The BAD PARKING Thread [Vol 2]
Discussion
Simond S said:
yellowjack said:
As for BMWs, Audis, Jaguars, etc needing extra space? Laughable, I'm afraid. I don't give a stuff how many 'M', 'S', or 'R' badges you glue to the bootlid, when it's all distilled down, a car is just a car when you drive to the bloody shops in it 
You are so wrong. A car is just transport to some, and like you they don't really have passion for their cars. For others it isn't about the badges on the boot, it is about the work that went into building the car, or the effort they made to buy the car. A lot of cars are bought as rewards or goals and are worth far more than the physical cost of the car. Some cars you are truly passionate about and feel honoured to own.
I always used two spaces when I parked my AM in a public car park. Not because I was being arrogant but because the majority of the public will not respect it the way that the car deserves to be treated. When the rear arch was damaged by a piece of tyre from a lorry I felt physically sick.
Even now I feel lucky that I have the cars I have. I don't want to be parking next to a car where the occupants use the car next to them as a door stop. If people respected others property it would never be an issue, unfortunately lack of respect, petty jealousy and a general lack of care means it is an issue.
king deal, you have an "AM". Wow. You must be so much more deserving of that extra space you arrogantly used. Repeatedly.A particular car, and ownership thereof, does not equate to, or limit the depth of someone's passion for cars. Some real cretins drive supercars, and not because they particularly love those cars, or driving them, but because they are a status symbol. Other people have to make do with a Corsa or Fiesta but care very deeply about their car, they maintain it well, keep it clean and drive it enthusiastically where appropriate. Don't go making the mistake of judging a book by it's cover.
Just because YOU, billy big b
ks, don't feel you ought to park within a marked space, means others end up squeezed together like sardines in a tin. Really? You think because I drive "just a Mondeo" that it's OK for me to have to suffer the dings and scrapes so that you don't? What a crock of st.And I stand by my previous assertion. It doesn't matter what car it is, from an F50 to a Chevrolet Matiz, when you pootle to the supermarket in it, IT'S JUST ANOTHER CAR. So do everyone a favour, and park it in just another space. Most of the petty jealousy you seem to experience probably stems from the perception of arrogance which goes hand in hand with parking like a cock.
How might you feel if, on return to your car, in it's two spaces, there was another car parked across the ends of those two spaces, perpendicular to your motor, and on it's windscreen was a note explaining that, on account of how you were parked in a space he needed, that he'd presumed you wouldn't mind if he parked so as to protect the rear of you car from damage and he'd be back in a few hours? That'd be OK, right? Or if two cars ended up parked so close to you on both sides that you couldn't gain access via either door? That'd be OK too, yes? After all, they would be parked in a similarly discourteous manner to you, and thereby committing the same sin, no?
yellowjack said:
Wrong, I'm afraid. I care very deeply about my car. I just don't have the funds to run more than one, so I buy the best one I can that will do what I need it for. This time out, it happened to be a Mondeo. Big fking deal, you have an "AM". Wow. You must be so much more deserving of that extra space you arrogantly used. Repeatedly.
A particular car, and ownership thereof, does not equate to, or limit the depth of someone's passion for cars. Some real cretins drive supercars, and not because they particularly love those cars, or driving them, but because they are a status symbol. Other people have to make do with a Corsa or Fiesta but care very deeply about their car, they maintain it well, keep it clean and drive it enthusiastically where appropriate. Don't go making the mistake of judging a book by it's cover.
Just because YOU, billy big bks, don't feel you ought to park within a marked space, means others end up squeezed together like sardines in a tin. Really? You think because I drive "just a Mondeo" that it's OK for me to have to suffer the dings and scrapes so that you don't? What a crock of st.
And I stand by my previous assertion. It doesn't matter what car it is, from an F50 to a Chevrolet Matiz, when you pootle to the supermarket in it, IT'S JUST ANOTHER CAR. So do everyone a favour, and park it in just another space. Most of the petty jealousy you seem to experience probably stems from the perception of arrogance which goes hand in hand with parking like a cock.
