Ever Hit and Run?

[Thomas Merton]

While trying to squeeze into a parking space by trying to cut in sharply to avoid the dreaded parallel parking, I scraped bumpers(my back passenger, other cars front driver). For some reason I really cant quite comprehend, I took off. I did pause to look at the other bumper, saw some black paint, no dents, no broken glass, nothing but black paint on white bumper. Could not be more than $200 to fix

I feel like shit. I would be pissed if it happened to me:down:

[drjoek]

got a story

Snowy day I park my car in the parking lot of the building I work in its an off day but I had to do a little something. I have a relativelt new car and when i come out there is a note on the windshield appologising for running into the plastic bumper of my car. gave me all the insurance info and name and phone number apologising and all. It turns out it was my old next door neighbor that I was good friends with and hadnt seen since I had moved.No way he knew it was my car since he hadnt seen my new one. He had just scratched the plastic and i never even worried about it. i showed my kids the note to give them a lesson in how to behave in this world. :thumbup:I called my buddy and have gotten together a few times since nice story with a happy ending

[Nothing Sound]

I would tell my story, but I don't think the statute of
limitations is up yet and there may have been a death involved.

[Ted_Baxter]

. . . to avoid the dreaded parallel parking

Are you a woman or Asian?

[Snoogans]

newark airport longterm parking. Long enough ago I never got in trouble for it

[TooLowBrow]

Are you a woman or Asian?

sigpics ale getting biggel and biggel

[zentraed]

yeah. this non-driving mofo has managed to have 5 of 6 accidents take place in parking lots. once i was pulling in (to the left, vs. my usual to the right) and i hit the plastic side panel of this SUV. Did a number on my headlight, scratched up the plastic. I ended up getting back to my car at the same time as the chick driving the SUV and she didn't notice. At the time, I was both a pussy and a hater of people who drove SUVs, so I just drove away ashamed...

[PapaBear]

May of 1990. I made the mistake of taking my 8 months pregnant wife to the local Apple Blossom Festival. Parking can be hard during the festival. We found a lot that I knew wouldn't get blocked in by the parade. I paid my 5 bucks, and the guy pointed out a spot for us to park.

Needless to say, my wife couldn't stay long. She was feeling pretty sick and couldn't do any more walking. When we got back to the lot, they had directed cars to park on all sides of mine, completely boxing me in. The attendant was gone, since the lot was full. What an asshole! The car in front of mine and the one beside mine were both pretty junky, and I had an angry sick pregnant woman with me.

I used my car to push the other two cars out of the way, and took off. I felt bad about it, but... Did I mention that my wife was also completely insane, on top of being pregnant?

[underdog]

Yeah, it may "look" like $200.

Someone hit my FX45 in a parking garage. It looked like the only took off the paint, until I found out they cracked the lens on my parking light and broke the underside of the bumper.

Hooray $900 on something I had no fucking control over.

[Fezticle98]

I drove with some friends to a water park when I lived in Germany. The parking lot was super-crowded and I somehow got my back bumper caught on the front bumper of a utility van. Pulled it clean off before I even knew it was caught. My car was unharmed. Man, that thing was a tank! Sorry German dude.

Oh, and once in college I sideswiped a car in my apartment complex parking lot. I had a small crack in my Saturn, but I don't think I did any noticeable damage to them.

A few years later, I lost the hit-and-run lottery.

[hedges]

Years ago I was at a rock concert at a night club, with my 64 1/2 Mustang Fastback parked outside. Halfway through the concert, they announced over the PA that several cars outside were involved in an accident; they gave the plate numbers. Mine was one of them. Somebody, found the key of a huge manual pickup truck, under the mat--the truck was parked wrong--and decided to re-park it. Obviously, they didn't know how to drive the fuckin' thing, because they plowed into my car and three others.

