I give up trying to keep this car nice
My 2012 has all of 31,000 miles on her. She mostly sits in my driveway and goes into work a couple of nice days a month and occasionally for a longer run. I am very careful where I park, usually staying at the backs the parking lots and when at work, I back in next to the parking bollards.
Still, with that, She has now been hit twice while parked. One is a nice door ding where somebody really got her. Now the rear bumper.
For some reason, where I live is very hard on paint. nowhere else I have ever lived has been this harsh, so I knew the rear bumper needed to be redone. Now, instead of just peeling clear coat, I have a swirl of cracks on the passenger side too. How do people manage to hit a bright red car that i try so hard to keep from being hit?!?
Posted Apr 1, 2026, 8:23 PM UTC