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msRB311 · 01-03-2023, 10:00 AM

Anyone who hits a car by opening a car door in parking spots is a complete moron.

massnative71 · 01-03-2023, 10:05 AM

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Originally Posted by msRB311

Anyone who hits a car but opening a car door in parking spots is a complete moron.

There are way too many of them in general. And somewhere like the Chelsea Market Basket, or ANY Walmart, the share is going to be substantially higher.

lrfox · 01-03-2023, 10:58 AM

Plenty of idiots and inconsiderate people out there. But kids are notorious for flinging the back door open in parking lots too. Some of those rear SUV doors are pretty wide and little kids often don't have the reach or the presence of mind to gently open them with the caution and care to avoid dinging neighboring cars. A good parent will remind their kid to be careful and even use the child locks when necessary, but even a good parent will slip up occasionally. Hopefully they'd leave a note with their info when a slip up happens though.

msRB311 · 01-03-2023, 11:05 AM

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Originally Posted by lrfox

Plenty of idiots and inconsiderate people out there. But kids are notorious for flinging the back door open in parking lots too. Some of those rear SUV doors are pretty wide and little kids often don't have the reach or the presence of mind to gently open them with the caution and care to avoid dinging neighboring cars. A good parent will remind their kid to be careful and even use the child locks when necessary, but even a good parent will slip up occasionally. Hopefully they'd leave a note with their info when a slip up happens though.

We taught our kids not to do this as soon as they could open the door. Even today we say, be careful when you open the door or we'll tell them not to open the doors and we'll just do it. I don't want to deal with them hitting someone else's car when opening plus it's a good life skill to have. Marks can also be made on your own door I would think if you slammed it hard into the side of another car.

I was once sitting in my car when an idiot woman opened her door and hit mine. I said something to her about it and she seemed all shocked and was like, I barely hit it and got all defensive. If I could hear it and feel it, you hit my car and it wasn't lightly. There's no reason for a thinking person to hit a car when opening a door. She just didn't give a sh*t and was unlucky that I was sitting in the car. I certainly wasn't going to say nothing. I've actually had this happen twice...and I remember being a kid and an old man did it to my parents when they had a new car as we all sat in the car. My parents said nothing.

massnative71 · 01-03-2023, 11:14 AM

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Originally Posted by lrfox

Plenty of idiots and inconsiderate people out there. But kids are notorious for flinging the back door open in parking lots too. Some of those rear SUV doors are pretty wide and little kids often don't have the reach or the presence of mind to gently open them with the caution and care to avoid dinging neighboring cars. A good parent will remind their kid to be careful and even use the child locks when necessary, but even a good parent will slip up occasionally. Hopefully they'd leave a note with their info when a slip up happens though.

True and this is why you typically see responsible parents leave a space or two around them, as parking 8 inches over from the next vehicle is asking for trouble when you have kids in tow (not to mention a hindrance with all the loading and unloading that comes with it). And especially with a larger SUV.

newenglandgal123 · 01-03-2023, 11:19 AM

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Originally Posted by msRB311

We taught our kids not to do this as soon as they could open the door. Even today we say, be careful when you open the door or we'll tell them not to open the doors and we'll just do it. I don't want to deal with them hitting someone else's car when opening plus it's a good life skill to have. Marks can also be made on your own door I would think if you slammed it hard into the side of another car.

I was once sitting in my car when an idiot woman opened her door and hit mine. I said something to her about it and she seemed all shocked and was like, I barely hit it and got all defensive. If I could hear it and feel it, you hit my car and it wasn't lightly. There's no reason for a thinking person to hit a car when opening a door. She just didn't give a sh*t and was unlucky that I was sitting in the car. I certainly wasn't going to say nothing. I've actually had this happen twice...and I remember being a kid and an old man did it to my parents when they had a new car as we all sat in the car. My parents said nothing.

Probably about 5 or 6 years ago I was day three with my new car and went to Burlington mall. When I parked there was absolutely no one next to me on either side and the parking lot was quite empty as it was during a weekday /non holiday time. I was in Macy's maybe 20 minutes and came out to find my rear driver side passenger door dented in the size of a quarter. I'm guessing someone parked in that spot had a kid or someone swing their door open not paying attention and the top far edge of their door banged into my door and they drove off without leaving a note. Paintless dent repair was able to pop it, but when the light hit it at the right angle you could still see the area where it happened. For this reason I cringe at the thought of buying a brand new car. It's almost like if you buy a car that is a year old with low mileage, makes it not feel as bad if something like that happens to a brand new one.

I've never been in my car at the time to call someone out on swinging their door into mine but I have been in my car when I've had someone leave a shopping cart next to my car after they were done unloading. I did roll my window down and called a woman out on that once! (All I said was "Excuse me, are you just going to leave that cart right there?)" I think she was in shock and didn't even know what to say but she didn't bother to move the cart to the corral either, just continued getting in her car.