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Old 11-30-2005, 09:09 AM   #1 (permalink)
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How many park their 3/3.5 far away?

I got a 3.5 GOLD Camry STICK with 135k miles.
I always park it FAR AWAY from everybody so I don't get dinged. Anybody treats their 3/3.5 like that?


The reason I ask is that I get a lot of hard time from everybody that the car is NO NEW LEXUS and why I take care of it so much.....

Just want to make sure I am not the only nut around here.

I don't even take my 4.5 out of the garage.....!
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Old 11-30-2005, 10:37 AM   #2 (permalink)
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Mine already had lots ofdents a dings when I got it. On top of that my wife and my sister in law both have backed into while leaving our driveway and scraped down the drivers side of the car starting about 3/4 of the way back on the back door and all the way to where the bumber meets the rear fender jsut under the tail lights. MOre dents and dings are not really going to matter much at this point.
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Old 11-30-2005, 10:46 AM   #3 (permalink)
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i have a 99gen4 and i always park far away. u can't trust the D-bags out there
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Old 11-30-2005, 11:10 AM   #4 (permalink)
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^Yup. I always park either far away (especially at my college), or between two cars that I'm fairly certain won't ding mine. (ie. Benz's, Bimmers, and Lexus').
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Old 11-30-2005, 11:42 AM   #5 (permalink)
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I really dont pay attention to where i park, not many dings on my 93 or 04.
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Old 11-30-2005, 11:43 AM   #6 (permalink)
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hate to say it, but my gen 3.5 is my winter beater car. door dings just add character to my ghetto sled, as i like to call her.
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Old 11-30-2005, 11:46 AM   #7 (permalink)
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I park near the small islands in the parking lot. At least one side is protected from door dings.
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Old 11-30-2005, 11:50 AM   #8 (permalink)
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I got a 3.5 GOLD Camry STICK with 135k miles.
I always park it FAR AWAY from everybody so I don't get dinged. Anybody treats their 3/3.5 like that?


The reason I ask is that I get a lot of hard time from everybody that the car is NO NEW LEXUS and why I take care of it so much.....

Just want to make sure I am not the only nut around here.

I don't even take my 4.5 out of the garage.....!
I have 3.5 Gold 'Stick' Camry as well

I used to laugh when I got dinged, because It's only a camry. But Now that I have a complete fresh paint job (still OE color) I'm going to park it in better places, to keep that new paint new.
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Old 11-30-2005, 12:54 PM   #9 (permalink)
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i park right in front of my damn college, and i can see my car from my classroom, so it makes me feel safe, plus i know theres 2 cameras on it at all times, so thats a plus, haha..
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Old 11-30-2005, 01:23 PM   #10 (permalink)
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i park way the hell out there between my buddys truck and another buddys S4 so im sure that i wont get dinged
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Old 11-30-2005, 02:48 PM   #11 (permalink)
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^Yup. I always park either far away (especially at my college), or between two cars that I'm fairly certain won't ding mine. (ie. Benz's, Bimmers, and Lexus').

Actually most the times I see is benz & bimmers that would door ding someone's car...because most of them are old lady drivers who dont care. But I guess it depends on the drivers.
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Old 11-30-2005, 03:09 PM   #12 (permalink)
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nope...that's what the plastic trimming on the doors are for....to prevent dings...

but for real, I try not to park beside crappy cars, but in the end, I get more dings from flying highspeed rocks on the highway than anywhere else, so worry too much about it?
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Old 11-30-2005, 06:37 PM   #13 (permalink)
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i don't even like driving next to other people, i just don't trust anyone when it comes to my car.
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hell no, i hate to walk, i always shoot for the best parking i can get
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Old 11-30-2005, 07:41 PM   #15 (permalink)
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Ha, I painted my car in June, and I already need a new front fender, both quater panels, and have an uncountable number of door dings that I need to fix...
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