Can't have 'owt nice
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daytona365 said:
If I'm forced into a tight parking spot I always try to give more room to the drivers side and less to the passengers....For obvious reasons.
Because you appreciate how the drivers wife is some clueless bint who will probably clatter your door? lol (sorry couldn't resist lol) 
All the bashes, scrapes and dents on my 16 year old BMW are all the fault of others and my ex-wife. All done whilst parked or parking.
My ex's attitude was 'It's only a car'.
I'm hopefully taking delivery of a brand new car at the end of the year but I'll keep the Beemer for any trip that involves being with the great unwashed.
My ex's attitude was 'It's only a car'.
I'm hopefully taking delivery of a brand new car at the end of the year but I'll keep the Beemer for any trip that involves being with the great unwashed.
I think it's a sad reflection on society as a whole.
Most people don't give a damn about their own car never mind anyone else's.
I am a driving instructor and have good learners generally because I teach them well but you get the odd one who nearly scrapes MY car down the side of other cars and they sometimes suddenly scrape it along hedges.
I grab the wheel and steer them away from cars if need be even though we are no longer supposed to intervene.
But these pupils just don't give a sh*t.
When we scrape along hedges I ask "can you hear that noise"?
I usually get "what noise".
"That sound of MY car being damaged by the hedge"
"oh"
No "sorry" or anything like that.
I then start to lecture on responsibility if they damage my car or anyone else's. It's initially my responsibility to start when they know nothing at all but as they learn the responsibility becomes more shared and eventually theirs when they are competent with mine becoming more oversight of keeping them & others safe occasionally.
Most people don't give a damn about their own car never mind anyone else's.
I am a driving instructor and have good learners generally because I teach them well but you get the odd one who nearly scrapes MY car down the side of other cars and they sometimes suddenly scrape it along hedges.
I grab the wheel and steer them away from cars if need be even though we are no longer supposed to intervene.
But these pupils just don't give a sh*t.
When we scrape along hedges I ask "can you hear that noise"?
I usually get "what noise".
"That sound of MY car being damaged by the hedge"
"oh"
No "sorry" or anything like that.
I then start to lecture on responsibility if they damage my car or anyone else's. It's initially my responsibility to start when they know nothing at all but as they learn the responsibility becomes more shared and eventually theirs when they are competent with mine becoming more oversight of keeping them & others safe occasionally.
Had the same problem yesterday in Wycombe. Parked up at the top of the Eden Centre multi storey, far away from any other cars and quite far away from the nearest lift too. I come back to find a dented up Daewoo s
tbucket parked so close I can only just squeeze in my drivers door. Upon closer inspection this morning, I find a ding on the drivers side. I know it wasn't there before, I had given it a quick rinse on Sunday.
fking scabby little s.
tbucket parked so close I can only just squeeze in my drivers door. Upon closer inspection this morning, I find a ding on the drivers side. I know it wasn't there before, I had given it a quick rinse on Sunday. f
king scabby little s. This is why I have gone down the two car route, indeed you 'Can't have 'owt nice' because of the inconsiderate tts who we have to share road/parking space with.
My weekend car will not go near anywhere near a high street/town/shopping area. Sad but you have to adapt to the fact that people don't give a st about anything but themselves.
ts who we have to share road/parking space with.My weekend car will not go near anywhere near a high street/town/shopping area. Sad but you have to adapt to the fact that people don't give a s
t about anything but themselves.One of the biggest contributors is the Supermarkets making the parking spaces too small. The one nearest to me is never ever full, so they could have just them all bigger and had less of them, if i'm in a 2 door Coupe then it's difficult to get in and out even if everyone is parked sensibly.
If i'm in something decent I just park over two bays at once, fk 'em.
If i'm in something decent I just park over two bays at once, f
k 'em.Evoluzione said:
One of the biggest contributors is the Supermarkets making the parking spaces too small. The one nearest to me is never ever full, so they could have just them all bigger and had less of them, if i'm in a 2 door Coupe then it's difficult to get in and out even if everyone is parked sensibly.
If i'm in something decent I just park over two bays at once, fk 'em.
Plus cars have been getting wider and flabbier.If i'm in something decent I just park over two bays at once, f
k 'em.Always had fun negotiating the multi storey at Teddington Studios (Where PH is based) which must of been built when the Austin 7 was the car of choice.
Howard- said:
Otispunkmeyer said:
Had the OH grumbling at me for driving past "perfectly good spaces".
Pah, my OH used to grumble similarly, to which I would reply "we could have taken your car " but now she, albeit slightly begrudgingly, largely sympathises with my plight.My response is always the same too - "your ass could do with the walk."
