What is the best method of removing them??

I have found a company that charge 50 each and come and remove them??

Any better ideas please.

Regards

In article <QVOze.24766$y86.20801@newsfe1-win.ntli.net>, Phil says...

> What is the best method of removing them??
> 
> I have found a company that charge 50 each and come and remove them??
> 
> Any better ideas please.
> 

Seems a reasonable price.


-- 
Conor

-You wanted an argument? Oh I'm sorry, but this is abuse. You want room 
K5, just along the corridor. Stupid git. (Monty Python)

Phil wrote:

> What is the best method of removing them??
>
> I have found a company that charge 50 each and come and remove them??
>
> Any better ideas please.
>


No help to you, but I read a lot of Ebay auctions with the words "Usual car 
park dents" in the description and I think "Usual??". I've never hit 
anything in a car park and it does concern me that so many drivers seem to.

Si

"Mungo "two sheds" Toadfoot"  wrote in message
news:42cfe8ab$0$6466$cc9e4d1f@news-text.dial.pipex.com...

> Phil wrote:
> > What is the best method of removing them??
> >
> > I have found a company that charge 50 each and come and remove them??
> >
> > Any better ideas please.
> >
>
> No help to you, but I read a lot of Ebay auctions with the words "Usual
car
> park dents" in the description and I think "Usual??". I've never hit
> anything in a car park and it does concern me that so many drivers seem
to.
>
> Si
>
>

si a carpark dent is where a small dent is made in the car by some twit that
cannot steer a shopping trolly

Sergeant Bilko wrote:

> "Mungo "two sheds" Toadfoot"  wrote in message
> news:42cfe8ab$0$6466$cc9e4d1f@news-text.dial.pipex.com...
> 
>>Phil wrote:
>>
>>>What is the best method of removing them??
>>>
>>>I have found a company that charge 50 each and come and remove them??
>>>
>>>Any better ideas please.
>>>
>>
>>No help to you, but I read a lot of Ebay auctions with the words "Usual
> 
> car
> 
>>park dents" in the description and I think "Usual??". I've never hit
>>anything in a car park and it does concern me that so many drivers seem
> 
> to.
> 
>>Si
>>
>>
> 
> si a carpark dent is where a small dent is made in the car by some twit that
> cannot steer a shopping trolly
> 
> 


Just like a "carpark smashed headlight" is made in the car park by some 
dizzy blond in a bloody 4x4 who can't reverse, and leaves without the 
curtesy of acknowledging an accident.

(sorry, rant-mode off)

On Sat, 09 Jul 2005 15:55:21 GMT, "Sergeant Bilko" 
wrote:


>
>"Mungo "two sheds" Toadfoot"  wrote in message
>news:42cfe8ab$0$6466$cc9e4d1f@news-text.dial.pipex.com...
>> Phil wrote:
>> > What is the best method of removing them??
>> >
>> > I have found a company that charge 50 each and come and remove them??
>> >
>> > Any better ideas please.
>> >
>>
>> No help to you, but I read a lot of Ebay auctions with the words "Usual
>car
>> park dents" in the description and I think "Usual??". I've never hit
>> anything in a car park and it does concern me that so many drivers seem
>to.
>>
>> Si
>>
>>
>si a carpark dent is where a small dent is made in the car by some twit that
>cannot steer a shopping trolly


Or flings open rear doors.

Sergeant Bilko wrote:

> "Mungo "two sheds" Toadfoot"  wrote in message
> news:42cfe8ab$0$6466$cc9e4d1f@news-text.dial.pipex.com...
>> Phil wrote:
>>> What is the best method of removing them??
>>>
>>> I have found a company that charge 50 each and come and remove
>>> them??
>>>
>>> Any better ideas please.
>>>
>>
>> No help to you, but I read a lot of Ebay auctions with the words
>> "Usual car park dents" in the description and I think "Usual??".
>> I've never hit anything in a car park and it does concern me that so
>> many drivers seem to.
>>
>> Si
>>
>>
> si a carpark dent is where a small dent is made in the car by some
> twit that cannot steer a shopping trolly


Ahhhhhhhh, of course - today I is mostly dim.

Si

"Plonks"  wrote in message
news:guvvc196dm4g0ufdjdh78bmc84pc28ja5r@4ax.com...

> On Sat, 09 Jul 2005 15:55:21 GMT, "Sergeant Bilko" 
> wrote:
>
> >
> >"Mungo "two sheds" Toadfoot"  wrote in message
> >news:42cfe8ab$0$6466$cc9e4d1f@news-text.dial.pipex.com...
> >> Phil wrote:
> >> > What is the best method of removing them??
> >> >
> >> > I have found a company that charge 50 each and come and remove
them??
> >> >
> >> > Any better ideas please.
> >> >
> >>
> >> No help to you, but I read a lot of Ebay auctions with the words "Usual
> >car
> >> park dents" in the description and I think "Usual??". I've never hit
> >> anything in a car park and it does concern me that so many drivers seem
> >to.
> >>
> >> Si
> >>
> >>
> >si a carpark dent is where a small dent is made in the car by some twit
that
> >cannot steer a shopping trolly
>
> Or flings open rear doors.


I find the worst culprits are the 2 door cars as these doors are generally
wider and can therefore reach further.

What really annoys me is when I park in a half empty car park well away from
everyone else and on an end bay. I then return to the car and find some
moron parked about 1 foot away from me while the car park is still half
empty.

Steven.

Mungo "two sheds" Toadfoot wrote:

>>
> 
> 
> No help to you, but I read a lot of Ebay auctions with the words "Usual car 
> park dents" in the description and I think "Usual??". I've never hit 
> anything in a car park and it does concern me that so many drivers seem to.
> 


People just don't have respect, or at least a way of doing things properly.

It's pathetic, this parking dent problem. It's the number 1 reason my 
Dad really regrets buying a newish car.

On Sat, 9 Jul 2005 19:49:18 +0100, "Steven Campbell" <goes@no.where>
wrote:


>
>"Plonks"  wrote in message
>news:guvvc196dm4g0ufdjdh78bmc84pc28ja5r@4ax.com...
>> On Sat, 09 Jul 2005 15:55:21 GMT, "Sergeant Bilko" 
>> wrote:
>>
>> >
>> >"Mungo "two sheds" Toadfoot"  wrote in message
>> >news:42cfe8ab$0$6466$cc9e4d1f@news-text.dial.pipex.com...
>> >> Phil wrote:
>> >> > What is the best method of removing them??
>> >> >
>> >> > I have found a company that charge 50 each and come and remove
>them??
>> >> >
>> >> > Any better ideas please.
>> >> >
>> >>
>> >> No help to you, but I read a lot of Ebay auctions with the words "Usual
>> >car
>> >> park dents" in the description and I think "Usual??". I've never hit
>> >> anything in a car park and it does concern me that so many drivers seem
>> >to.
>> >>
>> >> Si
>> >>
>> >>
>> >si a carpark dent is where a small dent is made in the car by some twit
>that
>> >cannot steer a shopping trolly
>>
>> Or flings open rear doors.
>
>I find the worst culprits are the 2 door cars as these doors are generally
>wider and can therefore reach further.


Actually I find that two door cars do the least damage because the
door tends to have a vertical edge and to hit the protective bump
strip (if any) on the adjoining car.  The rear doors on four-door
cars, on the other hand, are often shaped in such a way that the
impact point is way above the bump strip.


>What really annoys me is when I park in a half empty car park well away from
>everyone else and on an end bay. I then return to the car and find some
>moron parked about 1 foot away from me while the car park is still half
>empty.


It's the herding instinct.

On Sat, 09 Jul 2005 21:43:24 +0100, "T." 
wrote:


>People just don't have respect, or at least a way of doing things properly.


It's laziness and/or no physical coordination and/or no space
awareness!


>It's pathetic, this parking dent problem. It's the number 1 reason my 
>Dad really regrets buying a newish car.


As the proud owner, for over four years, of an Alfa 156 which has nice
soft, rounded doors and no rubbing strip, I can vouch for the
technique of parking as far away as possible (really!) from the
entrance/exit doors of any retailer with a car park. The lazy hashy
crew tend to park as near to the doors as they have extreme difficulty
with the concept of walking. Indeed many healthy lazies just use the
disabled/mother and baby spaces too!

I've tried most other solutions, and while mine isn't foolproof, it
has worked so far. I was quite surprised to find that even sitting in
the car with open windows and growling didn't stop the hooligans.
Also, there's nothing worse than having your pride and joy banged then
jumping out ready and willing to do physical violence to the
perpetrator only to discover a hyper-apologetic dizzy pensioner!!!

I've lots of experience of car parks but, by far, my favourite
incident that persuaded me to park far away was when I saw a car which
hadn't had the door shut properly. It had blown open and, in the
gusts, was rhythmically trying to batter its way into the car parked
next to it..what a mess.

-- 
Z

In article <QVOze.24766$y86.20801@newsfe1-win.ntli.net>,
   Phil  wrote:

> I have found a company that charge 50 each and come and remove them??


They tend to charge per panel, so two dents on the same one may not cost
double, as it were.

-- 
*Born free...Taxed to death.

    Dave Plowman        dave@davenoise.co.uk           London SW
                  To e-mail, change noise into sound.

Zathras wrote:

> On Sat, 09 Jul 2005 21:43:24 +0100, "T." 
> wrote:
> 
> 
>>People just don't have respect, or at least a way of doing things properly.
> 
> 
> It's laziness and/or no physical coordination and/or no space
> awareness!
> 
> 
>>It's pathetic, this parking dent problem. It's the number 1 reason my 
>>Dad really regrets buying a newish car.
> 
> 
> As the proud owner, for over four years, of an Alfa 156 which has nice
> soft, rounded doors and no rubbing strip, I can vouch for the
> technique of parking as far away as possible (really!) from the
> entrance/exit doors of any retailer with a car park. The lazy hashy
> crew tend to park as near to the doors as they have extreme difficulty
> with the concept of walking. Indeed many healthy lazies just use the
> disabled/mother and baby spaces too!
> 
> I've tried most other solutions, and while mine isn't foolproof, it
> has worked so far. I was quite surprised to find that even sitting in
> the car with open windows and growling didn't stop the hooligans.
> Also, there's nothing worse than having your pride and joy banged then
> jumping out ready and willing to do physical violence to the
> perpetrator only to discover a hyper-apologetic dizzy pensioner!!!
> 
> I've lots of experience of car parks but, by far, my favourite
> incident that persuaded me to park far away was when I saw a car which
> hadn't had the door shut properly. It had blown open and, in the
> gusts, was rhythmically trying to batter its way into the car parked
> next to it..what a mess.
> 



Shoppers should think themselves lucky. The people who work in the
supermarkets have to endure far more damage.

The message <3G5Ae.66565$G8.31576@text.news.blueyonder.co.uk>
from DJ_Crazy_Frog  contains these words:


> Shoppers should think themselves lucky. The people who work in the
> supermarkets have to endure far more damage.


I've often wondered why supermarkets staff park so near the entrance.
You'd have thought it'd be more sensible to park over the other side.

-- 
Skipweasel.
Ivor Cutler - "Never knowingly understood."

Guy King wrote:


> 
> I've often wondered why supermarkets staff park so near the entrance.
> You'd have thought it'd be more sensible to park over the other side.
> 

Perhaps because there is less chance of it being stolen/vandalised?

Chris

-- 
Remove prejudice to reply

Chris Whelan wrote:

> Guy King wrote:
> 
> 
>>I've often wondered why supermarkets staff park so near the entrance.
>>You'd have thought it'd be more sensible to park over the other side.
>>
> 
> Perhaps because there is less chance of it being stolen/vandalised?
> 
> Chris
> 


The closer you park to the store the more shoppers will
return trolley's to the storage area.

The farther away you are, the more likely your chances
of being hit by an abandoned trolley being flung into
and open space.

DJ_Crazy_Frog

"T."  wrote in message 
news:42d036e5$0$23915$db0fefd9@news.zen.co.uk...

> Mungo "two sheds" Toadfoot wrote:
>>>
>>
>>
>> No help to you, but I read a lot of Ebay auctions with the words "Usual 
>> car park dents" in the description and I think "Usual??". I've never hit 
>> anything in a car park and it does concern me that so many drivers seem 
>> to.
>>
>
> People just don't have respect, or at least a way of doing things 
> properly.
>
> It's pathetic, this parking dent problem. It's the number 1 reason my Dad 
> really regrets buying a newish car.


I was parked outside Homebase a few months ago and this guy took his stuff 
out of his trolley and just let it go, went straight down the hill and into 
the side of my door. I got out to complain and got called every name under 
the sun because I'd dared to challenge him.

> I find the worst culprits are the 2 door cars as these doors are generally
> wider and can therefore reach further.
>
> What really annoys me is when I park in a half empty car park well away
from
> everyone else and on an end bay. I then return to the car and find some
> moron parked about 1 foot away from me while the car park is still half
> empty.
>
> Steven.


IMO women are the worst culprits for this (which incidentally also really
irritates me!) I think it's the need to cuddle up to things!

When you park right tight up to the kerb in an end square they rarely park
centrally in the square next to you, they just centre their car on the gap
and ignore the lines.

I also avoid anything with panel damage, baby seats, large 4x4's, company
vans etc I think I may be getting paranoid!

On Sun, 10 Jul 2005 09:20:41 +0100, "Dave Plowman (News)"
 wrote:


>In article <QVOze.24766$y86.20801@newsfe1-win.ntli.net>,
>   PhilÅ  wrote:
>> I have found a company that charge £50 each and come and remove them??
>
>They tend to charge per panel, so two dents on the same one may not cost
>double, as it were.



They have their limitations. They need access to the back of the panel
and they cannot fix a dent that extends over the edge of a panel or
over a swage line.

DG