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Old 07-02-2005, 11:53 AM
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Already my day is off to a bad start. I woke up and took my girlfriend to work. I left and went next door to the smoke shop to pick up cigarettes and a Pepsi. I parked outside the smoke shop, went in made my purchases, and left. As soon as I open the door, I see this guy in a full size Ford truck trying to shimmy into the space next to me. I kinda laugh at the scene and when he accepts the fact that he ain't fitting in that spot, backs out in search of another spot. On his withdrawl from said parking spot, I see my car rock a little. My jaw hit the asphalt when I saw his bumper drag down the side of my car near the taillights and bumper. I walk over and I get his name, phone number, and plates. I would have asked for proof of insurance, but he didn't speak the greatest of English and getting his name and number was a task in and of itself. So I trek home and call Johnny Law and they tell me that I will have to file a Lost Encounter report Monday.

My last SVX seemed as though damage was a normal thing, and the trend seems to continue. Anyone else get the feeling that the SVX just wasn't meant to be 100% cosmetically beautiful unless sitting on a dealer lot with 0 miles?

Keith
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Old 07-02-2005, 12:01 PM
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I don't know about any one else, but I park as far away from normal traffic and parking as possible. I do have problems with donkeys parking right next to me miles from every where when they have an acre of parking, but not too much. I would never park where someone can easily park next to me. I have had fairly good luck keeping the normal door dings away. You might keep in mind that the more people that can park next to you, the better chance you have at getting your car damaged.
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Old 07-02-2005, 12:09 PM
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Now that just makes me sooo mad, I wanna punch the guy (and I'm a 5'4", 105lb female).

The day I bought my used svx I waxed it then parked it oustide my work and when I came back, there were several chips in the spoiler. Makes me sick.

The car draws so much attention to it that you just know some punkass kid is going to see it one day and want to cause some mischief. If it blended in it wouldn't be a problem... I'm afraid for my baby every day.

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Anyone else get the feeling that the SVX just wasn't meant to be 100% cosmetically beautiful unless sitting on a dealer lot with 0 miles?
Sigh, I know that feeling.

-Jessie
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Old 07-02-2005, 06:16 PM
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Well I am in High School and everyone runs in little groups, Two main ones are, normal kids, and farmer boys. The normal kids treat people decent but the farmer boys (they call themselves this) like to hurt other cars nicer then their own. The lead kid in that group has a really nice truck and I told him if anything happens to my baby, his baby suffers equal and more. I know you can't do this in the real world, but my car has never been hurt.
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Old 07-02-2005, 07:17 PM
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i'd consider quitting smoking.
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Old 07-02-2005, 08:01 PM
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Hazards!!

Yep!! What I was going to say--the hazards of smoking are many.

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Old 07-03-2005, 08:30 PM
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Already my day is off to a bad start. I woke up and took my girlfriend to work. I left and went next door to the smoke shop to pick up cigarettes and a Pepsi. I parked outside the smoke shop, went in made my purchases, and left. As soon as I open the door, I see this guy in a full size Ford truck trying to shimmy into the space next to me. I kinda laugh at the scene and when he accepts the fact that he ain't fitting in that spot, backs out in search of another spot. On his withdrawl from said parking spot, I see my car rock a little. My jaw hit the asphalt when I saw his bumper drag down the side of my car near the taillights and bumper. I walk over and I get his name, phone number, and plates. I would have asked for proof of insurance, but he didn't speak the greatest of English and getting his name and number was a task in and of itself. So I trek home and call Johnny Law and they tell me that I will have to file a Lost Encounter report Monday.

My last SVX seemed as though damage was a normal thing, and the trend seems to continue. Anyone else get the feeling that the SVX just wasn't meant to be 100% cosmetically beautiful unless sitting on a dealer lot with 0 miles?

Keith
Yesterday I was parking at the Post Office and I opened my door to get, after looking for traffic of course. I am a little paranoid. Well just as the door reached it's limits a Little Chevy SUV rolled in, not careful mind you, barged right in. Had I not grabbed my door in the nick of time, I would have a serious door/frame issue to resolve. It was a woman, blonde I guess..all-natural, I guess, completely indifferent to what was going on, of course she was yakking on her cell all while this was going on. As she got out, I tried to be polite, but it was just not in me. I explained to her if she spent half as much time paying attention to what she was doing as she did exercising her pie hole on the phone, this situation might not have happened. Of course, from her point of view, it was all my fault because I opened my door, never mind the fact my door was already opened when she pulled into the parking slots. It was real close my friends.
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Old 07-03-2005, 11:10 PM
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Originally Posted by grae313
Now that just makes me sooo mad, I wanna punch the guy (and I'm a 5'4", 105lb female).

The day I bought my used svx I waxed it then parked it oustide my work and when I came back, there were several chips in the spoiler. Makes me sick.

The car draws so much attention to it that you just know some punkass kid is going to see it one day and want to cause some mischief. If it blended in it wouldn't be a problem... I'm afraid for my baby every day.


Sigh, I know that feeling.

-Jessie
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Old 07-04-2005, 12:23 AM
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I have owned/driven a lot of cars, and it seems that driving a nice car causes it to become damaged, so I understand. My work truck is tore up and no one will get near it, but my last vanagon got smashed twice in a year and my svx sustained serious damage several times in the 9 months I drove it
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