How might you feel if, on return to your car, in it's two spaces, there was another car parked across the ends of those two spaces, perpendicular to your motor, and on it's windscreen was a note explaining that, on account of how you were parked in a space he needed, that he'd presumed you wouldn't mind if he parked so as to protect the rear of you car from damage and he'd be back in a few hours? That'd be OK, right? Or if two cars ended up parked so close to you on both sides that you couldn't gain access via either door? That'd be OK too, yes? After all, they would be parked in a similarly discourteous manner to you, and thereby committing the same sin, no?
Well said that man!! king deal, you have an "AM". Wow. You must be so much more deserving of that extra space you arrogantly used. Repeatedly.A particular car, and ownership thereof, does not equate to, or limit the depth of someone's passion for cars. Some real cretins drive supercars, and not because they particularly love those cars, or driving them, but because they are a status symbol. Other people have to make do with a Corsa or Fiesta but care very deeply about their car, they maintain it well, keep it clean and drive it enthusiastically where appropriate. Don't go making the mistake of judging a book by it's cover.
Just because YOU, billy big b
ks, don't feel you ought to park within a marked space, means others end up squeezed together like sardines in a tin. Really? You think because I drive "just a Mondeo" that it's OK for me to have to suffer the dings and scrapes so that you don't? What a crock of st.And I stand by my previous assertion. It doesn't matter what car it is, from an F50 to a Chevrolet Matiz, when you pootle to the supermarket in it, IT'S JUST ANOTHER CAR. So do everyone a favour, and park it in just another space. Most of the petty jealousy you seem to experience probably stems from the perception of arrogance which goes hand in hand with parking like a cock.
How might you feel if, on return to your car, in it's two spaces, there was another car parked across the ends of those two spaces, perpendicular to your motor, and on it's windscreen was a note explaining that, on account of how you were parked in a space he needed, that he'd presumed you wouldn't mind if he parked so as to protect the rear of you car from damage and he'd be back in a few hours? That'd be OK, right? Or if two cars ended up parked so close to you on both sides that you couldn't gain access via either door? That'd be OK too, yes? After all, they would be parked in a similarly discourteous manner to you, and thereby committing the same sin, no?
yellowjack said:
Wrong, I'm afraid. I care very deeply about my car. I just don't have the funds to run more than one, so I buy the best one I can that will do what I need it for. This time out, it happened to be a Mondeo. Big fking deal, you have an "AM". Wow. You must be so much more deserving of that extra space you arrogantly used. Repeatedly.
A particular car, and ownership thereof, does not equate to, or limit the depth of someone's passion for cars. Some real cretins drive supercars, and not because they particularly love those cars, or driving them, but because they are a status symbol. Other people have to make do with a Corsa or Fiesta but care very deeply about their car, they maintain it well, keep it clean and drive it enthusiastically where appropriate. Don't go making the mistake of judging a book by it's cover.
Just because YOU, billy big bks, don't feel you ought to park within a marked space, means others end up squeezed together like sardines in a tin. Really? You think because I drive "just a Mondeo" that it's OK for me to have to suffer the dings and scrapes so that you don't? What a crock of st.
And I stand by my previous assertion. It doesn't matter what car it is, from an F50 to a Chevrolet Matiz, when you pootle to the supermarket in it, IT'S JUST ANOTHER CAR. So do everyone a favour, and park it in just another space. Most of the petty jealousy you seem to experience probably stems from the perception of arrogance which goes hand in hand with parking like a cock.
How might you feel if, on return to your car, in it's two spaces, there was another car parked across the ends of those two spaces, perpendicular to your motor, and on it's windscreen was a note explaining that, on account of how you were parked in a space he needed, that he'd presumed you wouldn't mind if he parked so as to protect the rear of you car from damage and he'd be back in a few hours? That'd be OK, right? Or if two cars ended up parked so close to you on both sides that you couldn't gain access via either door? That'd be OK too, yes? After all, they would be parked in a similarly discourteous manner to you, and thereby committing the same sin, no?
It isn't about funds. When I had the AM I truly felt lucky to own it. (I don't have it anymore so I assume my bking deal, you have an "AM". Wow. You must be so much more deserving of that extra space you arrogantly used. Repeatedly.A particular car, and ownership thereof, does not equate to, or limit the depth of someone's passion for cars. Some real cretins drive supercars, and not because they particularly love those cars, or driving them, but because they are a status symbol. Other people have to make do with a Corsa or Fiesta but care very deeply about their car, they maintain it well, keep it clean and drive it enthusiastically where appropriate. Don't go making the mistake of judging a book by it's cover.
