Bastards that run into your car and then nick off

[Roverlord off road spares]

Heather had parked her wagon in the street in front of our house, this arvo she decides to go out and give the wagon it's fortnightly wash and notices low and behold some arsehole has hit her drivers side front door. She's not very happy. We have have been victims of hit and run accidents out side our place about 4 times since we have lived here, the neighbors a few doors up have also been victims of night time damage with the arseholes nicking off , seems you can't even park out side your own residence, hope karma gets these low lifes, so we are another $550 out of pocket as we have to claim it on our insurance.[bigsad]

[1950landy]

My wife's car is alwaye getting damaged at the shops with people opening doors on to hers & letting shopping trolleys run away, never enough damage to clame on insurance , so the car ends up with more hits than Elvis. We owned a Rover 3500SE a few years ago I washed it early one Sunday then went down to paper shop to get the paper . When I parked the car there was on other car in the car park & when I came out the front spoiler was damaged & not another car parked near it. Would have only been away from the vehicle for 2 minutes. New front spoiler was $800 plus painting. I kept the spoiler & did a fiberglass repair on it to keep as a spare. I had to change it a couple of times, I eventually made a alum nudge bar for it. Problem is people don't care any more , I was always taught to treat other peoples propity as I would treat my own .

[3toes]

Have been hit twice in last 2 years while parked outside my house. Been parking in the same place for the 10 years have lived here. Both times it was the rubbish truck. Clue was in the layers of special colour paint they must apply regularly with a broom it was so thick. Would have been nice if they had left a note.

[LandyAndy]

Its been mentioned before that you live in a Top Class area Mario,bloody toerags!!!!!
Cant you buy a door from a wrecker in the same colour rather than waste $550 with the insurance mob????
Andrew

[Davo]

Dashcams. About the only way to go in this day and age.

[Roverlord off road spares]

Dashcams. About the only way to go in this day and age.
unfortunatley dash cams don't necessarily pick up direct side impacts.

[Roverlord off road spares]

Its been mentioned before that you live in a Top Class area Mario,bloody toerags!!!!!
Cant you buy a door from a wrecker in the same colour rather than waste $550 with the insurance mob????
Andrew


Andrew,, LOL, top class area, PFFFF! I seriously thinking I need to move somewhere quieter, re the door unfortunatley I haven't got the time to run around all the wreckers looking for a pristine door, (the vehicle is well was in unmarked pristine condition)
I have too much on my plate to start pulling doors off and fitting trims, mirrors etc, and doors are not that cheap anyway.
I'm lucky that I have a life time no claim bonus so at least the insurance premium won't go up because of it. As for the $550 wasted, I just eat hamburger mince for the week instead of a BBQ lamb chop.
Cheers, Mario

[1950landy]

Te guy who lives across the road just did this to my parked ute [bigsad]. He was turning into his driveway with a camper van & did not allow for the over hang behind his back wheels & was too close to my ute when he turned . I was in the garage & saw it happen. The back of the camper has hit behind the front wheel then scraped the Tyre before braking the front off & braking the corner off the indicator. I can not see any damage to the camper. 122041 122042

[Roverlord off road spares]

I have just written a let to our local council about the situation,we have had 4 hit runs now on our vehicles, my neighbor tells me one of the tradies working on his house next door 2 days ago had a hit and runner do his ute my other neighbors have also been hit a couple if times. People are using our street as a quick avoid the traffic lights the next street ahead, trucks keep taking out the traffic island sign at the end of my street as it does not give a turning room, the street is narrow and 2 cars can not pass each other, so something needs to be down, I asked previously in years gone by to get it blocked off to though traffic, but council came up with excuses, not it is becoming a financial joke for us residents have to pay for damages to our vehicles.

[Davo]

unfortunatley dash cams don't necessarily pick up direct side impacts.

True, I've only got one on the front and one on the back. But you can set them up any way you like.

[trout1105]

Do some parking areas around supermarkets, Bunnings etc. have CCTV that could be used to find out which jerk has banged into your car.

