Anyone else park FARTHER away than necessary?
#161
Originally Posted by chindv
Everytime I'm in a store parking lot, if I see a SHOPPING CART, I'll park more than a few spaces away from it. Same goes for the office--I'll park in the back just to avoid places in front of the building where people congregate.
Same goes for people that drive ghetto ass rice burners wrecklessly on the freeway--I'll slow down and move to the right lane so that their dumb ass doesn't tailgate me and possibly rear end me.
Same goes for people that drive ghetto ass rice burners wrecklessly on the freeway--I'll slow down and move to the right lane so that their dumb ass doesn't tailgate me and possibly rear end me.
You might be saving somebody elses car from dents. Plus the person who has
to collect them... But thats me
#162
Originally Posted by FSU-Acura
Nice!!! I love how you have the TL and she has the Civic! Seems like most of my friends who are married, the wife always gets the nicer car.
#163
Originally Posted by chindv
Everytime I'm in a store parking lot, if I see a SHOPPING CART, I'll park more than a few spaces away from it.
Something to keep in mind considering shopping carts.... THE SLOPE OF THE PARKING LOT!
I look for the crests in the parking lot and try to park on them... Shopping carts don't typically roll uphill, but they'll gain a lot of speed real fast going downhill!
And if anyone sees a shopping cart on the roll, they'll probably do the same thing I do.... Watch it nail someone elses car!!!
#164
Originally Posted by onsknth
Fuggin shopping carts, UUUGGGHHH!!
Something to keep in mind considering shopping carts.... THE SLOPE OF THE PARKING LOT!
I look for the crests in the parking lot and try to park on them... Shopping carts don't typically roll uphill, but they'll gain a lot of speed real fast going downhill!
And if anyone sees a shopping cart on the roll, they'll probably do the same thing I do.... Watch it nail someone elses car!!!
Something to keep in mind considering shopping carts.... THE SLOPE OF THE PARKING LOT!
I look for the crests in the parking lot and try to park on them... Shopping carts don't typically roll uphill, but they'll gain a lot of speed real fast going downhill!
And if anyone sees a shopping cart on the roll, they'll probably do the same thing I do.... Watch it nail someone elses car!!!
#165
The way i see it is if the other person isnt willing to pay for the "what if", then I dont listen to them because the money is coming out of my pocket. and frankly no one (not even family members) care about your car as much as you will. this is the difference between a mint condition 60000 mile tl to a 30000 all messed up TL. I say do whatever you feel neccesary to take care of your car.
#166
My TL can do this, too!
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I had to go to Bolling AFB today and was forced to park in the "gravel pit." It's the last place people park their vehicle due to all the... gravel. I parked my TL in the last and farthest SW corner of the lot, and gave the person next to me at least an extra 18 inches on the side. I'll be removing the car at 1330 today, so hopefully there won't be any damage!
#167
My g/f gets a bit annoyed with me for parking 'carefully', but I try to offset that by offering to drop her off and pick her up at the restaurant or whatever. Seems like a good compromise to me! She gets door-to-door treatment, I get a nice bit of exercise going to and from the car!
#168
I park far away only sometimes. My last car was dent free, AND I lived in Baltimore for 2 years with it! Move down to where I'm at now, parked far away and ended up with dents. So I stopped doing it and started parking with everyone else...no more additional dents! I think the assholes were coming out of the woodwork when my car was parked farther out.
#171
Hi FSU Acura: YES, I always park as far away as possible whenever I go to COSTCO, etc.
I even have a special parking spot at work, everybobody knows not to even think about parking within 6 feet either side of my BABY !.
I drop my wife off near a store entrance so that I can find the "right" place to park.
This time next year I'm going to pull the trigger and purchase a 2009 TL-S with AWD.
2005 SSM/Q/Navi/AT with 8,762 miles purchased on 11-24-2004
I even have a special parking spot at work, everybobody knows not to even think about parking within 6 feet either side of my BABY !.
