Neighbor dings door, my move? (Second ding, fixed parking spaces).

[Dr. Moreau]

Backstory: GF and I moved to SF Bay area from Seattle in January, we decide to sell my practical car and buy a 2007 Mazda Miata (MX-5). We keep the GF's practical car, but we now have a nice 'weekend' car. Sweet ride, but impractical. I walk to work, so the Miata sits idle at least 6 days a week.

Our apartment complex has fixed parking spaces, apartment 666 gets parking space 333. About a month after we move in, someone moves into the complex and gets spot 334. This does not mean they have apartment 667. They drive a mid-90s Chevy SUV and the back window has been broken out for 5 months now, so I am sure they do not 'care' about their car.

Story: One month after I bought the car I found a small door ding, only visible from a certain angle and not that visible. Since I had not driving the car in a week, I assumed parking space 334 did it... although it could have happened anywhere else. I am pretty tolerant, bad things happen and I in no way am 100% sure my parking neighbor did this to my car but I suspect they did.

Today I walk out, to find a huge 1 1/2" gash (complete with silver paint to match their silver SUV) on the upper part of my door, right near the handle. It lines up perfectly with the door height of their back door. I am 100% sure their car caused this ding... err gash.

I was pissed off as you could imagine, but still exhausted from only sleeping last night (insomnia). My girlfriend took the appropriate action and wrote in their driver's side window "[censored] OFF".

Here is my situation:

1) I have a high deductible, I keep it high because I am a safe drive and never have to use it. If I do use it, it is probably because my car got totaled.

2) I can not move my parking space, 333 is my assigned space, forever, period.

3) I do not know who these people are who own this car.

What do I do? How do to get paid to fix this gash and how do I prevent these no-talent-ass clowns from scratching/dinging/gashing my car? I know from prior experience with body work, I am looking at $500 - $800 to repair this damage.

Thanks in advance!

Disclaimer: I do not live in apartment 666 nor is my parking space 333... numbers were used for illustrative purposes.