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Hey Guys and Girls I was wondering if anyone could help me out.

This afternoon I had parked my car outside a shopping center. I was sitting inside my car waiting for a freind. While I was waiting some drunk old lady in her 40s slammed her door right into the side of my car.. So I get outside to have a look and there is a dent the size of a 50c coin. No paint has come off so is it possible to get this fixed without having to repaint the entire door ?

The car is a brand new Mazda and is insured. I tried to talking to the lady but she ignored me and started peeing right in front of me in a public car park ....So I just left it at that.

I have never been in a accident or in this kind of situation before so I wasn't quite sure what to do.

I really would hate to have the whole door painted because of a tiny dent but on a black car it does stand out a lot :(

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I tried to talking to the lady but she ignored me:(

It's hard talking to a peeing drunk!

Police as Mark suggested could have handled her - and she ain't a lady!

Where's your location so that someone here can recommend a Dent Dr > fixes dents at $80-90 each dent; a lot cheaper than paying insurance excess

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You can try to get that panel take out by a panel shop, heated up and then they can try to knock it back into place from the inside and then buffed on the outside to fix it up.

It should be ok. Good luck.

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