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Yep, you pretty much nailed it! Funny, how people think alike. Taking away as many direct and convenient access paths to your vehicle is the key, I think. I use handicap parking as a buffer zone as well. Works nicely most of the time like you say. And, those end slots do indeed work nicely too, as long as they are not next to congesting pedestrian walkways on the other side.
If none of that is available, I take my changes out in the boondocks section of the parking lot where nobody else parks. I then go cloud connected to my on-board cameras and check-in every once in a while to see who is trolling the area. Having the cams with live viewing is nice. I've actually witnessed suspicious behavior through my cell phone's connection to the cams in the vicinity of where I had parked once that caused me to go out and relocate my vehicle to a safer area. So, the cams may have paid for themselves that day, I don't know.
I do know that when I came around the corner heading back to my vehicle, those suspicious looking people scattered rather quickly. I don't know if my vehicle was the target or another vehicle nearby - but they immediately left the area. Something was up that day. I relocated, went back into the restaurant to have dinner with family - but kept a close eye on the live action around the vehicle.
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Really sorry to hear that news. If it is layered on snow, you can simply wipe down to the frost layer in direct contact with the glass and then use a solution of Water and Rubbing Alcohol (2/3 rubbing alcohol and 1/3 water in a spray bottle seems to work fine for people online). Just do not use Ethanol (ethyl alcohol) based rubbing alcohol as that won't be good for the other parts of your vehicle's exterior. Sometimes, the scraper itself can drive things embedded in the ice into the glass at an angle you might not see when you are scraping. Try wiping down to the lowest layer than spraying that with H2O/Formula 23-H (US).
Hope it can be repaired.
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Hit and runners simply suck. Probably driving without insurance anyway. So, if you don't have uninsured motorist coverage on your own policy, well there you go. All hit and runs should be Felony offenses punishable by a minimum of 3 years behind bars rock bottom time served. There is far too much hit and run taking place these days.
So $2,200 just for new lower bumper cover? Looks like some slight damage on lift gate. Body shop will fix without replacement I imagine? I wouldn't want to see the cost for replacing the lift gate! It may become fairly common. Most crossovers are losing any sort of bumper that extends beyond lift gate.
GJ-Molestor
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- 2011 BMW 528i, 2015 Mazda 6, 1995 Nissan Maxima Manual
What happened to Cessna CJ4s account?
Come to think of it...yeah he hasn't been around posting as of late. Maybe mod disabled his account/blocked it or worse banned him...he was one of those that got into a back and forth with 2 other posters that became personal with all the attacks/insults etc.
I was wondering the same thing about fruitman, a.k.a. Mango.
Haven't run across anything from him recently either.
Maybe this has something to do with his beloved CR-V's starting to exhibit some serious issues.
I monitor the CRV forum, and two rather major issues have come up with the new 1.5t engines: Oil dilution and lack of cabin heat in cold weather.
There is a major recall in China, which I posted about last week.
GJ-Molestor
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- 2011 BMW 528i, 2015 Mazda 6, 1995 Nissan Maxima Manual
His name comes up as Guest 2018
I really hope he resurfaces with a different name or something. He was a great guy, very friendly and one of the most knowledgeable members on this forum. Weve had some great back and forth conversations about some very good topics on his threads. I cant imagine him ever getting angry at anyone unless they said something extremely stupid.
Lmfao! this post really made me laugh. Either our Mango friend got banned or he was forced to lay low after you brought the 1.5T issues to surface. I suspect he works for Honda.
Purchase Date: November 2017
Battle Damage: Door Paint in Parking lot
Mileage: 4950
I'm in the grocery store for 35 minutes. Come back to a new door ding.
I'll be getting it repaired.
I parked far up the lot away from the entrance with at least two open spaces on either side.
Some humans can't seem to control their car doors.
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Battle Damage: Door Paint in Parking lot
Mileage: 4950
I'm in the grocery store for 35 minutes. Come back to a new door ding.
I'll be getting it repaired.
I parked far up the lot away from the entrance with at least two open spaces on either side.
Some humans can't seem to control their car doors.
Purchase Date: November 2017
Battle Damage: Door Paint in Parking lot
Mileage: 4950
I'm in the grocery store for 35 minutes. Come back to a new door ding.
I'll be getting it repaired.
I parked far up the lot away from the entrance with at least two open spaces on either side.
Some humans can't seem to control their car doors.
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Ouch! It doesn't help either that Mazda's paint is very thin...
Purchase Date: November 2017
Battle Damage: Door Paint in Parking lot
Mileage: 4950
I'm in the grocery store for 35 minutes. Come back to a new door ding.
I'll be getting it repaired.
I parked far up the lot away from the entrance with at least two open spaces on either side.
Some humans can't seem to control their car doors.
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I swear these people need to have their cars torched for these crimes. These are our babies. It is like someone stabbed your baby the second you looked away.
That is why I only take my cx-9 out when I know I am going to places with decent parking. I always look for that one single spot between pillars or far away in the corner.
Other times I just drive my 95 accord that has battle damage all over
As you already know, this paint is hard to match. The dealer I bought from has access to a paint guy that has experience working with this color.
The photo is rather stark and the spot isn't as big as it looks. Still sucks tho.
On the positive side, at least that first ding is out of the way; I won't anticipate it anymore, Lol
I'll be parking FAR, FAR away from now on... even if it means an adjacent lot.
