I came out to my car to find a nice ding in my rear fender this afternoon after spending the day at a hotel conference. I captured the person who did it below, and also got a portion of their plate. Is this something people have generally had good luck pursuing?
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Captured a door dinger today on camera
- Thread starter flynnstone
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Pursuing to what end?
For insurance purposes it should be helpful. If you’re thinking anything beyond that, no.
For insurance purposes it should be helpful. If you’re thinking anything beyond that, no.
Ugh, you even see her look right at where the door hit your car. They are parked way too close too, tire is right on the line. If you have a partial plate and know the make, model and color of the other car I would think the police have a good chance of identifying the car that did the damage.
DB-Cooper
Member
Full plate and video allows police to make a house call and present it to them. Another similar thread ended up with the police getting the other party’s insurance and taking care of it. Partial plate depends on if the make/model/color and partial plate can be conclusively linked.
Dre78
Member
Yes. If you want to file a police report they will pursue. See the below threads and stuff.
Sentry Mode catches door dinger and saves me $1000.
Tesla Sentry Mode captures politician in Model 3 hit-and-run
At least this woman tried somewhat not to hit your car... Whoever parked that SUV was too close to you. "Over the line!" yells Walter from Big Lebowski.
Sentry Mode catches door dinger and saves me $1000.
Tesla Sentry Mode captures politician in Model 3 hit-and-run
At least this woman tried somewhat not to hit your car... Whoever parked that SUV was too close to you. "Over the line!" yells Walter from Big Lebowski.
Sandollars
I bleed Cardinal
I park far far away precisely for this reason. Door dings are my pet peeve.
Check if the hotel has security camera footage they could match up with your time to get a plate confirmation. This is also why I now always park in head first when I plan on turning on Sentry mode so the side repeaters can get a view of their plates.
Any chance you could post the video showing the partial plate?
It seems like sentry mode rarely captures the full plate and I'm trying to figure out why. In the UK it's useless without the full plate. I think the issue is that it uses the narrow front camera which creates big blind spots at the 2 and 10 o'clock positions, so maybe an additional wide-angle dashcam would make it more useful.
It seems like sentry mode rarely captures the full plate and I'm trying to figure out why. In the UK it's useless without the full plate. I think the issue is that it uses the narrow front camera which creates big blind spots at the 2 and 10 o'clock positions, so maybe an additional wide-angle dashcam would make it more useful.
Fernand
Active Member
Was there really any damage? That couldn't be buffed out? It looks like
it barely touched and she then she put out her hand to prevent further
contact. If the police has nothing better to do, I'd be surprised. And if
Tesla owners start bombarding them with these videos every time a
parking lot micro-ding occurs, they'll stop accepting them altogether,
even where there's malice or serious damage involved.
it barely touched and she then she put out her hand to prevent further
contact. If the police has nothing better to do, I'd be surprised. And if
Tesla owners start bombarding them with these videos every time a
parking lot micro-ding occurs, they'll stop accepting them altogether,
even where there's malice or serious damage involved.
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SunCharged
Member
In past door ding situations where I’ve been in the car and able to get the guilty party’s info I’ve just turned it over to my insurance company to pursue. And they’ve done just that through phone calls and letters.
jkoya
NA2 NSX
It's a really frustrating thing to happen because if you claim the damage from your insurance then your premiums go up. You then have to claim the increased premiums from the at-fault party too... It drags on and is like getting blood out of a stone.
Hopefully the probability of getting caught will discourage people from doing it, and encourage car park designers to make spaces reasonably wide.
Hopefully the probability of getting caught will discourage people from doing it, and encourage car park designers to make spaces reasonably wide.
not at all, these kind of videos/online news will prevent people from being stupid/careless at all times.
Your premiums should not increase for a comprehensive, not-at-fault claim. The issue will be your deductible. For a door ding, the deductible probable exceeds the cost of the repair. If you are at fault in a collision, then your premiums may go up, if the claim damages exceed a threshold - you can ask your insurance company what the threshold is. Typically in the $800 - $1000 range.
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