My car got damaged twice this weekend.

First was right in front of my house, we had a few friends over for a BBQ on Sat and since the next block down was having a block party I decided to park mine and my daughters car in front of the house so our friends could use the driveway and not have to park on anouther street and walk over. Now my car is closest to my driveway and the space behind it would barely fit a Smart car. Someone decided to try and fit in there and hit my rear diffuser hard enough to crack it on the passanger side. Of course once they had hit my car and saw they still blocked half the driveway they moved somewhere else. No one saw it and no one came to the house to tell me about it. I spotted the damage when I put the car back in the driveway at 10:00 PM.

Second was at the mall. Now I HATE shopping and would normally have just sat in the car and watched a DVD while my Wife and Daughter went clothes shopping. My Wife doesn't drive and the mall is in anouther county where my Daughter can't drive with her junior license. So I am stuck driving. It is close to 100 out so I go into the mall for a little while intending to get a nice frosty drink before heading back to the car. As usual I park far from the mall and other cars. Walking back with my nice frosty drink in my hand I see my car all alone as I left it then I notice the front grill looks wrong. Going over I see the bottom edge is pushed in as if someone tried to remove it which I think was the case but since the hood needs to be open they were not successful so to spite me they scratched the hell out of it. Now I'm pissed, I reseat the grill and watch my DVD while drinking my frosty drink getting madder by the minute.

Long story short I changed the grill for my SL grill. I will have to have the Brabus rep repainted (wanted to anyway) after I back fill with foam. Now thw diffuser I don't know what to do, I tried putting some 3M tape behind and pushing it in place. No good. I may just drill a hole on the end countersink it and put a small bolt in place and hide it behind a vinyl CF circle. Also thinking about saying the hell with it and removing all external mods and calling it a day.

 

damn, thats gotta be the worlds worst week ever.

the worst thats happened to me is a group of "b*stard children from hell" sitting off the side of the road throwing rocks. they hit my car twice leaving some nice chips and dents, then ran like hell when i pulled over and got out to chase them... lol

hope you can find a way to fix the rear diffuser because "DARTH" just wouldn't look the same without the mods

 

dam that sucks sorry to hear that these ****ing people have no respect for other peoples possessions especially expensive once. This is a problem that I had my self but less damage I have dents from people opening doors and hitting my car I have hood dents I have scratches from idiots that wash my car no matter what place I go to get it washed. It seems the more we upgrade our cars the more hard work and money we put in to them the worst it gets lol but in the END its still worth it when people almost brake their neck looking lol

 

NOOOOO! If you fall off your bike and scrap your knee you get back on it after your cry for a while! Its ok, find a quite place and let it out. Get back to work RON.

 

Sorry to hear about those issues Ron !!! As it's been said folks nowadays have no regard nor respect for other people's property. More times than not they don't even care for the things they own themselves ??

 

Sorry to hear that!! Hang in there Ron... things will balance out, they always do.

 

Ron i am sorry to hear that dont worry karma will get them.

 

That sucks! I'm sure we all have our own horror stories about people being @$$holes. I'm about to get my passenger door repainted because someone decided to use it to stop their shopping cart...lol

 

same thing happened to my car

walked to my car after work one day and saw my rear bumper was scratched up, paint cracked, and in the bottom corner a nice screwhead shaped dent. the sides were buldging out and the diffuser was loose. The bumper can probably be saved but the diffuser is cracked and will probably have to be replaced, thinking of getting an aftermarket one since i wanted to anyway.

 

Sorry to hear Ron

 

Why not Paintless Dent Removal first ?? They may be able to pop it out where it's fairly noticeable rather than having the entire door painted ?? Worth looking into !

 

hell ****ing yeah it will i hope it gets all of them!

My first car Nissan Altima '98 Gold color lol I was driving in a narrow street and took out someone mirror I panicked and kept driving....less than a week later completely on the other side of town someone took mine out while I was parcked! still dont know who did it! lol Karam dose work and it alwayes will! haha

 

I agree with most of the comments on here, hardly anyone has respect for other people's property or their own any more! Think about how many really nice cars you see out and about... There are maybe 1% of all cars out there that are in pristine condition and most of them belong to car guys like us. The rest are scratched and dinged to hell. No one gives a **** about anything anymore. Not to offend anyone but it kind of goes hand in hand with the whole apathetic lazy fat *** attitude of the country right now! I was taught long ago to respect what is not yours as well as what you have. And if you admire what someone else has, admire it from afar, don't touch, and leave it alone. This is what I will teach my sons. Sorry to hear this man. On the bright side the parts that were damaged can be replaced (although it will cost a lot), at least it wasn't the paint job.

