If you must park next to someone, make sure that there is only a car to the left of you. More often than not, the car next to you is only gonna be the driver, so hence, noone on the passenger side can hit your car.

Avoiding trucks and SUV's is a must (if not for your doors, your mirrors). I try parking next to well maintained luxury cars (cause if they don't give an ish about their 50k car, what makes you think they'll care about yours?) plus if a thief decides to go on a spree, my car looks less tempting.

Sad to say, but I also park crooked so that noone can park next to me. But I only do this when I'm at the opposite end of the parking lot (where nobody parks and you have to walk a mile to where you're going).

 

If theres a Paintless Dent Removal place around ya; look for one of those to fix them for pretty cheap.

 

Couple of things I've learned:

1) SUV's, beaters, and women driving anything should not be parked next to if possible.
2) If possible, take up two spots (ie park on the line) for buffer room.
3) Park on the passenger side of car.
4) Find imports or luxury cars to park next to.

 

I hear ya man... I just got my quater pannels and door repainted about a month ago, so i had no dings at all anywhere on the car... A month went by, and now i have 3 small dings. I mean, there barely noticible, but hell, there still there. I just wish people would be more careful..

 

^ agreed..

theblazer, how much did it cost you to get that done?