What is the oddest thing to happen in you Lotus?
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The garage door is open (My garage opens directly on to the road) and I am sorting out some stuff in the garage. Traffic often has to stop outside my garage because of oncoming traffic. This car stop outside the garage, the driver rolls down the window and shouts at the top of his voice " ING - GERR - LAND". It has just twigged - my car is blue with white stripes (Scottish Flag!) and he was in some way referring to his desire to see a white car with red stripes.
Footballists are just mad
Footballists are just mad
Oooo good thread choice! The weirdest thing to happen to me in my car, I don't know really?! I get many (ok, a few) "nice car mate" "give it some" and mobile phone cameras aimed at the car (which I won't deny is the best feeling ever that someone's taking a photo of my pride and joy 
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As for the weirdest thing...hmmmm....I'll have a think about that one
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I know this has been well discussed but it really annoys me 
I deliberately park at the far end of carparks or in an area of it where there are no other cars.
However, It doesn't seem to matter how big the carpark is or how few cars are in it, whenever I return I find a van parked against one door mirror and the most scratched and dented estate car parked against the other mirror. Why do people do this? A couple of times I've been in a 100+ space carpark with a only a few cars in it and it still happens.
It is always old bangers and they are always too close - They must hit my car when they get out.
Why why why?
This happens so often, is it me, am I cursed?
I deliberately park at the far end of carparks or in an area of it where there are no other cars.
However, It doesn't seem to matter how big the carpark is or how few cars are in it, whenever I return I find a van parked against one door mirror and the most scratched and dented estate car parked against the other mirror. Why do people do this? A couple of times I've been in a 100+ space carpark with a only a few cars in it and it still happens.
It is always old bangers and they are always too close - They must hit my car when they get out.
Why why why?
This happens so often, is it me, am I cursed?
Joe - Exige S said:
I know this has been well discussed but it really annoys me
I deliberately park at the far end of carparks or in an area of it where there are no other cars.
However, It doesn't seem to matter how big the carpark is or how few cars are in it, whenever I return I find a van parked against one door mirror and the most scratched and dented estate car parked against the other mirror. Why do people do this? A couple of times I've been in a 100+ space carpark with a only a few cars in it and it still happens.
It is always old bangers and they are always too close - They must hit my car when they get out.
Why why why?
This happens so often, is it me, am I cursed?
Park across two spaces.
HTH
steff said:
I know this has been well discussed but it really annoys me
I deliberately park at the far end of carparks or in an area of it where there are no other cars.
Park across two spaces.
HTH
I am also very manic about parking lot and try to be as far as possible from other car. So far I did not experience the "sandwich" problem.
Regarding the 2 spaces options, I do not try it because I am afraid some very stupid blokes would scratch my car as repraisal for my "I am there" attitude.
So far the most funny experience is from my children (10 and 7 and 4y-o), probably intoxicated and telling sometimes to visitors without any introduction, "my father has a Lotus" waiting then for the reaction.
Joe - Exige S said:
I know this has been well discussed but it really annoys me
I deliberately park at the far end of carparks or in an area of it where there are no other cars.
However, It doesn't seem to matter how big the carpark is or how few cars are in it, whenever I return I find a van parked against one door mirror and the most scratched and dented estate car parked against the other mirror. Why do people do this? A couple of times I've been in a 100+ space carpark with a only a few cars in it and it still happens.
It is always old bangers and they are always too close - They must hit my car when they get out.
Why why why?
This happens so often, is it me, am I cursed?
Precisely the reason why I have a shedy old Rover
The parking issue drives me mad! As for parking over 2 spaces, I tried this at work, and got a ticking off by the MD. I then parked across 2 spaces in a multi storey, as these spaces are notoriously narrow, especially if you need to get in and out of the car. Anyway paid for 2 spaces, and displayed both tickets, but still got fined! It took me 2 weeks arguing with the council to get the fine dropped.
As for the wierdest things that have happened:
I have had 2 birds waiting for a bus on a Sat night pull up there tops and flash!
Came out of a shop and had loads of school kids taking photos with their mobiles.
Generally you get a very positive reaction, but occasionally you get the opposite:
The worse - is a to**er spitting at the car last week and shouting snobby bas*ard at me!
Cheers,
Ed.
As for the wierdest things that have happened:
I have had 2 birds waiting for a bus on a Sat night pull up there tops and flash!
Came out of a shop and had loads of school kids taking photos with their mobiles.
Generally you get a very positive reaction, but occasionally you get the opposite:
The worse - is a to**er spitting at the car last week and shouting snobby bas*ard at me!
Cheers,
Ed.
With regard to the parking, I have to park my Lotus in a public car park while I'm at work, I tried parking over 2 spaces but people still parked too close so now I park diagonally across 2 spaces which seems to have done the trick 
(Maybe it's because I'm a woman driver that I am able to get away with this for so long, it seems widely accepted that we're crap at parking so I'm happy to oblige) 
The oddest thing that happened... I also have a BMW Z3M Coupe and I came back to it once to find some T@SS3R weeing up it
I ask you!!!! It was 2 in the morning but still got the pressure washer out when I got home, it's surprising how loud a pressure washer sounds at 2 in the morning 
,don't know what the neighbours thought (well, no, I do actually as one of them told me the next day) 
(sorry this 2nd one isn't a Lotus story but thought it was worth a mention)
>> Edited by Coupe Girl on Wednesday 17th May 13:58
(Maybe it's because I'm a woman driver that I am able to get away with this for so long, it seems widely accepted that we're crap at parking so I'm happy to oblige) The oddest thing that happened... I also have a BMW Z3M Coupe and I came back to it once to find some T@SS3R weeing up it
I ask you!!!! It was 2 in the morning but still got the pressure washer out when I got home, it's surprising how loud a pressure washer sounds at 2 in the morning ,don't know what the neighbours thought (well, no, I do actually as one of them told me the next day) (sorry this 2nd one isn't a Lotus story but thought it was worth a mention)
>> Edited by Coupe Girl on Wednesday 17th May 13:58
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