| Ziploc |
I've heard people say their feeling towards their brand new vehicle changes after the first time it sustains damage, even a door ding.
So far, I guess I'm lucky....only a little half-moon mark in the windshield glass (from a stone) after 1 year 3 months and 17,000 miles.
So, what kind of damage (if any) has your Pilot sustained? I'll be interested to see how many 2003 owners are still "honeymooning" with a "perfect" vehicle. |
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| Jet-Pilot-64 |
| Hit the stupid garage door backing out as it was still going up. Brain fade-o-rama! Only damage is scratches on the rear spoiler... |
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| jay |
| I was rear-ended late last year, as documented in this thread. |
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| jrex |
| 2 little things: 1 door ding in the front passenger fender right above the wheelwell. (Still had red paint on it when I found it) and a scuff on the rear bumper where it looks like someone tried to close the garage door without pulling all the way in. |
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| Art |
| A tiny little scratch on the rear right (passenger side) door. My wife still hates me parking 25 miles away from store, mall, etc.... entrances... |
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| ramirami |
| scratched on the front bummer by a moron who hit my pilot in a parking lot :3: :3: :3: |
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| kemosabe |
| Major heartache & sadness due to minor nicks & scratches from parking lot shopping carts and opening car doors... :p :p |
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| Ziploc |
So far, seems like parking lots and one's own garage are the leading threats to Pilot perfection!
Often, when Mr. Z and I are shopping and the only parking space we can find is a tight squeeze, I'll sit out in the car while he goes inside the store...... to keep an eye on would-be door dingers as they enter/exit their vehicles next to ours (not to mention unattended shopping carts on the move). I think my attempts at surveillance have really helped to keep the exterior in pretty fine shape, thus far anyway. |
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| sfhondapilot |
One month after buying the Pilot in 12/02, came out to see that someone had backed into the front end. The lower trim was squashed. The plastic trim around the grill was broken. The front end of the hood was bent down (the kind of damage done by a rear mounted spare tire).
$500 deductible :3: |
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| jay |
quote:
Originally posted by Ziploc
So far, seems like parking lots and one's own garage are the leading threats to Pilot perfection!
Often, when Mr. Z and I are shopping and the only parking space we can find is a tight squeeze, I'll sit out in the car while he goes inside the store...... to keep an eye on would-be door dingers as they enter/exit their vehicles next to ours (not to mention unattended shopping carts on the move). I think my attempts at surveillance have really helped to keep the exterior in pretty fine shape, thus far anyway.
I even know people who'll park in valet parking, leaving one member of the party with the vehicle to move it if the "valet police" cruise by.;) |
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| Dano |
Got rear ended the first week I had the Pilot. Two teenagers headed to the Jersey shore, not paying attention.
No damage.
Recently, got hit in a parking lot (I wasn't there) so the corner of the rear bumper is all scraped up. No body damage, just needs paint.
And Honda doesn't make spray paint, just the nail polish stuff. |
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| Ziploc |
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Originally posted by jay
I even know people who'll park in valet parking, leaving one member of the party with the vehicle to move it if the "valet police" cruise by.;)
Guess what? I think I just may know the people you're talking about......;) :18: |
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| wwong |
| No dings, dents, or scratches! |
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| guitarman |
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Originally posted by Ziploc
Often, when Mr. Z and I are shopping and the only parking space we can find is a tight squeeze, I'll sit out in the car while he goes inside the store......
Wow, and I thought I was the only crazy person who would "stand watch" over my car while my wife shopped. My wife, however, would be the last person to stay in the car while I shopped. |
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| Ziploc |
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Originally posted by guitarman
Wow, and I thought I was the only crazy person who would "stand watch" over my car while my wife shopped. My wife, however, would be the last person to stay in the car while I shopped.
Mr. Z isn't as paranoid as I am about keeping people away from the Pilot in the parking lot!!!!! |
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| Ziploc |
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Originally posted by wwong
No dings, dents, or scratches!
Good for you, wwong! Do you take any particular precautions to avoid the "slings and arrows of outrageous fortune" (i.e., keep your Pilot nice), or are you just lucky???? :4: |
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| Ziploc |
I see that there are 13 (2003) Pilots thus far that remain virtually perfect---Wow!
Hope your luck continues!
