Parking at the far end of the carpark....
Discussion
Doesnt work.
I look after my cars, their appearance and condition are important to me as I buy cars in very good condition and like to keep them that way as it pays dividends when I come to sell them.
So I park out of the way of the scruffy people carriers, rusty transit vans etc.... Usually at the far end of the car park, and the extra walk to the entrance wont do me any harm.
So why is it that I always come back to my car and find a car parked right next to mine, usually so close I cant get into my car properly? Its never something that looks like the owner cares for it, covred in dents and key marks etc.... And I look around to see 30+ empty spaces ?????
This afternoon i parked in a retail park, no other cars around me and then an old Saxo parks to my passenger side, then the driver (woman) tries to get out. She has parked so close that door wont open more than 3" so does she try and park it properly? Go to pne of the 40+ other empty spaces? No she climbs out of her passenger side.
You may see pics of my car appearing in the bad parking thread soon, parked over 2 bays. I now see the logic these people use.
I look after my cars, their appearance and condition are important to me as I buy cars in very good condition and like to keep them that way as it pays dividends when I come to sell them.
So I park out of the way of the scruffy people carriers, rusty transit vans etc.... Usually at the far end of the car park, and the extra walk to the entrance wont do me any harm.
So why is it that I always come back to my car and find a car parked right next to mine, usually so close I cant get into my car properly? Its never something that looks like the owner cares for it, covred in dents and key marks etc.... And I look around to see 30+ empty spaces ?????
This afternoon i parked in a retail park, no other cars around me and then an old Saxo parks to my passenger side, then the driver (woman) tries to get out. She has parked so close that door wont open more than 3" so does she try and park it properly? Go to pne of the 40+ other empty spaces? No she climbs out of her passenger side.
You may see pics of my car appearing in the bad parking thread soon, parked over 2 bays. I now see the logic these people use.
I think it's the 'he must know something I didn't know' logic. The same logic which was used last time I went to the beach with the family and found a nice clear spot, only to have some scruffy family wander up and set up camp literally 10 yards away from us on a completely empty section of beach, then stand yelling to other members of their family as they where they were!!!
I remember years ago turning up early for an exam I was the first to arrive in a completely empty car park, sat in the car doing some final cramming before going into the exam hall. As I sat there another car pulls into the car park (female driver) and she has the choice of parking anywhere so she parks right next to mine. Takes about 4 goes to get it until she is happy with it 
Why? She didn't know me or anything so she didn't have reason to then start chatting to me, in fact she gets out straight away and heads into the exam room.
Another time more recently, I was parked up on sainsburys car park in the evening so it was fairly quiet anyway but I had parked in an area with spaces all around me. I was sat in the car finishing a phone call. A woman with a couple of teenage kids in the car pulls up in the opposite line of spaces, hoorah, I was expecting my car to act as some kind of immense magnet and pull hers towards me. Then she restarts her car and moves it right next to mine, close enough for the kids to have trouble getting out of, and me aswell
Ferfuxsake!! I could have moved mine to make it easier to get out of but that's not the effing point!! AAArrgghh! No wonder women have been given the 'mental' tag.
Why? She didn't know me or anything so she didn't have reason to then start chatting to me, in fact she gets out straight away and heads into the exam room.Another time more recently, I was parked up on sainsburys car park in the evening so it was fairly quiet anyway but I had parked in an area with spaces all around me. I was sat in the car finishing a phone call. A woman with a couple of teenage kids in the car pulls up in the opposite line of spaces, hoorah, I was expecting my car to act as some kind of immense magnet and pull hers towards me. Then she restarts her car and moves it right next to mine, close enough for the kids to have trouble getting out of, and me aswell
Ferfuxsake!! I could have moved mine to make it easier to get out of but that's not the effing point!! AAArrgghh! No wonder women have been given the 'mental' tag.Killer2005 said:
From discussing this at work, other people do it as they see someone who takes care of their car and is the least likely to cause damage to their car.
Also this, I often park at the quiet end of the often busy retail park i work in. All my colleagues were taking the mick, until I explained it, and some customers come in and tell me how if they see someone intentionally park further away in an empty area, they will park next to them.Kieranv said:
Also this, I often park at the quiet end of the often busy retail park i work in. All my colleagues were taking the mick, until I explained it, and some customers come in and tell me how if they see someone intentionally park further away in an empty area, they will park next to them.
Seen this. Some people just like to wind others up. So will park next to these peopleeven if it means they have to walk further themselves.
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vrsmxtb said:
Always park on the end bay / next to a kerb - at least then you can squeeze right up close and have a big buffer zone of empty space next to you.
My car is parked 5 days a week in a supermarket and if you find the right strategic space, you're fine. Honest!
Oh so your the one who always parks where I want & need to park.My car is parked 5 days a week in a supermarket and if you find the right strategic space, you're fine. Honest!
Please desist and park elsewhere,there's a good chap
Frances The Mute said:
Never underestimate the predictability of stupidity.
From what I can gather, some people need to use other cars as a guide due to their complete lack of spatial awareness with regards to the location of the white lines used to create the parking space.
Its this most of the time I reckon. That's why they end up too close also.From what I can gather, some people need to use other cars as a guide due to their complete lack of spatial awareness with regards to the location of the white lines used to create the parking space.
Killer2005 said:
From discussing this at work, other people do it as they see someone who takes care of their car and is the least likely to cause damage to their car.
I found if you park perfectly it does attract the likes of the above. To try to dissuade this I tend to park at the far end of the car park, diagonally, just within the lines. This makes people think I've parked there because I can't park and I find that people don't park near me.Gassing Station | General Gassing | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff