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I only ever have old bangers. A) because they are all I can afford, and B)
Little scratches and bumps don't bother me too much, whereas if I had a newer, posher car I would be very distressed indeed.
This plan works for me.

We stopped buying new cars years ago, it was just too stressful. I had my car keyed, and another had its hub caps stolen, another had the ariel bent before they started to make retractable ones. Some people do hate to see a new, nice car.

I think once you have had your first ding, you do start to relax a lot more, though. We never spend more than £3-4000 on a car now. We call them our Pay As You Go cars.

Comments have been a great help and I'm getting over it now.

I've been on edge with the car in the few weeks since I bought it, examining it fearfully when I got back from leaving it parked and even going as far as cleaning it by hand on one or two occasions

This sort of thing is why I was loathe to give up my old battered Peugeot because if it got scraped I didn't care. I had put several bumps on it myself. But recently it needed a new clutch and it wasn't worth it so I replaced it with a newer model.

Ironically, the old car never did get scraped in the car park.

Incidentally, Waitrose have at last become aware that their car park where I live has become a nightmare for parking. Some people have even started shopping elsewhere because of it. From yesterday they have changed their 'regime' and now you have to spend £10 before getting free parking and after two hours you pay £25.

They may have been spurred on by the fact that a new M & S food is opening right next to them.

I was hit while parked in a Sainsbury's car park. Came back to find dents behind the petrol cap. A few days later I had a letter from Warwickshire Police accusing me of hitting another car in the car park and not reporting it.

Luckily the position of the dents at the back of my car proved I couldn't have hit him. He said I failed to stop and hit him in the rear! The insurance company pointed out I would have had dents in the front of my car if this was the case.

He had obviously backed into me while I was shopping. It turned out he was a disabled driver with one of those car grants and had already had another accident which was going to affect his insurance, so he thought he'd offload this one onto me.

Shopping in Berwick upon Tweed a few weeks ago I watched in horror as an elderly lady woman deliberately rammed her trolley into another car with so much force. I couldn't believe what I had witnessed and shouted over to make her aware that I had seen her. She got into her huge 4x4 muttered something under her breath and drove away. I was totally gobsmacked.

I can totally understand how you feel petallus I had my car badly scraped in an Asda car park a few years back and went to see security about it only to be informed they do not cover the car park with CCTV and that shoppers park at their own risk.

Once drove a brand new car to a cash and carry car park, having just picked the car up from the garage. When we came out there was a heavy flatbed trolley at the driver's door, with a big dent in the door.
Surprisingly there was no CCTV on the car park.
Very annoyed.

anno That's because you should be in the 'other' Waitrose!

I don't have a garage tiggypro, but I do believe that Waitrose car park in Cheadle Hulme has a grudge against my car!

anno it can't possibly be your fault that your Yaris has a few scrapes as mine has quite a lot as well. I think that they just go out to play now and again and it has nothing to do with the garage walls moving as I reverse in.

Our old "BETSY" is our pride & joy, very old , but who cares, does what we want, so again will say would be miffed if some "person" scratched it .

Plus it costs money to have these things taken care of !

Hmm

I think a lot of people need their vehicle to get around, would be totally lost without them.

I could manage as I live right in the centre of town, but I know of friends who live in the "sticks", so would be rather stuck !

I have a couple of scrapes in the same place on my car, where people have tried to get in a small space behind it.
It's just a means of getting from A to B, so I'm not losing any sleep over it.

Hunt - a woman after my own heart. The scratches on my Yaris are mostly - but not all - my own doing. I admit it.

My son saw someone damaging wing mirrors and ran after the guy and took a photograph. He reported it to the police who found the man and arrested him! I thought he was terribly brave - my son that is, not the vandal! - because these days anything could have happened.

Doesn't matter apparently. They found the number of the person who reversed into me. But they decided not to prosecute as the damage was minor.

Would the police do anything about it anyway, as the car park of a supermarket is presumably private land?

Someone rammed our car in Asda`s car park a few years ago, they have CCTV, but wouldn`t you just know it, the one concerned was out of order that day!

Happened to me in waitrose as well. Twice!

Sympathies, I have carefully looked after my car for years, new style Beetle, in showroom condition. Then a few months ago someone keyed it all down one side! It is done out of some weird jealousy, I can only hope what goes around comes around. Some people are seriously sad! x

Happened to me too. Got back to my (new to me) car and found someone had sideswiped it over two panels. I was angry to say the least. It cost £890 to repair including my £300 excess.

A car can be a life line for some people Hunt.

I would not be very amused if someone had scraped my car , in fact I would be rather miffed !

:-(

The wind blew my trolley into my daughter's car which I was borrowing leaving a dent. To this day I have not admitted it was me when she cusses it. Still not nice to damage a stranger's car, am sorry for you.

Petallus

I'd be b----y furious too.

You don't live near Ed Balls do you.

No one was hurt or killed, a car is just a means of getting from one place to another. Cheer up! The first scrape is always the worst!