disrespecting other peoples cars

sonic85

what the fcuk is up with people who get out of their cars and then thump their door against the car beside them? its happened to me twice in car parks and im gonna lose the rag if it happens again. do people have no respect or whats the story? has it happened to you and if so what did you do about it?

TestTransmission

sonic85 wrote: »

what the fcuk is up with people who get out of their cars and then thump their door against the car beside them? its happened to me twice in car parks and im gonna lose the rag if it happens again. do people have no respect or whats the story? has it happened to you and if so what did you do about it?

In big carparks I park away in the corner and If i have no choice,I usually park beside someone who obviously cares about their car,it could be a newish car or a modified well cared car such as a civic or something.

No people carriers or ****boxes or anywhere near the trolley bay

dr.fuzzenstein

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VO48Vr4KIc8

mondeo

I dont think people are aware how hard they swing their doors open. They never seem to notice it when they create a big impact on your car.

It really annoys me when I'm sitting in the car using my phone or somthing and BANG, no apologises or nothing!. For me it always seems to be some elderly women in a 03' Ford Focus hatchback.

I had some ignorant old fool the other day park beside me. She returned and unloaded her trolly and parked her empty trolly behind my car while I sat in it. I opened the door and called her to move the bloody thing! There was a trolly parking bay just 10 foot from her and all, the lazy 4ft serious looking fecker:mad:

sonic85

i dont think ive ever touched another car while getting out of my own - ive certainly never slammed my door against another car anyway.

id love to have a real ****box and if it happened in that just start hammering the door off the other persons car and then say how do you like it? fcuk im getting so angry just thinking about it.

people just dont have an ounce of respect for other peoples property

Mr Benevolent

Have to say I'm extra careful getting out of mine - it's only a Corsa but I don't want to ding it or the car beside me!

CiniO

If someone bangs his door into your car and scratches your paint, can it be treated as an accident? And can you ask him for his insurance details, to cover a cost of painting of your panel/doors/etc.. ?

Esel

^ Yes. Take pictures so you have proof.

I have never ever allowed my door to hit another car when I'm getting out. Even if I come back to it and someone's parked a little too close for comfort and it's a squeeze to get back in, I ever so gently and carefully rest my door on their's to get me in and do no damage. I know some people don't give a sh*t but it's a hateful little thing and I respect other people's cars.

Through strategic parking I've went 3 years of having a new car and only getting one tiny carpark ding in the drivers door (which happened 2 days after I got it :mad:) untill last week...came back to a rather monumetal scuff and dent in my passenger door which I know for a fact was caused by a ditzy little teenager in a brand new mini (who I will find one day, one day my friend!) The scuff polished out nicely but the dent is severly p*ssing me off as that side was still perfect.

It's pretty much a fact of life that no matter how hard you try to avoid them, you're still gonna get them, but it peeves me off to no end!

shedweller

I've said it before and i'll say it again. Make up a length of angle iron to clamp onto the side of your car while parked and they WILL think twice before slamming their door into yours. Angle iron rocks!

bryaner

Dirty bastards all of em..

johndaman66

mondeo wrote: »

I had some ignorant old fool the other day park beside me. She returned and unloaded her trolly and parked her empty trolly behind my car while I sat in it. I opened the door and called her to move the bloody thing! There was a trolly parking bay just 10 foot from her and all, the lazy 4ft serious looking fecker

Following on from your point and I appreciate I'm going way off topic but what is it with yobo's abandoning their trolleys thoughtlessly in supermarkets in the most inconvenient of places and blocking others from going about their business. It happens quite frequent and not to be sexist or that but women offenders seem to be by far and away the most prevalent. It seems they are either thoughtless and/ or lazy or else away in a world of their own. I dunno, maybe I'm just turning into Victor Meldrew in my old age but I find it most inconsiderate.

Regarding hopping doors of other cars. I drive a bit of a s**tbox myself at the moment but wouldn't expect someone to hop their door of it all the same, its just disrespectful to the person, leaving the car out of it. At least acknowledge the other person, put your hand up as if to apologise if they are in the car I'd be thinking

faw1tytowers

I own a MPV and I look after my car. But I too am wary not to park too close to a car with child seats or that looks a bit battered. But I honestly feel it is people in newer cars who seem to be more careless. I am not one for confrontation my other half however would be right in there faces if it happened though. It all depends, accidents can happen I accept, hence the nice little dent I have in my front bumper from another mpv :mad: but if someone purposely or without apology aggressively hit my car I would be getting insurance details rapid!

Keith186

My car door opens nice and smooth but on another car I drove the door sprang open a bit to a notch on the hinge half way and if you push it further it springs open fully. You have to be very careful to hold it back from swinging open fully, maybe there a certain cars like this with kids hopping outta them.

kirving

I was waiting in the passenger seat of my dads car one evening when this woman, about 50 parks next to me. She opens her door and hits the car, not too hard, but she was still careless.

I leaned over and pressed the horn, and she got such a fright she jumped and hit her head off her door frame!

