MK5 Golf GTI
All Things Mk5 => Mk5 General Area => Topic started by: stinger on March 23, 2012, 11:24:05 am
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Hey folks. I think i'm becoming obsessed or pedantic or something.....
For months now the flat below us has been empty. They have the parking space next to ours which my GTI obviously sits in. Now the guy who used to live there had a Focus RS in stunning condition so I knew I didn't have too much to worry about parking next to him.
Anyways... My wife comes in last night and says "oh I see there is someone moved in downstairs as I can hear kids in the flat" Of course this gets the cogs turning. I says did you see what car they had but she hadn't taken much notice except it was "green"
So I goes downstairs today and my worst fears come to life. There parked next to my GTI is the biggest rusting dirty mess of a three door ford Ka. I would have taken piuctures to show i'm not exagerating but I might get spotted. Its so bad someone has written clean me on the side. I've never seen such a rusty car. To top it all off it had a kids seat in the back so those doors are going to be swinging!
I appreciate not everyone can afford a nice car or bothers to look after their car but i'm thinking its a matter of time before one of those doors cracks mine in the side.
Guys do yous think i'm being pedantic? Tell me to man up its just a chunk of metal!
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Just because their car is a state doesn't mean they're careless & inconsiderate. I'd be a bit concerned though just in case.
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it is just a chunk of metal but i totally get where your coming from. Fortunately i have my own drive but to empathise when i use the discovery and do a school run its shocking to see just how nonchalant other people are when it comes to respecting the car next to them in a carpark... not really the kids fault but the parents could take more control when i watch doors meeting doors almost daily as kids wrestle school bags into cars while they climb in too
the awkwardness will come if the damage does happen and you have to confront your neighbour about it is suppose. not knowing the layout of your space, is there no way you can park over to the side a bit more or not park directly next to it?
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Im the same. Hate anything parking next to my car. But seeing as they are now your new neighbours they will probably try their best to avoid damaging your car. Its the people in supermarket car parks who do it cos you will never know who it was.
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No you're not being pedantic at all! Yes it is probably wrong to judge the person by their car but i'd also be very concerened about my car!!!
Soon as you said kids i'd all ready jumped the gun and had in my head car doors opening getting them in the car.
On the flip side though, as said above, you'd hope thy'd take extra care with it being your neighbour :scared:
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Yeah the people might be totally fine and considerate I dont know yet. I could park in the visitors spaces I guess but I dont like taking those up as my space is numbered and there can be alot of folk visiting here.
cant believe i'm so bothered about this. I'm sure it'll be fine. I just want to keep my car looking great as I work hard to have it in the first place.
Bendy I think you've a good point mate.
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I know what you mean, i wish i wasnt as bothered about my car in a way, but im obsessed with it. If anyone pulls up next to me at work i find myself watching them to make sure they dont do anything :ashamed:
It might reassure you once you've spoken to her and introduced yourself - Then if she comes across a genuinely nice person it might stop niggling away at you if you get what i mean :happy2:
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My brother had same issue with his neighbours at his flat, so he used to get his wife to park her company car in the "Official numbered" space and park his pride and joy in visitors space to avoid the junkpile next door.
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It wouldnt be unreasonable to go and introduce yourself to your new neighbour. You could drop a few hints at how car proud you are in the process. People dont talk enough to each other these days. Failing that, a cheap cctv monitoring device.
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Im with you it would be my worst nightmare (except maybe a 4x4) even if she is nice you just know one of those doors is going to hit your car at some point it takes a certain kind of person to totally respect someone elses car and there own 24/7 and a accident is pretty likely
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Your only option is to have a civilized chat with the neighbour and express how much care and attention goes into your car. One ding and you will notice.
Difficult without causing offence.
Invite them round for a few drink as a welcome, and after a couple, express your concerns diplomatically. Easy after a few drinks
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Always say hello to new neighbours. Try not to make the first time you meet them to be about an issue.
And I judge people by their cars. Don't judge a book by it's cover ? Why else is the cover there if not to give an indication of the book ?
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I'm feeling your pain :sick:
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My friend has a spotless TTRS, if/when he gets new neighbours in on either side he goes round........introduces himself..........lets them know exactly how weird he is about his car, normally gets a laugh and they're cool after that.
Best policy, share your pedanticness! :signLOL:
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this is a funny post. :grin:
maybe an introduction is needed.
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My mate owns a focus RS, he has made some kind of polystyrene magnetic thing for the side of his car :signLOL: he puts it on when parking at home for this very reason. Id consider it if i didn't have my own drive!
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I would dig up th front garden and move you car over!!! If someone owns a crappy car and crappy conditon then they probably don't care about cars and don't realise other people do car about theirs.
