Beater got nailed

[Rhode Island Red]

Last night, my car was nailed by someone . I was pulling into a parking spot and the car next to it started to pull out, he stopped, then continued. I nailed the horn, but as we all know, cars are independent universes so naturally he did not stop, and dented the door behind the drivers It makes me mad because the car It isn't worth much and would probably cost more than the value of the car to get fixed, but it is mine. I will try the dent puller to see if most of the dent will come out of my '94 corsica. I filed a police report, if I want to get it fixed but I think if I try it won't be worth it.

[Steel2686]

When I first read it, I didn't really read the title closely. I thought you were talking about the Hawk.

Look it at from that point of view... At least the Hawk was safe.

My beater was hit a few years ago. I had a '91 2WD S10. It wasn't much... Former telephone company truck. But it was useful and decent on gas with the 5-speed. I was in a store in another town and I was parked on the side of the road. Someone missed the stop sign across the street and drove right into the bed of the truck. Destroyed it.

Insurance gave me $1,000 to total it. It sucked because I really liked that truck, but the money eventually went towards my T/A. I guess my babbling point is wait to see what the bright side is. Could be a while, but there usually is a brighter side.

[FroSSty]

depending on the damage, there might be such a thing as finding a used door that is already the same color(minor shade differences may be a problem depending on how picky you are about it). Try searching car-part.com...

[Rhode Island Red]

the door isn't bad enough to warrant replacement. I'm going to try and get the dent pulled out, it's large but not a sharp dent so it should be easy to to. Thanks for the tip

[DJ Taso]

Don't feel so bad. I guess that's why we call them beaters

[FroSSty]

the door isn't bad enough to warrant replacement. I'm going to try and get the dent pulled out, it's large but not a sharp dent so it should be easy to to. Thanks for the tip

Oic...Might try paintless dent removal then. They can usually make it look pretty good depending on how sharp the dent is. Heck, it might even pop out enought o live with. All you have to do is pull the interior trim panel and see if you can't push it out. Usually this will get rid of the big dent and might leave the small creases around the dent...

[thomas]

Well thats why you drive a beater. just think if you were driving the hawk!! It did what it was destined to do.............