well it was bound to happen

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Removing 'dings' can be done by these smart-repair places they kinda 'tease' the dent out with rods......
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thats like the one in wheeler delaers about the saab convertable ed gets some bloke out to remove a few dents, the problem with the passenger door especailly on my car is theres a lot of wee dents, my car had none when i got it, i was absolutley fuming when it happened.
If i had a chance to start again with the bodywork i think i do all the things to avoid these dents, especially avoiding parking in places where other cars can park at each side.
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I hate parking away from the door of the shop, other end of the car park in an empty area, coming back and some numbnuts has parked a bloody 4x4 Landcruiser beside you, and you can be sure that the resultant door dent wasn't there before :evil:
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Yeah I hate using car parks
That's why I love having my weekly shopping delivered
As well as not having to deal with a load of numb nuts inside the store, you don't have to worry about arseholes parking too close to you

I had to go and take the misses clothes shopping tuesday, so I parked with no one around me, but when I got back, low and behold, cars parked all around :evil: :evil: :frown:
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Did anyone see last nights Traffic Cops?

They were aleady dealing with an incident in a petrol station, and some woman in a Zafira flies in, abandons it in the parking bay at a janty angle just about hitting the bumper of the car beside her, then proceeds to the wine aisle.

Turned out to be 4x over :shock:
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there is a eurospar near me where i park in the middle all the stupid people park and they are free to open doors upon eachother until their hearts content, but i park in the corner between the fence and a what appears to be a wee boiler shed where there is only 2 spaces but i park diagonally so no car can get in beside mine :evil:
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On a revenge note, did anybody notice how much damage to paint the thumbwheel from a flint fag lighter does? :twisted:
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I hereby confess to parking my car over two bays sometimes, out of the way at the bottom of such car parks. I've been doing it a while now, and at first felt a bit silly (like a BMW driver) but then I just thought; well f*ck it why not? and the beauty of being nearly 40 is that I don't care what people think of me :mrgreen:
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Mrs Doggy's disabled, so we get to use those w i d e blue bays, (at least most of the time).
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Welly wrote:I hereby confess to parking my car over two bays sometimes, out of the way at the bottom of such car parks. I've been doing it a while now, and at first felt a bit silly (like a BMW driver) but then I just thought; well f*ck it why not? and the beauty of being nearly 40 is that I don't care what people think of me :mrgreen:
Unfortunately, my LA are now handing out £75 fines for failing to park within the designated bays :evil: :evil:
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Come on now Dai, you know how it works, surely?

If they give you a £75 fine, contact them asap, tell them you've been undercharged, offer to pay more.

(You can then negotiate for about 5 years and settle out of court for £37.50 in the unlikely event their tenacious enough to keep after you). 8)
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