Mc Love

how about when you have passengers and they slam the doors/boot? Fecking really grates on me! Have they no consideration?

faw1tytowers

Mc Love wrote: »

how about when you have passengers and they slam the doors/boot? Fecking really grates on me! Have they no consideration?

My friend drives a 3 door honda civic 2000 i think it is. She always says I slam the door shut.. I am never aware that I do, :S

bazz26

Some people are just plain ignorant and have little or no respect for their own cars so don't expect them to have any more respect for a stranger's one parked next to it.

I tend to park my car away from where the herd park (as close to the entrance as possible) yet when I come back you can almost be guaranteed that someone will still park nearly right up next to your door.

Esel

faw1tytowers wrote: »

My friend drives a 3 door honda civic 2000 i think it is. She always says I slam the door shut.. I am never aware that I do, :S

The doors of coupés are longer than those of regular cars. So, based on on the law of the lever, if you swing the door in with the usual force, you are effectively slamming it. Try moving your nand nearer the hinge when pusing the door closed.

vetstu

I came back to the car in UCD one day to see two blue scuff marks which lined up perfectly with the blue audi's doors beside me, same colour and all. Pity I only had one door on that side to open. :mad:

anewme

Down with door dingers.

I drive a 3 door car (Scirocco) and the doors are huge and quite heavy and swing really wide. I always have respect for other peoples cars and would never open the doors against them. I always park miles away from the entrance to shopping centres and sometimes I can I get a spot that no one can park beside (some places have horizontal ones).

My sister is always complaining about me being a pain about my car. She came back to her year old car in Tesco car park last week to find a largish dinge over the rear wheel arch and a load of blue paint. Will probably cost a couple of hundred to fix. She said she will adopt my attitude from now on.

Vicxas

I came back to my car after leaving it in the marshes in dundalk to find a massive CHIP taken out of my car. not a dent, a mofoing chip...

I have never been so angry

W.Shakes-Beer

People are assholes unfortunately. I never park my car in one bay.

I was waiting for a friend to come out of a shop one day, parked in a single bay between 2 cars (didn't mind, I was waiting in the car). Sure enough I see some woman of about 50 come out of the shop and proceed toward the Avensis parked next to me. I said to myself "guarantee she will bounce her door of my car".

She seen me sitting in my car as she walked toward her car, sure enough, door open, bang off my car and in she gets. The second I hear the bang I jump out and walk around to the passenger side and check for any marks, luckily enough there wasn't. She just looked at me and asked, "Sorry did I hit your car?". Just had to raise my eyes to heaven and ignore her. Bint.

Some people.

YouTookMyName

When i'm getting out now i put my hand over the edge of the door so i get the maximum space of getting out but my hand will protect my door from dinging the car beside me.

Vicxas

YouTookMyName wrote: »

When i'm getting out now i put my hand over the edge of the door so i get the maximum space of getting out but my hand will protect my door from dinging the car beside me.

I do the same, or i open the door gently, i see fat B***hes squeezy their yaris into a tiny spot then destroy the car next to them by trying to get their "ample" frame out of it... Logic has certainly been abandoned in car parks.

slimjimmc

YouTookMyName wrote: »

When i'm getting out now i put my hand over the edge of the door so i get the maximum space of getting out but my hand will protect my door from dinging the car beside me.

Snap!!!!
Plus if it's windy I wind down the glass to reduce the chances of a gust taking the door for a nudge, the central locking shuts it all back up nicely.

C4Kid

I know for a fact was caused by a ditzy little teenager in a brand new mini (who I will find one day, one day my friend!)

It's those teenagers that are given everything by their parents that don't appreciate what it's like to earn something through working for it.

PaulKK

bazz26 wrote: »

I tend to park my car away from where the herd park (as close to the entrance as possible) yet when I come back you can almost be guaranteed that someone will still park nearly right up next to your door.

I find this too. Often times i will park in an area where no one else is parked around it for several spaces only to return to find that someone has picked the adjacent space to mine from all the available ones.
It really annoys me. Its usually a soft roader or mammy wagon too, one can only assume they have limited parking skills and require your car as a guide so they can line up beside it.

vicwatson

It bugs the crap out of me too, grrrr. :mad:

Particularly parents who pull in right close to you and then try to take little johnny out of the baby seat whilst propping their arse against their door and my car denting it in the process grrrr. I'm a parent but have always deliberately NOT done that.

Some people have no respect for property and it is criminal damage if you damage someone elses property so don't see any difference here.

I would take pics and report them to the Gardai (not sure how far you'll get there though).

It's funny as there is another thread here on boards about people parking inconsiderately, taking two spaces etc, boards users have posted pictures of "bad" parking. I know one reason why people take up two spots - because of the inconsiderate people who bang the crap out of the side of your car, if people had a bit more respect for other peoples property then there'd be no need for "bad" parking.

Lex Luthor

Usually I'll park in a car park well away but murphys law a $hit box parks beside me when there are 500 empty spaces closer to the shop entrance.

Same goes for my missus. Last week she got back to her car and found a 2 foot scrape with paint left on the passenger door. Found a note on windscreen to say contact security. Someone had left their name and no. But have not yet been able to contact them.:mad: