How do you protect your car against door punching? Readers' comments will be shared at a later date!
Published on November 30, 2018
Door Punch Measures
I blogged the other day aboutWhat is everyone doing to counteract door punching?"I was very surprised to hear this comment. I used to have a transparent stone guard film on my 970 Panamera, but I don't have any door punch protection on my current Panamera and Boxster.
So I did a little research on door-punching measures.Choose a wide parking space, don't park next to a car with lots of scratches, and put on door edge protectors."I can only come up with "Of course, that's right." I wonder if that's all there is to it.
I've also looked into anti-door-punching goods, but they don't seem to detract from the car's design.Even if it were practical, I wouldn't want to wear this."Many of them felt that they were not.
My family's measures
Measures related to door punching can be divided into three categories.
(1) Measures to prevent (or not) being doorpunched(Prevention)
(2) Measures to prevent scratches even if (when) you are doorpunched(Mitigation)
3) Measures to restore the wound after being doorpunched in case of an accident.(Repair)
That is. In the case of my family, we only do (1), but when we go shopping at the supermarket or shopping mall in our Panamera, we try to park it in a space where there are no cars around, even if it is a little far from the entrance of the store.
For example, if there is a wall or pillar on the left side of the space and you are not worried about parking on the left side, you should park on the right side of the space at the white line.Don't ever park next to here!"Or park with the aura at full throttle.(Lightly inconvenient parking...sorry)I am aware of parking with as little risk as possible anyway.
However, if it is a parking lot of a shopping mall on holidays or a parking lot that is not that wide, it may not be possible to park spaciously, and in that case, there is no way to prevent it.... So far, I have never been a victim or a perpetrator of door punching, but I don't want to damage my precious Porsche as much as possible.
it is not the case that...What kind of door-punching measures do you take on a daily basis?We would love to hear your countermeasures and recommendations in the comments section, and we will share them on the blog at a later date. Thank you!
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I own a Cayenne 957 and a Boxster 981S.
My own door-punching prevention methods are.
(1) Porsche is not used for shopping at supermarkets, etc.
(2) Find a place that is wide open even if you have to walk a bit.
(iii) Avoid the sides of dented or dirty cars.
(On the other hand, if you drive out in a beat-up car, you might be able to get a free space next to it, making it easier to get in on the way home.)
(4) If there is no space available, I park next to the driver's side of the luxury car as much as possible.
(I suspect that the passenger seat passenger is not as concerned about opening and closing the door as the driver is.)
In tourist areas, if you choose a parking lot where there is a parking attendant, the attendant will take care of you and choose a good place to leave your car without you having to say anything.
(When I had just bought my Cayenne and it was still a rarity, I had a lot of fun: I left it in the hotel parking lot and there were pylons around it in the morning, the lady in the parking lot told me I could park wherever I wanted because she was watching me, she took the trouble to guide me to a parking lot on the other side of the street where it was easier to park, and I was directed to a parking lot for large vehicles only. (I experienced many fun things, such as being directed to a parking lot for large vehicles.)
I parked my Cayenne at the end of the Karuizawa outlet before, and on my way home, I saw a Hummer II, Mercedes, Jaguar, etc. lined up next to it, making it look like a used foreign car dealership, which was hilarious.
I see that everyone is thinking the same thing about door-punch prevention.
Thank you for your continued support.
Kasama, Chikara.
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>I own a Cayenne 957 and a Boxster 981S.
Oh! It's wonderful!
>4) If there is no space available, I park next to the driver's side of the luxury car as much as possible.
(I suspect that the passenger seat passenger is not as concerned about opening and closing the door as the driver is.)
Oh, I see...! This is certainly true! Drivers of luxury cars definitely seem to be more careful about opening and closing their doors.
>I parked my Cayenne at the end of the Karuizawa outlet before, and on the way home, I saw a Hummer II, Mercedes, Jaguar, etc. lined up next to it, making it look like a used foreign car lot, which was hilarious.
>I see that everyone is thinking the same thing about preventing door punching.