Some days I wonder if it would be easier to drive a simple piece of junk like a lot of people do just to avoid the stress of keeping a nice car nice but I just can't do it.

 

Sorry Ron, that really sucks. Can you contact mall security and see if there were camera trained in your direction? Someone threw a soda on my previous car in parking lot once and the store camera caught it. I didn't do anything as there was no damage, but it was nice to know I had the option.

It seems like people just want to mess with those who park far away from everyone. Many times I have left a store to find a shopping cart right next to, or touching my car. People seem to go out of their way to do it.

Ever go to a store and park waaaaay over next to a curb in a space so there can only be a car parked on one side of you? I do, only to come out to find a car next to mine actually in my parking space with my car. I just don't get it.

I heard of a case once in which a guy came out of a store to find his motorcycle dumped over and an elderly guy trying to lift it. He asked the guy what happened and the guy said he laid the bike down so his wife could get into their car. The worst part is, the bike was parked first. That old dude actually parked too close and thought it was okay to move the bike after his stupid mistake.

 

Ron, that really sucks but we've all taken our share of knocks. Don't call it quits just yet, your car needs you! We need you!

 

i co-sign ron... people do suck.

 

Don't do it just yet. I did exactly that with my last car after someone backed up into my fender and ruined my rare set of JDM corner lights, only to realize a few months down the line that I shouldn't have parted the car.

This **** happens all the time in the NYC metro area and I've come to a point in life where I just fix it, forget it, and move on.

 

That's what I do. My daily driver was once a very expensive and beautiful Range Rover, a pre family indulgence, now a few years later it's just a dirtyish SUV with a couple of dings. I'll never fix it up cosmetically again. Inside it's immaculate and mechanically perfect. It's so much easier now. People are stupid and jealous, they key modded civics, not the dirty Rover. I hope to keep it 12 years or more. I worry about after the extended warranty expires though. The last 2 repairs would have been over $6000. That's alot of dough to keep a dirtyish aging Rover on the road for another year or so.
Sorry to hear about your Black Beauty damage Ron.
PS I don't see myself as lazy or unappreciative. I'm practical, and stealth. It gets a mini detail once a year, and washed every month or two, more in the winter. It doesn't seem to mind. The Benz gets much better care, but it's new, and my wife uses it to go see clients. Occasionally she drives them out to dinner. It has to look great.

 

I had some paintless dent removal done a couple months ago. Came out great! Wouldn't work for this because it's not really a dent...lol

 

Thanks for the good words guys. I'll atempt a fix on the diffuser tomorrow evening, just have to remember where the countersink bit is. Dynomite that is a major ouch I feel your pain. My best friend has a Mustang convertable I think an 05 the first car he has ever owned that he has taken care of. Well he got keyed real bad last weekend also. I looked but nothing short of paint will fix it.

BTW I met a MBWorld membere in the Target parking lot late sunday afternoon, this was after I changed the grill. It was good to meet you to bad we couldn't chat for awhile.

 

I hope it all gets fixed soon Ron. Hopefully it won't discourage you to stop modding your ride. Good luck with it all,

 

On Friday my cars bumper got swiped by some girl not paying attention. I expect to fix the damages this weekend on their dime

 

some ****s keyed my car
some ****s was not careful and chiped my door paint
some red ****ing car swiped the corner of my rear bumper
these ***** deserved to be whiped
i hate those to the days

 

Sorry about that Ron. My wife parked our car at a Safeway once, and someone side swipe our quarter panel about 3 feet long. Cost to fix was almost $2k. Our deductible was $500 - that's money that can go towards mods.

 

This is exactly what I do whenver I can. Actually cost me a curb rash on my stock wheels because I cut it too close one time.
Anyhoo, an absolute IDIOT almost pushed me to the breaking point last week at dinner. I score a corner spot and park as close to the cub as possible. This restaurant had unusually wide spaces, so I was very pleased that I had 2ft+ of space on the exposed side.
I come out after dinner to see that some **** in a POS made himself a spot by straddling the space between my car and the next spot over! The guy literally left me six inches of space. Had to enter via the passenger side. I was soooooooo tempted to do something like let the air out of a tire (something to cost him time vs damage), but that karma thing came up...
Agree with others in that consideration is just non-existent these days with most people. Hell, the wife tells me that a kid boguht some ice cream from the roving van tonight, unwrapped it, then proceded to try to stuff the wrapper down the sewer grate in front of our house. Stuff like that blows me away, but I guess it's a sign of the times. (the kid got a good talking to, so doubt he'll be doing that again... )