My G is getting raped by idiots who can't park. :(
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From: Central Texas
set up a surveillance camera to tape the neighbouring drivers in hopes of catching them on film? i don't know what the "privacy" laws are in your area, but maybe some hard evidence would force them into coming clean...
it is extremely frustrating, i know. most of us have experienced similar things at some point. i used to live on a main street overlooking the parallel parking below me. in 2 years i confronted at least 12 people for damaging other cars since they were "parking by braille" as i like to call it. i told them all the same thing: "i will be providing your licence plate info and personal description to the other owner when they return; you can either give me a card with your contact info for private settlement, or this will go through insurance. if you leave it is a hit and run". in 10 out of 12 cases the offender settled privately with the innocent owner when they returned. the other 2 cases were tourists...
and no, i'm not a cop. just an observant guy who hopes someone else would do the same thing if they saw damage to my G.
it is extremely frustrating, i know. most of us have experienced similar things at some point. i used to live on a main street overlooking the parallel parking below me. in 2 years i confronted at least 12 people for damaging other cars since they were "parking by braille" as i like to call it. i told them all the same thing: "i will be providing your licence plate info and personal description to the other owner when they return; you can either give me a card with your contact info for private settlement, or this will go through insurance. if you leave it is a hit and run". in 10 out of 12 cases the offender settled privately with the innocent owner when they returned. the other 2 cases were tourists...
and no, i'm not a cop. just an observant guy who hopes someone else would do the same thing if they saw damage to my G.
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My car got dinged only once in my 15 months of ownership.
The irony is, my car got dinged when I parked on an island by myself.
So how did my car got dinged? Yup, people too lazy to put shopping carts back to where they belong. I walked out the store only to see a shopping cart right up my rear passenger door.
The irony is, my car got dinged when I parked on an island by myself.
So how did my car got dinged? Yup, people too lazy to put shopping carts back to where they belong. I walked out the store only to see a shopping cart right up my rear passenger door.
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Anytime i go to a supermarket and see stray carts near where I parked i always put them in that thing where they keep all the carts. What pisses me off is coming outside and finding 3 o 4 carts surrounding the area my car is in.
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^certainly. my coworker always parks his m35 far away from any other car in parking lots. just because he did that they singled out his beautiful car and keyed the F word into his passenger door. he was pretty sure it was highschool kids who dont give a sh#@
first thing i did when we got our G was teach my wife the rules of parking a nice car in a public parking lot.
These rules must be followed in order:
1- if there is an issolated parking space... park it. no matter how far away.
2- don't park near beat up cars
3- don't park near vans (minivans and work vans alike)
4- don't park near cars that show evidence of children
5- don't park near SUVs unless there is no other parking spot and the SUV looks like the owner cares as much about it as you care about your car
6- parking next to another well kept nice car is fair game
did i miss anything? she might as well walk to wherever she needs to go.
These rules must be followed in order:
1- if there is an issolated parking space... park it. no matter how far away.
2- don't park near beat up cars
3- don't park near vans (minivans and work vans alike)
4- don't park near cars that show evidence of children
5- don't park near SUVs unless there is no other parking spot and the SUV looks like the owner cares as much about it as you care about your car
6- parking next to another well kept nice car is fair game
did i miss anything? she might as well walk to wherever she needs to go.
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That pi$$es off a lot of people.
I just park as far away as possible. I even park in a different lot then the place I'm going to, rather then park in a congested lot.
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first thing i did when we got our G was teach my wife the rules of parking a nice car in a public parking lot.
These rules must be followed in order:
1- if there is an issolated parking space... park it. no matter how far away.
2- don't park near beat up cars
3- don't park near vans (minivans and work vans alike)
4- don't park near cars that show evidence of children
5- don't park near SUVs unless there is no other parking spot and the SUV looks like the owner cares as much about it as you care about your car
6- parking next to another well kept nice car is fair game
did i miss anything? she might as well walk to wherever she needs to go.
These rules must be followed in order:
1- if there is an issolated parking space... park it. no matter how far away.
2- don't park near beat up cars
3- don't park near vans (minivans and work vans alike)
4- don't park near cars that show evidence of children
5- don't park near SUVs unless there is no other parking spot and the SUV looks like the owner cares as much about it as you care about your car
6- parking next to another well kept nice car is fair game
did i miss anything? she might as well walk to wherever she needs to go.
first thing i did when we got our G was teach my wife the rules of parking a nice car in a public parking lot.
These rules must be followed in order:
1- if there is an issolated parking space... park it. no matter how far away.
2- don't park near beat up cars
3- don't park near vans (minivans and work vans alike)
4- don't park near cars that show evidence of children
5- don't park near SUVs unless there is no other parking spot and the SUV looks like the owner cares as much about it as you care about your car
6- parking next to another well kept nice car is fair game
did i miss anything? she might as well walk to wherever she needs to go.
These rules must be followed in order:
1- if there is an issolated parking space... park it. no matter how far away.
2- don't park near beat up cars
3- don't park near vans (minivans and work vans alike)
4- don't park near cars that show evidence of children
5- don't park near SUVs unless there is no other parking spot and the SUV looks like the owner cares as much about it as you care about your car
6- parking next to another well kept nice car is fair game
did i miss anything? she might as well walk to wherever she needs to go.
you missed not parking next to a handicap spot. even though some of their spaces are wider, they need lots of room, and open doors fully to get in/out. steer clear of handicap spots.
