Neighbour Scratched My Paint - Temporary Rust Protection?

[Jucius Maximus]

The guy who parks next to me in the condo parking lot majorly scratched the paint on 'my' Camry. On the driver's door there are two small but deep scratches. I can see the matching scratch on the edge of his Lexus's back door. *Technically it is my dad's Camry and I have permission to use it this week. He will be royally pissed because he just got it recently.

The scratch is deep and the metal below is exposed. How do I temporarily protect the surface from rusting? Rust Check?

(I can't really 'confront' the guy about this either because he barely speaks English. He is my next door neighbour though because the parking spots follow sequentially with the suite numbers.)

[sbin]

why not confront him? seriously, if he was ur best friend, i would say to let it pass, but just neighbor?? tell him to pay for it, dont need to be shy

[Jucius Maximus]

why not confront him? seriously, if he was ur best friend, i would say to let it pass, but just neighbor?? tell him to pay for it, dont need to be shy

As I said before, the neighbour doesn't understand English!

Also, I can't really prove that he cause the damage. He might plausibly say that the matching scratch on his car door was there from before.

[Kasakato]

Write a letter and do a translation?

[Jucius Maximus]

Write a letter and do a translation?

I don't even know what language he speaks... I think it is something from the Far East. Maybe Vietnamese or Malay. Not really sure.

[phillbert]

take pictures and use arrows. he should understand that.

[nano]

key his car

[jetway1212]

take pictures and use arrows. he should understand that.

HAHHAHAHA that is hilarious.


OP, call cops, explain your story why you cant confront him. Cops can do investigate. The damage is easily over $1000. Repaint a door isnt cheap, the shop has to do the fender and quarter panel to match color.

I dont care if its my neighbour, heck if its true, hes a bad guy after all.

[weedb0y]

ask him for $200 and tell him you are gonna cover the rest..

no bad feelings on either side..

[Jucius Maximus]

Thanks for your comments about the neighbour... but what about protecting the spot from rust? Is there anything I can do now to prevent rust from forming?

[dodo]

Thanks for your comments about the neighbour... but what about protecting the spot from rust? Is there anything I can do now to prevent rust from forming?

you can use a touch up & clear coat for that

[PCDawg]

He's gotta understand some english or know someone that does. How did he buy/rent his condo???

He still has to revie the contract and sign papers.

Just call up security or talk to the superintendant and they will help out....

[anabeces]

key his car

i agree.

[ah802]

As I said before, the neighbour doesn't understand English!

Also, I can't really prove that he cause the damage. He might plausibly say that the matching scratch on his car door was there from before.

For starters... just because he doesn't speak english doesn't mean he isn't responsible, let his lawyer do the talking. You need to take this to the next level... I know your dad would.

You're right, very hard to prove... but with close-up photography, matching height damage, and flakes of paint transfer... a case could be made. Down to the bare metal damage will leave transfer marks, presented with convincing photogrpahic evidence, the neighbour should pay-up (cost for a repainted panel is ~300)

Contain the problem with dealer touch-up paint asap.

[ah802]

i agree.

Childish response... both become losers and not to the same degree. Take judical steps and let an impartial judge decide with evidence...

No evidence....? we live in a civil society, your neighbour shouldn't have to suffer if you are not 100% sure he did it, and you can't prove it to an impartial person.