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MadmanO/T People
508 posts
74 months
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And now for some more Stateside bad parking.......... Went shopping for some office supplies and noticed the strip mall had these "Compact Only" parking spaces around the perimeter of the car park. Problem is there are so many idiots out there who don't seem to know what a "compact" car is! A gigantic Toyota Sienna brat bus? Doesn't look very "compact" to me!  Okay, a 2008-11 US-spec Focus saloon may qualify, but at least park the damn thing properly!  But a fecking huge Toyota Highlander does not!  Pontiac Firebird owner's brain is probably too addled by crystal meth to be able to concentrate on parking!  Late '90s US-spec Honda Accord driver not even trying!  Seriously, I could have sat there all day watching people trying to squeeze inappropriately sized cars into these "compact" spaces!
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boobles
12,154 posts
84 months
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Do they have "small" cars over there that will fit into these "compact" spaces?
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pjdow
310 posts
23 months
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danyeates
4,344 posts
91 months
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MadmanO/T People said: And now for some more Stateside bad parking.......... Went shopping for some office supplies and noticed the strip mall had these "Compact Only" parking spaces around the perimeter of the car park. Problem is there are so many idiots out there who don't seem to know what a "compact" car is! A gigantic Toyota Sienna brat bus? Doesn't look very "compact" to me! Okay, a 2008-11 US-spec Focus saloon may qualify, but at least park the damn thing properly! But a fecking huge Toyota Highlander does not! Pontiac Firebird owner's brain is probably too addled by crystal meth to be able to concentrate on parking! Late '90s US-spec Honda Accord driver not even trying! Seriously, I could have sat there all day watching people trying to squeeze inappropriately sized cars into these "compact" spaces! Those are some damn ugly cars!
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gforceg
956 posts
48 months
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englisharcher said: Oops  As well as the church fence, there is also a public bench under there, luckily no one was sat on it. Did that reverse into that position?
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englisharcher
1,498 posts
33 months
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gforceg said: Did that reverse into that position? Yes
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JayTee94
10,974 posts
26 months
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MadmanO/T People said: But a fecking huge Toyota Highlander does not! O/T - We rented a new one in 2008 when they were first introduced. It was in Florida and in three weeks we put 4,500 miles on it. Great 4x4 and I would buy one in a heartbeat if I needed to buy that class of car in the USA. 
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over_the_hill
1,551 posts
115 months
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englisharcher said: Oops As well as the church fence, there is also a public bench under there, luckily no one was sat on it. But good to see that like all Fiestas of that age it has the trade mark rust around the lip of the rear wheel arch. (My daily hack included)
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pulliptears
602 posts
35 months
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over_the_hill said: But good to see that like all Fiestas of that age it has the trade mark rust around the lip of the rear wheel arch.
(My daily hack included) Is it not a Mazda? 
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Hybrids
494 posts
112 months
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pulliptears said: over_the_hill said: But good to see that like all Fiestas of that age it has the trade mark rust around the lip of the rear wheel arch.
(My daily hack included) Is it not a Mazda? Well spotted
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Downton Mini
921 posts
33 months
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Hybrids said: pulliptears said: over_the_hill said: But good to see that like all Fiestas of that age it has the trade mark rust around the lip of the rear wheel arch.
(My daily hack included) Is it not a Mazda? Well spotted Aren't they basically the same car?
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pulliptears
602 posts
35 months
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Downton Mini said: Aren't they basically the same car? To be fair I thought Fiesta as well when I first saw it, it was only because someone on the other thread about it said 'its a Mazda' that I knew 
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Vipers
15,487 posts
97 months
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How the rot sets in  and a total failure, maybe let them off, its the last slot, and they are not preventing anyone parking there, but I would be embarrassed parking like that. 
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boobles
12,154 posts
84 months
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I don't think the second pic is that bad. There isn't another space on his drivers side so I guess he was just leaving enough space for the people the other side. I would have done the same thing.
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Vipers
15,487 posts
97 months
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boobles said: I don't think the second pic is that bad. There isn't another space on his drivers side so I guess he was just leaving enough space for the people the other side. I would have done the same thing. Cant tell the year of the Jag, perhaps he was worried if the chap next to him would ding his car, so yes I will let him off with a caution this time
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XDA
1,823 posts
54 months
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Vipers said: How the rot sets in At a guess, either the L200 or Zafira was parked there first and the other one came along and used it as a reference for parking. Clearly one's been parked by a woman!
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driverrob
2,949 posts
72 months
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 "A green Buick belonging to Patricia A. Maione sits in a sand trap at the Whitinsville Golf Club in Northbridge." “.... stated that her GPS had told her to turn left."
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Waugh-terfall
17,946 posts
69 months
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driverrob said: "A green Buick belonging to Patricia A. Maione sits in a sand trap at the Whitinsville Golf Club in Northbridge." “.... stated that her GPS had told her to turn left." ...and she didn't question it when she began to carve a path across the Fairway because..?
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MatthewO
122 posts
22 months
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My dad (silver Fiat Coupe) in Birmingham, comes back to find this: 
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LukeSi
5,063 posts
30 months
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MatthewO said: My dad (silver Fiat Coupe) in Birmingham, comes back to find this: Is that really a car park? On a side note stunning Coupe.
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