I drop my wife off near a store entrance so that I can find the "right" place to park.
This time next year I'm going to pull the trigger and purchase a 2009 TL-S with AWD.
2005 SSM/Q/Navi/AT with 8,762 miles purchased on 11-24-2004
#172
When I absolutely have to park next to a car, I choose to park next to the higher end cars.
They take better care of their cars, which in turn make them more careful about the cars around them.
When I had a pos 96 integra, I wouldn't have cared that much if I swung my door open and hit another car. I woudn't be careful at all.
Now... I park far away from other cars, and from under trees. No dings or bird doo.
They take better care of their cars, which in turn make them more careful about the cars around them.
When I had a pos 96 integra, I wouldn't have cared that much if I swung my door open and hit another car. I woudn't be careful at all.
Now... I park far away from other cars, and from under trees. No dings or bird doo.
#173
Walking?! Dear god no!!!!
This is why americans are fat as hell, I park my TL really far away to avoid drunks coming out of bars, dizzy soccer moms, clueless old people and grocery store mayhem. It really makes a difference, because most people are too lazy to park that far away so your car is lonelly, and it doesn't give much cover for anyone trying to steal it. Not like it would matter much but they'd be wide open.
#174
Valet Parking
I'm heading up to Niagara Falls, staying at the Marriott. I hear that it's valet parking only.
The parking is $20 per day. I don't care about the money, but I would prefer to self park my own car.
What would you guys/gals do?
The parking is $20 per day. I don't care about the money, but I would prefer to self park my own car.
What would you guys/gals do?
#176
Originally Posted by cbptls
I'm heading up to Niagara Falls, staying at the Marriott. I hear that it's valet parking only.
The parking is $20 per day. I don't care about the money, but I would prefer to self park my own car.
What would you guys/gals do?
The parking is $20 per day. I don't care about the money, but I would prefer to self park my own car.
What would you guys/gals do?
#177
Originally Posted by onsknth
Fuggin shopping carts, UUUGGGHHH!!
Something to keep in mind considering shopping carts.... THE SLOPE OF THE PARKING LOT!
I look for the crests in the parking lot and try to park on them... Shopping carts don't typically roll uphill, but they'll gain a lot of speed real fast going downhill!
And if anyone sees a shopping cart on the roll, they'll probably do the same thing I do.... Watch it nail someone elses car!!!
Something to keep in mind considering shopping carts.... THE SLOPE OF THE PARKING LOT!
I look for the crests in the parking lot and try to park on them... Shopping carts don't typically roll uphill, but they'll gain a lot of speed real fast going downhill!
And if anyone sees a shopping cart on the roll, they'll probably do the same thing I do.... Watch it nail someone elses car!!!
(signed, Charlton Heston, NSCA)
Originally Posted by THTL
I never like valet parking.
#178
i work in a hospital. that means large numbers of elderly drivers with Buicks. there is no place safe to park if you are lucky enough to find a spot. i was thinking of starting a pool for when i get my first door ding.
any other parking lot, i'll take the further spot over the close one.
any other parking lot, i'll take the further spot over the close one.
#179
ugh...grrr!!! after a year and a half of no scratches and swirls on my 06 wdp, some chic (and im sure it was) scraped my front bumper. I parked all the way at the end of a parallel parking in Adelphi Univ. making sure the door of the car next to me wont reach my car even if they fully swung it open. After parking I observe and remembered all the cars around my carm, A CRV infront and a civic next to me. Now when I came back, guess what? new cars around my car...A different colored CRV infront and some other car next to her. But guess what I also noticed? A scrape on the front bumper!!! Needless to say I was pissed off...
But anyway when I got home I broke out all the wax and rubbing compound. Eventually they came off...even tho some scratches look deep before I rubbed them off.
Sorry for the rant guys, but It just pisses me off how some people just dont care about other peoples cars.
