My Sonic is an idiot magnet...
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Yosemite Sam
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I definitely follow a few rules for parking:
Darin's Rules for Door Ding Avoidance.
1) Park AWAY from ALL minivans/SUV's, and definitely do not park next to any 2 door car with long doors like old Camaros, Caddy's, etc. Especially do not park next to any vehicle with the stick figures of their 40 kids plastered to the back window.
2) If there is a strong South wind, park at the south end of the lot to avoid any runaway carts from crashing into my ride.
3) Park as far away from the door as humanly possible.
4) Never take up 2 spaces, as you'll only anger someone who may do more than just park right next to you.
5) Take an end spot if at all possible as you can cut your risk of a door ding by 50%.
6) If going to a questionable parking lot in a crowded area, persuade your girlfriend/wife/significant other to take their ride instead of yours.
Don't get too upset when you get a ding. I followed all those rules and managed to keep my old ride ding free for 3 years. That all changed in a 30 minute baseball sized hailstorm that just about destroyed my car.
Darin
I have followed these rules for years and they work!
Jeraime1741
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40 miles on the odometer the day after i bought it for my wife...some dude wasnt paying attention and hit me doing like 25 while i was stopped at a stop sign.I got out and was like what the **** dude and he was like why were u stopped? I calmly pointed to the stop sign and sarcasticly said because theres a stop sign.So the cops came and then to find out he has no inshurance. Omfg the world hates me.....but i called my ins company and the.court ordered him to pay my ins company for all damages so my ins fixed it for me. Now good.as new but it was a big drama fest.
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That same thing happened to me one of the first day of school last semester. The internet tough guy in me says that they're lucky they weren't still there when I got out.
2FR35H
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I have some good stories
You may be right.... ok first.... Deers.... At night those suckers like to play frogger.. That one night they got me.. and no I didnt have deer for dinner that day....
Next situation.... The drivers side door ding... when driving to pick up my sister late at night her friends were drunk... we were at a gas station and one of her drunk friends got out of the other car drunk swinging her passenger front door wide open and my car is just the right amount of distance away for it to ding up.
3rd situation....I was on my way to the temp agency across from toyota plant( the one that builds tacomas and tundras) I was applying to work there... I'm just about to leave as I am backing out some guy in a civic Si decides he wants to reverse too needless to say I ended up with a little puncture crack in my bumper he just had some rub out scuffs.
Foourth situation is my fault... Sorta... Maybe not... I was rushing on my way to work traffic was almost bumper to bumper and I was trying to cross over to exit right and this lincoln in front of me decides she want to brake while I am trying to get from back of her and I accidentally bump her.. (First Sonic crash in San Antonio!) Now the weird thing is after that happened initially... while car bumped I felt it accelerate twice... My front end was horrible and tore up my car couldn't move....
5th is recent..... Some A*hat in a ford expedition decides he want to swing wide into a relatively small spot for his suv while im in my car trying to back out and next thing you know boom! my passenger door is dented.... Yayy
I'm gonna need some PDR to whole car soon... Gotta find somewhere that ccan do a good job cheaply.
You may be right.... ok first.... Deers.... At night those suckers like to play frogger.. That one night they got me.. and no I didnt have deer for dinner that day....
Next situation.... The drivers side door ding... when driving to pick up my sister late at night her friends were drunk... we were at a gas station and one of her drunk friends got out of the other car drunk swinging her passenger front door wide open and my car is just the right amount of distance away for it to ding up.
3rd situation....I was on my way to the temp agency across from toyota plant( the one that builds tacomas and tundras) I was applying to work there... I'm just about to leave as I am backing out some guy in a civic Si decides he wants to reverse too needless to say I ended up with a little puncture crack in my bumper he just had some rub out scuffs.
Foourth situation is my fault... Sorta... Maybe not... I was rushing on my way to work traffic was almost bumper to bumper and I was trying to cross over to exit right and this lincoln in front of me decides she want to brake while I am trying to get from back of her and I accidentally bump her.. (First Sonic crash in San Antonio!) Now the weird thing is after that happened initially... while car bumped I felt it accelerate twice... My front end was horrible and tore up my car couldn't move....
