Some scrote has driven into the front bumper of my car while they were turning into a parking bay in the local NCP.
I don't know who it was and there were no signs of damage on the car that was parked in the bay next to me (an old style Red Nissan Micra ) so I suspect somebody pulled out again and reparked somewhere else. The damage isn't bad and is is more like surface scratches, not even enough to call Chipsaway out for. Any body any idea if the roughened plastic surface can be smoothed with T cut and then polished with coloured polish? Might even leave it as it is but it p*sses me off when it happens to a 12 day old car.

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Just think Tim, Cindy Crawford made a career out of having a mole on her face so sometimes these things are all the better for a little imperfection here and there.

It's still a though Not sure what you can do with it - might be more effort to put right than it's actually worth. It might not be the last scratch you ever get either... 

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True on all counts S! I'm bound to collect a few more of Sainsbury's best scratches from their carpark............... 2020 Pangea Green 1st Edition D240 New Defender 110 is here and loving it
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Some people just have no respect probably drove off thinking well he can afford to repair it s

I end up driving around sometimes for lower risk spaces - so annoying and with narrow spaces people don't give a if they dink your sides either...

Thing is I ALWAYS go to the first level where there are no other cars parked, and the local NCP has extra wide slots beside the emergency exits which are a width and a half wide so I try to find one of them - obviously the scrote that did it had no idea how to park their car as I was in one of these extra wide slots when it happened....... 2020 Pangea Green 1st Edition D240 New Defender 110 is here and loving it
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I am sorry for you mate....My car was keyed across the bonnet on the 6th day of ownership....I know the feeling... Range Rover Vogue ‘17 TDV6

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It's like your alloys ........... you just get it repaired ........ when Ooops .. another scrape

Best leave it for while - rather than rush into getting it fixed - I know your local car body paint specialist will charge £150 to do a proper job. 
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It's all part of life I suppose - at least I got out of London in the Friday night rush hour without any incidents, won't be able see them after the first off road run anyway! 2020 Pangea Green 1st Edition D240 New Defender 110 is here and loving it
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Also in my garage is a 1996 TDi300 Defender 90 County HT made into a fake CSW

I reversed into a multistorey car park on the first weekend of owning mine... after I called myself a silly a few times, it didn't really look so bad and I didn't end up dealing with it until I chopped the car in for my 535d. 

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How can you reverse into a multi storey carpark?

Did you not see it coming in your mirrors? Those things are f in' massive.


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Also in my garage is a 1996 TDi300 Defender 90 County HT made into a fake CSW

Sorry to hear about your motor Tim.

Just be careful if you try to polish the marks out, some of the paint on those plastic bumpers can be a bit soft and don't take kindly to some abrasive types of polish. Arctic Frost TDV6 SE. Aspen Leather, Cherry Wood, Privacy Glass, PTI, Tow Pack, Mudflaps, Tasmods, a new Fuelflap, a RRSport.co.uk umbrella in the boot & a RRSport.co.uk sticker on the rear glass.
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TB, I'm just going to leave it alone, it isn't too visible as the plastic underneath is a similar shade to Stornoway. It's just very annoying on a new car. Had it occurred off-road I wouldn't have minded so much! 2020 Pangea Green 1st Edition D240 New Defender 110 is here and loving it
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2015MY Corris Grey SDv6 HSE Dynamic, the best car I have ever owned, totally reliable only a cou0le of rattles in 3 years, now no longer in my care
Also in my garage is a 1996 TDi300 Defender 90 County HT made into a fake CSW

Some T er scraped down the side of mine while it was parked at a local retail park. Cost me £520 to get a small dent and scratch taken out of the drivers passenger door. And people wonder why I park in the mother & child bays..........

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TB wrote:

How can you reverse into a multi storey carpark?

Did you not see it coming in your mirrors? Those things are f in' massive.

I was confused by the PDC!!  

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