Will childrens' balls dent an E38's armor ?

[zanbeak]

do you know what an e38s armor is made of? what is the hood, roof and trunk made of? 100% steel? or aluminum? how does it compare to other cars like hyundai or mercedes? i park my car in the driveway at about 50 degree angle. the neighbors children play with balls and some of the balls may hit my e38. will soccer balls, tennis balls, wiffle balls, volleyballs, rubber balls, basket balls or mlb baseballs, etc dent my e38? also since my e38 is parked at a 50 degree angle does this give the same defense effect as sloped armor? anyone here know if such balls can dent my e38s armor? thanks in advance

[sigtwenty]

Yes, the harder smaller balls will leave dents. Larger air filled balls will not damage it if they are just boucing at the end of their run. But a freshly kicked one or one that was bombed such as a hail Mary football pass will leave a mark.

[DUDMD]

Tell the parents of those kids that they will be responsible for any damages made by their kids.
Any ball can damage your vehicles by leaving marks and deep paint scratches. If you're parking in your driveway, no one should damage your vehicle, if they do then they have to pay for it.

[psjr]

They are 100% steel except for some pre-facelift 750s, which have an aluminum hood.

[wastedincome]

with enough force anything can leave a dent ;)

[zanbeak]

so should i just keep my e38 in the garage? i can no longer keep it in the driveway then or else it might get dented? obviously neighbors will say kids play with balls always. has anyone experienced such things with their cars here?

[wastedincome]

so should i just keep my e38 in the garage? i can no longer keep it in the driveway then or else it might get dented? obviously neighbors will say kids play with balls always. has anyone experienced such things with their cars here?


IF your able to keep in garage while children are playing then you should. Even acorn falling from tree's can cause epic dents.What we deal with driving is enough of a battle........

fwiw now after a few cold beers your title makes me want to reply w/ a smart remark which I wont as I dont need ICE on my butt

[zanbeak]

IF your able to keep in garage while children are playing then you should. Even acorn falling from tree's can cause epic dents.What we deal with driving is enough of a battle........

fwiw now after a few cold beers your title makes me want to reply w/ a smart remark which I wont as I dont need ICE on my butt

wat title ?

[wastedincome]

wat title ?
Title wut??

[weaksauce]

kids playing with their balls is always dangerous. just hope they dont have a party in your back seats!

[zanbeak]

have you seen how in the usa 99% of all private detached or semi detached homes are built like 1 meter apart from neighbors on all sides. its so stupid. buying a house in this country is retarded. imagine buying a new 2013 7er and parking it near ball throwing noise making toddlers all around your 7er. and you cant arrest them because children like balls. so basically this would be a new cars nightmare. substitute your bmw with my bmw. in other countries villas are not built this close to one another. apparently the communist government in washington mandates how close homes must be built to each other. they tell you that you have blah blah blah freedoms but 99% of their laws tell you what you CANNOT do. no standing here, no parking here, no this , no that , no, no, blah blah blah etc etc. in mozanbeak it isnt such a police state as here.

[mattwa]

They build them that close together in some places, not all, because land is so expensive. Probably unlike Mozambique. Where I live, an acre of residential land will run you somewhere between $250,000 and $2 million. Houses here are built very, very close together.

And in other places I have lived, it's because real estate developers manage to get their way. The more houses they put on their parcel, the more money they make. If they use 1/16 acre lots instead of 1/8 acre lots, they make 4 times as much.

But I have friends in other parts of the country where land is still between $5,000 and $25,000 an acre. Houses are much farther apart in those places, and they still have laws dictating what percentage of the lot can be improved in order to keep them far apart.

Where I grew up, houses had to be a minimum of 40 feet apart. We still managed to hit people's cars with baseballs and such. Only thing you can do is keep your car in the garage instead of the driveway. And even that is no guarantee, unless you have no windows or bulletproof glass.

[Hueristic]

have you seen how in the usa 99% of all private detached or semi detached homes are built like 1 meter apart from neighbors on all sides. its so stupid. buying a house in this country is retarded. imagine buying a new 2013 7er and parking it near ball throwing noise making toddlers all around your 7er. and you cant arrest them because children like balls. so basically this would be a new cars nightmare. substitute your bmw with my bmw. in other countries villas are not built this close to one another. apparently the communist government in washington mandates how close homes must be built to each other. they tell you that you have blah blah blah freedoms but 99% of their laws tell you what you CANNOT do. no standing here, no parking here, no this , no that , no, no, blah blah blah etc etc. in mozanbeak it isnt such a police state as here.
Yes it is true for a free country we have few freedoms. as a matter of fact most adults in this country commit 3 felonies a day without even knowing it. But on the flip side no-one forced you to move there and you do have the Freedom to move.

[shanecarmaster1]

kids playing with their balls is always dangerous. just hope they dont have a party in your back seats!

Ahah that's exactly what I was thinking.

I wouldn't risk leaving it outside, it's no more effort to pull it into the garage.

[Graciebird]

I would try parking at a 45 degree angle before i parked in the garage. Actually, this is really a question most adults could figure out without help.

[mgoods50]

They build them that close together in some places, not all, because land is so expensive. Probably unlike Mozambique. Where I live, an acre of residential land will run you somewhere between $250,000 and $2 million. Houses here are built very, very close together.

And in other places I have lived, it's because real estate developers manage to get their way. The more houses they put on their parcel, the more money they make. If they use 1/16 acre lots instead of 1/8 acre lots, they make 4 times as much.

But I have friends in other parts of the country where land is still between $5,000 and $25,000 an acre. Houses are much farther apart in those places, and they still have laws dictating what percentage of the lot can be improved in order to keep them far apart.

Where I grew up, houses had to be a minimum of 40 feet apart. We still managed to hit people's cars with baseballs and such. Only thing you can do is keep your car in the garage instead of the driveway. And even that is no guarantee, unless you have no windows or bulletproof glass.

The "problem" is that people want the houses that are developed on the neighboring houses' foundation. If in the beginning of the subdivision exploitation phenomenon (yeah, i just made that up- ha ha) potential home buyers visited and smirked- and walked away without buying beyond their means due to laziness (decreased lawn maintenance), this madness would have never spread to every once-forested plot of land big enough on which to throw widened centered stud lumber and painted scraps of wood pressed into what is now "called" dentil molding.

Anyone not convinced of this travesty- take a look at the thumbs FTW!

*no offense intended at all- just late night, no sleep humor. and for the record- i spent my early childhood in a double wide, so I can joke, right?*


Back on topic- is that a serious question? I just can't decide.

[Zen325i]

Tell the parents of those kids that they will be responsible for any damages made by their kids.
Any ball can damage your vehicles by leaving marks and deep paint scratches. If you're parking in your driveway, no one should damage your vehicle, if they do then they have to pay for it.

+1 its the parents responsibility to take care of what their children damage or break

[mattwa]

The "problem" is that people want the houses that are developed on the neighboring houses' foundation. If in the beginning of the subdivision exploitation phenomenon (yeah, i just made that up- ha ha) potential home buyers visited and smirked- and walked away without buying beyond their means due to laziness (decreased lawn maintenance), this madness would have never spread to every once-forested plot of land big enough on which to throw widened centered stud lumber and painted scraps of wood pressed into what is now "called" dentil molding.

Anyone not convinced of this travesty- take a look at the thumbs FTW!

*no offense intended at all- just late night, no sleep humor. and for the record- i spent my early childhood in a double wide, so I can joke, right?*


Back on topic- is that a serious question? I just can't decide.

I think it was 1989 or so. Went to look at a house in a neighborhood I normally couldn't afford, but there was a listing that was a lot cheaper than normal for that area.

The houses were roughly 18 inches apart. At the time they hadn't figured out to only put windows on one side of the houses, so if you were standing in the shower you could literally reach into your neighbor's bathroom and borrow their shampoo if both windows were open. To cut the grass in between the houses you would have to lean out the window with a weed whacker.

I was incredulous. While the price was lower than for other houses in that area, it was still about 40% more than you could by one that size nearby. I asked the realtor if she really thought anyone would pay that much for a house like that. She just looked at me like I was an idiot. Which, as it turns out, it appears I was.

[das borgen]

it's funny how man plays with his balls outside as a kid and then inside (or sometimes outside also) when he is grown up

[bobzdar]

have you seen how in the usa 99% of all private detached or semi detached homes are built like 1 meter apart from neighbors on all sides. its so stupid. buying a house in this country is retarded. imagine buying a new 2013 7er and parking it near ball throwing noise making toddlers all around your 7er. and you cant arrest them because children like balls. so basically this would be a new cars nightmare. substitute your bmw with my bmw. in other countries villas are not built this close to one another. apparently the communist government in washington mandates how close homes must be built to each other. they tell you that you have blah blah blah freedoms but 99% of their laws tell you what you CANNOT do. no standing here, no parking here, no this , no that , no, no, blah blah blah etc etc. in mozanbeak it isnt such a police state as here.

Depends on where you live. I have 3.5 acres and can only see the neighbor's houses when the leaves fall off the trees in the winter. The kids would have to have an NFL quality arm to hit my car from their yard. Acorns and falling tree limbs are a much bigger threat to my cars.