Saved someone’s silver M3 from a major ding

fullstack · 03-03-2018, 12:43 AM

I was at Ikea today and i had just parked and was walking towards the entrance when i saw a guy take his wrangler and ram a cart out of the way because someone had left the cart in front of his parked jeep and the cart came racing towards a silver m3 that was parked a few cars in front of me. I ran forward and stopped the cart before it hit.

uniqueMR · 03-03-2018, 12:52 AM

NOLATom · 03-03-2018, 07:38 AM

You should be nominated for citizen of the year award!

Poiseuille · 03-03-2018, 08:02 AM

This is grounds for creating a new Merit Badge!
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HPIA4v2 · 03-03-2018, 08:29 AM

Blksnowflake · 03-03-2018, 08:49 AM

Ban carts, they are clearly dangerous.

CanAutM3 · 03-03-2018, 10:29 AM

Quite a few years back, coming out of the grocery store and leisurely walking towards my car, I notice a lady unpacking her grocery cart into the trunk of her Infinity. When she’s done, she just shoves the cart across the parking aisle to get red of it. The cart rolls directly towards my parked M3 and hits it on the rear bumper. I am too far away to attempt anything, so I shout “hey lady, what the hell is wrong with you? That's my car”, to which she snottily replies “calm down, it’s just a car”. When I get to my M3, I notice 2 small indentations on the bumper. At this point I am fuming and the lady is backing out of her parking space. So I shove the cart back across the parking aisle quite forcefully which rams into the back of the lady’s Infiniti. The lady gets out and yells at me “are you completely nuts?”. To which I reply in the most calm and soft voice “calm down Miss, it’s just a car”.

Hrmm · 03-03-2018, 10:41 AM

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Originally Posted by CanAutM3

Quite a few years back, coming out of the grocery store and leisurely walking towards my car, I notice a lady unpacking her grocery cart into the trunk of her Infinity. When she’s done, she just shoves the cart across the parking aisle to get red of it. The cart rolls directly towards my parked M3 and hits it on the rear bumper. I was too far away to attempt anything, so I shouted “hey lady, what the hell is wrong with you?”, to which she snottily replies “calm down, it’s just a car”. When I get to my M3, I notice 2 small indentations on the bumper. At this point I am fuming and the lady was backing out of her space. So I shove the cart back across the parking quite forcefully which rams into the back of the lady’s Infiniti. The lady gets out and yells at me “are you completely nuts?”. To which I reply in the most calm and soft voice “calm down Miss, it’s just a car”.

Some people definitely have no consideration for other people's property.

While not my M, when I was in High School I was sitting in my car with a few friends waiting for someone to come out of the store. This lady pulls up next to me and opens her door about as hard as one can whacking my passenger door, which put a nice dent in it. When "calmly" asking what the hell, she didn't care what just happened and walked off completely ignoring what she just did. Being the completely rational teenagers that we were, she ended up with some nice key marks along the side of her car. Today I wouldn't react in the same way as I have too much to lose, but I like your passive aggressive response

boss2k · 03-03-2018, 10:42 AM

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Originally Posted by CanAutM3

Quite a few years back, coming out of the grocery store and leisurely walking towards my car, I notice a lady unpacking her grocery cart into the trunk of her Infinity. When she’s done, she just shoves the cart across the parking aisle to get red of it. The cart rolls directly towards my parked M3 and hits it on the rear bumper. I was too far away to attempt anything, so I shouted “hey lady, what the hell is wrong with you?”, to which she snottily replies “calm down, it’s just a car”. When I get to my M3, I notice 2 small indentations on the bumper. At this point I am fuming and the lady was backing out of her space. So I shove the cart back across the parking quite forcefully which rams into the back of the lady’s Infiniti. The lady gets out and yells at me “are you completely nuts?”. To which I reply in the most calm and soft voice “calm down Miss, it’s just a car”.

Good one and u shud have stopped her and made her pay for the damages

That's why i am scared to take M for grocery shopping

M3VSRCF · 03-03-2018, 10:49 AM

my hero

al3xander · 03-03-2018, 10:50 AM

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Originally Posted by CanAutM3

Quite a few years back, coming out of the grocery store and leisurely walking towards my car, I notice a lady unpacking her grocery cart into the trunk of her Infinity. When she’s done, she just shoves the cart across the parking aisle to get red of it. The cart rolls directly towards my parked M3 and hits it on the rear bumper. I was too far away to attempt anything, so I shouted “hey lady, what the hell is wrong with you?”, to which she snottily replies “calm down, it’s just a car”. When I get to my M3, I notice 2 small indentations on the bumper. At this point I am fuming and the lady was backing out of her space. So I shove the cart back across the parking quite forcefully which rams into the back of the lady’s Infiniti. The lady gets out and yells at me “are you completely nuts?”. To which I reply in the most calm and soft voice “calm down Miss, it’s just a car”.

Ha! Serves her right. Glad you did that.

doug_999 · 03-03-2018, 10:51 AM

as much as I preach two wrongs don't make a right, I sure would be tempted to slam that cart into the jeep...

and reminds me of TWICE my car has been hit with shopping carts...

1. Windy day at Sams club, I come out and see a cart cruising down the parking lot picking up speed until it hits my car (parked really far out there) - smashing the corner light.

2. Same thing - grocery store - dropped wife off, parked in the middle of nowhere, talking and playing with kids and BOOM. Cart hits the side of my X6 leaving a massive ding. To this day, I don't know where it came from - cause nobody was around.

edit: come to think of it, how is it that shopping carts in parking lots defy physics?

