I am now so paranoid about it happening to me again, that for the past 5 years I can say that I have never parked my new car in a public car park other than in a 'far of' position and parked nose to tail style. If you do get a bump, it will be either front or rear bumber (easier to repair, I think anyway) and not metal side bodywork. Even at work I park at the furthest point in the car park where nobody else would dream of parking, even in pouring rain, folk must think I'm nuts, I just say it is my way of getting some exercise. Some days I know I am not going to be able to avoid dodgy parking spaces, so I have been running two cars, one an old banger, a MkII Gti that I use most days for work, great fun but seems daft having a 14 grand car in my garage and using a £400 MkII Golf to avoid damage to my new car. Sods law, never had one ding in the old banger, even parking in the tightest of spots.