Just because YOU, billy big b
ks, don't feel you ought to park within a marked space, means others end up squeezed together like sardines in a tin. Really? You think because I drive "just a Mondeo" that it's OK for me to have to suffer the dings and scrapes so that you don't? What a crock of st.And I stand by my previous assertion. It doesn't matter what car it is, from an F50 to a Chevrolet Matiz, when you pootle to the supermarket in it, IT'S JUST ANOTHER CAR. So do everyone a favour, and park it in just another space. Most of the petty jealousy you seem to experience probably stems from the perception of arrogance which goes hand in hand with parking like a cock.
How might you feel if, on return to your car, in it's two spaces, there was another car parked across the ends of those two spaces, perpendicular to your motor, and on it's windscreen was a note explaining that, on account of how you were parked in a space he needed, that he'd presumed you wouldn't mind if he parked so as to protect the rear of you car from damage and he'd be back in a few hours? That'd be OK, right? Or if two cars ended up parked so close to you on both sides that you couldn't gain access via either door? That'd be OK too, yes? After all, they would be parked in a similarly discourteous manner to you, and thereby committing the same sin, no?
ks are standard size now). Like it or not some people just don't care about other peoples possessions. I have always parked as far from the entrance to a shop as possible to avoid parking near other cars, I also look for the end space that is wider and often gives some overhand.
Why would anyone want to park so close as to prevent a door opening?, surely that is just petty?
I did look at the Skoda parked above and thought he should have driven in frontwards, just in case someone parked against his drivers door.
DSS1 said:
Well, last week it was a BMW X5 on Northumberland Avenue, now it's a Renault Clio in Mile End!
New craze perhaps?
(I still decided to put my bike behind it though)
That`s brave,would be worried that seeing as the idiot cannot read he wouldn`t probably see your bike either, or wouldn`t give a toss anyway.New craze perhaps?
(I still decided to put my bike behind it though)
Does this count?
Ignore the double yellows as they are waiting for a fare (for a few minutes), but encoached onto the zebra crossing zigzags, and it's right on a busy junction. When traffic was waiting to turn right, he effectively blocked the road going straight on.
If he had pulled forward there's parking on his left where he could have pulled in safely.
Ignore the double yellows as they are waiting for a fare (for a few minutes), but encoached onto the zebra crossing zigzags, and it's right on a busy junction. When traffic was waiting to turn right, he effectively blocked the road going straight on.
If he had pulled forward there's parking on his left where he could have pulled in safely.
cootuk said:
Does this count?
Ignore the double yellows as they are waiting for a fare (for a few minutes), but encoached onto the zebra crossing zigzags, and it's right on a busy junction. When traffic was waiting to turn right, he effectively blocked the road going straight on.
If he had pulled forward there's parking on his left where he could have pulled in safely.
Didn't you know, all taxi's are exempt from the rules of the road, including all parking rules. Ignore the double yellows as they are waiting for a fare (for a few minutes), but encoached onto the zebra crossing zigzags, and it's right on a busy junction. When traffic was waiting to turn right, he effectively blocked the road going straight on.
If he had pulled forward there's parking on his left where he could have pulled in safely.
Saw an A3 parked on the pavement yesterday leaving not much space, as I got closer to it I noticed the someone had bent the mirror back, I'm sure it was an accident though.
Personally I wouldn't touch someone's car, tempting as it is. It wasn't as bad as some on this thread, you could have got a pushchair/wheelchair past but it would've been tight.
No photo as I couldn't be bothered getting my phone out my pocket.
Personally I wouldn't touch someone's car, tempting as it is. It wasn't as bad as some on this thread, you could have got a pushchair/wheelchair past but it would've been tight.
No photo as I couldn't be bothered getting my phone out my pocket.
thetapeworm said:
The lady who got out wouldn't have looked out of place as one of the mothers on "My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding".
t parked in a disabled bay (other spaces were available) by our local chippy in one the other week and got out, strutted over to the shop like he was carrying an invisible pig under each arm. I desperately wanted to take him to task, but didn't want my cod and chips to get cold whilst I spent 5 minutes on the floor knocked out.
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