# Mystery hit and run

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/mystery-hit-and-run/55719>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Created:** [September 28, 2010, 10:08pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/mystery-hit-and-run/55719 "2010-09-28T22:08:08Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
**Page:** 1

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**Author:** ![sio203](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/71e660/32.png) [@sio203](https://community.cartalk.com/u/sio203)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2010, 10:08pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/mystery-hit-and-run/55719/1 "2010-09-28T22:08:08Z")

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I recently had some bad luck. I parked my car on the street and when I came back after work the side was all scraped up with something white and the side mirror was hanging by the cables. My insurance company thinks I drove my car into something concrete because the white stuff on the car doesn’t look paint, instead it’s powdery (like concrete). Also they say the damage extends almost 2 ft in height which is inconsistent with a drive-by side-swipe. I’m getting screwed over here because the damage is so unusual, but it wasn’t my fault. I know _something_ hit my car but I don’t know how to prove it. Any thoughts on what could have happened to cause that kind of damage?

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**Author:** ![common-sense-answer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/common-sense-answer/32/716_2.png) [@common-sense-answer](https://community.cartalk.com/u/common-sense-answer)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2010, 10:30pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/mystery-hit-and-run/55719/2 "2010-09-28T22:30:06Z")

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