Pet Peeve: Bad Parking

[War_Wagon]

Originally Posted by Xist

What if you purchase a can of Slime and use the valve stem tool on a can of Great Stuff?

I think you just invented Redneck Runflats! Perfect for evading them revenuer's after your latest batch of 'shine!

[slowmover]

I've noticed the relationship between small cars and the "inability" to park. Related to the "ability" to drive well. These folks can only follow the front wheels around (and have no concept of using mirrors incidentally) and believe that they have done their job well if what is in front of them is "parked".

Doesn't matter that the rear of the car is over the line. Etc.

It might take a time or two to line up and park my behemoth Dodge truck so that it is centered in the spot. Part of the price of owning it. Can't say I haven't made things a bit more difficult to re-enter for those over into or against "my" spot as I center mine.

I usually record their license plate and a photo of the arrangement. Believe it that this is all a last ditch effort at parking . . it's too much trouble otherwise.

The smaller the car, the less likely it is well parked.

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[sheepdog 44]

I find the expensive cars to be parked well, with a curb on two sides, 50 feet away from any other car in a secluded corner. I'm glad they do. I came across a lexus LFA which is an underpowered unremarkable car considering it costs $375,000. I said nope! Pulled over to get away from it.

Originally Posted by Cobb

When I drove a scion xa and geo metro I loved to park all the way in my spot so to the casual person cruzing for a parking spot would think the spot is empty til they approached it and saw a little car at the end of it.

I do that too sometimes, then when i come out of the grocery store i can't find my car! The darn thing is to small, to short to see without wandering aimlessly looking for it.

[Pandaf]

Originally Posted by slowmover

The smaller the car, the less likely it is well parked.

Interesting. Here I find it is usually the opposite.

[doviatt]

Originally Posted by Pandaf

Interesting. Here I find it is usually the opposite.

I'll have to agree with this one. I rarely see a small (especially economy) car misbehave while parking. They have no motives to do so.
The luxury car owners are smart enough to park far and away and walk the distance when reasonable people. When they don't behave we know them for what they are.
Small car owners can be A-holes too but they present themselves in a different manner generally.

[RedDevil]

At my company car park some of the bigger car owners park their oversized ego trips straight over the middle of the line separating the (atmittedly narrow) parking spots, as if they want to say "Hey, my car is just too big to fit into these tiny spots".
I need to bring my kids to school, and when I arrive at work the last available slot has just been filled, but there would still be several empty spots if not for these... colleagues...

What aggravates the situation is that parking licenses have been issued to all women and furthermore to people of a certain age and company history. But when the beams go up the younger men try to sneak by tailgating someone who has the parking license, filling the lot prematurely and forcing the elderly to use a general parking spot at 10 minutes walk away.
(to be honest I'm not old yet; sending regards to Abraham soon but I do have the license)

They may wonder who keeps putting their windscreen wipers off their windows. They do no damage. I do no damage. I hope they are annoyed, though.

[Frank Lee]

What if the lines were all spike strips...

[Grant-53]

I would step on them, ouch! I like to park next to a car with the same color paint when possible. Our silver van has the spare on the roof now since the underneath spare tire won't lower. We can spot it easily. People who are careless or impatient tend to end up wasting time with accidents.

[Xist]

Originally Posted by Cobb

When I drove a scion xa and geo metro I loved to park all the way in my spot so to the casual person cruzing for a parking spot would think the spot is empty til they approached it and saw a little car at the end of it.

How often did you find grocery carts behind your car?

I was the first one at work when I owned my Prelude and there was a semi with trailer parked in the driving area between lanes. Without trying to drive under the trailer, I parked sideways, in two spots.

Presumably, the adjacent spots were the first ones to fill up once the truck moved.

[Cobb]

I worked for a bank, most people carried their money in a bag, purse or wallet. Thats assuming they had any.

I could see my car from my desk and I get my jollys watching people search for a spot and race to my spot and start to park just to stop once they saw my little car.