Someone parked next to me

[Monkeylegend]

Pan Pan Pan said:

You might notice that there is a support column at the front of the van, which would prevent the van driver from parking any further to the right than they have done.

Only if you are no good at parking

Edited to add it was actually a bloody good bit of parking if he didn't touch the other vehicle while doing it

Edited by Monkeylegend on Tuesday 11th February 09:29

[Mr lestat]

smn159 said:

Mr lestat said:

Algarve said:

Mr lestat said:

Algarve said:

I went to buy some wood in the van today, near the back of the reasonably busy car park there was a Porsche partially in 4 spaces. I thought what a dick as I drove past.... then I remembered this thread and looped around the car park or park next to him. Looking at it now I'm regretting not getting a bit closer. Cheeky bd folded in my wing mirror to get in his car and didn't put it back

I’d have broke it off for you.

Edited by Mr lestat on Monday 10th February 20:32

Edited by Mr lestat on Monday 10th February 20:34

I'm parked within the lines, in a busy carpark. If anyone needs their car vandalising from the 2 of us, its not me.

No your being a deliberate dick by your own admission. It’s not busy at all and you even wanted to park closer. So your a dick and I’d have broke the mirror off or let a tyre down for you. A little revenge present

Wow, so you carry a valve tool to scrape peoples cars and you break wing mirrors and puncture tyres of anyone who transgresses your parking rules?

Proper internet tough guy!

I have never scraped or punctured anything. I have undone a couple of valves though. No damage done just inconvenient

[JeremyBearimy]

Monkeylegend said:

Only if you are no good at parking

Or the transporter finds another space. Its not rocket science to not be a d*ck. Ive avoided many spaces before because the driver wouldn't get in the car, more so when your in a big car parking against another big car.

[Deranged Rover]

Algarve said:

I went to buy some wood in the van today, near the back of the reasonably busy car park there was a Porsche partially in 4 spaces. I thought what a dick as I drove past.... then I remembered this thread and looped around the car park or park next to him. Looking at it now I'm regretting not getting a bit closer. Cheeky bd folded in my wing mirror to get in his car and didn't put it back

What? You left him enough space to get back into his car through the driver's door? Poor effort - 4/10

[pinchmeimdreamin]

Cloudy147 said:

Again, not near anything, and loads of spaces closer to the front .. but the one next to me was THE space for this BMW driver.

Actually the BMW was there first, Your car got lonely so walked over and parked next to the BM.

[nonsequitur]

pinchmeimdreamin said:

Cloudy147 said:

Again, not near anything, and loads of spaces closer to the front .. but the one next to me was THE space for this BMW driver.

Actually the BMW was there first, Your car got lonely so walked over and parked next to the BM.

Like Toy Story, who knows what our cars get up to when we're not with them.

[Lazermilk]

nonsequitur said:

pinchmeimdreamin said:

Cloudy147 said:

Again, not near anything, and loads of spaces closer to the front .. but the one next to me was THE space for this BMW driver.

Actually the BMW was there first, Your car got lonely so walked over and parked next to the BM.

Like Toy Story, who knows what our cars get up to when we're not with them.

Robots in disguise...

[anonymous-user]

Pan Pan Pan said:

Mandalore said:

swisstoni said:

Mandalore said:

swisstoni said:

A friend came back to their Volvo to find this yesterday ...

Where is the white line in that scenario?

Somewhere under the transit I would think.
This is the other side.

That nails the van drivers guilt.

You might notice that there is a support column at the front of the van, which would prevent the van driver from parking any further to the right than they have done.

Park central and a bit further back? Surely he could have managed that.

[WJNB]

colin_p said:

As a shed driver, parking next to a pride and joy at the back of the car park is great fun. Polo is said to be the sport of Kings, well parking a shed next to a lone nice car is the sport of shedding.

Obviously meticulous care has to be taken not to cause any harm, but it is even funnier if said gleaming pride and joy has been parked badly and too close to the white line and you park your shed perfectly but create a very narrow gap.

On rare occasions you can be lucky enough to witness their return to said pride and joy and watch them get all huffy and puffy.

Now let me think. Is it possible that you own something that you actually had to pay more than 10p for, that is nice, clean, well maintained, tidy & lacking in turd-like smells? Are you yourself all these things? Ah! I thought not. But maybe there is something or somebody or a 'thing' that IS precious to you, should that be the case then my most sincere wish is that you will witness it being under threat & you too will "get all huffy and puffy".

[Pan Pan Pan]

Jaetten said:

Pan Pan Pan said:

Mandalore said:

swisstoni said:

Mandalore said:

swisstoni said:

A friend came back to their Volvo to find this yesterday ...

Where is the white line in that scenario?

Somewhere under the transit I would think.
This is the other side.

That nails the van drivers guilt.

You might notice that there is a support column at the front of the van, which would prevent the van driver from parking any further to the right than they have done.

Park central and a bit further back? Surely he could have managed that.

If it had been a small car then yes, but as it is a van, he had the choice of either trying to squeeze the front end of his van between the much smaller width between the column and the adjacent car, or leaving 3 or 4 feet of van hanging out into the already limited access way of the car park. For me, the former would be preferable.

[Pan Pan Pan]

Monkeylegend said:

Pan Pan Pan said:

You might notice that there is a support column at the front of the van, which would prevent the van driver from parking any further to the right than they have done.

