Was that De Tomasso horse or ox pulled in 1073? The church must have thought you were a heritic.

 

 

The only time I will ever park somewhat close to where i'm actually going is if I'm with friends. We will purposely all park next to each other with one of our cars normally against a curb just to be sure nobody has a chance to get near us.
And one of the best parts of where I work is that half the staff are car enthusiasts, so normally it doesn't matter where in the employee parking lot you park, normally you never have an issue.

 

My wife has a friend that will drive around a parking lot for 10 minutes just to find a spot right up front. I'm the exact opposite - I park pretty far back with plenty of spaces around me. Unfortunately half the time some other loser parks right next to me.

I've been lucky that I only have a couple small dings, and still get lots of compliments saying my car still looks near brand new. The bright red paint scheme and the SS wheels helps.

 

Mother nature has not been nice either. Two hail storms in less than a year. Will make you want to drop kick your deductible.

New business venture... Plasti dip the whole car. Or body by Nerf.

 

Must be nice? Wish I had that.

She does the same thing. I don't think she really cares if she comes out with a bunch of dings. I just laugh. All she cares about is getting from point A to B.

 

#1) I think a lot of people dont give a dang & will open their doors into your car without even thinking about it. I had this happen to me while I was sitting in the car. I was sitting in my car & I feel a thump & my car moved from the impact. I hear the lady say "oops" under her breath but she got out & walked away like it was nothing. I had to chase her & her husband down to confront them. The wife was like "it's not that big of a deal" and the husband wanted to fight. He was an old dude & I woulda crushed him but I was really floored by their attitude. And the car they were driving was pretty nice.I was blown away!
#2) For what ever reason I think the HHR body panels are very thin metal & ding quite easy. So careless people think that it's no big deal because the metal they are ramming their car doors into will be able to take it.
#3) I've often seen people go out of their way to ram their shopping carts, car doors, etc into a car that is purposely parked at the far end of the lot just to spite them.
When I first got my HHR I was afraid to leave it anywhere. Now that its got a few miles under its belt & a couple dings on it (badges of honor I like to call them) I am not so fearful of where I park because there truly is no safe place to park your car!

 

I would have stuck a knife in their tire and said opps, must have slipped while pealing an apple. Sorry.

Or... Keep a few larger potatoes around they always make a great firecracker up the tailpipe, if the car will even start.

Or better yet, milk poured into the AC vent usually located on the area between the hood and windshield.

Or my personal favorite, a box of roofing nails. Enough to where it sounds like a dog running on tile.

 

I try that too, but unfortunately when I come back there is the biggest ugliest rusted out dented van usually parked right next to me.

 

Nasty, just plain nasty. Yet effective.