[Roverlord off road spares]

Do some parking areas around supermarkets, Bunnings etc. have CCTV that could be used to find out which jerk has banged into your car..
My car was parked out the front of our house ,not at the supermarket. Took my car down to the panel beaters and it will be 4 days for the repair, so I am with out my car until next week. I hope the person that hit my car gets there car damaged and see how they like it when people do not own up to it . Heather

[Roverlord off road spares]

One happy person [bigsmile] got my car back this afternoon and she is again in mint condition. Just have to now make our drive way in to a double drive way. Have to move the letter box over fill in the drive way after the flood we had at xmas time, that washed out our drive way to a 4 wheel track.[wink11]

[DoubleChevron]

One happy person [bigsmile] got my car back this afternoon and she is again in mint condition. Just have to now make our drive way in to a double drive way. Have to move the letter box over fill in the drive way after the flood we had at xmas time, that washed out our drive way to a 4 wheel track.[wink11]

Do you live on acreage ?? If so ... this might be a dumb suggestion ... but why don't you not park out the front :)

[kenleyfred]

Andrew,, LOL, top class area, PFFFF! I seriously thinking I need to move somewhere quieter, re the door unfortunatley I haven't got the time to run around all the wreckers looking for a pristine door, (the vehicle is well was in unmarked pristine condition)
I have too much on my plate to start pulling doors off and fitting trims, mirrors etc, and doors are not that cheap anyway.
I'm lucky that I have a life time no claim bonus so at least the insurance premium won't go up because of it. As for the $550 wasted, I just eat hamburger mince for the week instead of a BBQ lamb chop.
Cheers, Mario

If that can save you $550 in a week you should consider buying your lamb chops elsewhere.

[Roverlord off road spares]

Do you live on acreage ?? If so ... this might be a dumb suggestion ... but why don't you not park out the front :)
No we do not live on acreage. We have houses next door to us. We have our sons car there and Mario and mine. So we do have to move cars out if our sons want to get out. So that why mine was out the front so my son could go to work and come back. We would love to be on an acreage, the street is getting to busy with people taking short cuts, so they do not have to stop at the lights on the main road. Heather

[ATH]

The Cooks much loved old Camry was in the local shopping centre car park and got scraped down the side by a P plater who started to drive off..... only to be confronted by our daughter who'd been sitting outside having a fag in her break and heard the alarm go off.
He was very apologetic of course...... but didn't like having to give his details and a claim being made on his insurance.
So many people just don't give a **** about others property but that's nothing new.
AlanH

[ATH]

Following on from the above when I said it wasn't a new phenomenon..... some 40 years ago I was with a mate in his old Combi van when he did the same thing down the side of a brand new Kingswood and his reply when I said about leaving his details....... "eff him, shouldn't have a new car"!
So nothing's changed.
AlanH.

[1950landy]

I washed my wife's car before she went shopping yesterday & when she came home I found some low life had opened there door onto the L/H rear vision mirror then pulled the door shut braking the corner off the repeater light in the mirror. These mirrors fold back against the door when the car is locked so the door must have got in behind the mirror, There was a slight mark on her door were the other door had touched it which I managed to polish out. A new light cost $100 + fitting. 122338

This second photo is a dent in the rear hatch that happened on the way home from the dealers the day we bought the car , we went to out local shops to get a couple of things & when we came out there was this dent in the hatch of out new car. the exact height of a shopping trolley.122339

The 3rd photo happened about 6 weeks ago , same shopping center , there is a scratch running from the front door to the back wheel arch, it is the exact height of were the rear wheels on the trolleys pivots . There was a trolley left on the garden in front of the car , if they had just walked to up 6 car spaces t hey could have put it in the trolley rack instead of damaging my wife's car 122340 It is hard to see in the photo as I have touched it up with pouch up paint & polished most of it out.

NOT ONE OF THESE PEOPLE LEFT A NOTE :thumbsdown: Not worth calming on any of these as they are all under our $600 excess PEOPLE HAVE NO RESPECT FOR OTHER PEOPLES PROPERTY ANY MORE :thumbsdown:

[UncleHo]

And people wonder both my vehicles have side steps [wink11]

cheers

[1950landy]

I find it annoying , it doesn't matter how far you park away from the other cars in the car park there is always some body that will park next to you , even though there are lots of other car parks between you & the shop entrance.[bighmmm]
At least your vehicles are higher than trolley wheels.[bigsad]

[Arapiles]

I find it annoying , it doesn't matter how far you park away from the other cars in the car park there is always some body that will park next to you , even though there are lots of other car parks between you & the shop entrance.[bighmmm]
At least your vehicles are higher than trolley wheels.[bigsad]

Yes, it's bizarre. At times I've deliberately parked as far from the shops as possible, with no other cars anywhere near and I'll come back and find cars on each side of me.

[DoubleChevron]

A lot of people probably don't realise they have hit you. Twice now I've had poeple back into my POS Rangie while I'm filling it's LPG tank (so yes, its something that is done very often). I see them backing up... release the gas and watch the car rock around as they hit the bullbar..... They then just put it into drive and drive off ....... I figure they have just backed up until the car won't go any further ....... So they go forward again ... I've never had it happen in any other car (just as well.... I'm be immensly ****ed off if someone crashed into my oldies that certainly don't wear big 'roo bars).