NorCal f80 · 03-03-2018, 10:51 AM

not all heroes wear capes

Kxux · 03-03-2018, 11:03 AM

Nice save. I'm sure you avoided that owner of the M car some stress response...

325iExecutive · 03-03-2018, 11:28 AM

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Originally Posted by CanAutM3

Quite a few years back, coming out of the grocery store and leisurely walking towards my car, I notice a lady unpacking her grocery cart into the trunk of her Infinity. When she’s done, she just shoves the cart across the parking aisle to get red of it. The cart rolls directly towards my parked M3 and hits it on the rear bumper. I was too far away to attempt anything, so I shouted “hey lady, what the hell is wrong with you?”, to which she snottily replies “calm down, it’s just a car”. When I get to my M3, I notice 2 small indentations on the bumper. At this point I am fuming and the lady was backing out of her space. So I shove the cart back across the parking quite forcefully which rams into the back of the lady’s Infiniti. The lady gets out and yells at me “are you completely nuts?”. To which I reply in the most calm and soft voice “calm down Miss, it’s just a car”.

Excellent response ðŸ¤

Matteo88 · 03-03-2018, 02:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Hrmm

Some people definitely have no consideration for other people's property.

While not my M, when I was in High School I was sitting in my car with a few friends waiting for someone to come out of the store. This lady pulls up next to me and opens her door about as hard as one can whacking my passenger door, which put a nice dent in it. When "calmly" asking what the hell, she didn't care what just happened and walked off completely ignoring what she just did. Being the completely rational teenagers that we were, she ended up with some nice key marks along the side of her car. Today I wouldn't react in the same way as I have too much to lose, but I like your passive aggressive response

nothing passive about that response lol

RickFLM4 · 03-03-2018, 02:17 PM

Did the asshole in the Jeep see what happened? That guy deserves a bag of dog shit hidden somewhere in that Jeep.

CanAutM3 · 03-03-2018, 03:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Matteo88

nothing passive about that response lol

M4Now! · 03-03-2018, 04:27 PM

SD ///M4 · 03-03-2018, 04:32 PM

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Originally Posted by doug_999

1. Windy day at Sams club, I come out and see a cart cruising down the parking lot picking up speed until it hits my car (parked really far out there) - smashing the corner light.

This actually also happened to me! Windy parking lot in Detroit, I came out of a store and a cart is headed towards my car and a pretty rapid pace. I raced after and managed to catch up to it just prior to it hitting the side of my car. I shoved the cart out of the way, but strained my wrist in the process. It was sore for days. That cart had quite a bit of amassed kinetic energy!

KevinM · 03-03-2018, 07:46 PM

I hate it when people just leave their carts scattered over the parking lots, ready to catch some wind and roll into someone's car. So inconsiderate.

Despite parking as far out as possible, it has happened to me twice. Once, with my then brand new 1999 528i - fortunately just hit the gas cap cover (I guess that makes it kind of unlucky and kind of lucky at the same time). The other time I was driving a BMW loaner.

drgmt · 03-03-2018, 09:01 PM

Never take my M3 to the shops. Might as well take a bat to it myself.

I have a Nissan x trail I take and you should see the state of it.

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CanAutM3 General 21131 Rep 20,742 Posts Drives: 2021 911 turbo Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Montreal iTrader: (1) Garage List 2022 Audi RS6 [10.00] 2021 Porsche 911 turbo [10.00]	Quite a few years back, coming out of the grocery store and leisurely walking towards my car, I notice a lady unpacking her grocery cart into the trunk of her Infinity. When she’s done, she just shoves the cart across the parking aisle to get red of it. The cart rolls directly towards my parked M3 and hits it on the rear bumper. I am too far away to attempt anything, so I shout “hey lady, what the hell is wrong with you? That's my car”, to which she snottily replies “calm down, it’s just a car”. When I get to my M3, I notice 2 small indentations on the bumper. At this point I am fuming and the lady is backing out of her parking space. So I shove the cart back across the parking aisle quite forcefully which rams into the back of the lady’s Infiniti. The lady gets out and yells at me “are you completely nuts?”. To which I reply in the most calm and soft voice “calm down Miss, it’s just a car”. __________________ Porsche 911 turbo 2021 992 GT Silver Previous cars: M4cs 2019 F82 Limerock Grey / M4 2015 F82 Silverstone / M3 2008 E92 Silverstone / M3 2002 E46 Carbon Black Last edited by CanAutM3; 03-04-2018 at 11:44 AM..
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doug_999 Brigadier General 2545 Rep 3,968 Posts Drives: 2011 1M/2021 992/2023 X3 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Chicago, IL iTrader: (0)	as much as I preach two wrongs don't make a right, I sure would be tempted to slam that cart into the jeep... and reminds me of TWICE my car has been hit with shopping carts... 1. Windy day at Sams club, I come out and see a cart cruising down the parking lot picking up speed until it hits my car (parked really far out there) - smashing the corner light. 2. Same thing - grocery store - dropped wife off, parked in the middle of nowhere, talking and playing with kids and BOOM. Cart hits the side of my X6 leaving a massive ding. To this day, I don't know where it came from - cause nobody was around. edit: come to think of it, how is it that shopping carts in parking lots defy physics? __________________ 2011 1M, Black loaded sans sat radio 2021 911 C4S Gentian Blue, manual 2023 X3 M40i - loaded sans Park Assist
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