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VALKIE:
Here I was, parked my MUX is the car park at the local shopping centre.

As I came back to my car, a rather angry looking woman was waiting for me.
My first thought, "She has damaged my car"

As I unlocked my car she approached me, and the bemusing conversation began.

"Your car damaged my door" I am ommitting the explentives in the name of good taste.

'Errr, How did my car damage your car when your car was not there when I parked?"

"Your stupid steps dented my door when I opened my door, look you can see the dent in the edge of the door"

I examined the door, yes there was definitly a good dent i the door, it would have taken a considerable force to do the damage done. Examining my step, there was a smallish dent in it, but my door was undamaged.

She continued, "You should pay for the damage to my door, those steps are dangerious"

"Im sorry lady, But you have opened your door with some force onto my car, had the steps not been there, You would have damaged my door, and I doubt that you would have even considered the damage as you walked away. I think my steps have been most effective in preventing said damage to my door from inconsiderate people opening their doors with great force and damaging my nice new car"

"I have your rego number and Im going to report it to the police, these steps are damaging peoples cars and should be banned"

Now I was getting a little miffed.
"Dear lady, I will give you my business card, please take it to the local police and explain to them as you have explained to me how you opening your door without consideration of another persons property has resulted in you damaging your own door and how you want me charged for owning a perfectly legal addition to my vehicle. Then, as they laugh you out of the police station, please consider all the people whoes cars you have obviously damaged with your careless attitude."

The explentives went on as I packed my groceries, and drove off.

I will be avoiding that particulaar area for some time, as I dont trust her not to exact some form of twisted revenge.

Am I the first to be attacked over my stationary car damaging someone elses vehicle?

tom60:
They live amongst us!

Mat01:
Wasn’t one of the local Logan city crack heads was it , she will be looking for revenge . Matt

yvesjv:
What's with Logan Qld towards crack heads?

Richard Puller:
That hasn't happened to me, but if it did I'd get her details and threaten to make an insurance claim naming her as the at fault party, in which case your excess would be refunded.   :laughing7:

On a related note, I bent  both steps on my D Max driving through rough terrain and was able to straighten them out fairly well.  I took them off completely and dismantled them. The silver /grey bit along the outside which I presume is your damaged bit slides out of the extrusion and I was able to press it back into reasonable shape.   
I doubt if that piece would be available as a spare without buying the whole step (or both).

Something close to your incident  happened once in a shopping centre car park. I was carefully opening my door and a gust of wind caught it and slammed it into the door of the car next to me, an old Camry with a large Maori lady sitting in it. I did have concerns for my safety. She was a big girl.
I apologised most profusely and before I could say anything else she laughed and said "don't worry about it, it happens all the time".

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