Women should not be allowed to own vehicles until they can learn to respect other peoples, page 7

reply to post by libertytoall

So, what's going on with your car now? Is it actually getting repaired or awaiting the repair? Let us know the outcome, I'd like to know how it turned out. My husband's last truck was damaged by a deer hitting it when he'd had it only a couple of months. We were so happy he came out of it unharmed, sorry for the deer, but really upset the shop did a poor repair job. So we didn't hold out much hope when the next one got hit head on by a guy who lost control of his truck. Somehow nobody got hurt in that one but the damage to my husband's truck was extensive. We were shocked to get it back in what appears to be mint condition. It was a different body shop this time that did the work. Both functionally and aesthetically the truck is fully restored. I hope the same can be done for your Wrangler. Still I imagine the repair deducts from the value you were hoping this vehicle would hold in the future.

I must say, because of the incredible traffic congestion and poor design of parking lots where I live...where landlords try to paint more parking spaces than is truly practical into a given amount of land, most of us around here really do not pay much attention to door dings. And due to the high cost of insurance it's not uncommon to see people smack into each other, get out, and if all they see is a tiny dent, just shrug and agree "Ahh, no big deal, see ya" and go on.

We "soccer moms" do dink our doors together in supermarket parking lots all the time and wave little apologies at each other and go on. Generally these dings don't leave marks and the reason we don't get upset is not because we don't value cars, but because it's just so hard to avoid these mishaps in our circumstances so we learned to accept it happens and yes, shrug it off. But usually we do acknowledge and apologize as we would if we were to smack into each other. Also, because of our congestion, serious accidents resulting in totaled cars and bodily harm are unfortunately common. So if we can get through the life of a car with nothing worse than door dings, we are actually quite relieved. Given your love of cars, I think you'd be appalled to see how many pushed in fenders there are around here in any parking lot in any given day. And truly, where I live the men and women are about the same with our cars.

I don't think you are out of line to expect an apology and acknowledgement from those thoughtless women, but I do wonder if you are failing to take into account the regional differences we all hold in not having the same concern over small vehicular damage. Not that I am trying to diminish the damage your car got, actually it sounds like it was a heck of a hit and not just a typical door ding. But you are addressing a world wide audience here, and not all of us have the same living conditions. What seems of grave concern to you might not register with others. But that in no way diminishes their capacity to living caring and unselfish lives, or to fail to feel bad for you and wish you well. And I do. I wish you many happy and safe times ahead with your car.