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Old 11 October 2013 | 07:34 PM
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Don't you just hate packed car parks, especially when you return to find some clumsy oaf has dinged your car?

Well, I recently blogged an idea I had regarding allocated parking spaces: My Amazing Car Park Solution

I followed this up with a Part 2 after driving to the supermarket today: Car Park Pt. 2




I'd love to hear your comments
Old 11 October 2013 | 07:57 PM
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Sounds like a good idea but doubt it will ever take off, I Park in the family if at Tesco etc but I have child seat in back or have the Mrs and kids
Old 11 October 2013 | 08:43 PM
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It has to be a kids bay
Old 11 October 2013 | 09:23 PM
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But if what like me you were disabled and found all the spaces gone by?????????.
Old 11 October 2013 | 09:26 PM
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Originally Posted by johned
But if what like me you were disabled and found all the spaces gone by?????????.
Put a dent in his door !
Old 11 October 2013 | 09:33 PM
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I do the baby seat trick all the time

But seriously what the hell is with those black blankets over the front of the cars!
Old 11 October 2013 | 09:36 PM
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Bonnet bra. Stop it getting stone chips, although I'd take the stone chips over the bra. It looks ridiculous.
Old 11 October 2013 | 09:44 PM
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Its a bit of a silly idea tbh and it wont ever take off but 8/10 for effort.

I too have 2 child seats in my car, as i often ferry the kids about, but if i am on my own in a supermarket i will still use the normal spaces...

It boils my **** when i do have the kids in the car and some **** has parked i the parent spaces with no kids, or even worse a 10 year old that can let themselves in and out of the car...
Old 11 October 2013 | 10:00 PM
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I have my kids wive me 9 times out off 10 so that is ok but if no kids I will stay out off them for them that need them
Old 11 October 2013 | 10:21 PM
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Originally Posted by johned
But if what like me you were disabled and found all the spaces gone by?????????.
just stick it in one of the parent and baby spaces like most of the other disabled people do




why are women like parking spaces?

if no-one is looking, you'll stick it in a disabled one
Old 11 October 2013 | 11:11 PM
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I just park the car at the furthest point from the store... No-one else's uses them and therefore no chance of dinks etc. I have legs so take advantage of them...
Old 12 October 2013 | 09:20 AM
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Originally Posted by Donnie Brasco 46
I just park the car at the furthest point from the store... No-one else's uses them and therefore no chance of dinks etc. I have legs so take advantage of them...
Me too , and I use an end space as it cuts the chances of getting a ding on at least one side.
Old 12 October 2013 | 09:26 AM
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Originally Posted by BoozyDave
just stick it in one of the parent and baby spaces like most of the other disabled people do




why are women like parking spaces?

if no-one is looking, you'll stick it in a disabled one
You are a grade A ****
Old 12 October 2013 | 11:38 AM
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Originally Posted by johned
But if what like me you were disabled and found all the spaces gone by?????????.

If it was me I'd find one in disabled without the blue disk/badge and block them in, what are they gonna say?
Old 12 October 2013 | 02:11 PM
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Originally Posted by Donnie Brasco 46
I just park the car at the furthest point from the store... No-one else's uses them and therefore no chance of dinks etc. I have legs so take advantage of them...
I do - and straddle a dividing line as well.
No-one cares if you're an ar$e if you're not being an ar$e to anyone else.

(And fwiw it's not just the car I obviously care about, it's the driver of any car that happens to ding me, regardless of who in the car did it.)
Old 12 October 2013 | 02:33 PM
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It's because of stupid regulations X amount of disabled spaces per able bodied spaces.

They did this at the sports centre I used to go to, the car park wasn't exactly huge and they then decides to take about 20 spaces for imaginary disabled people, I think it's about 3 yrs and counting and still not one disabled person has been to the place.

I't became a bit of a joke between the staff and the regulars and we'd get them to keep an eye out just in case a genuinely disabled person came to the centre, they even employed a security guard and one of his duties was to make sure able bodied people didn't park in any of the 20 disabled spaces.
Old 12 October 2013 | 03:16 PM
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***** that use disabled and parent with kids spaces if they are not disabled or have kids are grade a wa******, i hope there cars get dinged everytime they do it.

i use the parent spaces if i have kids with me if not i just park miles away from the store, the lazy ******* that ding your car can never be bothered to walk that far.
Old 12 October 2013 | 04:02 PM
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Old 12 October 2013 | 04:13 PM
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You must be mad to take your car into tesco in the first place if you care about it!

I've learnt that one, I'd rather starve than take the impreza in there! I have a work car or I go somewhere else or park around the corner, but never, would I park in a busy carpark again.
Those triangle shape dents down the passenger side of my car break my heart every time I see them once you notice them it just gets worse.
Old 12 October 2013 | 04:22 PM
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Also don't park next to certain cars. Avoid 3 drs (doors are big and heavy), rust buckets, cars with baby seats etc its not rocket science.

A lot of the time it's the owner of the parked car that makes the difference though. If someone's parked next to me nice and tight I turn into a contortionist to try and get into mine without hitting their door with mine. So another tip on who not next to park next to - a fat heffer....
Old 13 October 2013 | 03:27 AM
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Originally Posted by Donnie Brasco 46
Also don't park next to certain cars. Avoid 3 drs (doors are big and heavy), rust buckets, cars with baby seats etc its not rocket science.

A lot of the time it's the owner of the parked car that makes the difference though. If someone's parked next to me nice and tight I turn into a contortionist to try and get into mine without hitting their door with mine. So another tip on who not next to park next to - a fat heffer....
Glad I: a) don't live in Herts any more; and b) have been on an effective diet
Old 13 October 2013 | 04:45 PM
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Originally Posted by Fudgey
Its a bit of a silly idea tbh and it wont ever take off but 8/10 for effort.

I too have 2 child seats in my car, as i often ferry the kids about, but if i am on my own in a supermarket i will still use the normal spaces...

It boils my **** when i do have the kids in the car and some **** has parked i the parent spaces with no kids, or even worse a 10 year old that can let themselves in and out of the car...
+1


it's the sign of society today!
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