nok513
Autocross Champion
- Location
- Orange County, NY
- Car(s)
- 2020 VW GTI S
Oil change and spark plugs
Man do I feel this. Yesterday I found someone had backed into me while parked and cracked the front lip and grill, my first thought was (and is almost always) "well to hell with this entire thing." Rinse and repeat today when I noticed my rear bumper was obviously replaced and poorly repainted... over 1.5 years into owning it. Then I remember they're bumpers and replaceable and who cares it's fun.constantly fighting the internal battle of "treat this like a special car you will have a long time / treat this like a disposable device because thats what it is"
1 year into ownership, finally getting it where I want. I want to love my car, but as much as I do to it and as close as I am getting it to where I think it would be perfect, it still just feels like a toy to me I'm gonna throw away when it makes me mad
this is the right mindset to have, I won't even debate it. I guess it's so hard some times because when it means something to you because it's 'your car,' then everyone else car on the road is just another one. sometimes as much love and care as you give something, it's unavoidable some asshole will not care like you do.Man do I feel this. Yesterday I found someone had backed into me while parked and cracked the front lip and grill, my first thought was (and is almost always) "well to hell with this entire thing." Rinse and repeat today when I noticed my rear bumper was obviously replaced and poorly repainted... over 1.5 years into owning it. Then I remember they're bumpers and replaceable and who cares it's fun.
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What color, DIB?Man do I feel this. Yesterday I found someone had backed into me while parked and cracked the front lip and grill, my first thought was (and is almost always) "well to hell with this entire thing." Rinse and repeat today when I noticed my rear bumper was obviously replaced and poorly repainted... over 1.5 years into owning it. Then I remember they're bumpers and replaceable and who cares it's fun.
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This is why I take my car to a touch-full car wash once a week... keep it clean, also don't worry about it .Man do I feel this. Yesterday I found someone had backed into me while parked and cracked the front lip and grill, my first thought was (and is almost always) "well to hell with this entire thing." Rinse and repeat today when I noticed my rear bumper was obviously replaced and poorly repainted... over 1.5 years into owning it. Then I remember they're bumpers and replaceable and who cares it's fun.
Living life on the edge, lol. I know what you mean though, I haven’t driven mine in 1-2 months.Drove it to the drug store the long way around.
24 miles around.
I totally get that peeve. One time, I went early to Target to get medication. The lot was almost empty, and I parked roughly mid-lot adjacent to a cart corral. When I came out, there was an SUV parked next to my car, so close that he was over the line into my spot, and I wouldn't have been able to open the passenger side door if I needed to. There were maybe three other cars in the entire lot. I can't tell you how tempted I was to give his tires a kiss with my Gerber...this is the right mindset to have, I won't even debate it. I guess it's so hard some times because when it means something to you because it's 'your car,' then everyone else car on the road is just another one. sometimes as much love and care as you give something, it's unavoidable some asshole will not care like you do.
pet peeve-- no matter how far I park away from people when I go into a store or something, I always come out to someone not only parked right next to me, but way too close. now I get super angry like they're doing it on purpose (which they are, subconsciously or not). it is seriously without fail every time. and it's always some piece of shit car too that looks like someone had to climb out of the roof like ace Ventura just to get out. I cant even imagine how bad the attention would have been if I got the cornflower blue gti, but I got a black one.
YessirWhat color, DIB?
I feel your pain. I also have a DIB. My front bumper and RR door have been repainted. Didn’t notice it for over a year. Nothing shows up on carfax eitherYessir
Rinse and repeat today when I noticed my rear bumper was obviously replaced and poorly repainted... over 1.5 years into owning it. Then I remember they're bumpers and replaceable and who cares it's fun.