Leaving your Charger alone

[terrible one]

So, how do you guys feel about leaving your Charger? Right now I don't have a hood on mine and it still in project mode so I am hard pressed to even park it at the school for a day of class. Once I've got the hood on I think the farthest I would go would be to leave it parked somewhere in public for a short time while I went to run an errand or whatever. Still, I feel silly when I see this local '68 parked in an alleyway most of the time and it hasn't been kidnapped  Thoughts?

[Topher]

More #2 than #1, but I will not leave it alone or out of sight if we're out of town in it.

[LeeBoy]

My insurance states that the car is to never be left unattended

[jb666]

My insurance states that the car is to never be left unattended

Ditto. I was told "If your car gets hit in a public parking lot that IS NOT a car show, we will not cover damages".

Comforting, but it got the point across loud and clear.

[A383Wing]

more #2 option....and sometimes the #3

[Back N Black]

I drive it to work a couple times a week and leave it all day,i leave it at car shows, grocery store etc...

[Brock Samson]

  I'll leave it with all the windows down while i eat lunch - Come back to find a gaggle of tourists surrounding it, taking photos while posing with it.. of course i got the battery disconnect in my pocket.. 

[jb666]

  I'll leave it with all the windows down while i eat lunch - Come back to find a gaggle of tourists surrounding it, taking photos while posing with it.. of course i got the battery disconnect in my pocket.. 

Where do you work, Disneyland?

[tan top]

one   

[clanton]

No matter how far off I park some goofball NEEDS to park right next to it.  My general rule is if they ding the side I key the whole side of their car, as long as its not a classic. If they park with in 3 inches of the front or back, they get keyed on thier hood or trunk.

[Rallye]

I have to say #2 because I enjoy taking it to shows, running errands, cruising around, and even taking it to work on nice days.  Although I really don't like leaving it alone for extended periods, and I would like to keep it in sight all the time.  But unfortunately that's just not practical.

[clanton]

When I was 23. I was in an AA meeting, it was night time. I was living in Vegas at the time. I had owned my 2nd Charger then. Sunfire Yellow, auto, slapstick, air, Yellow on black. Anyways the doors of the building were open. I hear this scrapping sound. some asshole in a Winnabeggo catches my right front and scrapes his whole side, and pushes my car a whole car lenth back. This guy just keeps on driving out of the parking lot. I run out jump in and start chasing this guy down. I had even forgot to turn on my lights, im on this guys ass honking. We get to Vegas BLVD (this is north of downtown). I caught him at a light in front of city hall, which is also Metros HQ. I always had a bat in my car. Now its bat, switchblade, and Beretta (on me). Anyways I run up and Im freakin boiling, I run up and Im yelloing at this guy, you hit my car. Thats when I knew the guy was wasted. All he said was "sorry man", he had his window open, and for a split second I almost swong on this guy, I mean, Ive been beat up with bats, been jumped, all that. Anyways, I could taste his blood on my bat, at that second....... next thing I know this cop, had already drawn down on me, and I heard him yelling at me. So I get put down, spread out in front of this dude bego. The cop cuffs me, Im yelling at the cop that this guy just hit my car. He pulls me up, puts me in front of his car, tells the bego driver to roll over, as the light had turned green. Bego driver just goes strait. My car is sitting at the light Idling. Cop puts me in his car, he jumps in, we he calls in for back up, and we start trailing him. We get on 15 heading west for like 5 miles. Theres no way this guy was getting away. He finally hits an offramp, and there cops, waiting. He stops, cop just out gun drawn. Passenger opens up starts walking away. Im a mad dog behind a fence seeing the passenger get out. But he gets taken down too. Long stoy short, it was his 3rd DWI, in Nevada, thats a year in jail. lawyers arrainged that if he paid for the damages, he would get out early...I had a dent on the passenger fender, that wasnt part of this, but I wanted it out. All the driver really did was push in my bumper, and the grill rim on the fender which is a bitch to fix. But I find the most expensive estimate, for his deal. He stayed a year. whole side of his bego was pretty much screwed, that with the door on that side.

