Battle Scars

[Tacuvito]

I have only made one payment and my car is already dinged. I drove my V hard everyday. I put an average of 140 miles round trip during my work week with no problems. After a month, I handed the keys to my wife because I feared that I would ding the car by exposing it so often to traffic. In less then 2 week my wife dinged the passenger side while she was shopping at the mall, and last Wednesday se dinged the driver side against my truck backing out of the garage. I know cars are supposed to get dinged and in the past it never affected me, but then again my previous cars have never been brand new.

[BBISHOPPCM]

I was in a minor frontal-offset collision @ 5,000 miles (repaired for $4,000), backed into a utility pole shortly after (no damage), and hit the same utility pole 4 months later (needs new rear bumper). Other than that, at 15,000 miles, she still looks brand new.

[Jojo Versa]

I have only made one payment and my car is already dinged. I drove my V hard everyday. I put an average of 140 miles round trip during my work week with no problems. After a month, I handed the keys to my wife because I feared that I would ding the car by exposing it so often to traffic. In less then 2 week my wife dinged the passenger side while she was shopping at the mall, and last Wednesday se dinged the driver side against my truck backing out of the garage. I know cars are supposed to get dinged and in the past it never affected me, but then again my previous cars have never been brand new.

I wish women would stop getting their drivers permit from Cracker Jack boxes as the surprise.

[KimberKenobi]

I wish women would stop getting their drivers permit from Cracker Jack boxes as the surprise.

:oP

[mindpenn]

My first and only ding happened in front of me. My fiancee and I where at a store. I stayed in the car while she went to get something. I parked in a area where I had space in both sides, next thing I know and older couple parked on my side. I watched as the lady opened her door, I smiled. The husband also stayed in the car waiting.

After awhile I see the older lady came back. She looked at me and said something, she opened the door and left a space then she slammed her door to my car... man, my blood was boiling. My fiancee saw it too sense she got back from the store. I signal her to check the ding. The lady said nothing, no apology! She said "ohh, that happened to me with my new car". Man, I don't know if I was more upset with the stupid respond or with how stupid she opened the door.

Now, I don't care... if the car gets dings thats fine, it happens.

[07blueversa]

I just got a ding the other day and i was PISSED! It was very big, but the fact that it was there and i knew it was there just pissed me off! So i got the ding fixed in like 2-3 days. Luckily there was no paint exchanged. I could never live with a ding!

[Ever Victorious]

I got a paint chip high on the rear edge of my rear driver's side door. Not sure how it got there, probably when I was at work loading or unloading something from my car.

After my luck with Versas and my job, I don't care about dings or chips. I just don't want to get nailed by another truck.

[Althalus]

Before my first payment I rear ended some lady in front of me going about 5mpg, left a bunch of scrapes in my front bumper but you can barely see it thank goodness.

I've got a ding in each door from bungholes that don't care about other peoples cars and a few paint chips in my hood.

[Tacuvito]

How much did you pay to get your ding repaired???

[matt_a]

I just got a ding the other day and i was PISSED! It was very big, but the fact that it was there and i knew it was there just pissed me off! So i got the ding fixed in like 2-3 days. Luckily there was no paint exchanged. I could never live with a ding!

I would be the exact same way. That would tick me off big-time. I couldn't live with it either.Ya know, I used to mostly worry about young kids. I would avoid parking next to cars if I knew it had kids in it...etc. But what I've really started to notice lately is how freaking oblivious elderly people can be! Now before I get jumped on here, I want to say that I do respect elderly people. I know when you get old, just getting in and out of a car can be a chore. I know they need the door to be opened nice and wide. But for crying out loud, watch out for the car next to you! Kids are now my #2 worry. My new #1 worry is overweight old people.

[Rockhound]

My first and only ding happened in front of me. My fiancee and I where at a store. I stayed in the car while she went to get something. I parked in a area where I had space in both sides, next thing I know and older couple parked on my side. I watched as the lady opened her door, I smiled. The husband also stayed in the car waiting.

After awhile I see the older lady came back. She looked at me and said something, she opened the door and left a space then she slammed her door to my car... man, my blood was boiling. My fiancee saw it too sense she got back from the store. I signal her to check the ding. The lady said nothing, no apology! She said "ohh, that happened to me with my new car". Man, I don't know if I was more upset with the stupid respond or with how stupid she opened the door.

Now, I don't care... if the car gets dings thats fine, it happens.

