I am a fucking idiot :(

[aliciabella]

I am so pissed at myself. Last night I needed to run out to Riteaid real fast. My H parked the minivan on an angle in our driveway which partially blocks my car. You see where this is going. I couldn't find the van keys so took my car. I fucking knew it was behind me but as I was backing out my DS runs over to the window to tell me to get something and goes back in. I completely forgot the van was behind me and backed right into it.

Both fucking cars are damaged. The van has a huge dent, which I can pull out, and white pain with scratches. Fuck fuck fuck.

DH was sleeping so I didn't say anything and at 5 am when he went for a run saw it and is pissed. Rightfully so.

Am I able to buy touch up paint from Honda? Does that even exist? The damage isn t enough to warrant a homeowners or car insurance claim, so any help would be awesome.

[W.T.Faulkner]

I purchased touch-up paint for my Honda from the dealership where I purchased it, but there’s also a ton of options online.

[aliciabella]

Jun 23, 2018 15:12:15 GMT -5 W.T.Faulkner said:

I purchased touch-up paint for my Honda from the dealership where I purchased it, but there’s also a ton of options online.

I didn't really have any luck online but I'll check the dealership. Thanks.

[isabel]

Yep. Contact the dealership. They should be able to give you a small amount (when I got it, it was in a paint pen type thing) that is color matched to your car. It's not cheap, but not too bad.

And you're not an idiot. We all do stuff like that from time to time. Shrug it off.

[blondemoment123]

The dealership sells touch up paint. I had to buy some when my mom packed into the mailbox when she driving my car.

[hazelden]

I've had paint scrapes on cars rub out easily with soft scrub in the past. I'd try buffing off scraped on paint before adding touch up paint.

[cleo29]

How big and where will the touch up be needed? Even when they sell the right color, it stands out on the car (I know this because we had some put on the used car we bought.

[sju1982]

Try calling your salesman. My husband works at a Honda Dealership. They do sell Honda touch up paint, but they should also have a dent guy for small dings and what not. Much cheaper than going through a body shop. They use him for freshening up used cars for resell. All dealerships have someone.

[peachy]

You can check an auto paint store too, they can find any paint.

Don't beat yourself up, accidents happen...I can definitely see how easy it would be to do this in a hurry/distracted by a kid. Why did your H park like that anyway?

[VillainV]

I did this once but it was a friend ‘s car I backed into.

[winecat]

I'd call a good auto detailer. Depending on what's damaged, they will probably be able to fix it by buffing or fixing the clear coat. A FB friend's child took a rock to her car to "draw" a picture and they were able to fix it by buffing/fixing the clear coat.

[vanlatte]

Not an idiot at all. Myself on the other hand, that's an entirely different story. We bought a new Murano 2 years ago. We drove H's car to go pick it up, and I drove the Murano home. I pulled it into the garage, and when I closed it, I hadn't pulled it in far enough, so the garage door came down on the back hatch and bumper, causing several deep gouges in the paint. H had stopped at the store, and when he got home and saw it, he was sooo pissed. Brand new car. Yep, I'm a fucking idiot.

[NomadicMama]

I did something similar when I was in my mid-20s and living with my parents. I drove the Jaguar into the BMW, in the driveway. It’s been twenty years and my dad still doesn’t find the story particularly funny. His car, the BMW (the one I was driving), had just a cracked reflector, but my mom’s car had a huge dent in it. My mom was not thrilled about it, but she made certain to pull me aside and remind me that’s what we have insurance for. I felt awful about it. But, it’s kind of a funny story now.

[chimera]

For removing light paint transfer - my car got hit in the hospital garage twice in a month- no note left no cameras. Transfer across both doors. I made the mistake of using a magic eraser - then used this to fix the light swirl marks left by the magic eraser. Couldn’t tell where any of it had been. The buffer attaches to a regular drill-

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Honda sells touch up paint- or call an auto body shop.

[jennistarr1]

Here to say, don't beat yourself up

[azalea]

Been there. Done that... We have older cars, so we just left as is, since it was fairly minor damage. It sucks now, but in a few years, it will be a funny story!

[nicolewi]

You're not an idiot. This stuff happens. On Dec. 23rd one year when we were getting ready for Christmas, I backed out of the garage and right into my parents' car, which was parked in the driveway.

Sorry...it totally sucks. In a few years, it won't matter. Just do your best to fix things up and move on.

[bugandbibs]

Be gentle with yourself. We all make mistakes.

[mcmel]

In a one week period I messed up 3 cars in my family.

First one was my car when someone rear ended me. Not my fault, but it always gets thrown in to the story.