Or move house :signLOL:
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Your only option is to have a civilized chat with the neighbour and express how much care and attention goes into your car. One ding and you will notice.
Difficult without causing offence.
Invite them round for a few drinks as a welcome, and let them know youre after a fresh couple, suggest that people from your building usually have a sociable tradition that involves a glass bowl and their car keys. If they refuse then they wont want to go near anything of yours, if they agree then get the tarpaulin down on the carpet, pop on your snorkel and flippers and reach for the lube. happy days!
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...fixed it for you
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I think the word you're looking for is protective. Now that's pedantic! :happy2:
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Just torch there motor and and go on holiday for the night. Ain't nobody gonna open the door on a burnt out shell of a Ka!
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Feel for you fella. Whenever I am in a car park I drive round and round looking for some nice cars to park next to. My wife spends the whole time saying "what's wrong with that space.......or that space". Never park next to a heap of s**t, having one park next to you everyday is cause for paranoia in my book.
And yes it is just a chunk of metal (allbeit a nice one) :happy2:
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thanks for all the replys guys some really made me laugh! :grin:
I will report back when i get my first ding... tomorrow.
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I understand your dilemna, since owning ours i've had to bollock one near neighbour for her shoddy parking - she left her car front bumper to front bumper with ours, luckily no damage but i didn't half let her have both barrels (no swearing mind otherwise you've lost the high ground).
I've also told the kids off for skateboarding around it - they ollie up onto the pavement next to it and that's a big no-no. The umpteenth time of doing it i sternly spoke to one of them, felt a bit bad so gave it 10 minutes and then went over to calmly talk him through why i didn't want him pulling tricks on his skateboard next to his car. I was once young, however my dad would have bollocked me rather than a neighbour for doing something like that around other folks' properties but what can i say, standards are obviously slipping, parents don't care etc... :fighting2:
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is yours parked in the street Frenzy?
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I know how you feel I kept getting dents in my typeR about 7 in total always parked next to the same car only on one side too...didn't have a way to prove it though until was sat in my girlfriends car one day and we both saw it happen....wasn't a light tap either... Anyway she turned out to be the Jehovah's witness from upstairs and she paid for them all to be removed and valeted!! Sold it a couple of weeks earlier for the Eddy!
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(no swearing mind otherwise you've lost the high ground).
Nicely put. No wonder I always lose an argument, f**c it! :happy2:
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well thats the first dink on my drivers door. Its on the door protector strip which is something at least. Nae happy. Going to have to try and park it somewhere else. :confused:
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is yours parked in the street Frenzy?
Unfortunately, yes :scared:
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(no swearing mind otherwise you've lost the high ground).
Nicely put. No wonder I always lose an argument, f**c it! :happy2:
Worked well but took a lot of concentration, i eff and blind more than i should in normal speech so to have a bit of the red mist and not trigger the beep machine every 3rd syllable was quite an achievement :grin: The neighbour in question rarely ever parks near our car now and that's no mean feat on her behalf with the lack of spaces on our street :laugh:
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No your not. Im just as bad. im lucky that i can park at the side of the house and at work it goes in a small car park on its own :signLOL:
Just recently though the local kids have started running down the access road close to the house and far too close to the car eddie for my liking, next time im out i will be having a quiet word again, just like last year :fighting:
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id be the same in your situation but you do have things like this to help prevent it
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Car-Door-Defender-DoorDefender-Magnetic-Dent-Protector-/190500076345?pt=UK_Car_Accessories_Car_Care_Cleaning&hash=item2c5ab07b39#ht_1982wt_1255
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Know how you feel, when i got my GTI it was almost spotless paint wise, now its scratched and dented :( all from other ppl :(
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i have this concern every day i go to work, i always search for the bigger space. I've been trying to get in earlier to get the end of the row so at least i'm safe on 1 side :scared:
like the door defender idea!
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I'm glad it's not just me!! LOL :grin:
I always park at the far side of the car park or the biggest space wherever I go, much to the GF's displeasure!! The one time I parked in a multi storey in a normal space I picked up a dent and cost me £50 to sort.
I agree with other comments that you should speak to your neighbour and hint about how you love your car, good luck but I hope your pride and joy stays as it should!
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I am the same more paranoid than pedantic. The kids round here are a nightmare with scooters footballs bikes. NEver play by there own house of course.
Then last month I woke to find a massive dent and scuff in my drivers door can't blame any one as didn't see it, exactly a week later the girlfriends neighbour reversed into my rear qaurter and bumper. Now fighting with solicitors and insurance great.
The door alone I got quoted 700 needs a new skin to be spot on no filler.
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Thats not good Neil! The marks on mine are tiny to be fair and on the door protector so shouldnt moan too much!