The BAD PARKING thread [vol3]

[Vipers]

Hoofy said:

Hooli said:

Hoofy said:

Hooli said:

Hoofy said:

EL11SEG said:

I have OCD and no matter what I need my bloody van parked straight

Know the feeling. I see people drive into a car park at the same time as me and jump out (not perfectly straight, of course) while I'm still straightening up. I'm not talking spending 30 minutes parking but I'll often do a re-entry to straighten up - mind you, having an oil tanker sized turning circle doesn't help.

I had a chuckle the other day when I saw some old git park perfectly in a space first time & then shuffle the car about for several goes to get it over the white lines on both sides & the front of the space.

It wasn't me, then. I have yet to park it perfectly first time.

They were so old I just assumed it could only be MBH.

Problem is the Volvo turning circle is so big, you drive into a Tesco car park, find a free space, drive forwards with a view to reversing, reverse, tidy up, get out and find you've parked in Lithuania.

Some Volvo drivers can actually manage to park.



All I can say is thank god for reversing sensors, sorted. But I know what you mean.

[Lady Summerisle]

At first we thought this had broken down in the middle of the roadway at Lidl, but no, the owner duly returned with shopping and left.



For reference the silver car is at the end of the parking row on one side and the coloured bricks mark out the next row.

[Hoofy]

Vipers said:

Hoofy said:

Hooli said:

Hoofy said:

Hooli said:

Hoofy said:

EL11SEG said:

I have OCD and no matter what I need my bloody van parked straight

Know the feeling. I see people drive into a car park at the same time as me and jump out (not perfectly straight, of course) while I'm still straightening up. I'm not talking spending 30 minutes parking but I'll often do a re-entry to straighten up - mind you, having an oil tanker sized turning circle doesn't help.

I had a chuckle the other day when I saw some old git park perfectly in a space first time & then shuffle the car about for several goes to get it over the white lines on both sides & the front of the space.

It wasn't me, then. I have yet to park it perfectly first time.

They were so old I just assumed it could only be MBH.

Problem is the Volvo turning circle is so big, you drive into a Tesco car park, find a free space, drive forwards with a view to reversing, reverse, tidy up, get out and find you've parked in Lithuania.

Some Volvo drivers can actually manage to park.



All I can say is thank god for reversing sensors, sorted. But I know what you mean.

Yeah, but you started turning in Lithuania.

[irocfan]

fatboy18 said:

Dr Murdoch said:

JohnoVR6 said:

Deliberate or incompetence...

Neither...Just a selfish pratt.

it's not often I'd be happy to see a car damaged

[gtidriver]

Id like to buy a Renault Twizzy for the school run when the weathers better, but its fking selfish wkers like the BMW driver seen earlier that just dump their cars in the electric charge points with no fking regard for the poor sod that might want to charge up the car. The problem is the charge points are right by the front doors of shops so easier to dump and pop in i suppose.

[FalconWood]

herewego said:

Negative Creep said:

FalconWood said:

Hoofy said:

FalconWood said:

Seems I wasn't alone judging this as crappy parking in Rome, so did the Traffic Warden!!??

Interesting how that Smart car is parked. Always wondered if you could get away with parking it like that.

That Smart car (and many others like it) was protruding only about 4 inches out onto the main roads beyond the normally parked cars.

Isn't there some law about having to park in a way were your reflectors are visible?

Good call unless in a marked bay. Parking nose in probably wouldn't work either, depends on reflector design. It's a German car and they park properly in Germany, maybe the reflectors are designed to reflect to both rear and side.

Hey this was in Italy!!!! Not sure they are that bothered with the small print!

[funkyrobot]

I don't know what is worse. The parking, the stupidly worded sticker, or what the sticker is implying.

[Vipers]

funkyrobot said:

I don't know what is worse. The parking, the stupidly worded sticker, or what the sticker is implying.

Can't make out the sticker, does it say "I am stupid", or something like that.

[Vipers]

Hoofy said:

Yeah, but you started turning in Lithuania.

I am sure there is a joke somewhere there..........

[AMG Merc]

Shoulda gone to specsavers...

[VictoriaYorks]

Vipers said:

Can't make out the sticker, does it say "I am stupid", or something like that.

BecauseAudi. Seems perfectly apt to me

[J4CKO]

I saw a guy I went to school with, who once punched me in the back of the head as I left a pub for speaking to a female friend of mine who he thought I was moving in on, he was driving an i8, on his own but it was plonked in a P and C spot in a busy supermarket car park.

Nice car, but still obviously not a very nice bloke.

[Hoofy]

Vipers said:

Hoofy said:

Yeah, but you started turning in Lithuania.

I am sure there is a joke somewhere there..........

Suggesting that the turning circle is so big that you cross countries while lining up the car.

[cootuk]

They like to be first out on the school run

[NickM450]

Excuse the crappy phone picture. Parked up to do a delivery the other morning, when I climbed back in the cab I was greeted by this...



Yup, that's parked. Not enough room either side to get my way on out

[mp3manager]

Three in one shot...and all three couldn't be bothered to straighten their wheels either.



Despite having dedicated spaces for their cars, the Co-Wheels car club drivers just abandon them.

Edited by mp3manager on Wednesday 6th January 04:14

[Janesy B]

I was walking back to my car just as this dickwad was dumping his Corsa in front of my car. Asked if he was leaving it like that and he said 'I'll be back in a min'. Seeing as it a one way road with cars parked either side, it made getting out a little tricky. Retard.

[Dr Murdoch]

Judging by the front wheels, it looks like he actually made an attempt to park it properly, which makes it worse

[Vipers]

Dr Murdoch said:

Judging by the front wheels, it looks like he actually made an attempt to park it properly, which makes it worse

Really, oh I see your joking.

[Dr Murdoch]

Vipers said:

Really, oh I see your joking.

Not joking although not being entirely serious, the angle of the front wheels indicates the driver tried to 'tuck' the front end in.

Not really much point when the car is 10ft from the kerb