[Midkiff]

this is not a problem for me because I know how to drive and I know to cut my turns as wide as necessary to avoid accidents

common problem, most drivers have no concept of the length and width of their vehicles, so they leave 6 feet between the passenger side and the curb, even if it means causing an accident. they also cut turns too tightly as if they are driving a go-cart, then hit cars in the parking lot

[buzzard]

one one ocassion I was driving a you-drive-em-army -jeep-car hauling bricks,going up a very large hill and a couple of bricks bounced out..hitting and caving in the passenger side door of a Granada driven by a very old,obviously deaf couple..I waved sheepishly and continued on my way.

Another time this woman cut me off in traffic and I went nuts calling her every name in the book as she appeared to be quite large I added fat to my torrent of profanity we both pulled into a parking garage she got out of the car laughing and swearing back at me and pointed out the obvious..she wasn't fat ...she was pregnant!

these incidents happened many years ago and I'll deny any involvement here after.:dry:

[Furtherman]

got a story

Snowy day I park my car in the parking lot of the building I work in its an off day but I had to do a little something. I have a relativelt new car and when i come out there is a note on the windshield appologising for running into the plastic bumper of my car. gave me all the insurance info and name and phone number apologising and all. It turns out it was my old next door neighbor that I was good friends with and hadnt seen since I had moved.No way he knew it was my car since he hadnt seen my new one. He had just scratched the plastic and i never even worried about it. i showed my kids the note to give them a lesson in how to behave in this world. :thumbup:I called my buddy and have gotten together a few times since nice story with a happy ending

That is a great story of good karma.

No, I have never hit and run. Living in Hoboken, I've become an ACE at parallel parking. I've squeezed into spots that mere mortals would run from.

[Jujubees2]

The place I work at opened a new parking garage last year and within two months, both of my tail lights where cracked (the spaces are a little on the small side). No note either time.

But it is a god question as to whether or not I would leave a note. I would like to think I would but ....

[JPMNICK]

i think leaving a note depends on where you live. in NYC and hoboken, you kind of expect that your car is going to get bumped and scraped.

in the suburbs when you are at the foodstore, you do not expect it so a note is necessary

[WhistlePig]

Yes, and I'm not guilty about it. Parking is tight around my office which is in downtown Leesburg on a side street. There was an asshole living on that street that owned several crappy cars and would park them shitty (taking up 2 spaces) and not move them for weeks on end! I was in a hurry one night and cut in too tight and sideswiped one of his bombs. You could see the dent, but it blended in with all the other dents so I said fuck it. That's what he deserved for parking so shitty all the time (though it was my fault!)

[AngelAmy]

i think leaving a note depends on where you live. in NYC and hoboken, you kind of expect that your car is going to get bumped and scraped.

in the suburbs when you are at the foodstore, you do not expect it so a note is necessary

unless you're me



I was pulling into a spot at PetCo once and hit into the back bumper of the car in the next spot. I thought nobody saw me so I hurried into the store to get what I needed and walked like 5 rows of cars out of my way back to the car so I could make a get away. Someone saw me, stopped me, said it was her friend's car and I needed to wait for them so I made some kind of excuse that I was going to leave a note. I was fucking scared shitless, it was very soon after I got my license and thought my parents would kill me. (it was my step-dad's truck) but when i told them they were cool about it and the people I hit never contacted my insurance company so it worked out. but i would have so hit and ran if that cunt didnt stop me.

yes i am evil :devil2:

[Furtherman]

yes i am evil :devil2:


Is that why I woke up in the gutter with LHD imprinted on my forehead?

[King Hippos Bandaid]

I took out a Side View Mirror when Driving Stoned once, I never drove Stoned again

:king:

[cupcakelove]

One time at a college party, I punched a friend in the balls and ran out of the room.

