I HATE @$$Holes!
 

Just have to get this off my chest since no one else around me seems to care... I drove home this afternoon and got out to walk around the car just to find some A-HOLE scratched something ALL along the side of my passenger side of the car. On a closer look it appears to have been something plastic or rubber that did not appear to cause any physical damage but either way... I hope that there is a place in HELL reserved for idiots like that!

People are cruel. I'm sorry this happened. :( Hopefully insurance will cover this no problem. Do you have a pic of the scratch?

Try some Meguiar's Scratch-X, I've had good luck cleaning up surface scuffs and scratches with it.

Otherwise hit it with Ultimate Compound then Megs 205. Hopefully that will take care of it man :(

Well I've been able to just "rub" the scratch mark off when I first looked at it. I'm going to rinse the car off and see if I can't just take it off when cleaning. It doesn't appear to have literally scratched the paint from what I can tell... Either way I'm still pissed!!!! I'll update this post a little later after I can try cleaning it. I think the car will be fine... You'll see a rant if not!

I don't have a pic, but I'll try to get one if there is physical damage to the paint. I got the protection from my dealer for scratches and dents so I should be covered... Still pissed though...:mad0260:

It's a car that catches a lot of attention and unfortunately some of that is unwanted....I am always a little paranoid parking here in the city and try to find a "safe" spot away from passing pedestrians and parking cars. BTW, I see you're from Chattanooga; nice to see other Tennesseans here...got mine in Knoxville. /cheers

No matter how easy it comes off, its still stupid for someone to do. I'd be pissed as well. I grew up on hard work and sweat. everything I own I worked hard for. I respect what I have. Its sad others were raised differently.

If I know I gotta go park somewhere crowded, I take another vehicle... people's lack of respect needs to be corrected with a beating.

Get scratch and dent warranty protection. This car needs it, being such an attraction.

Im from TN. :D

Some people just don't respect others property...scratch that, a lot of people...

Hope everything is OK with the paint though!

That's a real bummer about the scratch. Remember, this world is full of hatin' haters. Try to park in a location that does not bring too much attention to yourself.

It happens, I had some a hole back into and drive off from my new car a week after I bought it. Messed up the hood, grill, and front bumper. Love taking a car with 1000 miles into the body shop.

what do you guys suggest. parking far away from other cars and risk being an open target, or find two decent vehicles to hide between?

If you were closer I'd offer to buff it for you

Thanks for the support guys... After giving the BRZ a rinse off I was able to get the white line removed with what appears to be no perm damage! Very thankful for that! What sucks about my parking is that I'm not actually putting the car in any crazy location to draw attention to it... I really have no idea how someone could run the length if the passenger side without knowing what they were doing though... Tomorrow I'm going to park across the lot in a totally different location to try and prevent this from reoccurring.

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VO48Vr4KIc8"]Pulp Fiction - Don't fuck with another man's vehicle[/ame]


These scenes have been on my mind a lot with the new car...

It is risky in either situation. We could be safe if we park with other cars to blend in, but it could easily conceal someone's bad intentions. Parking away from everyone will make your car look more vulnerable, but the open space will deter the criminals from damaging your car as they would risk revealing themselves.

No one really knows. The most we can do is hope for the best.

Yeah, I just got my car tonight and I am a little paranoid letting it out of my sight. Not really looking forward to any commercial appointments I need to go to that are in public places.

I know a piece of me is going to die the first time I see a scratch/dent.

Glad to hear your car seems to be okay!

Yeah. I've once been in a situation where I found someone who scratched my mom's car. They actually had the audacity to tell me that these things happen and that I shouldn't worry about it. WTH.. they hit my mom's bmw with their junkyard Buick and it's okay for them, so it should be okay with me?!

I don't care if I park next to a shitty van... I stay just as careful opening my door and showing the car my utmost respect. Often times, I even have more respect for the car than the owner too.

Sorry to hear that. Unfortunately people that try to take care of their cars are at the mercy of the majority of the population that do not care about other peoples property (or their own). We have to deal with people that are negligent, as well as people that are vindictive and jealous, not to mention the beating our vehicles take just from the elements and things out of our control. It's a battle everyday.

Smash their window and tell them not to worry, these things happen.

If they see the light when the shoe is on the other foot and start complaining, tell them you're more than happy to exchange information and that their insurance will receive a claim for a whole-car repaint to preserve the value of the trade-in.:evil: ($3000 vs $500, but the window is much more inconvenient.)

WTF... that's messed up. What happened after? Did they end up paying for the damage?