(I'm still smarting to this day over a hailstorm beating the heck out of my pretty '98 Civic three days after I bought it....) |
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| coimbatorein |
| I got two marks (paint removed, very small) on passenger side made by people slamming their doors in parking lot. I am very annoyed. I usually park very far away in parking lots where nobody parked. When I come back I usually found someguy (usually big trucks) parked next to me. I dont know whether it happens to others. Why these guys dont park in other spaces which are vacant. Maybe PILOT attract other drivers.. |
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| Ziploc |
quote:
Originally posted by coimbatorein
I got two marks (paint removed, very small) on passenger side made by people slamming their doors in parking lot. I am very annoyed. I usually park very far away in parking lots where nobody parked. When I come back I usually found someguy (usually big trucks) parked next to me. I dont know whether it happens to others. Why these guys dont park in other spaces which are vacant. Maybe PILOT attract other drivers..
coimbatorein, make no mistake, you've got lots of company when it comes to complaints about carelessness in parking lots, including why the heck some wiseguys insist on parking real-snug right next to you when there are plenty of other spaces. :mad: Many of your fellow Piloteers have discussed parking lot adventures in various threads on this board...check it out. |
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| tak |
| I'm lucky so far. Parking lot is alway a scary place. I avoid parking next to 2 door cars because their doors are longer. I'd never park next to something like a beatuen up Camaro. |
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| krygny |
| Next week will be a year. I guess I can't ask for more than that. |
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| Ziploc |
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Originally posted by tak
I'm lucky so far. Parking lot is alway a scary place. I avoid parking next to 2 door cars because their doors are longer. I'd never park next to something like a beatuen up Camaro.
We drivers have heard about driving defensively, which is so necessary on today's highways.
But as you mentioned, tak, it's equally important to park defensively!!! :cool: |
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| a2Pilot |
I always park defensively. Waaaay out in the last spot.
But still, I have accumulated four or five door dings and a rather nasty scratch below my fuel filler door. It's about eight inches long, and goes all the way through the paint.
I'd say somebody keyed me, but the fact that at the beginning of the scratch the metal is actually dented tells me it was something bigger than just a key. :3:
I also have a pretty big scratch in the front bumper where my daughter caught it with her bike pedal as she rolled it out of the garage. I think the Pilot was about a week old when that happened. It's hardly noticeable compared to the scratch by the fuel filler door..................:(
Oh well! I'll get them fixed eventually! :D
Overall it's not so bad considering the big two year anniversary is coming up in a couple months! :) |
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| krygny |
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Originally posted by a2Pilot
I always park defensively. Waaaay out in the last spot.
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Sometimes I think that may have the reverse effect by drawing more attention to the vehicle. Anyone who is inclined to key a car is, by nature, spiteful. And NEVER park across two spaces to avoid someone parking next to you, or the cardinal sin of "extending" a parking island. If it's a Porche or Vette, it might as well have a sign that says "Key Me".
I do my best to just park between two fairly new/nice cars to blend in (and hope for the best). :13: |
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| Titans Fan |
So far, so good. Only 3 small nicks in the paint on the passenger door body moulding... that that just so happen to line up perfectly with the driver's door of a certain wife's '99 CRV ...that just so happens to park in the same space every day ... in the same small garage as the Pilot ... Hmmm. Anyway, one of those tacky rubber door guards on the CRV's driver's door seems to have taken care of the problem. (Slight pause while I wipe the blood from where I'm biting my tongue ;)
In public, I try to park at the end of a row if it's not too far, especially if there is a planter or grass strip next to the space. And I never park beside a car that's over the line. |
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| tak |
quote:
Originally posted by Ziploc
But as you mentioned, tak, it's equally important to park defensively!!! :cool:
Yep, Ziploc. That's a nice way to put.
I also used to concern very much at the parking lot when I have my kids (8, 6, 3, and 1) on board. They don't as much care as I do when opening doors and they do things before I speak. It was a great moment when I finished installing all the door edge guards. :26: |
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| colousa |
last weekend saturday morning no ding or dongs or nothing I went to the city (queens, ny) I park on a meter, the first one I left enough space for a car on my rear end to get out....... but not the SB:cursin: who came after to park behind me made a 14 inches long scrach on the left side of the bumper and I only notice went I arrive home :bangh:
those stupid B... don't know how to park look like the SB push and push to fit the car.
I have the picture but is to big Ihave to take it back to resize it.
Also Sunday morning somebody drunk hit one of my new Civics parked out side of my home. I heard the alarm I run to check, I saw a Black car running away.......I went out to check the door, the rear bumper the tire :soapbox:
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| tak |
colousa,
Sorry to hear all those disasters. The area you live is relatively tough area. I used to live near George Washington Bridge on NJ side. One time my Toyota Camry trunk key was broken and opened when parked in Little Italy. Other time a car ran into my tail and ran away in downtown Manhattan. I don't have good memory of driving and parking there. |
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| boiler1991 |
| I didn't see a choice for damage caused by falling fruits, more specifically, Osage Oranges. |
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| colousa |
| here it is this the little firs little damage on my pilot:mad: |
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| Ziploc |
quote:
Originally posted by colousa
here it is this the little firs little damage on my pilot:mad:
Oooh, I feel your pain, colousa. That size of scratch is hard to ignore.