I often find odd colours of paint on the bullbar and rear bar as well... You would think people would show something that looks big, ugly, battered and very unbreakable a bit more respect ( just so they don't damage there own car by hitting it).

seeya,
Shane L.

[350RRC]

Yes, it's bizarre. At times I've deliberately parked as far from the shops as possible, with no other cars anywhere near and I'll come back and find cars on each side of me.

Human nature.

If you go surfing somewhere with a choice of breaks along a beach someone will paddle out and join you, even though there are similar quality waves nearby.

The other funny one I've noticed is rec fishers in boats pre-dawn. One gets out there first and all the later ones make a beeline to be right alongside.

DL

[ramblingboy42]

I have to admit I wrote my signature down the side of a brand new Ford Territory with my bull bar about 5yrs ago.
I had no idea, there was no movement of the other vehicle, no scraping sound, from my vehicle no indication , but I put a 2mtr long crease down the side of that vehicle.
It was months later that my insurance contacted me saying a claim had been made against me. It was all on cctv and there were witnesses , but no one approached me and I was being actually questioned as a possible hit/run, which I thought was crazy.
The matter was very easily resolved but it just shows that some one can unknowingly damage your car parking without realising it.

[RANDLOVER]

I know a guy who flew out of town to do a job and hired a car at the airport, but when he got to the hotel he forgot to put the handbrake on, needless to say the car rolled out into the (main) street and was hit in the back by a truck. Witness accounts said the sedan looked like a hatchback, so he took it back to the car co. Not wanting to admit fault he said it was hit in a parking yard, when they asked who buy, having no particulars to give he said a "shopping trolley"!

[Saulman1010]

Parking "accidents" make my blood boil.
I know every inch of my Rosie (p38) and I always spot new marks.
Im still on one of my "I'll take up two spots in the farthest corner of the carpark" sulks at the moment. - this one has lasted a month!.
Rosie is not new, has a few battle scars and a fade here and there, but she is my property. Hands off.[emoji44]
Gotta say tho'....dang those panel's dint easy[emoji17]

[RANDLOVER]

Too right "Parking Accidents" are why when one parks in a disabled zone, one has to park across two spaces so that the car doesn't get scratched by wheelchairs. Before I get flamed, I'm only joking.

[rangieman]

Too right "Parking Accidents" are why when one parks in a disabled zone, one has to park across two spaces so that the car doesn't get scratched by wheelchairs. Before I get flamed, I'm only joking.
No offence taken But !
As much as you get a laugh out of that and Jokes aside please don`t make a habit of these sort`s of jokes .
Yes i have a Disabled step son that is permanently in a wheel chair .
Jokes like this are no longer the flavour any more pick on the able bodied at least they can defend them selves easier [wink11]
As they say try living in his shoe`s for a day:soapbox:

[travelrover]

Not quite a parking incident but recently had new tyres fitted to our puma shorty. The tyre centre at one point had it raised on four floor jacks which I thought a little odd as there were 8 bays with conventional chassis support hoists. When I got home (an hours drive away) i noticed two deep dents on the panel above the right rear wheel. Perfect imprints of the handle of a floor jack. As I was unable to ‘prove’ they were responsible for the damage there was nothing I could do though someone at the tyre centre clearly knew of the damage and said nothing!!! I will not be going back to them but our shorty is off to the panel beater next week.

[AndyG]

The missus was in the shopping centre and someone reversed their tow ball through the front grill, when he tried to escape, the tow ball latched on and he could not escape [emoji3] they finally broke the grill further to seeperate the vehicles, 2,000 bucks later the car had a good refresh and detail

[DoubleChevron]

Not quite a parking incident but recently had new tyres fitted to our puma shorty. The tyre centre at one point had it raised on four floor jacks which I thought a little odd as there were 8 bays with conventional chassis support hoists. When I got home (an hours drive away) i noticed two deep dents on the panel above the right rear wheel. Perfect imprints of the handle of a floor jack. As I was unable to ‘prove’ they were responsible for the damage there was nothing I could do though someone at the tyre centre clearly knew of the damage and said nothing!!! I will not be going back to them but our shorty is off to the panel beater next week.

Hah ... I never let my cars out of my site. Last time I told the guy if he didnt listen to me I was getting in the car and going elsewhere. I watched him go ot jack it from 3 different places.... Three times I went into the workshop (where customers are not allowed) and told him DO NOT JACK IT FROM THERE. the final time he was about to jack the entire front of the car from a cross member under the motor ............. Only that wasn't a crossmember, just a light weight rail that carried all the hydraulic lines.