[tan top]

When I was 23. I was in an AA meeting, it was night time. I was living in Vegas at the time. I had owned my 2nd Charger then. Sunfire Yellow, auto, slapstick, air, Yellow on black. Anyways the doors of the building were open. I hear this scrapping sound. some asshole in a Winnabeggo catches my right front and scrapes his whole side, and pushes my car a whole car lenth back. This guy just keeps on driving out of the parking lot. I run out jump in and start chasing this guy down. I had even forgot to turn on my lights, im on this guys ass honking. We get to Vegas BLVD (this is north of downtown). I caught him at a light in front of city hall, which is also Metros HQ. I always had a bat in my car. Now its bat, switchblade, and Beretta (on me). Anyways I run up and Im freakin boiling, I run up and Im yelloing at this guy, you hit my car. Thats when I knew the guy was wasted. All he said was "sorry man", he had his window open, and for a split second I almost swong on this guy, I mean, Ive been beat up with bats, been jumped, all that. Anyways, I could taste his blood on my bat, at that second....... next thing I know this cop, had already drawn down on me, and I heard him yelling at me. So I get put down, spread out in front of this dude bego. The cop cuffs me, Im yelling at the cop that this guy just hit my car. He pulls me up, puts me in front of his car, tell the bego driver to roll over, as the light had turned green. Bego driver just goes strait. My car is sitting at the light Idling. Cop puts me in his car, he jumps in, we he calls in for back up, and we start trailing him. We get on 15 heading west for like 5 miles. Theres no way this guy was getting away. He finally hits an offramp, and there cops, waiting. He stops, cop just out gun drawn. Passenger opens up starts walking away. Im a mad dog behind a fence seeing the passenger get out. But he gets taken down too. Long stoy short, it was his 3rd DWI, in Nevada, thats a year in jail. lawyers arrainged that if he paid for the damages, he would get out early...I had a dent on the passenger fender, that wasnt part of this, but I wanted it out. All the driver really did was push in my bumper, and the grill rim on the fender which is a bitch to fix. But I find the most expensive estimate, for his deal. He stayed a year. whole side of his bego was pretty much screwed, that with the door on that side.

what a story   damn , glad you got him , thanks for sharing  

any ole pictures of your sunfire yellow 69  ?? would love to see them

[clanton]

It was my 2nd Charger it was a 68. What was messed up, was when we get back to the intersection, my car was gone. Theres that sinking feeling, and my face is flush. We drive around, and the cop puts out, looking for a yellow Charger. Come to find out, my friends at the AA meeting found my car, and drove it back. Man, I was so glad to see my car....

[RallyeMike]

Unfortunately, not even safe amongst our friendly Charger brothers. I had the dash knobs pulled of my Rallye at a Mopar show and shine once. What are you gonna do through? It's no fun being chained to it.

[terrible one]

On that note, has anyone else here had their ride vandalized/ messed with while parked?

[rp23g7]

No matter how far off I park some goofball NEEDS to park right next to it.  My general rule is if they ding the side I key the whole side of their car, as long as its not a classic. If they park with in 3 inches of the front or back, they get keyed on thier hood or trunk.

MAN I HATE THAT.  What is up with some people?  I drove it to the gym one day, the whole back row of spaces was empty so i parked next to the curb, come out and the whole back row was still empty along with half the parking lot, and there is a Honda parked right next to it.  He also backed in, so the passenger door was next to my drivers door, so i had a 50/50 chance of nobody in the passenger seat.   But i dont get it either.

I chose option 2 as i used to drive it daily, and it would sit in the parking garage at work, i parked way in the back so it was safe from parking lot dorks.  But i am also the same way, if i see you hit my car with your door, your car is in serious trouble.   Just ask the Mercedes driver who opened his door into my black Explorer.

I saw him do it, look at it, get in and leave, i got his license and called in a hit and run, followed him and the cop found us and filed a accident report,  i would go ballistic if someone did that to the Coronet.

[Finn]

No matter how far off I park some goofball NEEDS to park right next to it.  My general rule is if they ding the side I key the whole side of their car, as long as its not a classic. If they park with in 3 inches of the front or back, they get keyed on thier hood or trunk.

I park next to classics all the time but only because I would hate for someone else (who doesn't appreciate classics like I do) to just throw their door into it.
Always make sure I give them extra room too.

[Ghoste]

Mine's a rat so I don't worry too much about it.  I don't leave it out on the street but I have left it in my driveway overnight.  Most of the time it stays in the garage.  Shows I don't worry about.

