To the mindless fuck who scrapped my drivers side door with your vehicle while I was parked on Brunswick Street last night, FUCK YOU!
My new leased car, barely 24 hrs old, now has a scrap along the door!
Crap, I’m a single mother of two who worked hard to be able to afford this new lease and now I’ll have to end up paying for it to be fixed because you were too inconsiderate to leave a note on my windsheild.
Asshole!
—Owner of a Scratched New Blue Yaris!
This article appears in Apr 16-22, 2009.
That really sucks the big one man, sorry to hear.
I’m sorry to hear that 🙁 When I bought my car last year, within the first month I had a scraped rear bumper, a rock thrown through my windshield (had to be replaced) and someone rear ended me – all before I made my first payment. I had a meltdown in the Tim Horton’s Parking Lot. I worked hard to get that car and it’s like a kick in the teeth when that happens.
If it’s any consolation, the first one is always the most difficult to handle. Your car will be scratched and dinged and you do (unfortunately) get used to it.
I have finally almost got enough money saved up myself, but hell…I’m a little nervous hearing all this, I think I would be brought to tears if it was me..
underground parking… and not a honda.
You should be fine so long as you try not to park on the road.
In case you haven’t noticed, we’re not the best/kindest drivers.
My neighbour dinged my first new car, too, within the first month of the lease. She never copped to it, but considering the parking arrangement and the lack of dings the night before…
Most of the time, if the damage is not too bad, the lease company will not raise an eyebrow – nicks and dings are par for the course. It is tough the first time, especially that it happened so soon.
Angels…get the car if that’s your intention. When I add up lease payments, maintenance, diesel, and reliability (i.e. the car starts each time) I am on par or ahead of where I was with my old cars. Add to that the fact that I am not having a mini meltdown because I’m not breaking down at the most in-opportune moments.
angels – for your peace of mind DO NOT buy a GM or Chrysler or in some cases a Ford product – for reliability and value retention, go Japanese or Korean.
I would never buy CM or Chrysler or saturn….ect….however ford was on my “considering” list for price, and I thought they were reliable to an extent, I would love to get a VW but like Japanese or Korean they are imported, so my thoughts on that were that if they did break down they would be harder/ more expensive to fix…..am I wrong on that?
HA…GM..not CM
Cars are too damned fragile.
They should have bumpers that can actually absorb some impact without requiring any body work (ever been in a bumper car?), and not be made of any material on which a scratch matters (see new plastics/composites that are one colour all the way through the material), for starters.
No Dogma, the point is that the bumper is taking the impact and distributing it out so that you don’t have to.
The point of bumper-cars is that you’re supposed to take the impact… not quite whatcha want in the real world.
They’re making cars BETTER by having them fragment so easily. All that energy taken to chuck the fragments as it crushes under impact is what’s saving your ass… and neck and back and head….
Scratches… well yeah that blows, but it’s only aesthetics and not necessary to the car.
And I’ll recommend a ‘Yota. They keep their value more so than local and are oober-dependable. Parts also aren’t as expensive as a beamer or VW either.
“Scratches […] only aesthetics” …seconded, zZz. YES!
People care too much about meaningless crap like that. Just put on enough paint to prevent rust and move on with life…
By the way, I am not excusing the OP’s ‘mindless fuck’. The attitude shift would have to happen en masse.
Angels…my wheels are a leased VW TDI wagon. If there are problems VW takes care of them while they are under warranty. The only out-of-pocket costs to you are fuel, warranty checkups, and insurance. If the car has a mechanical failure that’s VW’s expense.