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01-16-2006, 11:48 AM | #23 |
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I live in a major city. Drivers here are somewhat more respectfull than in NY, but not by much.
I had a Mercedes ML back up into my bumper under my eyes (I was sitting at the restaurant across the street with LOS to the car) in a very nice neighbourhood. Result: small scratches on front bumper, not really perceptible unless you look closely. I have been machingunned on the HWY by a f@#$%* truck carrying gravel which was leaking out the back and sauntering along the road looking for new expensive cars to hit (and which of course found me). Result: I am the proud owner of 5 dings which I touched up on the hood and a ding on the windshield which cannot be removed and I have to live with until I trade-in the car). Now my car is truly unique and has character lines that even Bangle couldn't come up with. Parallel parking can/will result in bumper abuse at the very least. Park in a parking lot and sooner or later some dingo will dent your sides with his/her doors (or runaway shoping cart). If I expected my car not to have issues such as these, I would not drive. Time to put things in perspective and enjoy your e90 - try to keep incidents such as these from occuring for as long as possible, but accept the fact that eventualy they will - get over it emotionally before it happens and make life easier on you |
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01-16-2006, 01:02 PM | #24 | |
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01-16-2006, 01:30 PM | #26 | |
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I'm just curious. How much would it cost if I hire a monkey to guard my car with a bat? Maybe I can pay the monkey with bananas? It doesn't matter if the cars in the front and back are nice or expensive. Once I saw a RX330 hit a ES330. The RX was pulling in the front of the car but didn't have enough room so it scraped the corner of the rear bumper of the ES. The parking feature is availabe in the Prius sold in Japan. If you have this parking feature and other people don't, your car will still get bumped. A few more years and maybe all new cars will have it standard.
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01-16-2006, 08:28 PM | #28 | |
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01-16-2006, 09:01 PM | #29 | |
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They should invent an in-car surveilance system. When it detects that it's been bumped a small camera turns on and records the car that did it. |
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01-16-2006, 09:42 PM | #30 |
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NYC is one of the worst cities for parallel parking. First of all there is no such thing as a parking spot with "enough space". Combine that with people who have no consideration for anyone's property and total lack of driving/parking skill and you have a disaster. Cars that are routinely parallel parked in this city have more scrapes and scratches on the bumper than regular paint.
I have actually seen a valet parking lot that had a sign saying "not responsible for damage to non-metal bumpers". How many cars have you seen that still have metal bumpers? Boston is also bad for parallel parking. I remember seeing someone actually bumping the car behind them and literally moving the car back about 1 1/2 feet in order to fit in the spot. They then proceeded to bump the car in front of them several times to get into the spot. In the end, the car were literally pressed together. Thank goodness I have private parking where I live and I rarely have to park in the city.
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01-17-2006, 11:51 AM | #31 |
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I wonder if its illegal to have something on your bumper with spikes on it. So when someone hits you, you are not damaged and they get spike damage...
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Those who go looking for their bumper scraping neighbors need to get a life. Showing up at someone’s door with a bat is a good way to get arrested or shot. You end up with a felony attempted assault charge all because your car gets scraped. Grow up. That must be the most immature thing I have ever read. RyBMW, my suggestion is weigh the cost of garage parking over some bumper scrapes. $400+ per month for a garaged space in Manhattan is only worth it if you use your car a lot so you will have the convenience of always getting a space. Save the hundreds per month and just repaint the bumpers you sell. |
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01-17-2006, 03:01 PM | #33 | |
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whatever, i can't believe i just wasted 5 minutes of my life replying to your dumb comment.
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