Then, a few days later I was a nice wife and took H’s car to my parents’ house to wash. My dad had come home and parked behind me, but I didn’t think about it. After washing H’s car I reverse out of their driveway and hit my parents’ car with H’s car. H and my parents were like come the fuck on.

We all make mistakes lol

[cleo29]

Jun 23, 2018 21:30:54 GMT -5 @heyitsme said:

Your H being pissed isn’t the right response unless you have a habit of this type of thing. It’s called an accident for a reason. Go easy on yourself and tell your H to calm down.

And he parked in a manner partially blocking her car.

[sapphireblue]

We did that last year. We were leaving at about 4:45 am for the hospital for my c section, it was raining and dark.

We forgot our friend's car was in the driveway--he had stayed over because he was going to stay at our house and watch our dogs and cats while we were in the hospital.

We dented his side door pretty badly, just crunched it. My car has a bit of damage too.

[wildrice]

I bought a brand new car when I was 18. I parked it in my parents' driveway, and my mom promptly backed into it. Thankfully the damage was mostly to the license plate!

Don't beat yourself up. Your H is allowed to be frustrated but he shouldn't be actually mad. It could happen to anyone. He shouldn't have parked it that way!

No advice on the paint, but good luck!

[cmeon]

Backing accidents are so commonplace that we are addressing them with technology- even when you are careful and look behind you while backing, check for obstacles, there are still major blind spots in most vehicles. Back-up cameras, sensors and warnings- they're becoming more normalized every year. My only "my fault" accident was a backing accident in a parking lot- I was driving my boyfriend atT's car (so embarrassing). DH, a remarkably good driver- backed into a rental car he'd parked in the driveway an hour earlier (thank goodness the rental was already so dinged up that they didn't care- but, we had to replace our bumper).

FWIW, my BF wasn't mad at me, and I definitely wasn't mad at my husband. Cars are just things, after all- in some ways, it's nice to get the first bumps out of the way. 3 weeks after we got our car back from that one, some(uninsured)one ran a stop sign and knocked the damn brand new bumper half off. LOL <- not so funny at the time.

I hope your husband got over it, it was probably (assuming he's not a jerk) just a shock to discover that it that way.

[tantek]

When DH and I were engaged, he let me use his car when he was away. I hadn’t driven in years and hadn’t driven standard transmission before. LOL
Anyway, I scratched the front bumper about a foot long on the cement post in the parking garage. Had to call him and tell him. He forgave me.

A month later, I scratched the same car on the same side but along the whole drivers side on the same dumb post. He thought I was joking when I called to tell him about that one.

Yeah. Accidents happen to even non-idiots.

[whitemerlot]

When my h brought his brand new car home from the dealership, I backed it out of the garage, but I didn’t notice that the garage door hadn’t opened all the way for some reason. He was a pretty good sport about it.

When my daughter was 5 weeks old and we were super tired, my h backed my newish car into a huge dumpster. It had been parked in the alley behind our garage for over a month and I had complained about it many times because it was in my way. It was giant and rusty and I had to maneuver my car to get out.

I was not had happy because it was something I had complained about a dozen times. It was $1200 to get it fixed because of how he hit it, even though it was minor damage and all cosmetic, so we didn’t fix it. My h is still driving the car 6 years later.

[macmars45]

When I backed out of my small one car garage I took the driver side mirror off (a few years ago), recently I both backed into a hardy bush (dent) and didn't take enough room when turning next to a construction sign (scratch). I beat myself up worse as my H wasn't mad at all.

[aliciabella]

Jun 23, 2018 18:56:34 GMT -5 peachy said:

You can check an auto paint store too, they can find any paint.

Don't beat yourself up, accidents happen...I can definitely see how easy it would be to do this in a hurry/distracted by a kid. Why did your H park like that anyway?

Because he is an idiot, lol. Our driveway is fairly narrow and he leaves early and gets home after me so he will just park on an angle. And, because he is an idiot.

[aliciabella]

Jun 23, 2018 21:30:54 GMT -5 @heyitsme said:

Your H being pissed isn’t the right response unless you have a habit of this type of thing. It’s called an accident for a reason. Go easy on yourself and tell your H to calm down.

I get why he is pissed and he isn't necessarily wrong. Both cars have a pretty bad dent and scratches. I called Honda and Hyundai about the paint and was able to pull the two big dents out. Thanks everyone for your help!

[foundmylazybum]

I have done almost this same thing.

Twice. I consider myself quite bright! We all get stressed and make mistakes. Also, like no joke, my situation was really similar to yours and it helped to put some blame on MH (why did he park different!? 😒)

Please don't think you're an idiot.