hit and run, no note left

[88LTDCV351]

Hi Guys,
Last weekend someone parked or tried to park next to my Marauder at my apartment complex and apparently sc***** up my car pretty good on the rear door and the wheel well part of the rear quarter panel. They did not leave a note. Must have been a white or light colored vehicle because there was paint transfer. We have assigned spaces, but no on appears to be assigned to that space. Probably another resident or their guests.

Took it to a body shop. My insurance will pay for it except my $500 deductible. The total cost would have been almost $2,000. Hard to believe (although a good scrape and dent) that it costs that much. Anyway, wish I chose a lower deductible. So I won't have my Marauder for about a week.

I also noticed a few times that the layer of dirt that accumulates on my car overnight sometimes has handprints and smudges on it. I know the little kids play around there so I figure they sometimes climb up on my car when I'm at work. That makes me mad. One time I spotted the mom or babysitter leaning/sitting against my car. Why don't other residents respect other people's property?

[Aren Jay]

You need a camera system. If you have a window that overlooks your car mount it in your place. If not there are car cameras available. I have been thinking of having made or making a swivel camera for mounting where the interior light goes. Something to swivle to movement and capture pictures. Not sure what I would use yet, but a memory card capture on the camera shouldn't be too hard to hook up.

With video evidence you can get convictions, have tenets banned from apartments, or evicted. Without you have nothing.

Some of these static ones are good though.

http://www.brickhousesecurity.com/ca...-recorder.html

[Pat]

I feel your pain. Every door on my MM has parking lot scratches, most are into the metal.

One real wheel well lip has a ding. Wish I could make one claim but nooooo, each one has to be separate and after threee of them in a short period of time it's phiffftz for the insurance.

One or two are from women's rings when they brush up against the car trying to open the door. Diamonds are harder than clear coat.

Regards,

[Blk Mamba]

I pulled into my driveway tonight, got out, and looked the MM over a bit, and the first thing I see is a 7" long scratch in the roof panel above the drivers door. This could not be an accident, it was on purpose, I park 100' from any other car just so no damage can happen by accident. I'm really PO'd, I'm thinking of getting one of those cheap buffers they sell at FLAPS, but don't know if I can use it without hurting the paint.

[Taemian]

Sorry to hear about the scratches, they seem unavoidable. No matter what I do or how I park, there is a new mark every month.

[offroadkarter]

Why don't other residents respect other people's property?

Because lots of people in the world are D'bags. its that simple. Someone gave my car a good gash down the door, thats 1 to add to the collection of highly visible marks

[03blackvegas]

You need to you can keep your car indoors.

[quota]

I went last week to Montreal center. Left my MGM during about 2 hours at the (dark) covered parking of the "Biodome". When I came back home, I saw that somebody had hit my rear bumper. Car is now at the FORD bodyshop. 500 $ for repair + colour. I am pissed off !

JP

[Ken]

I pulled into my driveway tonight, got out, and looked the MM over a bit, and the first thing I see is a 7" long scratch in the roof panel above the drivers door. This could not be an accident, it was on purpose, I park 100' from any other car just so no damage can happen by accident. I'm really PO'd, I'm thinking of getting one of those cheap buffers they sell at FLAPS, but don't know if I can use it without hurting the paint.

You didn't get damage from the storm during the last 24 hours? Was sitting on Public Square downtown last night when the storm hit, we were drenched.

Ken

[jonroe]

Hi Guys,
Last weekend someone parked or tried to park next to my Marauder at my apartment complex and apparently sc***** up my car pretty good on the rear door and the wheel well part of the rear quarter panel. They did not leave a note. Must have been a white or light colored vehicle because there was paint transfer.

This exact thing happened to my DTR MM in February at a Staples parking lot. Creased both left doors in the lower panels. Luckily I had my deductible at $200 and the total job to fix cost about $1300. All is well now.

