The BAD PARKING thread

[TomM]

ewand said:

"As I said before, in this case it's completely acceptable. If you park a battered 406 like this, you're a dick. If you park a McLaren F1 like this, you've got a McLaren F1."

[zooky]

308mate said:

Symbolica said:

This even made it onto Traffic Cops

I drove past that one. I think. Was it in Somerset somewhere?

ETA No, no I didnt. I saw it on the telly too.

Hate that.

Edited by 308mate on Friday 6th November 17:16

Edited by 308mate on Friday 6th November 17:16

Not Somerset but Llanishen, Cardiff - just across the road from the dentist

[JamesNotJim]

Not as good as some. Saab driver was far to lazy to park 30m out of shot for a open space... just so he didn't have a extra 30 seconds walk after leaving the gym

[jdbecks]

james is that bas vegas?


has anyone noticed if you park your car further away from the entrance to the shopping centre etc, away from all the other cars...when you come back about 4 other people have parked next to you try it next time

[JamesNotJim]

jdbecks said:

james is that bas vegas?

It is indeed, shot from one of the rooms in the travelodge above fitness first.

[MoleVision]

JamesNotJim said:

Not as good as some. Saab driver was far to lazy to park 30m out of shot for a open space... just so he didn't have a extra 30 seconds walk after leaving the gym

This always amuses me..... Your going to a gym ffs.. if you cant manage a 100m walk to and from your car what can you possibly do in the gym thats going to be worthwhile...

[Beefmeister]

JamesNotJim said:

Not as good as some. Saab driver was far to lazy to park 30m out of shot for a open space... just so he didn't have a extra 30 seconds walk after leaving the gym

Thats Fitness First in Basildon isn't it?

[911mot]

[GarC]

I like this one.
Maserati driver obviously thought that they would ensure no other car would park too close.
Tiny car driver not having any of it.

another tiny car/motorcycle on the other side would be perfect.

[BAHN-STORMA]

911mot said:

Looks like its parked on her foot!

[308mate]

911mot said:

How did he fk that up? You could park a tank in there....

[mattmoxon]

I used to park considerately until someone bashed my door with theirs in a car park (spaces were more than large enough to avoid it) it cost me £250 to fix as it was on a panel crease, most of the lacquer was scraped off in that area and the dent man couldn't sort it (My previous car). I am now one of these heathenous cs who parks across two spaces simply to protect my P&J from the moronic spacktards that seem to infest car parks and think it is okay to use someone else's car as a door stop. I do go out early mind you if I have to park my car anywhere and avoid multistory car parks.

At work I park across 4 (I'm not the only one that does this) as the parking spaces seem about right for a Lotus elan sized car (My current Mustang is the same dimensions as a 5/6 series BMW for comparisons). Though there are tonnes of spare car parking spaces so it really doesn't matter.

Matt

[barmonkey]

wattsie_2004 said:

Cardiff's finest. This was by a police station about a year and a half ago.

Edited by wattsie_2004 on Wednesday 4th November 18:37

Heddlu? Dumbing down really has gone too far now.

[k-ink]

People who park in two spaces are exactly the same who spend too much time rubbing carnuba wax and fresh man yogurt onto their rides. Get a grip! Were laughing at you

[4nonymous]

k-ink said:

People who park in two spaces are exactly the same who spend too much time rubbing carnuba wax and fresh man yogurt onto their rides. Get a grip! Were laughing at you

[hairykrishna]

Since starting to run my winter stter (£350 worth of BMW) I've made it something of a game to park as close as possible to badly parked people, while keeping in my own bay. Does it make me a bad person? I've already collected a few new dents and what looks very much like someone keying the bonnet.

[useyourdellusion]

hairykrishna said:

Since starting to run my winter stter (£350 worth of BMW) I've made it something of a game to park as close as possible to badly parked people, while keeping in my own bay. Does it make me a bad person? I've already collected a few new dents and what looks very much like someone keying the bonnet.

No it doesn't. Keep up the good work.

[ewand]

hairykrishna said:

Since starting to run my winter stter (£350 worth of BMW) I've made it something of a game to park as close as possible to badly parked people, while keeping in my own bay. Does it make me a bad person? I've already collected a few new dents and what looks very much like someone keying the bonnet.

Perfectly acceptable in my view. Respectable, no less. If someone can't, or can't be arsed to, park properly, then a little inconvenience for them getting their own car out of the space is all well & good, especially if you don't really care about the state of your car.

Drives me nuts to see mid-sized cars (Golfs etc) parked at an angle in the space with the wheels still turned - obviously the perpetrator just drove straight in, killed engine and got out. If you can't even be bothered to straighten your own wheels much less park straight (or IMO "properly" - ie reversed in) then too bad if it takes you a few more minutes to get back out.

[HereBeMonsters]

mattmoxon said:

I used to park considerately until someone bashed my door with theirs in a car park (spaces were more than large enough to avoid it) it cost me £250 to fix as it was on a panel crease, most of the lacquer was scraped off in that area and the dent man couldn't sort it (My previous car). I am now one of these heathenous cs who parks across two spaces simply to protect my P&J from the moronic spacktards that seem to infest car parks and think it is okay to use someone else's car as a door stop. I do go out early mind you if I have to park my car anywhere and avoid multistory car parks.

At work I park across 4 (I'm not the only one that does this) as the parking spaces seem about right for a Lotus elan sized car (My current Mustang is the same dimensions as a 5/6 series BMW for comparisons). Though there are tonnes of spare car parking spaces so it really doesn't matter.

Matt

Why is your car more important to keep pristine than anyone elses?

[hairykrishna]

ewand said:

Perfectly acceptable in my view. Respectable, no less. If someone can't, or can't be arsed to, park properly, then a little inconvenience for them getting their own car out of the space is all well & good, especially if you don't really care about the state of your car.

God, I wouldn't do it in a car where I cared about collecting a few dents. Judging by the BMW a lot of people think nothing of slamming the door open into an adjacent vehicle and squirming through the tiny gap. Or, for that matter, giving the offending car a good kick if they have climb in through their passenger door.