What Is It

about my car that attracts people to carelessly dent it, scratch it, ram holes in it, scuff it, sideswipe it, back in to it and basically anything else that causes damage? And why is it that it always happens when I'm not in my car?

This is what greeted me on my way to work this morning:

That's my hood. Between 10:15pm last night and 9:04am this monring someone put something heavy and rough on the hood of my car then just dragged it off. Who does this?! Please tell me so I can beat the shit out of their car with a baseball bat. Seriously, if I EVER see anyone damage my car in front of me Paul is going to have to bail me out of jail b/c I've had it. As aggresive of a driver that I am, I NEVER damage anyone's car.

I mean it isn't like an '89 rusted out Nissan Sentra where these things really wouldn't be noticed or cared about. But my car is a decent middle class SUV where these ignorant, rude city drivers they are rapidly turning it into that '89 piece of crap.

Let's go back and review my luck with cars:

1. In college I went to a concert and parked in the lot. Some drunk dummy backed in to my back end and dented up the bumper.
2. That same weekend I went back to college and parked back at the dorms. Not even home 2 hours when another person swiped me b/c they didn't know how to back out of a parking spot.
3. Driving up to PE's house to visit one weekend and someone's muffler fell off 2 cars ahead of me and it flew under my car, exited to the right side denting in my door. I was on the highway so it was inevitable not to miss it.
4. Fast forward to living in the city: parked outside my apartment on a quiet cozy residential street on a summer day and someone completely side swiped the whole right side of my front to back bumper.
5. Someone dropped who knows what on the hood of my car and left a big dent (in the spot where a hood ornament would go). It looks ridiculous.
6. Dead of winter and someone played bumper cars with me trying to get out of their parking spot on the street. Damage - big ol' hole in my bumper. I didn't notice it until I wiped the snow off. This was over 2 years ago and it's still there.
7. 2 dents above a wheel well - I have no idea where these came from.
8. Not to mention all the little door dents & scratches from people swinging open their doors or pushing their carts carelessly. These I normally don't care about but couple it with the above and it bothers me.
9. And now a brand new big patch of scratches on the hood.

So again, I ask you, what is it about my little Jimmy that attracts people to treat it like a Matchbox car?

I now have to look into buying another garage parking spot. I have to. Because regardless if I fix this car or buy a new one (which I wanted to do at the end of the year) someone is going to damage it. And if that happens all the money I just put into it goes down the drain. Not to mention the damage I'll do to the person if I ever see them in the act of it. I'm sorry but I'm past the point/age where driving a piece of crap doesn't bother me. It does. I work hard and for once would like to have a nice car that I don't have to worry about someone else wrecking. It'd be different if I caused all these things then I could just be mad at myself. Why oh why can't I ever witness these things happening???