Only if you are no good at parking

Edited to add it was actually a bloody good bit of parking if he didn't touch the other vehicle while doing it

Edited by Monkeylegend on Tuesday 11th February 09:29

The photo is a bit dark but it looks as if the van driver got as close to the column as he reasonably could, Bear in mind that vans tend to be both longer and wider than many cars, so I would agree as a compromise position, where he actually parked it, was about as good as it was going to get (for the van driver).

[colin_p]

WJNB said:

colin_p said:

As a shed driver, parking next to a pride and joy at the back of the car park is great fun. Polo is said to be the sport of Kings, well parking a shed next to a lone nice car is the sport of shedding.

Obviously meticulous care has to be taken not to cause any harm, but it is even funnier if said gleaming pride and joy has been parked badly and too close to the white line and you park your shed perfectly but create a very narrow gap.

On rare occasions you can be lucky enough to witness their return to said pride and joy and watch them get all huffy and puffy.

Now let me think. Is it possible that you own something that you actually had to pay more than 10p for, that is nice, clean, well maintained, tidy & lacking in turd-like smells? Are you yourself all these things? Ah! I thought not. But maybe there is something or somebody or a 'thing' that IS precious to you, should that be the case then my most sincere wish is that you will witness it being under threat & you too will "get all huffy and puffy".

You have proved my point handsomely, not even in a car let alone a car park. The huff and puff is strong, and that is funny.

[InitialDave]

Just remember that if you go through life being deliberately antagonistic to strangers, you will at some point find it results in getting the st kicked out of yourself or your property.

[Pan Pan Pan]

InitialDave said:

Just remember that if you go through life being deliberately antagonistic to strangers, you will at some point find it results in getting the st kicked out of yourself or your property.

You will also find this happens if they damage other people`s (usually valuable) property for no good reason.

[Gallons Per Mile]

colin_p said:

As a shed driver, parking next to a pride and joy at the back of the car park is great fun...

Not so much as a sport, but because there was no other space free, I did something similar in my sheddy Golf which looked like I'd just completed a Welsh rally stage, next to a very badly parked Bentley. Badly parked as in one back wheel of the Bentley was completely in the bay next door, which happened to be the only free one. I parked properly, squeezed myself out without causing damage to anyones car and hoped it would be gone by the time I came back. It wasn't...

[swisstoni]

Pan Pan Pan said:

Monkeylegend said:

Pan Pan Pan said:

You might notice that there is a support column at the front of the van, which would prevent the van driver from parking any further to the right than they have done.

Only if you are no good at parking

Edited to add it was actually a bloody good bit of parking if he didn't touch the other vehicle while doing it

Edited by Monkeylegend on Tuesday 11th February 09:29

The photo is a bit dark but it looks as if the van driver got as close to the column as he reasonably could, Bear in mind that vans tend to be both longer and wider than many cars, so I would agree as a compromise position, where he actually parked it, was about as good as it was going to get (for the van driver).

But still totally unacceptable obviously.
Incidentally damage was done - the Volvo got a wheel arch scratched.

Edited by swisstoni on Wednesday 12th February 12:58

[usn90]

I have 2 points of views on this from my 355 and when I’m in the mrs’s car.
when I’m the mrs’s car I will always prefer to park next to something decent in the hopes they won’t want their car dented either if they return before me.

I will always park mine out the way, unless I come across as mentioned, something decent, and I’ll park next to that, this way I know at least one side of the car should be ok

[colin_p]

Pan Pan Pan said:

InitialDave said:

Just remember that if you go through life being deliberately antagonistic to strangers, you will at some point find it results in getting the st kicked out of yourself or your property.

You will also find this happens if they damage other people`s (usually valuable) property for no good reason.

Gangsta! .

Getting into peoples heads before they even get to Sainsbury's car park.

Car park domination level = Expert.

Gallons Per Mile said:

colin_p said:

As a shed driver, parking next to a pride and joy at the back of the car park is great fun...

Not so much as a sport, but because there was no other space free, I did something similar in my sheddy Golf which looked like I'd just completed a Welsh rally stage, next to a very badly parked Bentley. Badly parked as in one back wheel of the Bentley was completely in the bay next door, which happened to be the only free one. I parked properly, squeezed myself out without causing damage to anyones car and hoped it would be gone by the time I came back. It wasn't...

Your Golf is NOT a shed, it is a proper pride and joy!

[Triumph Man]

Pan Pan Pan said:

Mandalore said:

swisstoni said:

Mandalore said:

swisstoni said:

A friend came back to their Volvo to find this yesterday ...

Where is the white line in that scenario?

Somewhere under the transit I would think.
This is the other side.

That nails the van drivers guilt.

You might notice that there is a support column at the front of the van, which would prevent the van driver from parking any further to the right than they have done.

No excuse - van driver=. If I came back to that I'd be putting a very sticky note on the van driver's windscreen.

[Lumply]

Welcome back to the UK guys

When living in Dubai where many cars are bigger anyway, the municipality (council) solved this problem twenty odd years ago by building big car parks with enormous parking spaces. My apartment space allowed me to park and exit the 4wd with doors wide open. What a surprise when I returned to the UK to the stty little spaces provided. Toyota Aygo for shopping and Porker for the longer runs; mostly problem solved but in many respects the UK is a third world country.