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[DNK]

Thanks Rod

 

[Guest]

Didn't park close enough.

 

[Deleted member 8987]

Yup. I'd have moved my 1950 pickup three times to make sure he wouldn't be able to get his door open.

 

[Boink]

I'd PAY to see that guy come back to his car. :excitement:

 

[HealeyRick]

I don't park like the Camaro driver, but I sure know WHY they park that way. I can't tell you the number of dings, dents and scratches I've had on my cars from jerks who have absolutely no respect for anyone else's stuff but their own. They fling their doors into your car, rub their shopping carts against your pride and joy and apparently never taught their kids how to properly exit a vehicle without putting a football-size dent into the adjoining vehicle. And there's no generalizations that stick, could be a guy in a beat up old pick-up or a mom in a $100,000 Mercedes. There's a commercial about the way I park (forget who made it) Nice car's parked in the middle of nowhere all alone in the lot. An old sh#tbox belching smoke circles the car and pulls up about a 1/2" away from the nice car. Happened to my wife just last week. She has a new black Outback she's trying to keep pristine. Parked at the far end of the parking lot, all alone and miles away from the store entrance. When she comes out, there's an old pick-up so close to her she can barely squeeze into the driver's door. Rant over but my blood pressure just went up thinking about it!

 

[Deleted member 8987]

I don't park like the Camaro driver, but I sure know WHY they park that way. I can't tell you the number of dings, dents and scratches I've had on my cars from jerks who have absolutely no respect for anyone else's stuff but their own. They fling their doors into your car, rub their shopping carts against your pride and joy and apparently never taught their kids how to properly exit a vehicle without putting a football-size dent into the adjoining vehicle. And there's no generalizations that stick, could be a guy in a beat up old pick-up or a mom in a $100,000 Mercedes. There's a commercial about the way I park (forget who made it) Nice car's parked in the middle of nowhere all alone in the lot. An old sh#tbox belching smoke circles the car and pulls up about a 1/2" away from the nice car. Happened to my wife just last week. She has a new black Outback she's trying to keep pristine. Parked at the far end of the parking lot, all alone and miles away from the store entrance. When she comes out, there's an old pick-up so close to her she can barely squeeze into the driver's door. Rant over but my blood pressure just went up thinking about it!

That's why I drive an old smoke-belching pickup and would not hesitate to park next to someone who has a car so important to world peace they have to take two places.
Rant off.

 

[Boink]

I get it too... but I'd rather park in a fairly unoccupied area. It's just a hazard these days.

 

[DrEntropy]

A sad state of affairs when driving a 'beater' becomes a defense against stupidity, jealousy, indifference, incompetence, disrespect, juveniles, irresponsibility... whatever. I'm with Rick. Maddened more than once after parking PROPERLY and receiving significant property damage to one or another of my vehicles. Even had a woman with a Mercury back up over 100' across a parking lot to PUNT my LEGALLY parked, pristine RED Alfa GTV so hard she put the rear wheel OVER the curb. Then claimed she didn't SEE it... I went truly BALLISTIC on the wench. Had to fight tooth and claw with her insurance carrier as well. Cromodoro wheels were NOT cheap, rear fenders and trunk lids were "unobtanium" too. Carrier finally paid, likely to get my lawyer off their backsides. Had TWO similar incidents with the Elan. People are idiots in the main, that's no reason I should give up driving something of value, something I WANT to drive.

 

[HealeyRick]

I get it too... but I'd rather park in a fairly unoccupied area. It's just a hazard these days.

That's my rant. Even when you park all alone in East ButtFeck, it seems like a shiny car has a magnetic field that draws the dentmobile to it. I just don't get the attitude of people that feel like they don't have to be careful of somebody else's stuff. I've heard the same complaints from people who exhibit their cars at shows and some kid is climbing all over it or somebody's dog has got his unclipped nails on the side of the door.

I will share some parking lot justice I wished I had a camera to record. I was at the mall when I saw a bright red Hummer park in a handicapped space without a plate or handicap tag. When I came out, it was on the end of the tow truck being yanked out of there.

 

[DrEntropy]

I would share a tale about what damage the better part of a quart of Castrol LMA brakefluid can do to a nice red Malibu hood but it would incriminate the innocent. I will say it was administered by someone besides me, for an arrogant affront after door damage to her MGB-GT.

 

[HealeyRick]

I would share a tale about what damage the better part of a quart of Castrol LMA brakefluid can do to a nice red Malibu hood but it would incriminate the innocent. I will say it was administered by someone besides me, for an arrogant affront after door damage to her MGB-GT.

And yet another reason not to change over to silicone brake fluid. Self-help like this can be pretty dangerous, though, escalating a property dispute to physical violence.

 

[SaxMan]

The nice thing about a Sprite is that it probably could have fit next to the Camaro and not jumped the curb in the process. That did happen to me once: two cars parked their cars over the painted stripe so that no one wanted to park there. The Sprite slid into the spot, no sweat.

Honestly, I don't get it: Park the car between the lines. If you don't get it on the first shot, take another 30 seconds of your life to get it right. I swear there are some people who are convinced that parking lines are meant to be like slot car tracks and that position their cars directly over center...and these aren't even nice cars.

 

[Gliderman8]

I think (hope!) the statue of limitations has passed... had a real bastar(fill in the rest) of a professor at U T. After graduation, just before driving home two buddies and I chained an old, rusted bicycle to the a fore mentioned professors bumper. We inadvertently took the key with us back to NY

 

[Boink]

The other week, a friend and I parked his 356 Porsche at a curb... and watched a guy gently back into it (the front bumper) as if he parked by nudging cars to know when to pull forward to straight out his parallel parking! We confronted him and he denied it!!! We were floored (and a little annoyed that we hadn't shot a video); we were STANDING RIGHT THERE. Thankfully, there was no damage.

 

[Boink]

Even when you park all alone in East ButtFeck, it seems like a shiny car has a magnetic field that draws the dentmobile to it.

LOL Nice description Rick.
Maybe West ButtFeck would be safer.

 

[mikephillips]

Some years ago had a woman back 20-30 feet across a parking lot into my E-type. I could see her coming, was blowing the horn and she never looked up until contacting my rear bumper. When I asked what she was doing she told me digging for a cigarette in her purse. And when I said she should have done that, then backed out, the response was she was in a hurry and didn't have time and perhaps I shouldn't have parked where I did. Yep, sitting still in a car I hadn't yet started so I could leave made it my fault.

 

[Boink]

And, you know, it doesn't have to be a collector car.... or a needy car or a... [stop me]

Don't they advertise these as capable of parking anywhere? I guess so.

 

[Gliderman8]

Smart car with not-so-smart driver.

 

[JFS]

SWMBO ribs me every time we pull into a parking lot. She knows I'll drive around until I find an "end" spot. I pull in closer to the end which has no adjoining parking space and figure I've cut my chances of getting a door ding by at least 50%. We also get a bit more exercise when the "end" spot is located out in the boonies.

 

[HealeyRick]

That's my rant. Even when you park all alone in East ButtFeck, it seems like a shiny car has a magnetic field that draws the dentmobile to it.