[RallyeMike]

No matter how far off I park some goofball NEEDS to park right next to it.  shruggy My general rule is if they ding the side I key the whole side of their car, as long as its not a classic. If they park with in 3 inches of the front or back, they get keyed on thier hood or trunk.

If I were to ever see someone key my car, I'd baseball bat the shit out of them.

[terrible one]

No matter how far off I park some goofball NEEDS to park right next to it.  My general rule is if they ding the side I key the whole side of their car, as long as its not a classic. If they park with in 3 inches of the front or back, they get keyed on thier hood or trunk.

MAN I HATE THAT.  What is up with some people?  I drove it to the gym one day, the whole back row of spaces was empty so i parked next to the curb, come out and the whole back row was still empty along with half the parking lot, and there is a Honda parked right next to it.  He also backed in, so the passenger door was next to my drivers door, so i had a 50/50 chance of nobody in the passenger seat.   But i dont get it either.

I chose option 2 as i used to drive it daily, and it would sit in the parking garage at work, i parked way in the back so it was safe from parking lot dorks.  But i am also the same way, if i see you hit my car with your door, your car is in serious trouble.   Just ask the Mercedes driver who opened his door into my black Explorer.

I saw him do it, look at it, get in and leave, i got his license and called in a hit and run, followed him and the cop found us and filed a accident report,  i would go ballistic if someone did that to the Coronet.

I've noticed this all the time as well, and it really can be aggravating. My theory is they want to get a good look at your car and instead of parking and walking all the way over there and back their lazy ass just parks right next to you. 

[472 R/T SE]

If it was an overnight stay some where I would be lucky to get a couple hours sleep at the most with every little sound waking me up.  Not anymore, that's why I pay $550 for insurance once a year.

Parking in handicap I don't usually have to worry about some joe parking next to me as well.  With the MSD 6al I hid a kill switch.  Thieves don't like any kind of hassles, so I have that and a few other visible deterrents that hopefully are enough.

There's a spy accessory outfit that sells little Hot Wheels size boxes that are GPS tracking units.  You can mount them any where you want or move them around.  They're reasonably cheap except the service was like $35 or more a month.  One advantage is you can pick & choose the months you want it activated.  If it was around $20 or less I might do it, but again, that's why insurance is for.

Combination of #2 & 3.

[68X426]

Leave my Road Runner alone? When someone pries it away from my cold dead hands.

[oldcarnut]

No matter how far off I park some goofball NEEDS to park right next to it.  My general rule is if they ding the side I key the whole side of their car, as long as its not a classic. If they park with in 3 inches of the front or back, they get keyed on thier hood or trunk.

So for the asking, how many times do you suppose that you could have parked in a spot that someone parked next to you and dinged your car, classic or otherwise, that just left then another guy comes in before you come out and gets blamed and your gonna key his car up? Maybe not even his car but borrowed. Whats with the 3" front or rear limit if there is no contact? Sometimes just unexpected stuff like a sudden gust of wind or some other unintentional thing happens and someone would be more than willing to cover the fix. Don't get me wrong as I hate when people park up close especially when there are 40 spaces closer to where they are going and no excuse for hit and runs or shear negligence.  I saw a lady in a parking retaliate on the next car like that and she was the one who went to jail for vandalism.  I take a lot of care in opening my doors. Maybe because I'm 51 and not 16 yrs old but I think if it happened to me I'd call the cops and hit em in their pocket book for a new paint job cause if their car is a pos then a scratched up paint won't really matter. I'd be wanting to retaliate but that would make me no better than them.  If I was that freaked out about taking the car out I'd be better off leaving it home.  I've parked and left in public parking lots for 10 yrs in my R/T and yet to get it messed with or dinged.  Plenty late model Honda's etc get gone but then again the parts demand for them makes it easy to  sell off. If I leave the windows down I just pull the 8track out or move whatever under the seat.  

[Supercharged Riot]

Statistically speaking, I'm #2

But actually, I feel more like #1

Does that make me paranoid?  I hate having a Charger and have to worry about it being alone.  But I do live in California 

Heck.  I make sure I dont leave my garage open long enough for too many people to see that I have a Charger in my garage.