When I get my new car I'm going to do a full vehicle wrap in clear bra or satin guard. Either that or Opti-coat. It's worth the extra money because it gives you peace of mind knowing your baby will be ok. People these days...

I just park as far as I can really.

But, at the end of the day it's life, and shit like that happens.

I always found it amusing when I park the farthest away in a lot, there ends up being cars that PARK right beside me when everything is empty....

True Trolls.

I was in this same position twice with my ae86. I was at the mall and i parked away from everyone since there was this nice shade and when i came back some douche had keyed my car. Then again i took my gf out to a movie and saw that some idiot had bumped into my car and left a big dent in it >.<
It does suck.

Sucks. Just as I was about to sell my 06 WRX a couple years ago, some idiot keyed the front door while I was sitting in a restaurant parking lot. Glad it wasn't too deep.

Park away from other cars, but not way out in the open. Also, if possible, park with one side of the car against a curb and hug that curb as close as you can. That gives the idiot that's bound to park on your other side plenty of room.

That's exactly what I do.

Same here, regardless of what I'm driving.

I usually try to park next to expensive cars like BMW's, Mercedes', etc. It gives me less stress about worrying about someone "accidentally" damaging my car. I made a mistake of parking next to a shitty Buick Skylark in my tC and that person left a 3 foot scrape along my driver quarter panel backing out...

Argh! I feel your pain. back when in 2002 when I got my gorgeous WRX (Sedona Red Pearl), 2 weeks after buying, some bastard slammed their door into my front passenger door, caving it in and gouging the paint! It was in the body shop at about 300 miles!! Then about 4 months later, some guy takes my parking space the apartment complex I was living, so I had to use the visitor parking. I come back to check on the car and someone scraped against the drived side rear wheel and bumper as they drove out of the space next to mine. That car was cursed and I started getting grey hairs! Back to the body shop.:mad0260:

Afterwards, it was incident free, but i always parked away from others, with only one other car next to me if possible. I used to always use a car cover on my previous custom painted car. But after a while it gets exhausting. You can only do so much, ultimately it is just a machine that will wear and get some damage. This is of course 41 year old me speaking, not my more obsessive, younger self.

people show no respect for others' property.

Sorry this happened.

Oh you have no idea. I found a pickup truck parked IN my rear bumper... of my GTR! ... Let's just say I made sure they didn't go anywhere the next day... or have a license plate...

If there are no open areas to park in, I'll do the same thing. Or find a parking spot with a LOT of room on either side, so if they carelessly open their doors it's less likely to hit mine. Of course they could leave minutes after you park and some other ass can park close.

The majority of people who own cars sadly just don't care. I always find people who just open their door into my car without a care in the world....
I have more respect of other peoples' cars than my own.

haters are gonna hate,.. I get so paranoid when im watching my car while im eating anywhere... people be parking really close and its like man you couldnt park in the other 20 spots open... then its an elderly person with their grandkids.. and i just get all worried about what it looks like when i finally finish eating...

This would be one of my biggest concerns after getting an FRS/BRZ. There will always be people out there who can't stand when other people have something nicer than them. I would expect the car to be keyed within the first month.

Since I saw my thread was still getting a few hits I have further updates... The reason I had parked in the spot where my car was "marked" was due to a resturant blocking off spots in the public parking lot... One of those spots is where I normally parked and the other was where a friend in his Imprezza parks. We chose those spots as we can protect our cars due to the angle they create, and since we know each other we will park so that we can guard one another further...

My friend called and complained to the parking company about the issue with the blocked spots and we were told the resturant should not be doing that. Well, this morning the resturant had the spots blocked off again. Needless to say we now appear to have "reserved" spots because we're going to start moving the barrels blocking the spots and return to parking in those spots.

Haters be hatin' :mad0259:

People are absolute, total morons. I once parked my MR2 in the LAST parking spot in my college's lot, literally 1/2 mile away from campus, and walked. There were literally over a thousand spots closer to campus. Some dingus parked his POS Buick next to my MR2, opened the door into it and shattered the fiberglass side vent. The best part was, I called my insurance company to report it, and they found out that the owner of the Buick was insured through them also; they called him and he denied the whole f***in' thing.

And just the other day, I parked my $53K Audi in the back of the grocery store parking lot, and low and behold some clown in an Altima parks his car right next to mine. Hundreds of other spaces in the lot. I'm like "are you f***in' for real, dude???" It literally defies all logic for someone to do that.

I'm gonna start laying these down next to my car when I park:
http://images.craigslist.org/5Id5K15...67686d16b7.jpg
(They're for sale on Craigslist for $550 LOL)