The BAD PARKING thread [vol3]

[peterattheboro]

WD39 said:

Apprentice? 58 reg? I wish I was 16 again.

18. Lives at home and is on a decent wage

[gowmonster]

WD39 said:

peterattheboro said:

Blue car belongs to my apprentice. Van in front a work colleague. Then this guy in the Honda rocks up 10 minutes later...



Bonus points for the Ka in the background I just noticed

Apprentice? 58 reg? I wish I was 16 again.

8 year old ford banger? when you were 16 how long did Fords last before being rusty heaps?

My first car was in 2006 and was a 2000 Peugeot 106 for £2500

checking ebay, here is a 58 plate fezza for £2500 iwth 6 months MOT. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Ford-Fiesta-Titanium-1-6...

[peterattheboro]

gowmonster said:

8 year old ford banger? when you were 16 how long did Fords last before being rusty heaps?

My first car was in 2006 and was a 2000 Peugeot 106 for £2500

checking ebay, here is a 58 plate fezza for £2500 iwth 6 months MOT. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Ford-Fiesta-Titanium-1-6...

To be fair I look at a 58 plate and think that's quite new as well...

Scary to think that is 8 years ago

[WD39]

gowmonster said:

WD39 said:

peterattheboro said:

Blue car belongs to my apprentice. Van in front a work colleague. Then this guy in the Honda rocks up 10 minutes later...



Bonus points for the Ka in the background I just noticed

Apprentice? 58 reg? I wish I was 16 again.

8 year old ford banger? when you were 16 how long did Fords last before being rusty heaps?

My first car was in 2006 and was a 2000 Peugeot 106 for £2500

checking ebay, here is a 58 plate fezza for £2500 iwth 6 months MOT. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Ford-Fiesta-Titanium-1-6...

When I was 16 (1968) I had a Honda 50 moped. I could park it anywhere, anytime. (no yellow lines in them days.) Them days? Very council!

Edited by WD39 on Sunday 10th July 20:06

[Vipers]

WD39 said:

I had a Honda 50 moped.

Reminds me of Paddy asking a girl at the dance if he could see her home.

She said "No, I am on my menstrual cycle"

Paddy said "No problem I have my Honda 50 outside, I'll follow you home"

[wildone63]

Idiots parking partially on the footpath in an area which saves them a few seconds when walking to the nearby shops as opposed to using the nearby car park.

The sign should leave them in no doubt but they take their chances anyway.

The reason the sign is there? to stop the idiots from blocking access for delivery trucks which now has little choice but to block one lane of the road a few yard from a bend in the road

[mp3manager]

wildone63 said:

Idiots parking partially on the footpath in an area which saves them a few seconds when walking to the nearby shops as opposed to using the nearby car park.

Not sure how that Clio can pass an MOT with a plate in that condition.

[Cliftonite]

wildone63 said:

Idiots parking partially on the footpath in an area which saves them a few seconds when walking to the nearby shops as opposed to using the nearby car park.

The sign should leave them in no doubt but they take their chances anyway.

The reason the sign is there? to stop the idiots from blocking access for delivery trucks which now has little choice but to block one lane of the road a few yard from a bend in the road

Clamping cars for unwanted parking is unlawful.

[mr_fibuli]

Holiday snap, taken yesterday in Alcudia, Majorca:

[andy118run]

Out for a stroll this evening...

[mistakenplane]

This one got up my bks for a few reasons:

1) abandoned on crossing
2) left engine running
3) parked in opposite direction to traffic
4) ITS A fkING CAR PARK! I'm sure the 40 foot walk from an empty spot was far too much.

[ashleyman]

mistakenplane said:

This one got up my bks for a few reasons:

1) abandoned on crossing
2) left engine running
3) parked in opposite direction to traffic
4) ITS A fkING CAR PARK! I'm sure the 40 foot walk from an empty spot was far too much.

Thats when you take the keys and put them in a nearby bin.

[Trif]

wildone63 said:

Idiots parking partially on the footpath in an area which saves them a few seconds when walking to the nearby shops as opposed to using the nearby car park.

The sign should leave them in no doubt but they take their chances anyway.

The reason the sign is there? to stop the idiots from blocking access for delivery trucks which now has little choice but to block one lane of the road a few yard from a bend in the road

£250 fine? Good luck with that, and the threat of clamping. They might stand more chance of not being ignored if they painted double red lines on the road.

[Drive Blind]

mistakenplane said:

This one got up my bks for a few reasons:

1) abandoned on crossing
2) left engine running
3) parked in opposite direction to traffic
4) ITS A fkING CAR PARK! I'm sure the 40 foot walk from an empty spot was far too much.

there's something fishy about that. Thats a mk7 golf isnt it? So 2013on, on an 06 plate. A 'normal' plate not a 'private' one.

Mmm engine running, false plates, was there a bank nearby ?

[oobster]

Drive Blind said:

mistakenplane said:

This one got up my bks for a few reasons:

1) abandoned on crossing
2) left engine running
3) parked in opposite direction to traffic
4) ITS A fkING CAR PARK! I'm sure the 40 foot walk from an empty spot was far too much.

there's something fishy about that. Thats a mk7 golf isnt it? So 2013on, on an 06 plate. A 'normal' plate not a 'private' one.

Mmm engine running, false plates, was there a bank nearby ?

VN06 BXK shows on askmid as being on a Ford Focus Ghia. So something ain't right!

[Cliftonite]

GX15 FFJ

Edited by Cliftonite on Wednesday 13th July 20:21

[oobster]

Looks like GX15 FFJ should be on a yellow dump truck!

Edit: Was the Merc parked anywhere near our Caravan Using Nomad Traveler 'friends' at all?

[Cliftonite]

oobster said:

Looks like GX15 FFJ should be on a yellow dump truck!

Yes! Like:

[poing]

Surely these will flag on the police car ANPR so you are at a big risk of being pulled over?

[Cliftonite]

poing said:

Surely these will flag on the police car ANPR so you are at a big risk of being pulled over?

What proportion of ANPR 'pings' result in a stop?

Real benefits accrue re speed cameras, parking misdemeanours and the like!