Have you decided how to get it fixed?
Unfortunately, I guess the odds are pretty high that something will happen like this when driving/parking in NYC. |
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| wwong |
Good for you, wwong! Do you take any particular precautions to avoid the "slings and arrows of outrageous fortune" (i.e., keep your Pilot nice), or are you just lucky????
I take lots of precautions. I will circle a parking lot in a shopping center looking for an isolated space. When at a mini mall, I'll look for a parking space in the street. Then the chances of getting the bumper dinged are slim or none. |
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| Stevie B |
| I take precautions too. That didn't help me from rubbing the driver side door along my neighbors non break away side mirror. I wasn't looking, but luckily it just was an abrasion rather than a scrape. :mad: |
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| tak |
The record ended yesterday. It was 4 months and 18 days of no scratch no damage. My son was riding his bike in the morning before going to school. He bumped into the right fron of our Pilot and made about 3 inches of scratch next to the head light.
I have been expecting that this was going to happen someday. ;) |
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| Ziploc |
quote:
Originally posted by tak
The record ended yesterday. It was 4 months and 18 days of no scratch no damage. My son was riding his bike in the morning before going to school. He bumped into the right fron of our Pilot and made about 3 inches of scratch next to the head light.
I have been expecting that this was going to happen someday. ;)
Sorry to hear about that little accident, tak. At the risk of being a little too, er, colorful, I'll just say that it's something nearly all of our Pilots will face, sooner or later--losing their virginity! :runaway: |
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| tak |
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Originally posted by Ziploc
Sorry to hear about that little accident, tak. At the risk of being a little too, er, colorful, I'll just say that it's something nearly all of our Pilots will face, sooner or later--losing their virginity! :runaway:
I want to ease my son's feeling, who is depressed most because he was proud of our brand new Pilot. However, I don't know how to explain this losing stuff to the 6 year old boy.:rolleyes: |
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| Ziploc |
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Originally posted by tak
I want to ease my son's feeling, who is depressed most because he was proud of our brand new Pilot. However, I don't know how to explain this losing stuff to the 6 year old boy.:rolleyes:
Aw, I'm sorry to hear your little son feels badly over having damaged (very lightly) something he was proud of.
Maybe it can just be an opportunity to talk about being more careful with the bike. Of course, it's much more about minimizing chances (by being more careful) that HE could be injured in the future than concern over damaging property. We want to teach children about responsibility, in this case as it relates to taking care of property, but also convey the message that we cannot expect things in life to be perfect...and that what's really important is people and their values, not things.
(Sorry, didn't mean to sound preachy!) |
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| jay |
quote:
Originally posted by tak
I want to ease my son's feeling, who is depressed most because he was proud of our brand new Pilot. However, I don't know how to explain this losing stuff to the 6 year old boy.:rolleyes:
While I agree with Ziploc, I'd also consider including him in a little project to repair the damage (assuming it's repairable by this method). Make plans to stop by an auto parts store, buy some Kit scratch remover or Meguiar's Scratch-X and some towels or cloths, and together buff out the scratch, giving him some pride in fixing a booboo.:p Then wash the car together, and get into a father-son water fight.:D |
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| tak |
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Originally posted by jay
While I agree with Ziploc, I'd also consider including him in a little project to repair the damage (assuming it's repairable by this method). Make plans to stop by an auto parts store, buy some Kit scratch remover or Meguiar's Scratch-X and some towels or cloths, and together buff out the scratch, giving him some pride in fixing a booboo.:p Then wash the car together, and get into a father-son water fight.:D
Very nice suggestion jay! We'll do. Thank you!! :) |
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| Ziploc |
quote:
Originally posted by jay
While I agree with Ziploc, I'd also consider including him in a little project to repair the damage (assuming it's repairable by this method). Make plans to stop by an auto parts store, buy some Kit scratch remover or Meguiar's Scratch-X and some towels or cloths, and together buff out the scratch, giving him some pride in fixing a booboo.:p Then wash the car together, and get into a father-son water fight.:D
Good idea, jay!
Even if the scratch isn't entirely eliminated, it should make the little guy feel better to have made the effort, with his Dad's support. ;) |
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| colousa |
| almost finish I clean the bumper with meguiars...... now small scraches, tomorrow touch paint sand pape,r touch paint and finish |
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| Sunday Rider |
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Originally posted by colousa
almost finish I clean the bumper with meguiars...... now small scraches, tomorrow touch paint sand pape,r touch paint and finish
Too bad about the paint loss Colousa. Can't wait for the "After" picture. |
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