Originally Posted by ClubmanS

What kind of rust bucket was he driving?

Originally Posted by ClubmanS

What kind of rust bucket was he driving? I think manufacturers, in general, have no been proactive in coming up with more resistant materials and paint finishes against these type of parking lot assaults. I would say that 90% of all damage that can happen to a car usually takes place in parking lot facilities. I think manufacturers, body shops and the PDR industry prefer to maintain the status quo for as long as possible because what incentive to them there is by creating cars with scratch/ding resistant panels? Saturn had a solution in their cars, albeit that solution looked crappy because the polymer plastic door panels had gaps the size of the Grand Canyon. The technology exists to make our cars more resistant to these types of attacks, yet the auto industry prefers to keep all of us in the dark ages when it comes to this. Time to demand better people. For $30K on this day and age, door dings and dents should have already be a thing of the past.

Originally Posted by gjhsu

I don't believe it is the auto manufacturers' responsibilities to deal with idiots. You've got it right (where bolded). It's up to people to grow some awareness as to not damage others' property. Unfortunately, it seems that is too much to ask.

Originally Posted by abcjh4

Makes me so mad! Yesterday, we had an insane amount of wind in the Chicago area. I was parked, and seated in the passenger seat of my MINI while my husband was running into a store to pick something up, and this guy parks right next to our car (yes, there were plenty of spaces near us, but he chose to park right next to us), opens his door, and lets it swing out, hitting our MINI! I was thinking as soon as he started opening the door, "No, he's not going to swing the door open." Well, he did! I jumped out and said, "Why would you just let go of your door like that - you can see how windy it is!" He's very low key and says, "Oh, did the wind catch it?" Very unconcerned. When he sees how irate I am, he says we are parked close to the edge of our space (he had just pulled through -illegally- to park the wrong way right next to us!). I pointed to all of the empty spaces surrounding our car, and I asked him again why would just let go of his door with such high wind. He says, "I had to get my wallet." His girlfriend could have gotten his stupid wallet!! She was just standing there silently watching this exchange. I had him open his door again (while holding onto it tightly) so we could line it up to see where the contact was. Turns out his door hit the black plastic part at the bottom of the car and it was only slightly scuffed. Thank you, God! Why are people so amazingly rude and/or oblivious??!! If I hadn't been there, he would have just walked off I'm sure!