There are still some good people left in this world

[J Diddy]

Long story short: I got in a hurry was backing up and didn't see one of my neighbors friends parked in the driveway and I clipped him. (me getting old and dumbassidity) Not much damage but marked his paint a little and crushed his plastic hubcap. Worst part about it was the dude was across the street in class while I was sitting there left to sweat it.

Anyway, I waited outside for him to get back, as I knew what my first reaction would be if I saw my car there like that, with insurance info in hand hoping I could afford to pay for it out of pocket rather than go through insurance.

About 30 minutes later a Saudi Arabian fellow come hopping along, stopped when he saw his car, and I ran out to him. His reaction "don't sweat it, the marks will buff right out and I was going to get some rims because I hated the hubcaps. I'm not mad, thank you for waiting to tell me."

I offered repeatedly to let me replace the damaged hub cap and repeatedly he refused. I didn't scratch the paint as I backed into him with my bad ass rear end of plastic but some paint did transfer.

Point is quite a few people would so take advantage of this but this dude didn't even want to hear about me trying to make it even.

[Rain Man]

Did you say, "Hey dude, I apologize for damaging your Riyadh"?

But yeah, nice story. The guy was pretty forgiving.

[vailpass]

Good to hear...

[Rain Man]

And then did you say, "I wanna Mecca this right. Let me pay for the damage."?

[J Diddy]

Originally Posted by Rain Man

And then did you say, "I wanna Mecca this right. Let me pay for the damage."?

Nope. I told him to beware of a crotchety old man on his birthday who, if eating alone, it would be in his best interest to face the other direction.

[Donger]

Most Saudis are pretty good people, 'cept for them terrorist ones.

He probably had a former employee tucked in the trunk for stealing one too many slurpees.

[Jimmya]

That is bad ass...... Thanks for posting the story. Always good to know that there are still plenty of good people around.

Originally Posted by Donger

Most Saudis are pretty good people, 'cept for them terrorist ones.

True. The locals are proud of their patch of desert.

[ThaVirus]

Originally Posted by POND_OF_RED

I've been in a couple fender benders like this. As long as the car still runs life goes on. Never understood the people that will spend hundreds of dollars fixing a chipped paint job or dents that have no affect on the car running

I agree. I'll save that few hundred bucks and put it toward my next engine repair/maintenance.

[Dayze]

I backed into a car moons ago. I left my name, number, insurance agent etc, and a note of what happened etc.

Never heard a call back. It was a tiny bump; I didn't see any damage but still

[Bugeater]

Years ago I had some kid come knocking on my door, I answered and I could tell right away he was nervous about something. So I asked him what's up, and he told me he had hit my van that I had parked in the street. So I went out with him to look at it, right away saw that the passenger side mirror on his car was hanging by the cable so I assumed mine would be gone since they were cargo van mirrors that stuck out farther.

When I got to the other side of my van I was surprised to not only see the mirror still attached and fully intact, it wasn't even slightly out of place. There was a black scuff on the door with a slight crease, but I laughed and told him it was his lucky day, just be more careful in the future. The kid seemed genuinely uncomfortable with the fact that I told him not to worry about it, but I sure as hell wasn't going to stick him with a bill for bodywork and paint on a 10+ yr old work van. And once I buffed out the black mark you could hardly see the crease. Still to this day don't understand how he was close enough to destroy his own mirror, but not even touch mine.

Originally Posted by POND_OF_RED

I've been in a couple fender benders like this. As long as the car still runs life goes on. Never understood the people that will spend hundreds of dollars fixing a chipped paint job or dents that have no affect on the car running

Yes, damn those people who spend $30-40k or even more on a car and expect it to look good! We should all just drive beaters!

[LoneWolf]

Originally Posted by POND_OF_RED

I've been in a couple fender benders like this. As long as the car still runs life goes on. Never understood the people that will spend hundreds of dollars fixing a chipped paint job or dents that have no affect on the car running

You must drive piece of shit vehicles. If I have spent $40,000 to $50,000 on a vehicle and you dent/scratch it, you can bet your ass I'm getting it fixed and your insurance is going to pay for it.

Originally Posted by LoneWolf

You must drive piece of shit vehicles. If I have spent $40,000 to $50,000 on a vehicle and you dent/scratch it, you can bet your ass I'm getting it fixed and your insurance is going to pay for it.

I used to spend a bunch of money on a vehicle and trade in every couple years to upgrade. Then I moved to Missouri. They hit me hard every year for personal property tax on vehicles so most of my stuff is old now to minimize my December obligation.

[Donger]

I once had a woman back her SUV into my car in a parking lot. She didn't have insurance, so she offered me fellatio instead of giving me money.

[Hammock Parties]

Originally Posted by Donger

She didn't have insurance, so she offered me fellatio instead of giving me money.

Disgusting subhuman being.