Thread: Door Ding
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Old Oct 31, 2007 | 11:48 AM
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Default Re: Door Ding

Don't feel too bad...I came outside to my truck and saw a shopping cart on the other side of it. I've got 35" tires on it, so I was thinking maybe I was safe and hit just hit the tire.

I walked around, saw a scuff on my front bumper - no big deal, it will buff out.
Continued to look and found a giant dent/crease in the fender (which sits 12" above the top of a shopping cart ). Continued to look, and saw a 18" long 1" deep crease in my lower driver's door.

Apparently someone put their cart next to my truck...and then someone tried to 'pull through' next to my spot and ran over the front of the cart, effectively 'catapulting' the rear handle into the wheel well/fender of my truck. When they continued to drive, it drug the cart down the door.

So, a new fender and a new door were in order. Luckily I paint myself, so I took care of that. The parts were a little over $375 at cost and materials were around $200. OUCH!

No...walmart didn't catch it on camera. For the record, I was all the way at the back, and had a curb on one side of me (I always do that for added security, it didn't work).

Wish I could've used PDR on my truck! Would've been a lot easier.

SQ
 
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