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Parking Paranoia - Irrational Moi ?
Juliand:
--- Quote from: Neil 54 on January 22, 2018, 09:20:25 pm ---I agree with what all of you have said about parking drives me mad. some years ago i had someone i challenged about opening their door onto my car whilst i was sitting in it tell me it was my fault for having a nice car far more people dont care than do IMO for the times when i dont have a choice i use these https://www.amazon.co.uk/Doordefender-removable-protection-protector-protectors/dp/B00F2ECLV0
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Thanks for the re-assuring comments...... Had a quick look at these door defenders - thanks - the problem is that offending cars have different door profiles, with pointed bits, when the door is open, at different heights - like this muppet who parked very close next to me on Sunday in a Nissan Juke, which had a pointed profile bit low down, but then a high nasty looking door edge over the rear wheel arch, and then another car might be totally different, :doh:
Had to take wifey to a hospital appointment the other day to have her plaster-cast taken off, from a broken wrist, and you know how hard it is to park at Hospitals.......was dreading it, but hey presto, there was a single space near the top floor in the multi storey car park at Poole hospital - bingo! (top tip !) Flippin hard to manoeuvre into, but managed it, ha ha, More physio appointments to follow, though :thinking:.......
delob:
I would like this post ten times if I could. I too am extra fussy about parking and often circle car parks numerous times before choosing a spot, even when they are empty
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rdfcpete:
None of you are the only paranoid ones.
For me, it's an end space or GTFO.
50% less chance of some mong-clown 'non car enthusiast' edging up to it or carelessly denting the bodywork straight away. I like to keep chances in my favour, hence I've never been a gambler :grin: :laugh:
Given the demonstration I saw this morning of one of my own trusted and beleaguered colleagues parking his car this morning in the side street outside work by making full on weighted contact with the car both behind, then in front as he straightened up in a space basically too small for his SUV, I remembered even people you have time for literally don't GAF about cars most of the time :booty: :stupid: :rolleye:
It was a harrowing reminder that there's a big gaping separation of people when they step into a car - those that care, and those that quite blatantly, openly and unforgivingly don't.
gulfstream11:
Reverse parking.. Dinged twice by d1ckeds. Can't stand to see it. When I asked one of them why he did it he said for safety reasons so he can drive straight out. Apologies to all the experts on here who are more than capable of the achieving the manoeuvre. Agree with OP.. Drive my wife mad looking for a space.
garrardrj:
My wife works at the largest Tesco in Suffolk her Mini had 21 car park dents in it when we sold it to a Londoner who parked on the street and said it was par for the course to have a damaged car in London. He did not care less about them. When i took her there once several years ago a car pulled out straight into the side of my BMW causing £2k of damage ! We bought a new Polo R line to replace it, only two so far ! I ensure my car cannot be hit when parked by doors, takes ages to find a spot sometimes.
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