He did get ****ed off with me and tell me not to tell him how to do his job............................ But hey, when its my car and I KNOW WITHOUT A BLOODY DOUBT where is can be jacked from..... I'll say my piece ... and tell them to get the **** away from my car, and leave the place.

If someone says to me "we don't know what to do with this weird piece of crap" ............. I'll be one happy guy.... I'd MUCH rather a tyre fitted ask me "do I know how to jack it", than them bend the **** out of my car ( and I have had them ask ).

Usually these days, I just take my wheels in without the car.

seeya,
Shane L.

[LRT]

Hah ... I never let my cars out of my site. Last time I told the guy if he didnt listen to me I was getting in the car and going elsewhere. I watched him go ot jack it from 3 different places.... Three times I went into the workshop (where customers are not allowed) and told him DO NOT JACK IT FROM THERE. the final time he was about to jack the entire front of the car from a cross member under the motor ............. Only that wasn't a crossmember, just a light weight rail that carried all the hydraulic lines.

He did get ****ed off with me and tell me not to tell him how to do his job............................ But hey, when its my car and I KNOW WITHOUT A BLOODY DOUBT where is can be jacked from..... I'll say my piece ... and tell them to get the **** away from my car, and leave the place.

If someone says to me "we don't know what to do with this weird piece of crap" ............. I'll be one happy guy.... I'd MUCH rather a tyre fitted ask me "do I know how to jack it", than them bend the **** out of my car ( and I have had them ask ).

Usually these days, I just take my wheels in without the car.

seeya,
Shane L.

Yeah I take the wheels in now as well.

I took the Disco 2 for new tyres once and came back to see it lifted by the sills on the body!!

Now if I take anything in I stay with the car or go elsewhere as well.

[DAMINK]

I often have to park in CRAZY places like Morwell shopping centre lol.

So cars dinging each other happens like every 5 seconds there i think. Seen so many there its insane.

Comes in handy having my car. Steel bullbar, Steel rock sliders, steel rear bar, tow bar always on.

Yep they can try hit me all they like. I would not even notice. They would though :) :)



So every chance i get now days i practice bad parking incase i need to scratch em back.

142637

[Roverlord off road spares]

just another reason to install a dash cam with nudge activation to film these fleeing scumbags and get their rego.

[Tote]

There was an interesting discussion around that yesterday in our office, one of the blokes at work had his vehicle damaged in his absence and had a note from someone who had seen the perpetrator and written down their rego. Insurance company charged the excess unless Name, address, rego, and phone number could be supplied. Cops took around six months to find the guilty party through their rego, person involved denied doing it, Cops could do nothing more, end result was that the bloke in our office paid the excess with no recourse. Not sure how much, if any difference having dashcam footage would make in this circumstance.

Regards,
Tote

[Bigbjorn]

Too right "Parking Accidents" are why when one parks in a disabled zone, one has to park across two spaces so that the car doesn't get scratched by wheelchairs. Before I get flamed, I'm only joking.

A friend has a 1976 Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz. A very big car and the last of the big cruisers. He is 79 y.o. and has it on full rego. so he can get a good bit of use out of it before he bundies off. Our local shopping centre parking slots are not sized for 76 Caddies so he parks across two spaces and often gets abused for it.

[ATH]

I read above that someone damaged another car with his bulbar and didn't realise and that's sometimes understandable. I'm very wary as I turn in that I can't see that bit down there so really make sure I'm clear unlike many.
Saw just such an incident many years ago in a shopping centre where a bloke in his "lifted and locked" scraped a car so reversed out and parked elsewhere. I sat there waiting for the Cook (always waiting for the Cook somewhere....) and the owner of the damaged car came back and saw the scrape and I got out and told him who it was. Someone else confirmed it as well.
He went straight to his boot and got a hacksaw and cut the end curved bar off the blokes bullbar and left it on his bonnet. Ally bar tube cuts easily and quickly. Obviously not a bloke you would want to tangle with from the look of him either.
Don't know what happened when the "lifted and locked" owner came back but I would have loved to have seen his face. :)
Car park damage is the major cause of claims these days I believe.
AlanH.

[timax]

All of the above is why i love having an old battered Defender in the city.

The BMW's we have owned for a fews years copped...
4 wing mirrors
Front wheel with lower wishbone
Bonnet-Roof-boot lid from footy fans running over the top
Front Bumper
Rear Bumper
All doors
1 front headlight
2 Tail ligts
Lower fog light
1 side window

And not 1 person owned up to any thing!