Do you fix every little dent in your car?

I am turning into my dad. I remember when I was little, he had a '77 buick lesabre...5 years old at the time. Some guy backed into the side door. He fixed it with a rubber hammer, bondo, and spray paint. He figured he always kept his cars forever, or until they were pretty much worthless. Whats the point of fixing it? It just gets more damage later.

My mother, on the other hand, took her ford taurus to get every little nick fixed. Everything went through the insurance company... rates reflected that.

10 years later, both cars were worth about $500.

Fast forward 30 years. Some moron backed into my 4 year old BMW 3 series, left front. Not too bad, wheel fairing bent in some...paint cracked off. Figure about $1500 in damage. I went in the garage, got a crowbar, rubber mallet, and bent the sucker back into shape, and put on some touch up paint. I have the equipment and spray guns to get it back to 100%...but I keep thinking, whats the point? Its a daily driver, every joe blow seems to slam their car door into it...this won't be the last dent. If I report it to the insurance company, its a $500 deductible, and my rates go up... could fix it myself properly... but thats 1 day of my life, gone...

So, my BMW has been blessed with a crowbar and rubber mallet. This, the same weekend I spit-shined the testarossa motor... priorities, eh?

So, are you a dent fixer... or a dent ignorer... at least on daily drivers?