That's hilarious and understandable! LOL!
I mean, it's far more important to park close to the entrance and not have your car get hit if you walk a bit than it is to have the benefit of a shorter walk!
The result is a zone of luxury cars thinking the same thing...
Thank you for all the valuable information.
I'll share more later on the blog!
Hello Mina~^^).
When my 996 carrera was introduced to the world, it was ridiculed for being unnecessarily wider than the 993, but now it is the slimmest water-cooled 911. But now it is the slimmest water-cooled 911 in the world.) The Panamera seems to be much wider than the 911, and I'm sure they will be very careful.
And of course, being door-punched is not a good thing, but in the case of the 911, the doors are long, so until I got used to getting in and out of the car, there were times when I would accidentally punch the door. I apologized to the next person in the car (the door of a 911 is harder than that of a kei, and the door of a 996 is heavier, so it dents quite a bit ^^). I am sorry. Let me take this opportunity to apologize.)
In order to avoid such a bad experience, I try to find a space at the very end of the white line where there is a fence on the outside of the white line and there is about 1 meter between the fence and the white line at the end of the white line, and I park boldly across the white line. This way, other cars can enter only on the opposite side, and even if I open my door fully, they cannot reach the white line on the opposite side, so I do not have to worry about hitting or being hit by other cars.
In parking buildings, I once went up to a rather inconvenient spot on a higher floor and straddled the white line in the middle of the building to park in a space for two cars, though I would not recommend this except on very busy days.)
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Hello ^^^^.
>In the case of the 911, the doors are long, so until I got used to getting in and out of the car, I sometimes accidentally punched the door.
Oh... that's dangerous! But sure enough, when I got in the 964, the door didn't stop halfway, but opened with a "bang! I was afraid that if there was a car next to me, I would surely hit it....
We want to avoid being door-punched, and we want to avoid doing it whenever possible.
Well... there's always parking at the end of the lot!
Also, I can totally understand going up to a rather inconvenient point on a high floor...!
The higher you go, the more empty it becomes, and it is much more important to avoid the risk of door-punching than to be close to the connecting corridor.
I see... I will share it with you again... Thank you very much!
My wife drives a Cayenne.
Parking for learning from elementary school pick up to kindergarten.
From the neighborhood supermarket where you do your daily shopping to shopping malls, to parking lots at your place of work here and there.
The car was driving down a narrow street in a residential area with branches of a tree in some kind of plantation clattering against the side of the car.
In winter, I go skiing on snow-covered roads and sometimes dig out Cayenne from under the snow.
Ehhhh, children run by the cars with their backpacks and school bags gunning for the cars.
When children get in and out of the car, it is not uncommon for them to bump into our car as they get out.
After driving through the snowy mountain roads in winter, the lower half of the car is covered with slush, and when the car is buried in snow and forced to escape, it is covered with fine scratches.
But my wife, after she gongs it on, glances at it and says, "Oh, it's scratched, hmmm..." and doesn't care about the rest. and she doesn't care about the rest.
It is a car, an SUV, so it has to be used, it has to be driven, and he seems to think that a few scratches are proof that it has been driven well and is charming.
If it's not, I'd rather not be bothered by it and get frustrated every time I ride than to have to deal with it.
I am happy with the Cayenne, which is easy to use, easy to drive, and comfortable to drive in any situation.
The countermeasure against door-punching in our house is "to pay little attention to it.
Mr. BUPPA.
Thank you!
Your wife, too cool as always. lol
But I hear that the Cayenne is often used to tow boats in Europe, and it looks like a car that needs to be driven hard off-road!
In that sense, it might be more natural for the BUPPA family to use it like they do, riding it hard and not worrying about a few scratches...^ ^ ^ ^.
It's nice to be able to go on snowy mountain roads in a Porsche!
I could go with a Panamera, but I wouldn't dare bring a sedan to the snowy mountains, but if it's a Cayenne, let's go skiing or something!
I feel like I'm going to be able to do that.