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Parking Paranoia - Irrational Moi ?
Juliand:
Just thought that I'd post this to see if I'm losing the plot, or if anyone else is too.... My car is pretty much 'ding free' and I'd like to keep it that way. It spends 90% of its time in my garage, so doesn't get used that much, but when I do, I absolutely hate public car parks. I park as far away from other cars as I can, right at the far end of any car park; I try to find a single space, or, at worst, an end space - never next to a 3 door car (bigger doors); and certainly never near a car with baby seats.
I even prefer parking on the road, so that no one can 'fling' their door open onto my car - I've seen it done so many times by inconsiderate car park users. My wife and family think I'm crazily obsessed - wifey says it's a £6k Golf GTI; not like the brand new £70k Porsche, or Beemers etc that we had when I was younger, and working. I'm retired now(59, so not exactly an old git yet), but perhaps too much time on my hands etc.
I've always been careful where I would park, but I think that this has got a bit OTT (or OCD??)- I get really miffed if anyone parks next to me, having gone to all this trouble to avoid other cars etc, and have to check for bumps and marks. Surely not everyone will be the inconsiderate car park user that I regard them as......
Thoughts, chaps.........? :stupid:
pudding:
The value of the car is irrelevant imo. It's your property which you care about and it would be nice if other people respected that. It's no less acceptable to slam a door into a £6K Golf than it is a brand new Bentley. It's still unnecessary and annoying in both cases!
At work I moved away from the main parking area and claimed my own little space alongside a hedge. Others then copied me, but at least the cars are only in front of and behind mine, so no door swinging shenanigans! In fact, in 27 years of driving, the one and only time I picked up a dent was from a careless colleague at work.
As for roaming out in the wild, I go for a space where 98% of the population would find it too much effort to get into. Works every time. People are lazy and want to the most convenient spot possible. Sun Tzu - know your enemy :smiley:
You're not the only one, or irrational. I often make the missus walk a long way to the shop entrance :grin:
Joshy:
You're definitely not the only one who does this!
At work, various supermarkets and shopping centres i have a specific spot that I like to park in, and i get very irritated if i'm unable to park in it!
I've been in a few car parks where someone has just carelessly parked next to me, and have been that close that I've had to either climb through the passenger side, or have had to drive forward in order to let me passenger open the door. I cant stand the thought of someone flinging their door open to mine and not being bothered about damaging someone else's property.
I do find that there is always that 1 numpty that decides to park next to you in an empty car park when you're miles away from the entrance :fighting: :fighting:
AJP:
Top tip...
In a supermarket car park, look for a trolley bay (people invariably avoid parking next to them for some reason).
Reverse park tight to the trolley bay on your nearside. If you're any good you'll be able to get within 20-30mm of it. This gives you loads of extra gap on the offside between you and the next car, and obviously the nearside is somewhat shielded by the trolley bay itself. Win win.
Note: It helps to get a front passenger out of the car before the manoeuvre.. :)
pudding:
--- Quote from: AJP on January 22, 2018, 04:10:04 pm ---Top tip...
In a supermarket car park, look for a trolley bay (people invariably avoid parking next to them for some reason).
Reverse park tight to the trolley bay on your nearside. If you're any good you'll be able to get within 20-30mm of it. This gives you loads of extra gap on the offside between you and the next car, and obviously the nearside is somewhat shielded by the trolley bay itself. Win win.
Note: It helps to get a front passenger out of the car before the manoeuvre.. :)
--- End quote ---
Haha, yep :happy2: You have also spotted the same creature habits as I have out in the wild. Ironically, the avoidance of the trolley bay is so that a stray one doesn't end up in the side of their car.
And yeah, as for someone always being next to you in the deepest, darkest corner of the car park when you come back out.......that one is a mystery. It must be a creature habit thing, along the lines of Bison always grouping together at the watering hole to mitigate the Crocodile risk. Only the brave Bison venture off to the far corner of the carpark on their own. I guess the Bison who is next to you when you come out also doesn't want to be in the main pack, but isn't brave enough to go completely solo.
93.1% of these brave solo creatures head off into the corner because like minded people value their property. It's only a small splinter cell of utter retards who venture over next to yours deliberately to make a point. "I know you are parking here because you want to be away from people like me, but here I am anyway, haha!"
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