stevenw

Ooo...Biggest pet peeve of mine. I have a friend who always likes to touch things and what not. When he saw my car for the first time he was all excited to see it and stuff which was cool, until he sat on my hood, and I got really annoyed and started yelling at him. The other day I saw him again and he was leaning on my fender, and I yelled at him again. I guess some people don't learn. Also people slam my trunk and doors all the time when I tell them all they need is a light push and the door/trunk will do the rest.

AZ-S2000

Well, the car is going to get repainted and might as well get some body work done which means getting the dents smoothed out and no body filler crap.


I mean common, the hood weighs nothing as do the doors and trunk.. how much force does it need haha

LightKiosk

What really makes me cringe is not only when they slam the door (maybe the door is too light for them and they're not used to it?), but when they don't put the seatbelt back properly and then the door frame slams right on the metal part of the seatbelt.

mrbond413

I let my mom borrow my S one day when her car was in the shop. 2 days later she posted a picture on Facebook of her sitting on the hood/front bumper at her work's parking lot with the caption "i can't believe he let me borrow his baby". Yeah, she's grounded from it now.

gerry100

People with manners don't lean or sit on other peoples' cars

dangarza

Agree completely with ALL of the above posts.
The rear quarter panel seems to be specially vulnerable to being dented by people just leaning their fat A$$ on it
Aside from the SLAM! or BAM! door-closing people the other VERY annoying nasty little habit some people have is grabbing the WINDOW and then bang the door
Oh well, I guess cars are just transportation for many folks...

AZ-S2000

Worst of all is when people with jeans with those rivets or whatever in them that lean.

Agreed. Its not a point A to point B car only.

dougcee

Yeah, I hear you guys. My 05', GPW has a few little creases/depressions along the driver side rear fender lines from someone doing what you're describing.
Luckily the white does not highlight this too bad. That is the only defect in the car's bodywork and paint. I'm the third owner so it happened before I got the car.

AZ-S2000

If I didn't need/want a paint job on the car, I would definitely just bring it to a dent expert who can just push it out

s2000james

Absolutely! I can't understand why people have to slam the door; especially girls. They seem to have this idea this that the door could only be shut tight by slamming it. I have never seen one single person who'd close the door with the absolute miminum force needed.

Yes! Also can't understand why people pushes the top of the glass to close the door insead of pushing the door (and leaving a big hand print for you to see when he/she is gone). Don't they have a brain or something?