5th is recent..... Some A*hat in a ford expedition decides he want to swing wide into a relatively small spot for his suv while im in my car trying to back out and next thing you know boom! my passenger door is dented.... Yayy
I'm gonna need some PDR to whole car soon... Gotta find somewhere that ccan do a good job cheaply.
Bradridesbikes
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I was gone for 3 weeks before I could drive mine. In that time my dad drove it a bit, but since it's always parked outside it still managed to get a film of dust/dirt/whatever on the entire car.
Went to dinner with some friends one of the first nights I was back in town. After dinner, walked back to my car to find a large ***** drawn down the center of my hood.
Went to dinner with some friends one of the first nights I was back in town. After dinner, walked back to my car to find a large ***** drawn down the center of my hood.
attrapereves
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I haven't even had my car a week. There is a little ding on the driver side door near the handle. It's not obvious up close, but if you look at it from an angle, it very much is.
I was originally pissed, but it was bound to happen sooner than later.
I was originally pissed, but it was bound to happen sooner than later.
Turbonic
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My Sonic is an idiot magnet as well, I never thought Id see other people who think the same thing about theirs lol. I can drive my truck, my parents' cars or my brother's car, but its only when I drive in my Sonic that I encounter complete idiots. its been hit twice from people flinging their door open next to it, first one a pretty sizable dent in my driver side door, the other a vertical dent thats only noticeable from a certain angle, I guess its a good thing I didnt see those happen, I wouldve went off its been shot by a BB gun near the rear driver side door handle while I was driving. either some punk a$$ kids were shooting at cars for fun or trying to hit a target on the fence and went between boards, still I wasnt very happy about that. I've almost been hit 7 times in the past 2 weeks in my Sonic. I see people run red lights ALL the time at night in my Sonic, and just countless idiots I encounter on the road
its been shot by a BB gun near the rear driver side door handle while I was driving. either some punk a$$ kids were shooting at cars for fun or trying to hit a target on the fence and went between boards, still I wasnt very happy about that. I've almost been hit 7 times in the past 2 weeks in my Sonic. I see people run red lights ALL the time at night in my Sonic, and just countless idiots I encounter on the road
Lovehanayo
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Honestly parking like that would just make another person park super close to you on purpose for taking up two spots.
Macehammer
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Stop hanging out in the land of turn-key band-aid children and it sounds like it will solve one of your problems.
Stop going to stores like Walmart and it will fix another.
There is a reason why they call duct-tape "West Virginia Chrome." It is because that's how trailer trash have to adapt to fix the things that other people in the trailer park do to their belongings.
Stop hanging out in places you hang out. Start parking in places other people with nice cars park. And don't park next to SUVs. Dumb B*tches that drive SUVs will slam open their doors onto you because they are hard up for trouser-meat and have daddy/entitlement issues.
These cars don't dent themselves.
Stop going to stores like Walmart and it will fix another.
There is a reason why they call duct-tape "West Virginia Chrome." It is because that's how trailer trash have to adapt to fix the things that other people in the trailer park do to their belongings.
Stop hanging out in places you hang out. Start parking in places other people with nice cars park. And don't park next to SUVs. Dumb B*tches that drive SUVs will slam open their doors onto you because they are hard up for trouser-meat and have daddy/entitlement issues.
These cars don't dent themselves.
attrapereves
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I'd rather park further away, having to walk further, than park between two SUVs. First, it's usually soccer moms who drive them, and secondly, it's hard to see around them when leaving the spot.
Kuntryboy865
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Ive had an idiot merge into my lane and hit me, Ive had people backing their cars out of parking spaces and almost hit me.
Aah, "b*tches who are hard up for trouser meat". It's this kind of intelligent, unbiased discourse that we need more of these days.
I suppose you've never seen a man drive an SUV? Cause I've seen plenty. Are they lacking in the trouser meat department, too, I wonder?
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