GranTurismo

Timewasting.

You pull into a carpark at your local tradepark. there are only a few spaces left in which to place you beloved scooby for the next hour.... BUT the options are not nice.

Next to a 15 year old ford escort, each panel is a different colour. Its got 5 years of dirt on it.

A fairly clean and new Corsa, but its parked at a 30 Degree angle to the lines and has beaded seat cover in and one of the funny parking mirrors in the back!

There is a huge of-roader with "I slow down for Horses" in the back, you have just seen a very attractive girl get out of it, but you just know that its mummies car and she only drives it on saturdays.

A white van (Nuff said)

A people carrier with enough kids it it to fill a rural primary scool. All of who cant wait to open the doors with the force of a stampeeding wilderbeast heard (They are all off to macdonnalds)

Do you just turn round and go home!

gizmo71

You park it next to the Escort, which has probably been abandoned after a night of "joy"riding.

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JoeyDeacon

At least I am not the only one who panics at the sight of a full carpark. At work I have done my homework to find the people who never go out at lunchtime. I now park next to them as I am always late (They are there when I arrive) and always leave at 5:30 (So I leave before they do)

If I can't park in one of the parent and toddler spaces in Tescos (Spaces are so big that the person next to you can't open their door into you even if they wanted to) Then I park at the furthest away car parking space available, preferable an end of row space to minimise the chance of someone parking next to me and opening their door into my car.

Anyway the obvious answer is go home and drive your girlfriends Punto instead! Also if by chance I do ever see someone open their door into my car they can expect a nice keymark down the side of their car....

Even after all this I have still picked up 5 tiny dings in 6 months

Mr.Cookie

Park in the disabled coz theres bound to be no other bu@@er in them

Si

Akira

Park next to the Off Roader and wait for the fox to return "COME TO DADDY"

Markus

Park wherever you F**king want to! Rules are there to be broken!

Anarchy and chaos rule!

(sorry, funny 5 mins there!)

carl

Don't worry about it -- all cars get chips and dents. I did some tearing about in gravel the other week that probably didn't do the paintwork much good.

Just wait until you've got a sizable collection of dings and get Dentmaster/Dent Devils/etc. round.

I understand that in Japan they sell 'pre-dented/chipped' cars (new) so you don't have to worry so much.

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Dave T-S

MrCookie

You devil you

AWD

Go home and get the Sherman tank (as in the Kenny Everett show - uh oh I'm showing my age). That way even if a parking space is already taken - you can still park there.

barge

AWD

LOL

Good show nice shaped women

Bajie

Park next to the group of kids wearing the Puffas.
Smile at them as you get out.
No other car will be able to get within four feet of yours.
Don't forget to have a chamois or similar to wipe off the handprints.

ScoobyBird

So you're girlfriend doesn't mind having her car scratched to bits then!!!!! :rolleyes

ScoobyBird


<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:<HR>Originally posted by JoeyDeacon:
<B>At least I am not the only one who panics at the sight of a full carpark. At work I have done my homework to find the people who never go out at lunchtime. I now park next to them as I am always late (They are there when I arrive) and always leave at 5:30 (So I leave before they do)

If I can't park in one of the parent and toddler spaces in Tescos (Spaces are so big that the person next to you can't open their door into you even if they wanted to) Then I park at the furthest away car parking space available, preferable an end of row space to minimise the chance of someone parking next to me and opening their door into my car.

Anyway the obvious answer is go home and drive your girlfriends Punto instead! Also if by chance I do ever see someone open their door into my car they can expect a nice keymark down the side of their car....

Even after all this I have still picked up 5 tiny dings in 6 months [/quote]

Andrew Timmins

I panic in empty car parks as well. As most people seem to be too lazy to walk for more than 5 seconds to the entrance to any building I always park as far away as possible. When I return, even if there are hundreds of free spaces, someone is always parked next to my car. I tend to look round the car for new dents every time I go back to it.

Pete N

People always park next to another car! You leave yours out of the way at the far end of the car park and come back and some heap has parked next to you

I usually park across two spaces anyway at Tescos, work etc (anywhere you don't have to buy a parking ticket that is).

Sparks

I'm sure People park next to smart cars in the thinking that "ooh, smart motor, if I park mine next to it it'll get overlooked". I'm bloody sure of it! Always happens to me too - I'm sure my car must turn magnetic!

longun

I park across two parking space's when in a public car park. People probally walk past and say look how that tw@t has parked but I don't care cuz the car ain't scratched..

And at work well I just pretend to be important and park in my reserved parking space next to my boss who has A scooby

KimA

Yep, where poss. we take up 2 spaces - don't care what people say.

Failing that, if shopping in Bromley, drive round the same 2 roads for 20 mins waiting to find a free parking meter, but it's well worth the wait.




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The_Gza

I once returned to my car in a multi-storey to see a small girl run round from the back of the car parked next to me and open the passenger door at a rate on knots into the rear quarter panel of my car

Was less than impressed, especially when her Dad refused to do anything about it.

What can you do?

DocJock

Change your perspective to...

*It's only a dent. Life is too short...* Alternatively , beat the cr@p out of him

DJ (who does not condone violence in any way )