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[LJay]

buy a car you don't give a fig about and never wash it - most people will avoid parking their nice shiny SUV next to it 

Yup! And I love parking it next to brand new shiny cars, that close they can't open their doors and then running my handbag along the paintwork!

[Dishevelled Den]

Yeah, I park as far away from the entrance to the building, and everyone else as possible. Most people can't be bothered to walk more than 20 feet, so that's how I avoid dings, although sometime you still get someone parking so close to you you can't get in your car, despite there being nothing else around! Idiots!

That's the best way to do it - although for a while I found that the car attracted  empty taxis, parked right next to it in an otherwise deserted section of the car park. :-?

[aaronjb]

buy a car you don't give a fig about and never wash it - most people will avoid parking their nice shiny SUV next to it 

You mean like an Omega?  (That's what my first TD was like, anyway - when I bought it the front bumper was hanging off already  )

I reckon this is a good way to spot a spouse, if she can park, and park away from other cars, not batter other cars and holds her bag in behind as she walks to the shop, worth a go I reckon. ( )

See I spotted one of those recently somewhere.. nice looking, funny, intelligent, into cars, can drive, park, etc..

Sadly someone got in there before me. (not that I'd have stood a chance anyway, I imagine) 

[JesterRT]

When I has my Corsa I had no problems parking it in the centre of a bay - even if the person next to me was well across the line.  If that meant they had to get in their passenger door, no problem.  The Corsa didn't have one straight panel, the paint had faded to that washed out, oxidised red,
where there was paint it had been keyed, scratched or cracked, and it never got washed, and where there wasn't paint the rust was beginning to take hold, blistering nicely.

I used to get much less bother with people parking too close with that car than any other I've owned.

[aaronjb]

When I has my Corsa ...

And here's how you stop them dinging the sides of a corsa:


 

[Dishevelled Den]

When I has my Corsa ...

And here's how you stop them dinging the sides of a corsa:

http://thatwillbuffout.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/funny-car-photos-it-pays-to-recycle1.jpg
 

The driver might want to skip that parking place in future.

[Del Boy]

When I has my Corsa ...

And here's how you stop them dinging the sides of a corsa:

http://thatwillbuffout.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/funny-car-photos-it-pays-to-recycle1.jpg
 

The driver might want to skip that parking place in future.

 

[scimmy_man]

When I has my Corsa I had no problems parking it in the centre of a bay - even if the person next to me was well across the line.  If that meant they had to get in their passenger door, no problem.  The Corsa didn't have one straight panel, the paint had faded to that washed out, oxidised red,
where there was paint it had been keyed, scratched or cracked, and it never got washed, and where there wasn't paint the rust was beginning to take hold, blistering nicely.

I used to get much less bother with people parking too close with that car than any other I've owned.

My Disco has huge wheels large bumpers and rocksliders on the cills,
I like to park it neatly in the space next to the one parked at an angle, Im not bothered about the paint, it wont dent if they hit it,
funnily enough I often come back to find two empty spaces either side
I have been known to tow badly parked cars outside my old house, 100 yds sideways into the industrial estate so I can get into my drive,

[Martin_1962]

I park next to nice cars - they tend to be more careful.

I was once blocked in a space, I had to smash my door repeatedly into the other to open the door enough to let off handbrake and drop out of park, lampost lh door, self-abuser rh door. Then push car put was late back to work.

self-abuser had big dent in passenger side from me squashing between the cars and opening my door, I was touching both sides sideways

And I was not exagerating I did dent it and it was about 1 foot from my car.

[bigegg]

the warehouseman at a place I worked got blocked to the staff car park by a complete t*ss*r who worked next door. (for the third day running!)

he picked it up with the forktruck and dropped it on the main road outside the yard.
the police towed it after about twenty minutes of it blocking one of the main roads into Leeds city centre...

as to parking - drive a 15 year old transit, and the odd car park ding actually straightens out the panels.

it's the deep gouges that annoy me - cos they're too shiney to match the rest of the paintwork.

[Jimbob]

I park next to nice cars - they tend to be more careful.

I was once blocked in a space, I had to smash my door repeatedly into the other to open the door enough to let off handbrake and drop out of park, lampost lh door, self-abuser rh door. Then push car put was late back to work.

self-abuser had big dent in passenger side from me squashing between the cars and opening my door, I was touching both sides sideways

And I was not exagerating I did dent it and it was about 1 foot from my car.

And dont forget all those pesky trees and gateposts that get in the way of your car 

[Martin_1962]

I park next to nice cars - they tend to be more careful.

I was once blocked in a space, I had to smash my door repeatedly into the other to open the door enough to let off handbrake and drop out of park, lampost lh door, self-abuser rh door. Then push car put was late back to work.

self-abuser had big dent in passenger side from me squashing between the cars and opening my door, I was touching both sides sideways

And I was not exagerating I did dent it and it was about 1 foot from my car.

And dont forget all those pesky trees and gateposts that get in the way of your car 

No trees and the gate was this car not one I had 8 years ago

[griffin]

The other anoying thing with carparks is you've got empty spaces but people still walk down between the cars and smack into the door mirrors now I know they're supposed to move but the paint still gets scratched and they don't check the mirror they just leave it bent round.