wkel24

I think chips away for this one, hopefully nothing too dramatic on the cost.

"Dent Magic" are good if you can find a local operative.

[Markos01]

I feel your pain, as do many others on here too. It's a massive wind-up and totally avoidable. At times I believe it's ignorance, at other times I think it's jealousy: there are some unpleasant low-lives around. I've used PDR types many times before due to car park dings (and I too park a million miles away from entrances/other cars when in my 'good' car), and they've always got the dents out perfectly.

Incidentally I also run an 18 year old mk4 8v Golf GTI banger which is the first car I've ever owned that I don't really care about and DO park it close to entrances, in tight spaces etc. It's silver so doesn't show dings very well. It's been a revelation owning a car that I'm not precious about, I highly recommend it!

[SteEnt]

Originally Posted by wkel24

I think chips away for this one, hopefully nothing too dramatic on the cost.

I've bought a set of those magnetic door buffers. They look a bit unusual, but I don't care as long as they're doing something to protect the car.

I know it's not the answer, but the more you obsess over these things the more you will notice them.
Cars will accrue dings and scratches over time and it's just unavoidable and the more you try and avoid it, the more you will notice tiny marks on the car.

I bought a 9 year old C30 in August and honestly every time I looked at the car, I noticed another imperfection that just drove me completely crazy and drained my bank account in attempts to put right these issues.

I know it's not acceptable that people just don't care about other people's property, but there isn't a whole lot you can do about it and getting it fixed if it's only small, now, is going to breed obsessive compulsive disorder in you every time you see a new mark that may have been there for months without you noticing.

[iain cooper]

we visited a local garden centre one morning last week.

it was very wet and the huge car park was nearly empty, but I still parked my MX5 a long way away from the entrance on it's own.

on leaving, the car park was still nearly empty, but parked next to my MX5 was a Renault Clio, so close that I had to reverse out of the space to allow my wife in the passenger door !!

didn't seem to be any dings, but I can't fathom out the mindset of these idiots. Indeed I wanted to wait in the car for he/she to appear, but wife wouldn't have it.

Iain