Comments on: Has Your Car Been "Atlanta-fied?"

By: crackwilding

crackwilding — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 14:24:59 +0000

All the cars I’ve ever own were purchased pre-dented. I say, let someone else roll the car off the dealer’s lot and watch it depreciate 30% in seconds…

By: abby

abby — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 14:16:06 +0000

My poor car features plenty of door and bumper dings, and the inevitable paint-chipped dent from where someone must have attempted a parallel park behind me. My parents, though, came to meet me in the EAV for dinner one night a year or two ago – they were driving a big ole new volvo SUV and came out to find a good sized dent right smack in the center of the hood. I don’t particularly like the car either, myself, but it looks like someone punched it. The jerks.

By: Blogger Laments Cars Getting ‘Atlanta-fied’ – Commuter Dude

Blogger Laments Cars Getting ‘Atlanta-fied’ – Commuter Dude — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 21:11:33 +0000

[...] A blogger over at Atlanta.Metblogs.com posed the following question today: “Has your car been ‘Atlanta-fied’?” [...]

By: jondoe8889

jondoe8889 — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 18:36:02 +0000

My wife was using my car for a while, and parking at Emory. The college kids couldn’t care less if they dent your door with their new BMW – they’ll get another one when they graduate. But the car looked like a target after a few months. Her new Lexus hasn’t been dented, and she likely parks on a higher level. And we always park far away when were in lots, and try to park up hill. Those shopping carts can really roll (unless you are putting groceries in them, and a wheel will mysteriously flatten).
I was working in Houston after IKE, and I’ve never seen such traffic! It made Atlanta look like a Mayberry. The ABS got a workout there. Once I just missed a washer sitting in my lane. No other cars were swerving, and I just noticed it in time. Another time I looked down, then up to see a pickup and semi stopped dead in my lane. I stopped 30′ short. A minor collision – hidden from me – caused the two trucks to stop.
BUT – if you put your turn signal on, people will let you in immediately – like you were in Vancouver – not Atlanta. The roads were always crowded, and debris was common, tho it may have been added by the overburdened debris removal trucks that all looked like they came from Mexico.