25 years we've been saying the same things - like groundhog day it is!!!!
Her ass is no better for the exercise either
My last car, a 1998 Mercedes C class, was in superb condition with little rust and only the odd scratch that the car always seemed to collect when parked.
I made sure that I tided the damage up at least a couple of times a year. Then in the 9th year of ownership it collected 2 key scratches down to bare metal that ran from the front to the back. Why was it scratched? Because a neighbour thinks he owns the road outside his house and I mad the mistake of parking outside his house as I couldn't park on my drive due to workmens vans being there while they were working on the roof.
Since changing my car, again not a new car by a long shot (2006 Honda cr-v), I will always try and park it out of the way and always on the driveway at home but even though I have had it 3 months now its started to collect the careless marks of other people.
The number of people who come out with the "its just a car" comment really grates but they are usually the ones who get the cars given/paid for by someone else or just don't give a monkeys about their own car so why should they care about someone else.
I made sure that I tided the damage up at least a couple of times a year. Then in the 9th year of ownership it collected 2 key scratches down to bare metal that ran from the front to the back. Why was it scratched? Because a neighbour thinks he owns the road outside his house and I mad the mistake of parking outside his house as I couldn't park on my drive due to workmens vans being there while they were working on the roof.
Since changing my car, again not a new car by a long shot (2006 Honda cr-v), I will always try and park it out of the way and always on the driveway at home but even though I have had it 3 months now its started to collect the careless marks of other people.
The number of people who come out with the "its just a car" comment really grates but they are usually the ones who get the cars given/paid for by someone else or just don't give a monkeys about their own car so why should they care about someone else.
Happened to me on Sunday. Parked in Frankie and Bennies, right in the middle of a space. Come out an hour later to find the near side corner of the front bumper was scuffed, presumably by someone who didn't realise that the arc scribed by the rear wheels is different to that scribed by the front.
No note, obviously.
No note, obviously.
OP, i too have a civic, and like you I keep it well serviced and things that need changing get changed before they fail and leave me stranded on the A1(M).
I deliberately bought a car that was not very tidy cosmetically. Mechanically, it was pretty good and I've sorted some small issues and it's better. Look on the outside though and there's a poorly painted panel (which is a slightly differant colour as well), some dents, some marks (some of which are my fault from putting my motorbike away), and the wheels look ste too.
My wife has a BMW and she looks after it, and recently we got it resprayed after she had an incident at her workplace (electric gates shut in on the car, turned out it was a regular occurence and she isnt the only one to have suffered!). Looks really nice now but already (5 months) we are seeing evidence of people not being careful.
Oh well.
It's only a car I suppose
I deliberately bought a car that was not very tidy cosmetically. Mechanically, it was pretty good and I've sorted some small issues and it's better. Look on the outside though and there's a poorly painted panel (which is a slightly differant colour as well), some dents, some marks (some of which are my fault from putting my motorbike away), and the wheels look s
te too.My wife has a BMW and she looks after it, and recently we got it resprayed after she had an incident at her workplace (electric gates shut in on the car, turned out it was a regular occurence and she isnt the only one to have suffered!). Looks really nice now but already (5 months) we are seeing evidence of people not being careful.
Oh well.
It's only a car I suppose
Howard- said:
Doing the above is not going to help things in my opinion. The best thing to do is go as far to the back of the car park as you can or, in the case of a multi-storey, go right to the top. People are lazy and always try to squeeze in to spaces as close to the shop entrance as they can. I often drive past queues of idiots at Tesco straight to the far area of the car park which is scarcely populated with cars, park in a space with no cars surrounding it, and come back to find they're still empty.
I hate people and I try to avoid them as best I can. I'd rather walk for an extra minute even in the freezing cold.
Doesn't always work though:
That's what you get for parking in Woking I hate people and I try to avoid them as best I can. I'd rather walk for an extra minute even in the freezing cold.
Doesn't always work though:
The sheer release of driving a shirtbox is really nice. I once had a truly evil looking mk1 Fiesta with dark grey paint that had lost all its shine. I could leave it anywhere and half hope it has been written off when I got back 
My problem is that I start getting protective about my sheds as well.
My problem is that I start getting protective about my sheds as well.
Edited by swisstoni on Tuesday 5th May 13:01
Matthen said:
Parking spaces round here are so in demand doing that will get you keyed.
I suppose that is the risk you would be taking. I used to double bay all the time, but haven't done it for years now. I got over the whole ding thing and just park on end spaces which has worked fine so far.
It also helps getting home delivery of groceries as I suspect this is where most of the damage to our cars was coming from.
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