I had a pretty similar experience with my G20...I parked in a spot that had plenty of space on either side. After my wife and I came out from shopping, I noticed that a Ford Explorer had parked right up against my driver's side. They were literally less than a foot away - their passenger side tires were in my parking space. So, what do you know, I check my car and there's a huge dent in the front fender (with a little paint residue from the red Explorer). So I go back in the store and have them use the intercom to call out the owner of the car. I went back outside and prepared myself to give these folks a good talking to...and when they come out, they're in their 70s/80s.

At first, I thought, well, they're elderly, I'll just drop it. But then, the husband (who dinged my car) lied to me and said that he didn't even open the passenger door - that he had slid out through the driver's side door because there wasn't room. So I said "so that was after you opened your door on my car?" and he mumbled something under his breath...so I asked for their insurance. I was still thinking about bluffing and not doing anything about it when he came back with his card and asked me "what kind of 'Jap' car is that, anyway?" (excuse the slang, please). His WWII-era racism pissed me off even more, so I turned it in and got $300 from their insurance.

I also was in a car when I was younger when an elderly lady opened her door on it so hard that the car shook. She just went on her way like nothing happened even when I got out to look at the damage.

Luckily the Versa has made it through nearly 4 months of ownership without a ding.

[kc5f]

My V's made t 36,000 miles now without dings on either side. But years ago I had one new car that got dinged while I was watching and I got the license number and had a friend run it. I talked to the mother of the owner, who said my description fit her daughter, but that of the guy hanging all over her didn't match her son-in-law at all! The $35 for the ding was just gravy after knowing I'd gotten her busted with her husband!

[Clipsed]

My V's made t 36,000 miles now without dings on either side. But years ago I had one new car that got dinged while I was watching and I got the license number and had a friend run it. I talked to the mother of the owner, who said my description fit her daughter, but that of the guy hanging all over her didn't match her son-in-law at all! The $35 for the ding was just gravy after knowing I'd gotten her busted with her husband!

do you mean son-in-law? Or was she a lesbian?

[Demonspawn]

thats classic!

[Clipsed]

thats classic!

lol I had to read it a few times to make sure that I was reading it right, and not just my imagination, and then make myself look estupid! lolz.

[Rockhound]

lol I had to read it a few times to make sure that I was reading it right, and not just my imagination, and then make myself look estupid! lolz.

So do you get it now?

[Clipsed]

So do you get it now?

Not really I am still scratching my head since the DAUGHTER was with a GUY, but not with the MOTHERS DAUGHTER-IN LAW, so no, I am still a little confused! HAHA

edit-AHH nm, I see you edited your post! HAHA. NOW I GET IT! HAR HAR! lolz

[Rockhound]

Not really I am still scratching my head since the DAUGHTER was with a GUY, but not with the MOTHERS DAUGHTER-IN LAW, so no, I am still a little confused! HAHA

edit-AHH nm, I see you edited your post! HAHA. NOW I GET IT! HAR HAR! lolz

Um, who edited who's post?

The mother was confused because kc5f's description fit her daughter...but the guy described didn't match her son-in-law (aka her daughter's husband).

[Clipsed]

Um, who edited who's post?

The mother was confused because kc5f's description fit her daughter...but the guy described didn't match her son-in-law (aka her daughter's husband).

lol no, when I posted, it said daughter-in-law, and I know that for a fact!

[kc5f]

Yeah, Clipsed, I edited it a minute after I posted it and saw the mistake. You must have caught it in between, although your quote of my post showed it after it was corrected. Sorry for the confusion!

[Clipsed]

Yeah, Clipsed, I edited it a minute after I posted it and saw the mistake. You must have caught it in between, although your quote of my post showed it after it was corrected. Sorry for the confusion!

HAHA, no problem bro, I knew that I wasn't going looney! HAHA.

[Vahagn23]

i got my fender scraped by an idiot, lol I parked the car went home, woke up the next day I see some idiot scraped my left fender in the back, nothing big a little touch up paint

[mindpenn]

...so I asked for their insurance. I was still thinking about bluffing and not doing anything about it when he came back with his card and asked me "what kind of 'Jap' car is that, anyway?" (excuse the slang, please). His WWII-era racism pissed me off even more, so I turned it in and got $300 from their insurance.

The grandfather of my fiancee is the same way...

Before the Versa I used to drive a old Celica. One of the first things the grandfather asked me was "what do you drive?", I told him a Celica "what is that?".I responded, a Toyota! and he said "ohh, a JJ" I looked at him funny and asked what's a JJ. He said, "A Japanese Junk" lol we both laugh.

I don't say much about how wrong he is about Japanese products, in that stage in life he is not going to change his mind.