You gotta hate when this happens - Toyota Yaris Forums

Lorenzo1950 · 06-02-2010, 09:46 AM

Last Wednesday my Honda Civic is totalled.
Saturday I purchase the Yaris.
Tuesday I go to the Motor Vehicle Administration to turn in the tags for the Honda. Tuesday evening my wife comes home from work and asks me how my new car got damaged already.
Apparently someone at the MVA ran into my car and fled the scene.
Talk about good fortune. Maybe my lucky number should be 13.
Looks like I will be filing a new claim on the Yaris today.
Why can't people just tap into your car? Why did this idiot have to do at least $1,500.00 worth of damage?

unclenefeesa · 06-02-2010, 09:59 AM

Do they have Security Cameras at the DMV?

bronsin · 06-02-2010, 10:59 AM

Look out, maybe MORE on the way!

lxy128 · 06-02-2010, 11:34 AM

DAMM!
I have street parking in the city and I'm worried about this kind of stuff everyday

PerfectoII · 06-02-2010, 12:52 PM

Reasons like this is why I take up two or more spaces. Too many people out there who don't give a crap about their own car and care even less about others...

Sorry to hear that happened man. Hope that bastard gets whats due!!!

SAV912 · 06-02-2010, 01:10 PM

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Originally Posted by PerfectoII

Reasons like this is why I take up two or more spaces. Too many people out there who don't give a crap about their own car and care even less about others...

That's a surefire way to get MORE people to fuck with your ride. Nobody likes a douche making douche moves such as taking up two spots with a car that could nearly fit two of itself in ONE spot.

To the OP: Sorry about your car. That's just a bummer thing to happen to a brand new car. I hit a piece of tractor trailer tire on I95 about 3 weeks after getting mine and cracked the front bumper lip right in the middle. Had no choice but to chalk it up to "shit happens."

-SAV

PerfectoII · 06-02-2010, 01:29 PM

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Originally Posted by SAV912

That's a surefire way to get MORE people to fuck with your ride. Nobody likes a douche making douche moves such as taking up two spots with a car that could nearly fit two of itself in ONE spot.

-SAV

Nah...it's not. Been doing that since the day I bought it...and no one has even come close...will keep on doing it too. I also make it a point to park a little farther out where there are less vehicles. As for being able to fit two of these in one spot...I can, and have, made mine take up four.

Yaris Hilton · 06-02-2010, 01:31 PM

Parking across 2 spaces will be seen by many as an arrogant act that some will respond to by vandalizing your ride. I'll park in an open, distant part of the lot, but in a space.

suckerface · 06-02-2010, 01:37 PM

OP> Man, sounds like your luck is about as bad as my buddy's. He totaled his car, got a new one, had it run into 3 times in 4 weeks, then the tranny blew, and after all that, had a car drive up in his yard, over a bush, and run into the passenger front fender, just to flee the scene.

I, personally, find a spot in the VERY back of a parking lot and take up two spaces sometimes. Being in WI, people are way too lazy to walk from the back of a lot, so there's zero chance of anyone parking nearby as it is, the two spots is for the idiots who weave through parked cars in the lot like it's an auto cross track. I also try to have one of those cement lot "islands" directly on one side or the other.

PerfectoII · 06-02-2010, 01:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Yaris Hilton

Parking across 2 spaces will be seen by many as an arrogant act that some will respond to by vandalizing your ride. I'll park in an open, distant part of the lot, but in a space.

I'm glad I don't live where you guys do...lol!!! Here...people get it...

MadMax · 06-02-2010, 01:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Yaris Hilton

Parking across 2 spaces will be seen by many as an arrogant act that some will respond to by vandalizing your ride. I'll park in an open, distant part of the lot, but in a space.

Agreed, there are ways to park your car safely without drawing attention to it. I go for end spots and I don't mind walking to wherever I am going just to make sure my Yaris is parked safely.

You may have been lucky so far, but it's just a matter of time before someone does something because of the way you're parked!

Zaphod · 06-02-2010, 02:18 PM

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Originally Posted by PerfectoII

I can, and have, made mine take up four.

Out of curiosity, why would you even do that? Just going for your all time personal best?

PerfectoII · 06-02-2010, 03:02 PM

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Originally Posted by MadMax

Agreed, there are ways to park your car safely without drawing attention to it. I go for end spots and I don't mind walking to wherever I am going just to make sure my Yaris is parked safely.

You may have been lucky so far, but it's just a matter of time before someone does something because of the way you're parked!

Nah...I'm not worried about those who would have a problem with the way I park...doubt jail time would be worth to them anyway...more worried about the person who mistakingly swings their door open hard, kids who just don't know any better, or old ladies who don't know how to back up the truck that is way too big for them to drive hitting my ride...

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Originally Posted by Zaphod

Out of curiosity, why would you even do that? Just going for your all time personal best?

Wife and I went out to lunch with our Sheriff and his wife (work related). He likes to take up two spaces too...so I took up four...but...yes...that is my all time personal best.

Anyway...Lorenzo...unclenefeesa is right...there should be cameras at your DMV...could be worth a shot...

bkrownd · 06-02-2010, 03:14 PM

Wow. My new housemate just brought a Yaris from Maryland and it has dents and scrapes all up and down the sides. I will never go anywhere near Maryland!

ERA · 06-02-2010, 03:41 PM

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Originally Posted by SAV912

That's a surefire way to get MORE people to fuck with your ride. Nobody likes a douche making douche moves such as taking up two spots with a car that could nearly fit two of itself in ONE spot.