But anyway when I got home I broke out all the wax and rubbing compound. Eventually they came off...even tho some scratches look deep before I rubbed them off.
Sorry for the rant guys, but It just pisses me off how some people just dont care about other peoples cars.
#180
WOW WHEN I READ THIS THREAD I WAS LAUGHING THINKING TO MYSELF OH THANK GOD IM NOT THE ONLY ONE..........I will go up and down the parking structure and find the perfect spot( somewhere where shes all by herself) and another thing before with my old car when i would park id just park and almost never scrap my rims but with the TL-S ohhh no ive noticed that i park a safe distance from the curb and then i back up into it.
#183
Originally Posted by Steerpike
My nephew got a part time job valet parking for Marriott when he was about 17, and oh, my, the stories he told! Some kids could not drive manual cars, but that didn't stop them trying. The powerful cars, they'd rev 'em up and listen to the engines. Most of the kids were getting high all the time. This confirmed my already negative views of valet parking!
My brother used to valet at the Lexus dealership, and he's told me stories about how they've driven the cars. They are fun stories as long as you know it's not YOUR car they're abusing.
#184
Originally Posted by Steerpike
My nephew got a part time job valet parking for Marriott when he was about 17, and oh, my, the stories he told! Some kids could not drive manual cars, but that didn't stop them trying. The powerful cars, they'd rev 'em up and listen to the engines. Most of the kids were getting high all the time. This confirmed my already negative views of valet parking!
We drag raced, burned out and recklessly drove some of the hottest cars at the time... It was great fun, got high all the time and we never wrecked anything, except this one dude missed a turn at the back of the lot and drove a celica onto the driving range... Since these were members only country clubs, we got to know some cars real well because they were there all the time, nothing like trying to get your drift down pat in the same car over and over.
#185
I do every chance I get, even though in 1999 it resulted in this:
I was parked and security guard had a siezure driving through the parking lot and blasted my car almost 90 degrees out of the spot, $8K in damages, but I traded it when it got fixed. Nothing to stop the run away truck except my lonley car out int he middle of nowhere in the lot.
I was parked and security guard had a siezure driving through the parking lot and blasted my car almost 90 degrees out of the spot, $8K in damages, but I traded it when it got fixed. Nothing to stop the run away truck except my lonley car out int he middle of nowhere in the lot.
#186
I do get pissed off, though, with those people who intentionally occupy two (or even four!) spots to protect their car. If they do it at the very far extreme of the lot, I don't really mind but some arrogant ass*oles will take up two spots in a prime parking area. I just hope the parking guys put one of those impossible-to-remove stickers on their window or something to discourage them!
#187
A lot of times I do park farther away. Especially at places like Target and the grocery store but it seems no matter how far away I park, when I come back out to my car there is a car parked on either side of me. I fucking hate it. It's like my car is a magnet for other cars to park next to.
#191
i hate it when people don't watch out for other peoples' car.. i had a lexus rx 300 and i think some one just squeezed through the side of my car with a shopping cart (or something big) and it left a flippin huge dent on the side.. cost 800 to fix it... irresponisible people....
#192
hey, when I was buying my car, the sales guy showed me an option to have those rubber 'protection' strips along the sides of the doors (mid-way down). My last car (Legend) had those 'built-in', as do most cars ever made; I declined the option, but I wonder if I should have got them. How many of you have them on your cars? On my Legend, that rubber strip took a beating over the years, but the doors were pristine!
#193
Yep .. I'm one of those too. Of course I drop of my wife and kids at the door before looking for a spot then I pick them up also later going home. This way I won't hear anyone complain that I park too far away.
Several years ago I parked in a multi level garage to have fun at a nearby mall. Of course as usual I dropped my wife and kids at the mall entrance before I parked. After shopping I went back to pick up the car and there's this beat up car right next to mine. Walking towards my car I know I have a ding .... I'm pissed and almost running towards my car. Sure enough I have a big scrape on the passenger side. I was libid and lost it hahaha for real (I think I need anger management therapy) .. I punched the other car's side mirror and broke it then my knuckles were bleeding. I proceeded and opened my car then took my extendable baton and broke his two tailights and headlights. I think that's when I realized I had to get out of there and sped out of the garage.
