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If you get door dinged while sitting in the car...

Catch a door dinger. What do you do?

  • Tell them to be more careful next time and let them go.

    Votes: 35 10.1%
  • Ask for their insurance information.

    Votes: 238 68.6%
  • Ask for cash compensation on the spot. But how much?

    Votes: 15 4.3%
  • Kick their ass

    Votes: 43 12.4%
  • Other

    Votes: 16 4.6%

  • Total voters
    347
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I actually had this happen at a Tesla store/SC. Lady in a Model S swung her door into my 3 passenger door as I was texting my spouse just before leaving.

My reaction: Are you ******* kidding me? (Said out loud). Got out, asked her if the door was damaged, she claimed no, I looked, saw minor damage done on the character line of the door. She then had the audacity to claim it wasn’t from her door. At which point I was ‘this close’ to losing it on her when her young (4? 5?) year old crawled out the back seat. Took a deep breath, told her to open her door, while I put my finger on the damage to prove it was her door. Got her name and phone number but then I didn’t believe it was her real name - you had to be there - so asked to see her driver’s license and sure enough the name wasn’t even close. Took a photo of her license and left before I lost my cool.

I never pursued it. It was minor and I have protection on my car so was able to make it almost invisible.

What I forgot to do in the moment was download the video from my car. :rolleyes: So do that first so you have evidence.