[Dougie Brootal]

very ashamed to say yes. a couple years back, a "friend" and i went up to dc to pick up some "flour for my grandma to bake a cake". and i "had a few beers with lunch" and on the way back, maybe 20 minutes from the house, i "kind of tapped the bumper" of the truck in front of me at a stop lite. it was by a hospital, and there was a lot of traffic, and i was gonna go to jail anyways for DWI, underage, possession,etc. so i told the guy to pull into the hospital parking lot and ill follow him over. i follow him to the lot, he turns in and i gun it the fuck outta there. took back roads to my buddy's house, parked behind the house, and hid for a couple days. cops call my dad and he gives em my number. they call me down to the station and i tell them that i pulled into the lot and the other guy never showed. the other guys them that i never showed. no injuries, minimal damage, the cops say trade insurance info and hit the road, don't let it happen again. i was very lucky and thought it was so cool back then but im very ashamed of my behavior now that im a little more grown up.

a couple of weeks later, "coincidently" i woke up and went outside to discover the back bumper of my jeep "kind of tapped" with a crowbar. can't say i didn't have it coming though. i payed out of pocket and didn't file a police report.

[Poochie]

I can't believe I am confessing this, but here it goes....

When I was 21, I was bar hopping with some friends. We were leaving bar #4 I think, and I of course was pretty shit faced. I was driving down a pretty narrow street, doing the one eye closed thing and I swear outta nowhere a car on the side of the road opened their door and I drove past and tore that fucker right off the car. I saw it spinning around in the middle of the road in my rearview and someone screaming at me. I sped off and proceeded to meet my friends at the next bar.
Apparently I was so far gone, I forgot about it until the next morning when my boyfriend asked what the hell I did to my car. Only then, did I remember.

I really should have given up the drinking thing all together I suppose. I never did get caught, although I was scared shitless for months after that waiting for a knock on the door.

Wow, that felt good to admit..No one but you guys know!!

[Dougie Brootal]

Wow, that felt good to admit..No one but you guys know!!

and anyone else that stumbles upon this site.:wink:

[Poochie]

and anyone else that stumbles upon this site.:wink:

They will never find me!!!

[ralphbxny]

I can't believe I am confessing this, but here it goes....

When I was 21, I was bar hopping with some friends. We were leaving bar #4 I think, and I of course was pretty shit faced. I was driving down a pretty narrow street, doing the one eye closed thing and I swear outta nowhere a car on the side of the road opened their door and I drove past and tore that fucker right off the car. I saw it spinning around in the middle of the road in my rearview and someone screaming at me. I sped off and proceeded to meet my friends at the next bar.
Apparently I was so far gone, I forgot about it until the next morning when my boyfriend asked what the hell I did to my car. Only then, did I remember.

I really should have given up the drinking thing all together I suppose. I never did get caught, although I was scared shitless for months after that waiting for a knock on the door.

Wow, that felt good to admit..No one but you guys know!!

:drunk: THAT WAS MY DOOR!!!

[Dougie Brootal]

They will never find me!!!

:drunk: THAT WAS MY DOOR!!!

tried to warn ya! :tongue:

[Thomas Merton]

Buddays! Those responses really helped me like myself a little better. I found a great word to describe what I did: opprobrium

I await karma to bite me in the ass:surrender:

[ralphbxny]

tried to warn ya! :tongue:

Thats why you dont beer piss with your door open!!

[Team_Ramrod]

Boxing day.... 1998.

I was looking for cars with a buddy of mine, I went into a new car lot and was driving through the small lanes. I had to back up to turn around and when I did I hit a tent pole. I dented in the pole to the point it almost toppled over, it didn't come down but the potential was there.

I've hit other cars bumpers when pulling into parking lots and trying to get into a stall really close. In my defense, they were over the yellow line that indicates stalls.

I also block in the little University student pricks that park in front of my house. I get within inches so they can't pull out until I leave, and since I work away from home and am only home when my rotation is over I don't go anywhere until well into the day.
Sometimes this 'asshol-ed ness' creates minor contact, but it's all part of the process.