So I picked my Mustang a few days ago YAY. The second day I have it someone opened there door into mine now i have a small ding and it chipped the paint! Now its going to cost 260 dollars to fix it! :notnice: You think people would have some respect!

 

I park so far away from where the mass idiot's park, and walk to where ever, sorry to hear about your ding, I suggest doing the same, as people just dont give a ****

 

that blows...sorry dude

 

that sucks, at least you won't worry about dings now. My recommendation is that you have legs, use them ad park far away from everyone else like I do.

 

If someone does that to me, AND I am 100% sure of the car; then I will kick in their door and leave a note of "thanks for denting my car, now I dented yours". People have zero respect for other peoples property. So I'll return the "favor" they did to my car 100 fold. Maybe that will teach them to be more careful in the future.

 

I have these fake parking tickets I leave on people's car all the time when they park too close to me. It's hillarious

 

You'll now have to consider where, how, and what side to park.
For instance, like most replies said, park away from the masses and shopping carts.
When I must park in a diagonal spot, point the nose closer to the left (cant the car within the 2 lines), thus giving the car on the right more room when he/she opens the their door.
If I have a choice (especially at work), I always look for an 'end' spot, especially an empty stall to the right of an already parked car. Most people drive alone, so no one will open the passenger door.

Will these tips guarentee a ding free door? No, but they'll decrease your chances significantly.

 

Sometimes even that doesn't help. I parked my freshly restored '87 GT WAY OUT in the parking lot at Lowes one day. Keep in mind I live in north Texas, land of strong winds. I come out of the store to find a shopping cart up against my left rear quarter panel. Yep. Big dent on the wheel lip. Why do people have to be sooooo lazy as to not walk a few feet to put their carts in the corrals? Grrrr! :bang:

 

Car was less than a week old when she had to go to bodyshop for warranty work. I asked the guy if he could buff out a small set of scratches I was sure had happened in a parking lot. Mentioned that I always park in no man's land-he said that's not always a good idea because it let's shopping carts pick up speed before they hit you! He may be right, but I still park way out there. BTW I was not charged for the scratch removal.

 

I need to get some of those! I hate when I park in BFE and you still get a jerk that parks next to you.

So far, though...no dings... (knocks on wood)

 

Is that the one with the profanity and something about next time leave me a can opener?

 

Someone I know did that to another car... she opened the door into his while he was sitting in his parked car, saw him, and didn't even say sorry.

Some people.

 

some guy opened his door and hit me while i was sitting in the car. he didnt do any damage though. good thing because i had my keys ready.

 

well at least you did not have someone rub your rear bumper and take six inches of paint off, like I had done the first month I had mine. NO NOTE! NO I'M SORRY! Had to have it resprayed!

 

park far away always,even if its raining

 

I'd do that if I knew for sure it was the car that did it. Several cars could cycle through that spot before you come back and retaliate.

I once parked in a lot near the back. No one around and a million spots open next to the stores. i come back some jerk parks right next to me. I guess he figured he wouldnt get a ding from my new car and ding his old piece of s**t.

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If someone does that to me, AND I am 100% sure of the car; then I will kick in their door and leave a note of "thanks for denting my car, now I dented yours". People have zero respect for other peoples property. So I'll return the "favor" they did to my car 100 fold. Maybe that will teach them to be more careful in the future.
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No door dings on my car after a little over 13 months (picked the car up 12/28/04).
When I drive into a parking lot I start looking for spaces where I can park over the line so that if another car took the space next to my car the driver has plenty of room to swing their door open and not hit my car...or I'll park away from all the other cars in the lot.

 

What I worry about is the greezy little kids that really dont know what they are doing and get their paws all over the car, then slam the SUV doors into the side of my car when they pile in after getting an eyefull. Not that this happened, but I've seen it come close so many times. But i've found the sure-fire way of avoiding getting dings. The car never leaves the garage. [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif[/img]

 

Just so you all know I DO PARK FAR AWAY some time I park near the concrete dividers and take up 2 spots! On this particular ocassion I was running into Radio Shack its in a little strip and my only option was to park next to cars! And get this I parked next to a 2001 red mustang v6. It had to have been him who dinged it cause when i came out the spot was empty and my door was dinged and i had only been in there like 10 minutes at most.

 

Sometimes taking up 2 parking spots does more harm than good.

I was trying to find a parking spot one friday night and at least 3 or 4 spots were taken by people double-parking their cars. Otherwise the lot was full. Lucky for them I wouldn't do something like that, but I wouldn't be surpised if their cars were dinged/keyed on purpose