i love my car, and like most people fear and loathe dents, even small ones. i usually park way in the back of parking lots so that no one can get close and ding my door. i park in corners where i can get as far away as possible from the door next to me, preferably next to a passenger door which is less likely to be used. i even look at the type of car i park next to. i prefer the medium-high priced cars that are in good shape. people don’t care about crappy cars and the really rich don’t care either. i also try to never park next to 2 door cars as their doors are 1/3 as long as sedans.

all that said, this weekend i got a massive ding, right on the bodyline, having not followed any of my own advice. when i checked into the hotel last saturday, i figured since i was only going to be away from my car for 5 minutes, i parked next to a lexus sc430 (pricey), which is a 2 door, and on its driver’s side. gah! and i figured since the ding was on the bodyline that pdr probably wouldn’t work and i’d have to go with the expensive (quoted $600) route of real bodywork and paint.

i called around and was referred to david pelikan of sos dent out of los angeles. he came to my place, spent about 45 minutes working on it with various tools, and for $150 completely took out the dent. i was pretty skeptical that he could get it completely out, but he seemed to know what he was doing. he was really friendly and even explained the process of energy waves as he lightly hammered my door in places no where near the ding. anyway, amazing work, and i definitely recommend him: http://www.sosdent.com/

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feel free to ask me offline what i did to the sc430 when i saw it in the parking lot later that evening :)