This would not work either. No matter where you park there will always someone who wants to park right next to your car, even if there are a millions of other spots out there. Also, imagine a fatso getting out of his car and accidentally swing the door of his tahoe a little bit wide and 'bang' it hit your door. Your car alarm goes off and the fatso didn't seem to care much other than the usual 'oops'. You will get dings and scratches, just do your best to avoid and if it happens to you then try your best to not let it get to you. Accidents happen all the time and it sucks to have it happen to you

 

Yeah I enjoy it...on the weekends. I commute to work with my beater.

 

I feel your pain. I just put a ding in my door by hitting it on one of those gas station poles

Anyone have any success with paintless dent removal?

 

Well, I feel your pain. But it hurts so much more when the stupid jerk that dents your car is you. ( Some how, being able to blame someone else is so much more comforting!) Anyway, my advice is to forget getting into a hassle with your neighbor. While you live over top of him, He lives below you and you are the one who owns the "cherry" car. Think about it. This guy drives a maroon, F150 pickup! He's got to be a first class redneck. You just can't have a winning situation, and while you love your car, you don't want to have to stand guard on it!

Check out the following -

1. Talk to apartment management about a secure parking area for your car, if such an area is available. Some aprt. complexes have garaging available for a fee.

2. Ask the mamage to look in to the "vandalism" that is occurring. Chances are, if this kind of behavior has been reported by others, your neighbor could loose his lease. Some people tend to get very polite when they are looking at homelessness.

3. Look into moving to a better neighborhood. It may be worth a few extra rental dollars to move to an apartment with a garage or secure parking area.

Anyway if none of this is helpful, I do wish you luck and congratulations on the new "S".

 

Instead of starting a war with your neighbor, perhaps you should listen to some of the suggestions from others.

If you're so upset and you have proof beyond a reasonable doubt that your neighbor damaged your car, take it to small claims court.

Otherwise, look for ways that you protect your car and park it in a safe place.

 

I feel your pain on this one. I had another S2000 owner (of all people) fling his car door open right into my car at the Dragon in April. I have a sneaking suspicion that had I not been in the car at the time, he wouldn't have said anything, left a note, etc.

I agree w/ the person who posted about parking only in corner spots. I don't care how far I have to walk, it's an end spot or bust!

Confront your neighbor & see what happens (but don't be an a$$). If nothing else, he'll know that you know it was him & will (hopefully) be more careful about his actions in the future.

 

sadly there will always be haters... my s2000 has been egged, keyed, my emblems have been jacked while leaving deep deep key marks where they used to be...if it was intentional karma will get them back

 

The fact is, there's nothing you can do unless you get a 2nd beater car.
The S is my daily driver. I always try to park far away from other cars
or give them plenty of space to open their door without hitting my car.
No matter how much room I give them, they always seem to park closer.
Some people just don't know how to park or stay within there boundary.

 

The sad part is that this IS one of the nicest apartment communities around, one would expect it to consist of quality people, and for the most part is does. It just serves as proof that no matter where you live unless it is a deserted island you are bound to have at least one a-hole around. I know it is just a car, but damnit I work very hard for this thing and it sucks to watch it get pi$$ed on so casually.

I waited for the guy to return home and he didn't. In the mean time my bad day got worse, one of my family members has become seriously ill, and may not make the night. So I have MUCH more important things to do with my time. It looks like this time he got away with it.

 

I can sympathize with you.

Years ago I bought an Audi and someone backed into it in my apt parking lot.
They creamed the whole back end.

It was 4 months old and I was paying half of all I made each month just for payments.
One of my neighbors saw it happen, but the buttheads never showed up again and noone got the tag number.

Insurance covered a lot of the repair cost, but it was never the same car again.

Like you said you are minding your own business, not bothering anybody, and some turd comes along and messes you over.

Sometimes you just gotta let it go, or it will eat you up. An easy thing to say.