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Ouch, Parking lot damage

Discussion in 'Gen 2 Prius Main Forum' started by rustyj, Jan 5, 2006.

  1. rustyj

    rustyj New Member

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    Well, I made it 10 months and 17K miles without any major mishaps, but over the weekend somebody got me. I now have a dent about 2"-3" long (not very deep) where somebody opened a door right over the left rear tire. Paint is still all there (along with some white paint from the offending vehicle).

    It Sucks! I look at the car and it glares at me. Guess I'm going to have to look at options for repair, since I don't think I can keep the dent from driving me crazy. I'm guessing the cost will be less than my comp. deductable, so I get to eat the cost.

    Guess it could be worse, when I purchased my previous vehicle (11 years ago), it was only 2 weeks before the first door ding.
     
    #1 rustyj, Jan 5, 2006
  2. Atypical Hippie

    Atypical Hippie New Member

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    Congrats on your first ding. Now you can finally relax.
     
    #2 Atypical Hippie, Jan 5, 2006
  3. lee

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    Consider paintless dent repair (they go by various names like Dent Wizard, Dent Doctor, etc). They can work miracles, usually for less than $100 per incident.

    I've also found someone who comes to my house with a full paint mixing and matching facility in their truck. I used them to fix all the dings and scratches on my previous vehicle before I traded it in on the Prius. The total cost was less than half the cost of repainting even the smallest panel at the body shop.
     
    #3 lee, Jan 5, 2006
  4. San_Carlos_Jeff

    San_Carlos_Jeff Active Member

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    I second this advice. A few years back I used this service for another car. I asked the dealer for a recommended company because the dealers seem to use this service a lot.
     
    #4 San_Carlos_Jeff, Jan 5, 2006
  5. hdrygas

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    Feel your pain I got a passanger door ding (red paint) at less than 5k. Still looking for that person. Where is CSI when you need them? :D
     
    #5 hdrygas, Jan 5, 2006
  6. JKnight

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    I got a nice $1300+ dent in a parking lot over the Christmas holiday. No note, I had to eat it.

    I got a new bumper cover out of the deal, but I also lost some HOV lane stickers. I'm not looking forward to dealing with DMV tomorrow....

    Jan
     
    #6 JKnight, Jan 5, 2006
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