Scratches

[Topcat]

Originally Posted by TTDegs

If you can't beat em, join em...

ok, ok, hands up, I'm convinced by all the rational and well presented arguments in this thread

From now on I shall be:
Parking in disabled spaces (actually, 2 at once to give myself even more room);
Undertaking at every possible opportunity (and making opportunities even when there are none - apols if that causes someone in here to crash, but I no longer care);
Jumping red lights - cos I'm in a hurry, see?;
Breaking into your house tonight, to nick your keys. Not to drive your car away, just to drag them down the side of your car.

While I'm at it, I will also:
Stuff my face and talk on my mobile, at the same time, while driving;
I will change lane without indication, or indeed looking;
I will park on double yellow lines, or blocking your driveway, cos I'm then less likely to have my car scratched, and its easier to get to the cashpioint if I park like that;
I will drive at all times with my headlights on, and foglights too;
Queues are for wimps - I will therefore be joining your queue that you have been sitting in for hours, by virtue of knocking those last few cones out of the way and then diving in front of you as you sit there with your mouth open in shock.


I'm pretty sure I'll do some other stuff too, just cos, well - I can, and lots of other people do it, so it must be ok.





Thank you, and goodnight.
Off now to scratch a few cars in my local Tesco - hey others do it, so it must be ok, yes?

I will join you TT

[Brodick]

Someone said park as far away from the shop door as possible -

well that theory doesn't always apply for example
Morrisons car park in stirling has little bits of kerb at the end of some
the parking space rows and if I can i tend to park as close to the kerb as possible - then even if the person that parks next to you parks on the white line or just over they would be hard pushed to damage my car
similar scenario in Tesco's, Sainsbury's etc

[Topcat]

Originally Posted by angie4m

Okay, sorry Topcat. I assumed that as you were quoting me that you were referring to me!

Hmmm, yea the Neds and Chav thread.....I was thinking of that one just the other day. What fun that was!

Maybe you are right. It possibly is the people who aren't meant to park in them trying to pee off the other drivers who are entitled to be there. Or it could just be that its in a scaffy part of town where they don't give a s**t! Maybe both!

Apology accepted

I no longer need the parent spaces as my kids are older now but when you have your baby you will see how annoying it is when you have to park in a normal space, especially when you return to the car to find someone has parked 4 inches away from your car on the same side as the baby/child seat !!

As for the trolleys - having had a trolley fly across the car park in the wind at my local B&Q damaging my bumper I now avoid any space in sight of a loose trolley !!

[Topcat]

Double Post

[Brodick]

Originally Posted by Topcat

Double Post

TC Really double posting - that's no way to set an example

P.s Hope you are beahving yourself

[Seirrah]

The fact is that some people care about their cars, some don't. I don't particularly care about mine (not a Civic!) but I care about others and I'll always avoid hitting another car door with mine, even if it means a total upper-body workout getting in and out.
Some people don't care about cars (look how many French cars are on the road! )and just see them as a utility.

I don't know how I'd cope with parking a Civic at a big carpark. In my car I generally look for the best (or best looked after) car and hope.

[TTDegs]

Sometimes Seirrah, thats the best you can hope for

Luckily, round here, Tesco generally has big empty bits either as you come into the car park, or right at the back

Morrisons has a smaller car park, but its also a smaller store, so again tends to be fairly empty at the end furthest from the door

[TTDegs]

On a seperate note, I should point out that none of my rants above are directed at one particular person, just the world in general, which seems to be on a slippery downwards slope

[duffbear]

hee hee.....i caused a big argument

I'm going to hire a stretch hummer and park across 7 parent and child spaces for a laugh and see what happens

[javorb]

i parked at my local morrisons ,with no other cars nearby ,i went into the shop for 10 mins and came back to still no cars nearby ,on getting closer i could see a white stripe on it ,no one in sight and ended up needing drivers front/rear doors and rear wing and rear bumper resprayed,good job i have no excess and no claims protected,i also received a courtesy car(fiesta tdci)it made me realise how good the civic is

[terry]

I have heard that a complaint to the manager of the store may help financially....although they will probably say they have signs admitting no responsibility, they would rather cough up £80 to pay for your car to have a scratch repaired than have you shop elsewhere and the bad publicity.
A good game to play as you walk past the disabled parking spaces is to loudly point out when there is a car with a blue badge.....
It appears that my local Tesco is full of parents with child and disabled people judging by the number of spaces allocated, and being used! Maybe there should be a few spaces marked for "ordinary " people?
I couldn't find one of those parent and child spaces when I took my Mum shopping!

[lobey dosser]

I don't know if it's coincidence, but recently I've been noticing cars parked across 2 bays in my local B&Q and at Asda.
By that I mean that the car is correctly in a bay front & back, but is centred on the white line between adjacent bays. I've seen a lot of duff parking, but usually the car is mostly in one bay - this is where the car is squarely on the dividing line.
What happens is that other cars park next to the "offending" car, but in their own bays, thereby leaving half-a-bay space either side of the "offender".

I wonder if this is a cunning plan to ensure that the cars don't get dinged by adjacent opening doors.

Big boot up the a*se if it's just bad parking, but big prize for lateral thinking, if it's deliberate. Bit selfish too, I must admit.

[Topcat]

Originally Posted by lobey dosser

Big boot up the a*se if it's just bad parking, but big prize for lateral thinking, if it's deliberate. Bit selfish too, I must admit.

My friend parked her car in a car park and had one wheel over the dividing white line and ended up with a ticket, she took a photo of the car showing the wheel was over by about an inch but lost the appeal.

[angie4m]

I was saying yesterday at work how some spaces in car parks seem to be getting smaller but the general trend is for cars to get bigger as the model evolves.

For example a old dear in her C reg BMW 525 pulled up at lights outside my work, a new 3series pulled along side and that was bigger than the 5! My mums 5 series estate now overhangs spaces really badly by about a good foot at least! Tend to find that if she reverses into a space where there is nobody behind her there will still be nobody behind her when we come back cause she is overhanging into the space behind.

I think supermarkets, other shops etc should really be upgrading their car parks at least once every ten years at least and maybe make the spaces bigger. Same goes for new ones being built. I have to say my local tescos has quite spacious parking, shame I don't like tescos lol

[Doubtingthomas]

[quote=davee7;114749]I love reading topics like this!

- if “the rest of you” (and by that I mean ‘the general public’ – NOT aimed at any individuals on this forum) started treating everyone with an little bit of respect and consideration then maybe I wouldn’t have this kind of attitude….

Hi Davee7 and others contributing to this thread,

I can only append my signature. The country is going to the dogs, there appears little or no civility these days.