[larryo340]

It seems that some people just don't give a *****. The problem is that they don't even care about their own stuff so why should they care about other peoples. Kids especially need to be taught to respect other peoples property, and if all goes well they'll turn out to be like us when they get older.

As I was walking to my car in a parking lot I saw a guy leaning against the front fender. I made the horn beep with the remote, and he didn't move just looked around. I then hit the panic and he seemed startled and moved off the car. When I got near my car I asked him if it was his, and he said "NO" and I replied "That's right so stay the ****** off it !!"

[chicago_cop]

Hi Guys,
Last weekend someone parked or tried to park next to my Marauder at my apartment complex and apparently sc***** up my car pretty good on the rear door and the wheel well part of the rear quarter panel. They did not leave a note. Must have been a white or light colored vehicle because there was paint transfer. We have assigned spaces, but no on appears to be assigned to that space. Probably another resident or their guests.

Took it to a body shop. My insurance will pay for it except my $500 deductible. The total cost would have been almost $2,000. Hard to believe (although a good scrape and dent) that it costs that much. Anyway, wish I chose a lower deductible. So I won't have my Marauder for about a week.

I also noticed a few times that the layer of dirt that accumulates on my car overnight sometimes has handprints and smudges on it. I know the little kids play around there so I figure they sometimes climb up on my car when I'm at work. That makes me mad. One time I spotted the mom or babysitter leaning/sitting against my car. Why don't other residents respect other people's property?

I cary a Car Cover in my trunk. Once you get used to using one it is not hard to take off and replace. Roll the back up twoard the roof, and the front likewise. Then pull toward you rolling into a a donut. They even sell them with a padding that would have eliminate most scratches. Not a dent though. Some deterent to damage. Especially if you are at work. When not a daily driver I would keep it covered. It also deters theives who don't want to work too hard.

[Mike Poore]

Um, about your deductible? Rather than lowering it, you may want to consider raising it. The savings in premiums may make up the difference in an occational repair. Check with your agent, though, and see if doing so makes sense to you.
Sorry about your bad luck, but in this case, I might consider paying for the repair, out of pocket, and shop around for a better price, rather than turning it in to my insurer, depending upon your claim(s) history.

We're talking about savings in the long term, here, not right or wrong.

[88LTDCV351]

Thank you for all of your condolences. Sounds like we have all experienced as much.

The only other time I can remember something similiar also happened to my Marauder was one time I staid at a motel near work since we were working late nights. This was about December last year. I got in my car the last day to drive to work and noticed my mirror was out of position. It was flipped toward the car. I didn't know they could be flipped back, neat feature. Anyway, I flipped it back into place but noticed a definate scratch on the front of the mirror housing. Someone obviously had parked to the right of me and backing out had gotten too close and scratched/flipped the passenger mirror back. I didn't bother doing anything about that one. There wasn't a car next to me (or they decided to not park there).

Oh, and I remembered another one. I went to Costco and was decently parked away from other cars. Some idiot decides out of all of the spaces to park in front of me with a big truck (F-150 or something). They parked and where touching my front bumper causing a scratch/gash. Why does some idiot park so damn close? Maybe they didn't notice they were touching my car, but why THE HELL DID THAT TRUCK PARK SO DAMN CLOSE? It was so darn stupid. Just leave a little gosh darn room, you idiot, especially since you are driving some big darn truck. Why the hell would someone pull so far forward? That one made me mad. I could have wrote down their license plate, but I didn't want any trouble. I was mad though. I just left furious.

I do have the official car cover. Used to use it when the car was cleaned. Its a daily driver. But my brother-in-law made fun of me saying something to the effect that you only use car covers if the car is going into storage or non-operation. So I felt kind of stupid whipping it out at work or at the train station.

How do you clean a car cover when the outside gets so darn dirty after awhile?

[Bluerauder]

When I got near my car I asked him if it was his, and he said "NO" and I replied "That's right so stay the ****** off it !!"

That's ^^^^ great !!!