03-23-2012, 08:21 AM | #1 |
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First door ding
People really annoy me when they have no consideration for your property. Wife had the car parked at work and noticed this...X6 is only a few weeks old.
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03-23-2012, 10:51 AM | #2 |
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03-24-2012, 01:12 PM | #5 |
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Thanks to all. I was able to get the paint off...but looks like I will need to get the ding out as well...no respect!
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People really don't care. I have an X6M (2012) now but with my old X5 I will was literally sitting in it waiting for my wife to get out of a store and a middle aged woman parked on the passenger side with her two door Solara or something similar. She opened the door and bang right in to the passenger front door pretty hard. I yelled WTF and she literally shrugged and kept walking. No respect.
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03-24-2012, 11:27 PM | #9 |
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PDR Rocks
I had a shopping cart roll across an entire lot and hit my X6 (That's what I get for parking in the back). Worse, I was in the car not paying attention. My kids got to learn some new words and I pleaded with my wife to get the HELL out of the store ASAP. My door "dent" was far worse than yours and the PDR guy got it all back to perfect. The key is that you appear to not have any paint damage which is perfect.
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03-26-2012, 02:16 PM | #10 | |
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OP, the first scratch or dent is always heart breaking... we all feel your pain.
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03-26-2012, 05:57 PM | #11 |
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Thanks for all the support! I usually try to park way out of harms way but it seems people just want to ruin your day
Well I got most of the paint off and now to find a good PDR guy. I think my dealer has one... |
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03-28-2012, 07:54 AM | #12 | |
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Still, the ding (was more of a dent) was right on the crease and I thought the PDR guy would have an issue - turns out the hood (another story) is harder to fix.
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Anyone have any recommendations for a good PDR guy in Westchester, NY?? Or nearby... |
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03-28-2012, 08:26 AM | #14 |
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The dealer's guy is probably good - albeit expensive. I have a guy I use in Chicago but he is really busy, so I just had the dealer do it. Figure double what an independent would charge (dealer marks up 100% I think). I can't remember individually the costs, but I think my door and hood (piece of something flew off a camper and created small dings near the roundel) cost $400 total. When I told my regular guy what they charged me he was shocked. So I would go out on the forums here (probably not the X6 ones as they don't have too many visitors) and ask for a good PDR guy/gal.
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Ho dang, I remember by first ding, it really does piss you off.
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I am the type to accept the blame and carry on if I did something to damage anything I own, but when the damage is caused by an outsider's negligence or ignorance... lol. I park my car in the driveway and thought my baby would be safe there, but my first scratches were received by what seems to be a small bicycle ridden by the neighbor's 6-8 year old child on the driver's side. Needless to say I was furious and heart broken at the same time. The first is the worst...
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03-29-2012, 11:13 AM | #17 |
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Ouch. Sorry to hear, I would be pretty pissed for a couple weeks. The sad part is that if you had an X5 or an older BMW, the impact strips would've taken the damage. I wish BMW stopped phasing those out for the sake of looks....
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Interesting point..... as much as I do NOT like the look of those impact strips, you are right in the fact that they would have protected 3 of the the forum users (including myself) who posted about their scratches/dents, from the expensive cosmetic damage our cars have suffered.
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04-05-2012, 11:03 AM | #19 |
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Well looks like my BMW dealer has a guy onsite that will do 3 dings per panel for $150. I now recall I did use them quite some time ago to fix some hail damage on my 330 and he did an excellent job.
On another note, I never know this, but most parking lots have insurance to cover this type of damage...hmmm |
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