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hypothetically speaking, let's say your vehicle scraped the side of an expensive vehicle when you pulled into a parking spot. superficial damage to paint. no damage to your vehicle.
no one saw it.
your insurance deductible is high ($750) in order to keep your premiums low.
what would you do?
a) reverse and run away
b) leave your name, address, license number, time and date on the vehicles windshield
I would just start ramming the shit out of their car then call the cops and file a complaint for them damaging your car with theirs. If nothing else you'll easily make it past the deductible.
The proper course of action is to leave your name and number etc...
sack up, be a man, and leave your information. isn't that would you'd want happening if the tables were turned?
Leave the car next to your car's information.
That was my last recourse to the drunk ass that did the ole hit and run on me and wouldn't fess up (I just found a few cars in a parking lot that looked like they had been hit reciently). Insurance will not believe you that somebody hit you unless a cop saw it, or they admit to it, even if paint from your car is still on their car.
If you're asking I guess it is too late and you are seeking validation for your actions? ;)
...you could do what a friend of mine did once; leave a note that says: "I ran into your car. I'm leaving this note so that the people watching will think I'm giving you my contact information. I'm not. Have a nice day."
Shoot the hostage.
I was tapped last week in my apartment complex, from what I gather or in a parking lot somewhere. Didn't notice it, go to put stuff in the trunk and notice a small impact and the paint peeling up in two splits horizontally on my bumper. My car's not expensive but it's mine.
Leave your info.
Always save business cards from obnoxious people whom you feel deserve the hassle of explaining why they hit someone else's car and left. Also handy for leaving with that not-so-hottie who wants to hook up with you again.
And then leave your contact info.Quote:
Originally posted by Punani
Shoot the hostage.
Seriously. How fucking pissed would you be if someone fucked you by not leaving their info when they dinged your car?
Think about it.
Money is just green paper. Karma is much more important.
phUnk may have a point; my buddy who pulled the fake note trick died from a bee sting.Quote:
Originally posted by phUnk
Money is just green paper. Karma is much more important.
Karma can be tough.
See my above post.Quote:
Originally posted by phUnk
And then leave your contact info.
Seriously. How fucking pissed would you be if someone fucked you by not leaving their info when they dinged your car?
Think about it.
Money is just green paper. Karma is much more important.
Seriously, not a huge deal, but one of the splits is about 10 inches long the other about 4. Bumper was a-ok, before that. Little fumed about it.
Accidents happen, walking away from something, is different.
This is the correct answer.Quote:
Originally posted by phUnk
Money is just green paper. Karma is much more important.
What goes around, comes around, and we all know it.
If you skated you screwed up.
you must do the right thing. sack up.
you should then start parking next to beaters only.
interesting. thank you for your viewpoints. with all due respect, i like it how people come up on their soapboxes and holier-than-thou attitudes. the question is "what would you do?", not "what is the correct thing to do?". can you honestly tell me that you would practice what you preach if you were in the same situation?
forgot to mention a couple more points. see if your answers change.
what if you've experienced the same thing to your car 4x, yet no one has ever left their info?
what if you don't believe in karma?
what if the $60,000 vehicle you hit had a Bush Cheney '04 campaign sticker on it's bumper?
flame away :)
you should not even have been in the same parking lot as a bush ball washer. serves you rightQuote:
Originally posted by Anon Magnion
interesting. thank you for your viewpoints. with all due respect, i like it how people come up on their soapboxes and holier-than-thou attitudes. the question is "what would you do?", not "what is the correct thing to do?". can you honestly tell me that you would practice what you preach if you were in the same situation?
forgot to mention a couple more points. see if your answers change.
what if you've experienced the same thing to your car 4x, yet no one has ever left their info?
what if you don't believe in karma?
what if the $60,000 vehicle you hit had a Bush Cheney '04 campaign sticker on it's bumper?
flame away :)
Carry a 12 pack of colored sharpies around in your car. You'd b surprised how many paint jobs sharpies can blend in w/ and not be noticable. Just fill in the scratched area if it's little. i did it to my own car after some one scraped it and no one has ever noticed. If it's large, leave your info (or the phone number of some one you don't like).
Pondering over editing my last post saying, not that I haven't done something in the past that I would have later liked to change.
Oh, and with the sticker bit, you were right, fuck em'.
Well, I always carry my John Ashcroft business card for these occasions.Quote:
Originally posted by Anon Magnion
what if the $60,000 vehicle you hit had a Bush Cheney '04 campaign sticker on it's bumper?
I always fess up when I scratch someone elses car. Think about how you feel when someone bumps you and doesn't leave their info.
Never mind what I said, you shoulda backed up and hit it again.Quote:
Originally posted by Anon Magnion
what if the $60,000 vehicle you hit had a Bush Cheney '04 campaign sticker on it's bumper?
Why deny us this critical info in the first go-round?
DJSapp's method of minor (less than 4") scratch removal:
1. Spit on affected area
2. Buff out with t-shirt or rag (if neither are availble, use your clothing)
3. If scratch is still noticable park somewhere else.
4. If your belief in karma is strong, leave a check or $10.00 in an envelope for the guy to get a bottle of touch up paint. A minor scratch shouldn't require $$$$$$$.
IMHO people make too big of deal about the looks of their cars. They are for transportation. I could care less what my truck looked like as long as it is comfy, safe, and performs.
Regardless of what your way of think thinking, you should respect other peoples property, it shouldn't matter what it is. What ever you do, don't try to rub the scratch, you'll make a 4" scratch a worse looking 4" scratch with swirly shit around it.Quote:
Originally posted by DJSapp
IMHO people make too big of deal about the looks of their cars. They are for transportation. I could care less what my truck looked like as long as it is comfy, safe, and performs.
Back in 2000 my pop got an Honda S2K. Drove it to work after having it at home for 2 days and some fucker hit the rear bumper and left a nice 3 inch scratch. The duchebag didnt leave any info, and we are still pissed about it.
So now the car doesnt get parked within a quarter mile of anything that has wheels.
I've scratched a car and left my info, and the person called me back and said it was no big deal. Another time I was sitting in my car and a this old dude in a cadillack hit me while backing out of his spot, and then denied hitting me. I got into an argument with the old guy and called the police(there was no damage I just wanted him to admit he hit my car((which already had a run in with a tire wall at Summit Point))) and it turns out he was intoxicated and he got arrested. So karma does come back and bite ya, even on the same day.
And dont park your car in McLean Virginia.
Leave a note that says:
Opps I hit your car :( my phone number is: xxx-xxxx
and for hot sex: (incert ex girlfriends number here)