+ uno

darkmoon87 · 06-02-2010, 04:32 PM

Why even bother buying a car when you are so paranoid about other people dinging and scratching up your car to the level where you have to either take up 2 parking spots? No matter how hard you try, car will get dinged and scuffed eventually. If where you live tends to have spacious parking lot where majority of people know why you are taking up 2 parking stalls, that's great. Nothing wrong about that. But definately not a recommended move for general public. At least where I live, if u take up 2 spots, you are bound to get fucked by someone like me eventually.

And on a side note, parking your car far back or far corner of a parking lot can be a good way to prevent doordings, etc, but at the same time can become more vulnerable against car theives, especially at nighttime. Given that cars do get stolen during daytime as well, you just have to do it at your own discretion.

Lorenzo1950 · 06-02-2010, 05:52 PM

Nothing is worse than a tractor trailor parking at a Burger King and taking up 15 spaces.

When I see a car taking up 2 spaces I park next to it if at all possible.

wooverstone8 · 06-02-2010, 07:46 PM

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Originally Posted by MadMax

I go for end spots and I don't mind walking to wherever I am going just to make sure my Yaris is parked safely.

I do the same thing too, so far I've manage to avoid door dings on my Yaris.

06-02-2010, 09:46 AM	#1
Lorenzo1950 Drives: 2010 5 door Hatchback Join Date: May 2010 Location: Maryland Posts: 51	You gotta hate when this happens Last Wednesday my Honda Civic is totalled. Saturday I purchase the Yaris. Tuesday I go to the Motor Vehicle Administration to turn in the tags for the Honda. Tuesday evening my wife comes home from work and asks me how my new car got damaged already. Apparently someone at the MVA ran into my car and fled the scene. Talk about good fortune. Maybe my lucky number should be 13. Looks like I will be filing a new claim on the Yaris today. Why can't people just tap into your car? Why did this idiot have to do at least $1,500.00 worth of damage?

06-02-2010, 01:37 PM	#9
suckerface #1 Lemming Drives: Light Blue '08 Yaris Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Milwaukee, WI Posts: 760	OP> Man, sounds like your luck is about as bad as my buddy's. He totaled his car, got a new one, had it run into 3 times in 4 weeks, then the tranny blew, and after all that, had a car drive up in his yard, over a bush, and run into the passenger front fender, just to flee the scene. I, personally, find a spot in the VERY back of a parking lot and take up two spaces sometimes. Being in WI, people are way too lazy to walk from the back of a lot, so there's zero chance of anyone parking nearby as it is, the two spots is for the idiots who weave through parked cars in the lot like it's an auto cross track. I also try to have one of those cement lot "islands" directly on one side or the other. __________________

06-02-2010, 03:14 PM	#14
bkrownd View User's Garage Drives: 2010 Yaris "5-door" Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Upper Waiakea Forest Reserve Posts: 170	Wow. My new housemate just brought a Yaris from Maryland and it has dents and scrapes all up and down the sides. I will never go anywhere near Maryland! __________________

06-02-2010, 04:32 PM	#16
darkmoon87 Drives: 08 Yaris Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Vancouver, BC Posts: 365	Why even bother buying a car when you are so paranoid about other people dinging and scratching up your car to the level where you have to either take up 2 parking spots? No matter how hard you try, car will get dinged and scuffed eventually. If where you live tends to have spacious parking lot where majority of people know why you are taking up 2 parking stalls, that's great. Nothing wrong about that. But definately not a recommended move for general public. At least where I live, if u take up 2 spots, you are bound to get fucked by someone like me eventually. And on a side note, parking your car far back or far corner of a parking lot can be a good way to prevent doordings, etc, but at the same time can become more vulnerable against car theives, especially at nighttime. Given that cars do get stolen during daytime as well, you just have to do it at your own discretion. __________________ RIP Yaris, I will miss your superb handling a lot. darkmoon87's picture thread http://www.yarisworld.com/forums/showthread.php?t=10013

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06-02-2010, 09:59 AM	#2
unclenefeesa Da Uncle Drives: 2008 Toyota Yaris Sedan Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Beirut, Lebanon Posts: 36	Do they have Security Cameras at the DMV?

06-02-2010, 10:59 AM	#3
bronsin Drives: 2009 Base Hatch 2 Dr Auto Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: nj Posts: 4,790	Look out, maybe MORE on the way!

06-02-2010, 11:34 AM	#4
lxy128 Drives: 2010 3D Yaris Join Date: May 2010 Location: Philadelphia Posts: 9	DAMM! I have street parking in the city and I'm worried about this kind of stuff everyday

06-02-2010, 12:52 PM	#5
PerfectoII PWN'ING NOOBS SINCE PONG Drives: Yaris Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Earth Posts: 123	Reasons like this is why I take up two or more spaces. Too many people out there who don't give a crap about their own car and care even less about others... Sorry to hear that happened man. Hope that bastard gets whats due!!!

06-02-2010, 01:31 PM	#8
Yaris Hilton Half a Bubble Off Plumb Drives: 2009 Yaris Sedan Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Bristol, Tennessee, USA Posts: 1,593	Parking across 2 spaces will be seen by many as an arrogant act that some will respond to by vandalizing your ride. I'll park in an open, distant part of the lot, but in a space.

06-02-2010, 05:52 PM	#17
Lorenzo1950 Drives: 2010 5 door Hatchback Join Date: May 2010 Location: Maryland Posts: 51	Nothing is worse than a tractor trailor parking at a Burger King and taking up 15 spaces. When I see a car taking up 2 spaces I park next to it if at all possible.