Multi-Storey Parking and Chims...........
Discussion
What experiences have you had leaving your P&J in a multi-story car park.?? (No dogging stories now)....
I need to park this:
img
.....tomorrow for the first time in a city centre multi-storey and I'm a little worried:
1. Will I get stuck
2. Will I get scratched
3. Will I get grounded
4. You get the picture............
It's the reasons I can't think of that worry me the most.!!
Am I fretting about nothing.??
Some turning circles required can be a bit tight - should I be practicing my 5 point turn before setting out.??
I need to park this:
img .....tomorrow for the first time in a city centre multi-storey and I'm a little worried:
1. Will I get stuck
2. Will I get scratched
3. Will I get grounded
4. You get the picture............
It's the reasons I can't think of that worry me the most.!!
Am I fretting about nothing.??
Some turning circles required can be a bit tight - should I be practicing my 5 point turn before setting out.??
It can get a bit tight, but (touch wood), no grounding etc yet.
I did scrape the underside of the front end trying to get into a (non-multi-storey) car park with a very steep ramp up
While fraught with danger, taking the Tiv into a multi does have some advantages, such as the noise and the potential for setting off car alarms with naughty zorsts!
Good luck!
I did scrape the underside of the front end trying to get into a (non-multi-storey) car park with a very steep ramp up
While fraught with danger, taking the Tiv into a multi does have some advantages, such as the noise and the potential for setting off car alarms with naughty zorsts!
Good luck!
Often pop mine into my local multistorey in town , no problems to report on grounding or turning circle and never been gouched, scraped or scratched...Good tip if you have choice is try to park on an end of a run or ideally into a corner, that way at least you limit other people opening their doors onto you to one side of the car only. Good luck..
..........think the site needs a spell checker!!!I hate public car parks. The owners cram in as many spaces as possible and I cringe at the thought of some thoughtless git opening their car door onto the P&J.
So rather than park on the levels around the lifts and other easy access points I keep going up until the floors become less crowded. The extra walk is a minor inconvenience.
If I have to park next to other cars I try to find something expensive on the basis that they are more likely to be careful.
And always carry a tyre valve key to enable you to wreak revenge on whosoever might do the unthinkable and cause damage. Returning to find their car sitting on it's rims with the tyre valves neatly lined up on the windscreen wiper encourages them to be a bit more considerate next time.
So rather than park on the levels around the lifts and other easy access points I keep going up until the floors become less crowded. The extra walk is a minor inconvenience.
If I have to park next to other cars I try to find something expensive on the basis that they are more likely to be careful.
And always carry a tyre valve key to enable you to wreak revenge on whosoever might do the unthinkable and cause damage. Returning to find their car sitting on it's rims with the tyre valves neatly lined up on the windscreen wiper encourages them to be a bit more considerate next time.
Firstly....DO IT...they sound lurverly in big car parks! 
Secondly, never had mine grounded or scratched (yet! touch wood). However, leaving it in a big carpark, crammed full of people who have no respect for other people's motors always leaves me with a twinge of anxiety.
I leave mine in an NCP most week days.
Secondly, never had mine grounded or scratched (yet! touch wood). However, leaving it in a big carpark, crammed full of people who have no respect for other people's motors always leaves me with a twinge of anxiety.
I leave mine in an NCP most week days.
Slikk - I'm afraid the trick you suggested is a sure fire way of getting the car damaged. I spotted a BMW that had done that very trick a while ago on a busy saturday, friends of mine had managed to park either side of it so close the owner would have no way of getting back in, we were in town for around two hours....oh dear. May be next they parked they wouldn't be so inconsiderate!
UIL9794 said:
Slikk - I'm afraid the trick you suggested is a sure fire way of getting the car damaged. I spotted a BMW that had done that very trick a while ago on a busy saturday, friends of mine had managed to park either side of it so close the owner would have no way of getting back in, we were in town for around two hours....oh dear. May be next they parked they wouldn't be so inconsiderate!
Between the lines or not at all!!
Slightly O/T, but all this talk reminds me of the time I was driving through Hove last summer...
An uber chav in a Citroen Laxo cut me up on a mini roundabout, and went off into a side road. The next thing I heard was a crunch and a loud whining noise.
His front splitter was so low, he'd grounded it into a speed hump, the front spoiler had disappeared beneath the car, lifting the front wheels clear of the ground!
And did captain chav get out to sort it out? Hell no - he just sat there revving the nuts off the thing, thinking it would move eventually.
...wonder if he's still there
An uber chav in a Citroen Laxo cut me up on a mini roundabout, and went off into a side road. The next thing I heard was a crunch and a loud whining noise.
His front splitter was so low, he'd grounded it into a speed hump, the front spoiler had disappeared beneath the car, lifting the front wheels clear of the ground!
And did captain chav get out to sort it out? Hell no - he just sat there revving the nuts off the thing, thinking it would move eventually.
...wonder if he's still there
jimothy said:
Scared the willies out of my g/f by hooning round York Road multi storey in Guildford. Lovely noise, lovely slidy surface just right for taking the turns a bit quick! Had to park on the top floor just for maximum noise enjoyment 
Can't wait to get a sports exhaust and do it again!
Is that the one in the quarry? I've had some fun in there
Gassing Station | Chimaera | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff