Do you panic.........
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2023 GLC 300 4MATIC
Do you panic.........
after parking way out in the parking lot so that no one will ding your doors or key you while you are in the mall or wherever?
Wife and I went to a movie last night. I dropped her off at the door while I go and park, you know....5 million miles away to hopefully protect the car. During the movie I find myself wondering if all those teenagers in the parking lot are parking right next to me and opening up their car doors into me.
Am I messed up? It's just that you spend alot of money, detail it all up so someone can ding it up. Just a little paranoid.
Wife and I went to a movie last night. I dropped her off at the door while I go and park, you know....5 million miles away to hopefully protect the car. During the movie I find myself wondering if all those teenagers in the parking lot are parking right next to me and opening up their car doors into me.
Am I messed up? It's just that you spend alot of money, detail it all up so someone can ding it up. Just a little paranoid.
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Join the club,,,,Ive owned mine 42 months,,,and no dings or keys so far.KNOCK ON WOOD.Im the same way,although I have gone to Yankee games and Jets games with my car and hoped,,,but its easier to let someone else drive.
My only problem was a baseball went clean thru my rear window,before I tinted the glass,at my sons High School game,,thank the Big Guy it hit NO paint.
My only problem was a baseball went clean thru my rear window,before I tinted the glass,at my sons High School game,,thank the Big Guy it hit NO paint.
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Sean's Sister--
as my father told me years ago, even if you have a ferrari you will still get door dings.......nothing you can do about door dings or little stuff.........it'll just happen no matter what.....
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Cars are meant to be driven around...
...and it is inevitable, you will get dinged eventually. Drive the car and enjoy it for what it is. There are folks with much more expensive and exclusive vehicles who park it anywhere they can fit it, with no worries. I would be careful about parking it TOO far away from other cars. In some cases that could attract unecessary attention to it.
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I too, share your fear of getting dings on my car and I'm finding myself doing a lap around my car before getting into it just to check and see if some fat *** dinged my car by chance. It's a good idea to get to know your local PDR guy so if you do happen to get a ding, he can pushes it out for you for cheap or free
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Originally Posted by alexbenz
as my father told me years ago, even if you have a ferrari you will still get door dings.......nothing you can do about door dings or little stuff.........it'll just happen no matter what.....
I carry a "Dent Doctor" business card... They do miracles for $100!
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Originally Posted by lexrex
And a tire valve core remover is a great tool to have in case the perpetrator is still parked next to you...
At least that what my friend told me...
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Originally Posted by mazeta
...and it is inevitable, you will get dinged eventually. Drive the car and enjoy it for what it is. There are folks with much more expensive and exclusive vehicles who park it anywhere they can fit it, with no worries. I would be careful about parking it TOO far away from other cars. In some cases that could attract unecessary attention to it.
DPR sure is sure a good economical fix and the best "invention" since windscreen wipers but still, it is a PITA and damn annoying when its becuz of someone else's stupidity and disregard for other's property
As for the "counter-attack strategies" proposed...I've found it happens to me when I'm there the longest and never even have a change to retaliate.....
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Yes ,I am the same ! But some place are hard to find a parking like some supermarket, I have NO chose but park at whatever avalible parking space. Thats how I got my dent and ding. Some people or kid just don't care other people's property ! 
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Ha, to the point where I have circled the parking lot and didn't like any of the spots so I left. Whatever I needed didn't seem as important or worth the fustration of getting the car dinged.
Then last week while parking on the street, I find that some f*cker double parked me and door dinged both my front driver wheel fender (right at the crease) AND also somehow hits the rim of my wheel and gouges it.
Needless to say I'm pissed. Estimate to have body work done by MB is $440. Trying to track down the local Paintless Dent Removal to see if they can do their magic.
Then last week while parking on the street, I find that some f*cker double parked me and door dinged both my front driver wheel fender (right at the crease) AND also somehow hits the rim of my wheel and gouges it.
Needless to say I'm pissed. Estimate to have body work done by MB is $440. Trying to track down the local Paintless Dent Removal to see if they can do their magic.
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......And my wife says that I am the only lunatic that spends 15 minutes looking for the perfect parking space as far away from everyone as is possible.
I tell her I do it to keep her thin.
I tend to look for the parking space near the end of an aisle so that only one side of my car is exposed to an empty parking space. But there are inevitably trees planted there, so as I walk into the store I find my self concerned about tree sap and bird droppings.
Ok, maybe I do need help.
I tell her I do it to keep her thin.
I tend to look for the parking space near the end of an aisle so that only one side of my car is exposed to an empty parking space. But there are inevitably trees planted there, so as I walk into the store I find my self concerned about tree sap and bird droppings.
Ok, maybe I do need help.
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i think we are all guilty of paranoid parking....personally i could care less and since i guess i'm of the lazier type i try to go for the front spot......which is why i love driving my mothers car. shattered leg means even less walking for me.
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I can relate how you all feel. Personally, if I'm our running around, I'll use the garmand GPS to find a safe spot with ample parking without cars and place a call to have a car service drive me to the store. If the service is unavailable, I'll just go home until they have one available.
Seriously - I feel what you guys are talking about. It drives my wife nuts when I call the car service.
jk
Seriously - I feel what you guys are talking about. It drives my wife nuts when I call the car service.
jk
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If I have to walk a little to help prevent dings....so be it. However, I would never park so far out there where it makes it too noticable (no man's land) that you're avoiding other cars. Sometimes punks who are walking will notice\comment about cars who do this. Is the second worst thing to taking up 2 spaces.
