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Title: Parallel parking ............
Post by: I_want_an_Omega on 14 December 2011, 17:44:58
http://uk.autoblog.com/2011/12/12/video-you-cant-park-as-well-as-this-guy/ (http://uk.autoblog.com/2011/12/12/video-you-cant-park-as-well-as-this-guy/)

Wait for the page to load and then click on the PLAY icon to watch him do it.
Title: Re: Parallel parking ............
Post by: PhilRich on 14 December 2011, 17:53:38
If i'd seen him do that to my car, he'd be driving a wheelchair for the rest of his natural! >:(
Title: Re: Parallel parking ............
Post by: YZ250 on 14 December 2011, 18:40:51
If i'd seen him do that to my car, he'd be driving a wheelchair for the rest of his natural! >:(

Hmmm. Tend to agree with that comment.   :o
Title: Re: Parallel parking ............
Post by: Dishevelled Den on 14 December 2011, 18:45:25
If i'd seen him do that to my car, he'd be driving a wheelchair for the rest of his natural! >:(

You're right Phil - we are long lost brothers. :-*
Title: Re: Parallel parking ............
Post by: YZ250 on 14 December 2011, 18:46:17
If i'd seen him do that to my car, he'd be driving a wheelchair for the rest of his natural! >:(


Mind you, he'd have only got halfway in before he got hooked on my towbar, and only halfway out before his chin got hooked as well.
Title: Re: Parallel parking ............
Post by: aaronjb on 14 December 2011, 18:48:32
Those of you who are appalled at this should probably never park your cars in Paris ;)
Title: Re: Parallel parking ............
Post by: YZ250 on 14 December 2011, 18:48:56
If i'd seen him do that to my car, he'd be driving a wheelchair for the rest of his natural! >:(

Hmmm. Tend to agree with that comment.   :o

Mind you, he'd have only got halfway in before he got hooked on my towbar, and only halfway out before his chin got hooked as well.
Title: Re: Parallel parking ............
Post by: feeutfo on 14 December 2011, 19:14:16
Imagine that's your Irmscher...
Title: Re: Parallel parking ............
Post by: dbug on 14 December 2011, 21:38:41
Those of you who are appalled at this should probably never park your cars in Paris ;)

Absolutely right - thats the normal way to park in Paris  :y

Thats what "bumpers are for"
Title: Re: Parallel parking ............
Post by: aaronjb on 14 December 2011, 21:46:30
Those of you who are appalled at this should probably never park your cars in Paris ;)

Absolutely right - thats the normal way to park in Paris  :y

Thats what "bumpers are for"

Yup! I work with a Parisian who regularly bounces off the concrete pillars/walls in the office car park and doesn't care one jot, "it's just a car" - fortunately he resists careening off other cars ;D (In his defence it is an awful, awful place to park - a maximum of two spaces between concrete bollards, and at least 70% of the staff don't seem to be able to park; more than once I've got the car squeezed into a space only to find that I can't get out of the door even though the other side of the car is a nanometer from a concrete pillar. It's already claimed some wing mirror paint on the Omega and a scrape on the front end of the MR2, and I consider myself a good parker!  :'( )
Title: Re: Parallel parking ............
Post by: fiend61 on 14 December 2011, 22:33:37
its a wonder the alarm didnt go off on the car behind him  :o
and yes i would have put him in hospital  :y
Title: Re: Parallel parking ............
Post by: Andy B on 15 December 2011, 00:26:38
its a wonder the alarm didnt go off on the car behind him  :o
and .....

It did didn't it?  :-\ :-\. It's indicators were flashing.  :y
Title: Re: Parallel parking ............
Post by: Andy B on 15 December 2011, 00:27:23
Those of you who are appalled at this should probably never park your cars in Paris ;)

Absolutely right - thats the normal way to park in Paris  :y

Thats what "bumpers are for"

They park like that in Spain too.  ;) ;)
Title: Re: Parallel parking ............
Post by: MaxV6 on 15 December 2011, 02:16:03
i think i might start carrying concrete bollards and a spiked steel fence to put at either end of my car , just in case this breakwit ever decides to "park" anywhere near mine.....


and add an extra couple of nails to my baseball bat.....  to be sure...
Title: Re: Parallel parking ............
Post by: paul.lovejoy on 15 December 2011, 09:19:09
you would have to give him a little slap just to shut him up he is french then maybe a little slap again for bumping your car and they always say it happens in threes so just one more
Title: Re: Parallel parking ............
Post by: henryd on 15 December 2011, 09:44:05
Those of you who are appalled at this should probably never park your cars in Paris ;)

Absolutely right - thats the normal way to park in Paris  :y

Thats what "bumpers are for"

 

They park like that in Spain too.  ;) ;)

They certainly do,never hired a car in spain yet that didn't have damage and the last one had only 1200km on the clock when I picked it up :o
Title: Re: Parallel parking ............
Post by: Varche on 15 December 2011, 11:08:28
I was looking around for someone to ask about an address I was looking for.

Only guy was a Spanish fellow parking. Nice big spot and he hit quite hard the cars either side before settling on a mid point. I gave up thinking about asking as I was laughing so much.

Another time I was actually in the Omega in park and no handbrake on when a smart newish BMW rammed me and moved the car fa bit. I got out to remonstrate and the guy handed me his business card and said if there is any damage to your auto transmission claim via my company!  There wasn't and I didn't. I should have claimed for the water loss problem.............