So guess who gets his car back? I’ve warned the mrs time and time again to slow the f down and be more careful with it, but she drives like shes a character on mariokart. For some dumb reason she put an office chair in the garage to be thrown out, but it just hasn’t been done yet. I came home last night to find the office chair pinned between the brand new car and the end of the garage wall. She didn’t even notice she’d done it, and yep, shes scratched and dented the panel.
Accidents happen, but i’ve been warning her for WEEKS something like this was going to happen.
I didnt yell but MAAAAAN I am pissed.
Um, don’t you two have a child? I’d be less concerned about scratches and more concerned she didn’t notice she hit something. Today it was an office chair… When your child is a walking toddler…
I’m not trying to shit on her, but she needs more awareness in these situations (I obviously don’t you or her, so this is just based on this post). Too many news stories of people not watching the kid/not seeing the kid in the driveway or garage, and the parent… Well. You understand what I’m trying to say I think.
100% agree. i’ve warned her in the past if I catch her “go karting” with the kid in the car again there will be a serious conversation.
But no, Tinyest cant walk yet, and is never unsupervised outside.
It’s definitely a serious concern especially as visibility of small children from high set SUVs is atrocious. So easy to run over even a 5yo. Maybe frame it as a matter of costs too, if she’s not receptive to comments on her driving skill (and I say this as someone who sucks at parking) If not the cost to fix the car, because maybe she thinks it’s nbd, then the reduced value of the car when it’s time to sell.
Duuude you wanna know the real bad part? I left this out for the shortness of the story, but since she got her “new” car she’s insisting that it goes in the garage. Technically everything will fit, both cars in gives is 600mm between the walls and each car, but I’ve stressed this is a bad idea since A) her car was lightly damaged by the previous owners and she doesnt want to pay to fix it so is it really worth the squeeze? and B) 2 cars in such close proximity with a young kid? someone’s gonna get scratched.
One is a 45k suv, the other is an 8k 12 year old hatch, one is worth protecting the other is not.
And yet, she still managed to scratch the SUV when her car wasnt even in the garage. So she’s lost parking privilege’s in the garage.
Or she could just reverse in. Its a 2023 “Luxury” (cough bullshit cough) SUV. its got reverse parking sensors. There were so many points at that this was a preventable accident, and she knew how obsessed I was with looking after it I just cant accept she was unintentionally this oblivious.
Oh please. May I remind you both that it was a minor bingle with an office chair. Shit happens. No one died. Lucky it was in the garage and not in an actual public parking spot.
A minor bingle that she was warned time and time and time again would happen if she wasn’t more careful?
Thats not an accident, its ignorance.
I get some people dont really care, a car is a car and thats totally fine but there is a lot of history here and I lost my pride and joy and ended up with this SUV. I offered it to her when she needed a new car “no no no” she says “I want my own”. Sure. We buy something together and she immediately steals my SUV and scratches it, thats shitty no matter how you look at it.
Well that’s good. That’s a start. It doesn’t matter how many times someone warns you about something, these things happen. I didn’t realise how upset this has made you so I apologise for that.
So guess who gets his car back? I’ve warned the mrs time and time again to slow the f down and be more careful with it, but she drives like shes a character on mariokart. For some dumb reason she put an office chair in the garage to be thrown out, but it just hasn’t been done yet. I came home last night to find the office chair pinned between the brand new car and the end of the garage wall. She didn’t even notice she’d done it, and yep, shes scratched and dented the panel. Accidents happen, but i’ve been warning her for WEEKS something like this was going to happen. I didnt yell but MAAAAAN I am pissed.
Um, don’t you two have a child? I’d be less concerned about scratches and more concerned she didn’t notice she hit something. Today it was an office chair… When your child is a walking toddler…
I’m not trying to shit on her, but she needs more awareness in these situations (I obviously don’t you or her, so this is just based on this post). Too many news stories of people not watching the kid/not seeing the kid in the driveway or garage, and the parent… Well. You understand what I’m trying to say I think.
100% agree. i’ve warned her in the past if I catch her “go karting” with the kid in the car again there will be a serious conversation. But no, Tinyest cant walk yet, and is never unsupervised outside.
It’s definitely a serious concern especially as visibility of small children from high set SUVs is atrocious. So easy to run over even a 5yo. Maybe frame it as a matter of costs too, if she’s not receptive to comments on her driving skill (and I say this as someone who sucks at parking) If not the cost to fix the car, because maybe she thinks it’s nbd, then the reduced value of the car when it’s time to sell.
She needs a tennis ball on a piece of string suspended from the roof. When the ball hits the windscreen you know to stop.
Or, hear me out, learn the size of your car and garage. The sizes do not change. Figure it out and work with it.
Harsh, but I have very little sympathy for people who aren’t aware of their car when driving/parking.
Duuude you wanna know the real bad part? I left this out for the shortness of the story, but since she got her “new” car she’s insisting that it goes in the garage. Technically everything will fit, both cars in gives is 600mm between the walls and each car, but I’ve stressed this is a bad idea since A) her car was lightly damaged by the previous owners and she doesnt want to pay to fix it so is it really worth the squeeze? and B) 2 cars in such close proximity with a young kid? someone’s gonna get scratched.
One is a 45k suv, the other is an 8k 12 year old hatch, one is worth protecting the other is not. And yet, she still managed to scratch the SUV when her car wasnt even in the garage. So she’s lost parking privilege’s in the garage.
Or she could just reverse in. Its a 2023 “Luxury” (cough bullshit cough) SUV. its got reverse parking sensors. There were so many points at that this was a preventable accident, and she knew how obsessed I was with looking after it I just cant accept she was unintentionally this oblivious.
REVERSE SENSORS and it still happened?
Nah, that’s car privileges lost right there. Also, when parking one should always to reverse into the spot if practical.
Oh please. May I remind you both that it was a minor bingle with an office chair. Shit happens. No one died. Lucky it was in the garage and not in an actual public parking spot.
Completely avoidable damage to a new car. I’d be frustrated and upset too.
But, I am very critical of poor driving and parking, so my judgment in such situations will always be very harsh 😁
A minor bingle that she was warned time and time and time again would happen if she wasn’t more careful? Thats not an accident, its ignorance. I get some people dont really care, a car is a car and thats totally fine but there is a lot of history here and I lost my pride and joy and ended up with this SUV. I offered it to her when she needed a new car “no no no” she says “I want my own”. Sure. We buy something together and she immediately steals my SUV and scratches it, thats shitty no matter how you look at it.
Did you get rid of the office chair after it happened?
She did, yes.
Well that’s good. That’s a start. It doesn’t matter how many times someone warns you about something, these things happen. I didn’t realise how upset this has made you so I apologise for that.