Fed up with car park dents?
15 August 2004, 01:07 PM
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Fed up with car park dents?
This might be the answer.... Spotted in the Sunday Telegraph Park Smart Magnetic Door Guard. Basically a PVC block with magnetic strips on the back. One of those 'now why didn't I think of that' products 
If you are going to order, beware they have a back log at the moment due to the publicity they've received from the Telegraph lately.
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If you are going to order, beware they have a back log at the moment due to the publicity they've received from the Telegraph lately.
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15 August 2004, 01:15 PM
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Not a bad idea but they'd just get nicked round here - waste of cash - thievin scum type human folk... Same ones who unscrewed the arial off my brothers car last night - scousers invading tellins - they get where bacteria cant...
15 August 2004, 01:20 PM
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Well that's true - as the bloke in the Telegraph said 'Don't use them in Croydon as they will probably be nicked' Speaking as an ex-Croydon area resident, I can vouch for that statement
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Speaking as an ex-Croydon area resident, I can vouch for that statement Chris
15 August 2004, 04:30 PM
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The Americans have been using those for some time. The problem is that unless the car is totally clean the magnetic surface will grind dirt against the bodywork when you apply and remove it. Also drivers who deliberately bash your door will go out of their way to hit cars. And, they don't protect against the worst offenders which is the top edge of someone's rear door.
Ideal for garages when storing customer cars but overkill for everyday use.
Ideal for garages when storing customer cars but overkill for everyday use.
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I am going to open a supermarket advertising double wide parking spaces for dent conscious customers, half the parking but double the business me thinks, this time next year i will be a millionaire rodney 
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Already had thought about the idea in the 80's, but stacked it due to the thoughts above.
It reminds me of the more modern folding mirror theory too.
When these strips are fitted, already thoughtless people will take even more liberty as somebody has provided them with a false boundary.
As far as the folding mirrors are concerned I've seen no end of times, people pushing trolleys between two cars if one of the cars has it's mirrors folded. It's almost an attraction to risk takers.
Then there's the theft element of course.
It reminds me of the more modern folding mirror theory too.
When these strips are fitted, already thoughtless people will take even more liberty as somebody has provided them with a false boundary.
As far as the folding mirrors are concerned I've seen no end of times, people pushing trolleys between two cars if one of the cars has it's mirrors folded. It's almost an attraction to risk takers.
Then there's the theft element of course.
15 August 2004, 09:50 PM
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I can't help but think they'd be more effective with coarse sandpaper attached along their length. Why shouldn't the careless door-openers' cars come off worst?
15 August 2004, 09:54 PM
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I can't help but think they'd be more effective with coarse sandpaper attached along their length. Why shouldn't the careless door-openers' cars come off worst?
*thinks about putting spikes on*
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16 August 2004, 09:27 AM
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The Americans have been using those for some time
I don't see the concern with grit. If you car is really dirty, then maybe, but surely you don't slide them on, you just put them directly on and off, so any scratching would be minimised.
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