If I backed onto someone's car, I'd be so guilty if I did not fess up or own up to it. I would not be able to sleep. Will do the same thing the gentleman did.

To all who commented on the gentleman's honesty, I did thank him for his finding me and telling me what happened as I realize he could have driven away and not said anything. In fact, he told me that he didn't know he did it until his passenger said something.

After getting a chance to look at the car in the daylight, I see two minor areas where the bumper cover is deformed. So I will need to check with some body shops and see if these will "relax" after sitting out on a hot day or if it's possible to carefully heat the area with a heat gun and smooth out the deformations.

Thanks for all the comments and feedback.

Dave

One of the burdens of driving something you really like is the thought someone is out in the parking lot treating your car like a pinata. For me the enjoyment of driving around is sometimes countered heavily by the stress of everything that can happen to cars.

Sorry to hear about your Z, like others said it's nice to know some people still have a conscience.

*edit: As for the bumper cover being deformed even here in AZ with insane heat the covers never really go back to how they were. I have tried a heat gun in the past with mixed results- the worst being bubbly paint from too much heat! For a body shop it may be a simple fix if it's minor but worth at least stopping by a reputable one and asking.

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good job op! :tup:


some dumbarse key'ed my dd while it had less than 300miles.
same deal, i was lucky the scratch was only on the clear, so i polished it off using my RO.

backin up backin up backin up backin up...cuz my daddy taught me good.

Wow I got a story.... I was at work when a dude that came into the office and asked me who owns that BMW across the street? I laughed and asked why did you run into it? As I slowly got up to look out the window to see this guys pick up truck full of junk metal that he picks up to sell for scrap or something, any how he had a 15 foot pipe hanging out of the back that ran into the l/f head light bucket turn signal and fender. I was like u have to be shi@@n me. I hope u have all state! He said nope I'm. Going to try to pay you cash this poor dude had one tooth in his head and no cash I told him I would get a est from the body shop and he said he would come back the next day..... After a week he never returned I at some point said something like that fuc@ should dry up and die. About a day latter his buddy came back and asked "hey did you here what happened"? Turns out the old dude dropped dead of a heart attack the day after he hit me ( I did pay for repair myself almost 2 k).

In the end, if someone hits your car, regardless of what you see at that time, it is a good idea to exchange driver's information and get insurance info as well. You just do no know what would surface later on.