Am I mad or is this the Civic Effect

[Coldwarkid]

Originally Posted by DeanFYoung

Thats sound advice, on some advanced driver training I did a few years ago, the instructor was going over car parks. His general rule of thumb was to park next to the best car you can, and ideally those that have reversed in to their space. There is then a much higher chance that a) they want to look after there car as much as yours and b) when reversed its less likely that you'll scraped as they leave...

I now extend this to make sure I dont park next to cars with baby seats or other very obvious signs of children (see child dinging above!)....

Having said that, I've still got one very small ding on my offside rear passenger door

Never park next to 5 doors! a sure sign of kids. I was also told about the cleanest car rule as they care more.

[robbo51]

Park next to a clean car.
Sound advice!!

[Stef]

There is only one good sollution: Never park, drive the car . Some people do not want to drive with me, the chance is that they will have to walk further then the drive.

[R-2]

My allocated parking space at work used to be next to the pupils playground. I was constantly having balls kicked at my car so i asked for a different parking space.
The person responsible for organising parking spaces was not very pleased and couldn't understand why it was a problem as the pupils are only allowed to have footballs or tennis balls!!
My 'punishment' for caring so much about my car was a space a long way away and now i have to avoid the "Chelsea Tractors" belonging to the parents doing the school run.

Life's hard when you love your car!

[Munro]

Another couple of other parking tips to help avoid dented doors:

If it is windy, park pointing into the wind and in a location where other drivers parking beside you are likely to do the same. This minimises the risk of a door being caught in the wind

Park pointing up hill, where other drivers parking beside you are likely to do the same. This means the weight of the car door naturally closes it rather than opening it.

[sallytraffic]

I try to find 'end' spaces so that you can only have another car parked one side. 50% is sometimes the best you can do.

But everything else mentioned.. er.. yes, yes and yes !

You are not alone.

[sambuca2907]

I have rules:

No parking next to work vans!
No parking next to ***** in Jags or BMWs or Mercs who can't park between the lines
No parking next to people who I see pull into spaces and they struggle - they're just gonna clip you with the wing on the way out!

[Dactrius179]

I am totally the same, look for somewhere to park where no one can or should hit you.

Thankfully not my civic but did have my first new car, Parked in open space at Tesco's. got back to car, still no-one next to me, GREAT.

Packed shopping, jumped into car. started engine, reversed .......... CRUNCH.

DOZY "$^%^$&%&" "%&%&£%&" trolley pusher right behind car, could not see trolleys through mirror. Car scatched to buggery. NOT HAPPY. made quite a scene, got in car and booted hell out of it. NEVER AGAIN

[Morris Minor]

Car park dings are so annoying, all through other people just not taking a bit of care. I had my first ding the other week, after about 10 months of owning the car. Was small but quite 'sharp' from the angle in the other car's door I guess. Had it mended by a Paintless Dent Removal (PDR) company called 'Dent Inc' - here are before and after pics....

I didn't pay the lowest price, since I was told that not all PDR outfits are that good at it! I'm very pleased with the result.

[thunt]

That looks a neat job - did it cost much?

It really annoys me when people dent your car like this - I wouldn't dream of doing that to someone elses car.

[Morris Minor]

Originally Posted by thunt

That looks a neat job - did it cost much?

Typical price seems to be about £65.00 - I paid about £20 more than that to be sure of a good job. Certainly wouldn't want to have to do this very often!! The repair is perfect, you just can't see any evidence of the dent at all.

MM

[I_Believe]

Now you can all see the method in my madness


If you park like this its harder for people to hit your precious

[angie4m]

Originally Posted by I_Believe

Now you can all see the method in my madness


If you park like this its harder for people to hit your precious

You almost ran me over in the process of getting it the other way tho!

[I_Believe]

Originally Posted by angie4m

You almost ran me over in the process of getting it the other way tho!

Down at the gyle?? AND/OR When i reversed into the 2 spaces at Falkirk?? lol

[angie4m]

Originally Posted by I_Believe

Down at the gyle?? AND/OR When i reversed into the 2 spaces at Falkirk?? lol

Oh I forgot about you driving at me at the Gyle! lol!! I meant when you decided to recerse into the space at Falkirk!

[I_Believe]

you must forgive me about the gyle attempt on your llife i had only been awake about 30 mins but at falkirk i was trying to run you over lol

[FWH]

Originally Posted by I_Believe

you must forgive me about the gyle attempt on your llife i had only been awake about 30 mins but at falkirk i was trying to run you over lol

Note to self: don´t attend Scottish meets...

[angie4m]

Originally Posted by I_Believe

you must forgive me about the gyle attempt on your llife i had only been awake about 30 mins but at falkirk i was trying to run you over lol

With a bum as big as mines it would have made a HUGE dent to the car, so I would have been trying to avoid me! lol!

[flyguy40@]

see what i missed!!!lol

[I_Believe]

Originally Posted by FWH

Note to self: don´t attend Scottish meets...

Do attend just keep your eyes open for runaway NHB's

With a bum as big as mines it would have made a HUGE dent to the car, so I would have been trying to avoid me! lol!

There is nothing wrong with your bum