My son saw my knuckles when they entered the vehicle and asked me what happened. I lied of course
Several years ago I parked in a multi level garage to have fun at a nearby mall. Of course as usual I dropped my wife and kids at the mall entrance before I parked. After shopping I went back to pick up the car and there's this beat up car right next to mine. Walking towards my car I know I have a ding .... I'm pissed and almost running towards my car. Sure enough I have a big scrape on the passenger side. I was libid and lost it hahaha for real (I think I need anger management therapy) .. I punched the other car's side mirror and broke it then my knuckles were bleeding. I proceeded and opened my car then took my extendable baton and broke his two tailights and headlights. I think that's when I realized I had to get out of there and sped out of the garage.
My son saw my knuckles when they entered the vehicle and asked me what happened. I lied of course
#194
Parking far away
My wife and I always park our cars far away from the crowd or in an odd space, even our pickup truck.
I agree with all the comments made so far and have an additional one. Do not park downhill or near drains. A loose shopping cart will always gravitate to your car if you do.
Ranger
I agree with all the comments made so far and have an additional one. Do not park downhill or near drains. A loose shopping cart will always gravitate to your car if you do.
Ranger
#195
Originally Posted by McKulit
Several years ago I parked in a multi level garage to have fun at a nearby mall. Of course as usual I dropped my wife and kids at the mall entrance before I parked. After shopping I went back to pick up the car and there's this beat up car right next to mine. Walking towards my car I know I have a ding .... I'm pissed and almost running towards my car. Sure enough I have a big scrape on the passenger side. I was libid and lost it hahaha for real (I think I need anger management therapy) .. I punched the other car's side mirror and broke it then my knuckles were bleeding. I proceeded and opened my car then took my extendable baton and broke his two tailights and headlights. I think that's when I realized I had to get out of there and sped out of the garage.
#196
Originally Posted by Turbonut
Hope you had the right car!! Maybe the car that hit yours went to another spot after the contact, and the poor clunker pulled into the vacant spot.
#197
Originally Posted by Steerpike
I do get pissed off, though, with those people who intentionally occupy two (or even four!) spots to protect their car. If they do it at the very far extreme of the lot, I don't really mind but some arrogant ass*oles will take up two spots in a prime parking area. I just hope the parking guys put one of those impossible-to-remove stickers on their window or something to discourage them!
#198
Originally Posted by Steerpike
I do get pissed off, though, with those people who intentionally occupy two (or even four!) spots to protect their car. If they do it at the very far extreme of the lot, I don't really mind but some arrogant ass*oles will take up two spots in a prime parking area. I just hope the parking guys put one of those impossible-to-remove stickers on their window or something to discourage them!
The other day I was at the grocery store with my RX-7 and I parked somewhat far away, but reasonably close to a cart return corral. I came out of the store, loaded up the trunk, and went to return the cart....came back and some asshole had left a cart next to my car. (Did not touch the car, though; I checked.) So I get in the car to leave and someone yells at me for "not returning my cart," to which my reply is, "Hey, dumbarse, look at the cart—it's a little kiddie cart with the two steering wheels for kids to play in. I'm here by myself! Why the hell would I use that thing?"
Some people are just morons.
#200
regardless if i park far away. my car still manages to get ding'd from another car. ppl are just careless with opening their car doors. n tha sad thing is i work @ a dealership U'd think theyd be cautious with other cars..but nooooooooo.... they jus dun caarrreee...
still debatn wuts worse.. getn ur car ding'd orr havn tree sap on tha car..
still debatn wuts worse.. getn ur car ding'd orr havn tree sap on tha car..