Car is a total loss...

[steelersgeek70]

Originally Posted by DieHardBattery

I think I have you beat... Did this pulling out of my driveway this morning... Only had the car 2 days...

AHHHHHHHH! I think I just threw up in my mouth right now! Oh, the humanity!

[BaldCamaroStud]

Originally Posted by JR 1

AAAAHHHHHHH!!!
What have you done!!

My driveway goes down at a considerable angle toward the street... not normally an issue but there was a car parked on the other side of me (i have a 2 car garage)... I misjudged where I was and when I was coming down, the peak of the angle grabbed the bottom corner and... that happened

[ss/rs-matt]

Originally Posted by DieHardBattery

My driveway goes down at a considerable angle toward the street... not normally an issue but there was a car parked on the other side of me (i have a 2 car garage)... I misjudged where I was and when I was coming down, the peak of the angle grabbed the bottom corner and... that happened

Such a bummer dude. Sorry to see that. Have you already touched the car as I have?

[Jose]

Originally Posted by DieHardBattery

I think I have you beat... Did this pulling out of my driveway this morning... Only had the car 2 days...

WOOOOOOOOOOW men, holy crap!!!! NO WAY!!!! men, that really really really really really really really really SUCKS!!!!

[SSGUNNER]

Ouch. I think it can be repainted.

[FireCracker]

Sorry about the ding, that really sucks! Hopefully you can get it fixed soon

Originally Posted by AdamZ

Here's the one my girlfriend gave me with her Camaro. Yeah...the sound of the hit if very haunting.

Not that bad don't be a baby!! lol. My hole is worse!

Originally Posted by skipinminn

After what you did to her car consider yourself LUCKY LOL

EXACTLY!!!!

Originally Posted by CHMSC

+1

Originally Posted by AdamZ

She's going to make $800 off that mistake so she should be thanking me.

Uhh no.. whether you put the hole there or not it would be getting fixed so that's not true at all. But nice try bro

[Austin45]

Originally Posted by CamaroBody

This is a design flaw from my perspective. The doors should not swing open so effortlessly to prevent hitting something with the door. My BMW doors open and stop at about 30, 45, 60 degrees for safety purposes. The doors will stop themselves at approximately these degrees until you open to the next increment. My advice is to warn anyone getting into your vehicle to be very careful opening the doors.

It's a BMW... so they over engineer everything, including the way the door opens.

It shouldn't be too bad to fix. I just had a lot of damage fixed on my car, and you'll be so happy you did it.

[upflying]

Originally Posted by Eich

100+ years of making cars and we still have to get out of our cars with a focus on avoiding door-car collisions.

I've trained my 7 year old daughter to be very conscious of opening car doors. She's fantastic with her technique and care. I wish more parents would instill some kind of care in their children because they learn so easily. The just have to be taught to care. But all the time, I see kids getitng out of their family car in a parking lot and just FLING the doors open with reckless abandon. It makes me cringe every time. And generally their parents do the same.

It sure would be nice if we could finally have cars that didn't ding so easily. The Corvette material is better than metal in this regard. But there must be a better way.

X2, my kids were taught to be careful with doors. One of them is now a member here.

[BaldCamaroStud]

Originally Posted by SSGUNNER

Ouch. I think it can be repainted.

The whole fascia is getting replaced..

[littlecammi]

My wife got her first brand new factory-ordered car back in 1985 (a bright red '85 Pontiac Fiero SE V6 with optional WS6 suspension). We took it over to my Mom's house and she let my Mom drive it around the block. Then my Mom pulled back into her driveway and parked it alongside her house and opened the driver's door right into the brick wall and scraped paint off the door edge. She didn't even realize what she'd done until I stood there incredulously and pointed it out to her.

To a lot of people a car is just a car. I'm not one of those people.

[2cnd chance]

Originally Posted by sstnt

When my wife goes with me, I ALWAYS open the door for her. SHE thinks it's because I am a gentleman. I KNOW it's because I don't trust her not to throw it into something!

Pure Awesome!

[JantzenOKC]

Originally Posted by RonnieG

^LOL

i'm -that guy- that parks in the middle of nowhere... went to a restaurant with a crowded parking lot the other day... i dropped them off and drove to the empty lot across the street

lol Im with you, I do that all the time. I don't see how people can spend 30K plus on a car and just park in the closest crowded spot.. I park so far away it prob looks ridiculous but I don't care, 11000 miles and no dings yet! (knock on wood) I get a roll of the eyes from my girlfriend EVERY time tho lol

I did rub her 97 Camaro with mine one time tho backing out of the garage right behind my back wheel on the bumper. but by the grace of god no damage just a tiny tiny chip that disappeared after a dot of touch up

[Ryanbabz71]

Did you make her walk home?


Ryan

[CWI]

Originally Posted by AdamZ

Here's the one my girlfriend gave me with her Camaro. Yeah...the sound of the hit if very haunting.

She may have done it on purpose to get even for her front bumper you damaged.