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After having BOTH of our cars damaged in the last 24 hours I am now only going to be parking in parent and child and the disabled spaces only. I've tried to play fair and park where I should, and told her to do the same, but it clearly doesn't work.
She's had the SLK badly damaged by some a
hole in a supermarket carpark. I've had my own car done parked next to a disabled spot - big mistake there, private car park where the spaces were the same size as the regular ones. So some turd has seemingly ran their chariot along the side of my car...
Up till now I was willing to respect these parking restrictions... from now on I'm parking wherever the fk it suits me. fk your parent and child spots... I'll park in two of them if it means I'm not getting fked with repair bills. Perhaps it was my own fault for thinking could drive in an out of a 10 foot wide parking space... evidently not....
She's had the SLK badly damaged by some a
hole in a supermarket carpark. I've had my own car done parked next to a disabled spot - big mistake there, private car park where the spaces were the same size as the regular ones. So some turd has seemingly ran their chariot along the side of my car... Up till now I was willing to respect these parking restrictions... from now on I'm parking wherever the f
k it suits me. fk your parent and child spots... I'll park in two of them if it means I'm not getting fked with repair bills. Perhaps it was my own fault for thinking could drive in an out of a 10 foot wide parking space... evidently not....Edited by Big Al. on Saturday 21st January 01:46
wolfie1978 said:
I just pay the extra fiver and have it delivered, saves an hour from my day, the chance of the car getting damaged by some moron and the missis going ohh why don't we try that? More than saves me a fiver each week
That, Sir, is the finest bit of man-logic ever conceived and committed to text. It should be shared with the world! We salute you.
GestapoWatch said:
Stick to the quiet corners if there are any. The lazy slobs that are usually guilty of this won't park near you!
Saw an Aston owner do that at Asda. Elderly lady came out of the supermarket, tripped, let go of the trolley and off it gaily went, downhill and gathering speed until the side of the Aston stopped it going further. A right mess, I can assure you. The lady was ever so upset until I explained that her household insurance would pay under public liability. I drive an old car with many a parking scar and no longer have any interest in updating as long as it keeps running purely because of such incidents. Both bumpers bear scars, and once I had one repainted and that lasted precisely 10 days until the next braille parker came along. Similarly I don't give a stuff now if someone has boxed me in so tight I can't get out easily.Willy Nilly said:
GestapoWatch said:
Stick to the quiet corners if there are any. The lazy slobs that are usually guilty of this won't park near you!
+ 2I would have said this wholeheartedly but don't you find that if you do say.... park miles away from the supermarket or motorway service station and when you leave the car there is not another car in sight. But then one's car seems to become some kind of magnet and when one gets back to the car there are at least two other cars parked either side and still tons of spaces to the right and to the left but they chose to park right next to you? What is that all about?
I really do sympathise but you know the first time you try it some jobs worth is going to put a ticket on it or report you.
Totally agree with the OP but, with the whole parking in parent & child or double spacing, if you've got a nice car I'm always worried people will attack it because you've taken the p1ss with regard to your parking.
These days I go for the home delivery option, detest food shopping anyway and supermarket car parks are full of all the idiots who can't drive on the road, only crammed into an even smaller space.
These days I go for the home delivery option, detest food shopping anyway and supermarket car parks are full of all the idiots who can't drive on the road, only crammed into an even smaller space.
hesnotthemessiah said:
Willy Nilly said:
GestapoWatch said:
Stick to the quiet corners if there are any. The lazy slobs that are usually guilty of this won't park near you!
+ 2I would have said this wholeheartedly but don't you find that if you do say.... park miles away from the supermarket or motorway service station and when you leave the car there is not another car in sight. But then one's car seems to become some kind of magnet and when one gets back to the car there are at least two other cars parked either side and still tons of spaces to the right and to the left but they chose to park right next to you? What is that all about?
I really do sympathise but you know the first time you try it some jobs worth is going to put a ticket on it or report you.
I've had my car nearly a decade now and only has one small mark on it. When I am President, people that park selfishly will have their car keyed. That's for the first offence.
hyperblue said:
Just park over two spaces in the far corner of the car park, most people are lazy so it'll be empty.
Don't park in a disabled space.
The last time I tried this a 20 year old Transit van parked next to me Don't park in a disabled space.
I feel your pain but if you start parking in disabled spaces you will enrage people and probably end up with a damaged car anyway. I sympathise upto a point. It's rubbish that your cars got damaged but it can be avoided.
Firstly cars get damaged when you park in the mix. You probably were quite near the store so lazy gits park near you. If you park away from clusters of other cars you are usually fine. If I need to go to supermarket that's what I do. It only adds a little bit to your walk. Not had any parking dents yet on my current car
However my preferred technique with supermarkets is to go at night. About 10 or 11. The car park is empty and better than that, so is the store!
It's a bloody shame you cannot seem to have nice things these days!
Firstly cars get damaged when you park in the mix. You probably were quite near the store so lazy gits park near you. If you park away from clusters of other cars you are usually fine. If I need to go to supermarket that's what I do. It only adds a little bit to your walk. Not had any parking dents yet on my current car
However my preferred technique with supermarkets is to go at night. About 10 or 11. The car park is empty and better than that, so is the store!
It's a bloody shame you cannot seem to have nice things these days!
Just park in end spaces in the far end of the car park, where you can hang two wheels over the white line creating a big enough gap on the other side to avoid 99% of supermarket parking cretins. Also avoid spaces which are thoroughfares that customers shortcut through with their trolleys, so stick to the edge or up against walls/hedges. Trust me it works, I work in a supermarket!
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