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

[C141medic]

related question. Is there a product to help protect from this and wheel scraping.?

Cybertruck

 

[hydro 481]

Ass-whooping is in order!

Base on his username he would be on the wrong end of that beatdown.

 

[Vintre]

I have had 5 dents since getting this car in June of 2018.

Something to remember is our car is a combination of Aluminum and steel.

For small dents, like we are talking about here, I go to a PDR (paintless dent repair) shop.

Our doors are Aluminum, $250 per dent. Quarter panels are steel, $100 per dent.

Get the insurance or the cash.

Vin

 

[BulldogsRus]

I guess the question is, do you even have to confront them or can you simply take pics of them or their plate and submit to the insurance company instead?

 

[AdamMacDon]

I guess the question is, do you even have to confront them or can you simply take pics of them or their plate and submit to the insurance company instead?

This is the smarter move, it's usually not worth engaging another driver who might get violent.

 

[MacGreiner]

I have had 5 dents since getting this car in June of 2018.

Something to remember is our car is a combination of Aluminum and steel.

For small dents, like we are talking about here, I go to a PDR (paintless dent repair) shop.

Our doors are Aluminum, $250 per dent. Quarter panels are steel, $100 per dent.

Get the insurance or the cash.

Vin

Depends on the the how big and where?
We are talking +$1k for multiple quotes on this:

 

[G35Rocker]

This happened to me the other day at the mall. I wasn't in my model 3, but I was driving my son's corolla. The lady opened her door and the wind blew the door out of her hand. She was very apologetic. It made two dings. A slight crease in the middle of the door and a ding at the bottom of the door where the panel comes to a point. Both looked pretty bad, and sounded even worse. But she was nice enough and offered to get it fixed. I said no thanks. I went home and buffed it out and it didn't look so bad. In hindsight, I should have gotten some money from her or her insurance info. Not sure how much pdr will cost to fix it. But it is pretty minor. Just depends on the angle of the sun.

 

[1208]

Ban them from driving.

 

[brkaus]

If a tree falls in a forest, and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?

Does the tree have motion detecting cameras!

 

[brkaus]

Someone dinged my old car. I saw it happen. They were large and as they climbed in the bottom door edge of the suv came down on the fender of my car.

they totally denied it up and down. I just let it go, didn’t want to cause a scene.

 

[tvad]

Does the tree have motion detecting cameras!

No. It’s a tree. In a forest.

 

[dgo3]

Show me a 4-5 year old car without door dings, and I'll show you a car that never gets used. They're just a fact of life and getting bent out of shape about it just adds stress and angst. Maybe I'm jaded after 2 teenagers. They managed to do much worse damage all our cars.

 

[Knightshade]

Show me a 4-5 year old car without door dings, and I'll show you a car that never gets used.

Or one owned by someone who doesn't mind a little extra walking when they park

 

[OUengineer]

How bad is the ding? If it's really small or quite sharp, you'll probably need a professional. But if it's fairly large and round, it can easily be popped out with any cheap dent removal tool (just make sure the paint isn't too cold so it doesn't crack).

 

[SD_Engnr]

If a tree falls in a forest, and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?

Yes. It's science.

 

[RC2785]

If there is no damage, I'll just tell them to be more careful or just ignore it. If there is damage I will ask for compensation.

 

[Bill Foster]

If a cute girl is at fault, perhaps just get her # and talk it over at a nice dinner. (cue #me too comments")

Being that creepy uncle with comments like that

 

[polyphonic54]

First make sure your TeslaCam is set up and running so you have options.

 

[Fusion]

One time some lady opened her door and it dinged my door while I was sitting inside. I told her to be more careful. Then I noticed she walked out like she was going to go shopping but then decided to walk back to leave. That made me suspicious and I went out to look before she could leave. It put a good dent in my car. Got her insurance luckily. Always go check.

 

[Fresnel]

For anyone suggesting going through insurance.. won't your deductible just eat up most of the cost anyway and you'll have to pay that.