[yelojkt]

I truely believe that it is just that we care more about our cars than the average driver. We hand wash our cars and take time to make sure they stay looking nice. And that is why we notice door dings more than other people. I always park on an end of the row or just wind up parking somewhere in whatever lot I am in where I will not get hit by another car door. Like at the Pizza place that I eat at, they have very tight spaces so I just park in the lot next door (a bingo place, that never has traffic until late in the afternoon) on the far side so that other people who don't want to fight the tight parking but are in a hurry don't park beside me and wham. A three minute walk is worth no door ding to me. And the upwind thing is so dead on, certainly here in Kansas. I never ever park on the downwind end of a lot.