The new Car curse
 

It doesn't matter how far from the entrance I park or how empty the lot is. Someone ALWAYS parks right next to my car.

I don't understand this phenomenon. It never fails, and it's always some ratty old truck or car with the greasiest looking owner getting in and out.

I heard that. I'm fairly certain people do it just to spite us. XD

This. I don't usually bother anymore. Now I try to find a parking space where there is only one spot next to me to limit how many people park beside me. I also try to avoid parking next to other coupes (wide door swings) and large SUV's and trucks. Sometimes it just cannot be avoided. I am amazed at how many full size SUV's there are out here..

I like when you park backwards in a spot in the back of an open parking lot and "that guy" feels the need to park backwards in the spot RIGHT NEXT TO YOU. Like we rolled there together or something



Beeeeeetch you don't know me!!

:lol::respekt:

I double park if there will be 0% chance of the lot filling up. If there is limited parking, and I don't want to be an @$$hole, I try and park along a curb or pillar where only one person can park next to me. I park at close to the pillar,curb or w/e as possible so it leave plenty of room for a shitty driver, even Stevie Wonder can park next to me with the gap I leave.

It's the difference between car enthusiast and Prius drivers really.

Saw some dude park next to me and swing his door open :mad0260:
I pissed good thing he didnt do damage.
But I try to park evenly spaced out to reduce any chances of getting hit or if I try to park in spots where where you would only get 1 other person parking next to you and just be close to the edge with no one so I don't get touched.

I do the same thing, the car I traded in had 2 dings on each side from stupid drunk people swinging their doors open into my car... Not going to let this happen again, I park far away, my car and body thanks me lol.

I try to park next to employees. As they don't typically leave.

so true!

Ill leave this here. Pretty comical.
http://www.happyplace.com/4134/world...d-notes/page/1

I park in the exec lot so I don't have to worry about amongst the lexus and mercedes that parks next to me. There was a guy with a nice 2012 STI that I wanted to park next to but you could see that I don't have a tag if I did lol

My car just attracts doors and blind drivers. I now have enough to make PDR worthwhile... :paddle:

got 2 on my driver's door (one being rather large), a nice crease above my left rear wheel, a cracked front bumper, scuffs on my rear bumper, 2 dents on my rocker panels (underside) from a camping excursion, and had my front right fender repaired from someone backing into me.... That's all I can remember right now. I'm sure there's one on my passenger side that I have yet to find.

No matter how I try and prevent it, it still happens.

:mad0260:

lol.

internet gold +1

:word:

I was at Ikea a few weeks ago on a weekday so theres a million spots available but 1 car parked right next to me and there was a cart in front of my BRZ.:mad0260:

Find an end spot and hug the shit out of the side where no one else can park next to you...I've never been dinged this way. All my car dings are from when an end spot isn't available...:(

Exactly what I did this morning. Didn't work, again. Now I have a dent in the driver's door of my pristine '07 FJ Cruiser that despite hundreds of off-road miles through forests, fields, streams, deserts and beaches has only suffered damage in parking lots from careless assholes.

I waited for the beater CRV driver to show but had to leave for another appointment. I doubt they'd have accepted responsibility anyway even though the paint left was a match to the scrape on their door edge.

I admit thinking of revenge while waiting but took the high road.

On one hand it seems so petty to go after someone for a small ding on a door. On the other hand, it's still damage to your otherwise pristine property.

People that are careless in any regard should be punished for their actions. This goes beyond driving. Everyone has the mentality that nothing bad will come of their actions so long as they are within the law. That includes being rude and selfish to other drivers or people around them. Karma is considered merely as a superstition and people no longer fear what their community will think of them. They lack respect for other people in general or are too stressed / busy to care.

...stuff just got deep. hahah.

I do this and still almost had my mirror taken off while i was at work so pissed.

@Turgin8er @torqdork

You guys must have parked by some really special idiots then. If the end spot thing doesn't work, we're all screwed....:bonk:

The slot next to me was empty when I parked.

No dings yet but still an issue
 

Car never sees other cars in parking lots, however to achieve this usually results in me having to walk an extra distance with my lovely wife questioning my love for her or the car. Can't win.

and I like parking my car next to nice luxury cars 'cause those are the people that usually care about door dings. Plus if somebody decides to vandalize or steal a car, they'd prob go for a higher class car... hopefully.

When ever I drive the Buick... I will park next to a BRZ or sports car if I see one out at the end of the lot. If there isn't one, I park out there anyhow.

My sports car is only used on weekends.

It protects the car I park next to and I never get a dent on mine after 15 years.

Parked pretty far away from human civilization and OF COURSE someone parks next to you.

http://i43.tinypic.com/2mo0z9v.jpg

I honestly believe that some people feel more comfortable parking next to someone else, while not wanting to drive around looking for a spot. I've seen people pull up next to me when i parked far away from everyone else, and they seem to never have any bad intentions. The other day i had a car full of old ladies park next to me when i parked away from everyone else and there were plenty of spots in the lot. it really aggravated me even though they were a good distance away from me and i'm pretty sure they had no idea that i parked away from people for a reason.

Love this thread. I will park way in the middle of nowhere and some hillbilly driving a humongous truck will inevitably park right beside me. WTF?! Is it the inbreeding that caused their retardedness? As soon as I see that some redneck in a truck parks beside the smallest sports car in the parking lot, I instantly flip out and start blurting profanities like I have tourrettes (spell?).

I do the same I hate being close to people.. most of them don't care about their car

normally i'd agree w/ you. but this particular 25k piece of property is where 75% of my income goes from gas to bills. if anyone is allowed to damage it let alone touch it, it's me. so i'm irritated even at the smallest dings because I spend so much of my time and money making it nice, and some random person who has no association with it creates an imperfection. its just not right.

75%?

Hey now! I traded in my 2012 Prius C for my frs lol. I did manage 77 mpg the DAY I traded it in so I think it was like telling me " hey man, look, I'm good at what I do but I know you can't polish a turd...."

I like to get dangerously close to the curb on an end spot if I can. I started doing this years ago. So long ago, it's kind of a game for me now. This can be dangerous to your door though, if you're lowered. I found that out the hard way. If it's a really wide spot, I'll get fairly close and put the passenger's side to the curb if I don't have a passenger.

The best is when you can find a spot that's up against a curb and has a light pole splitting it and the adjacent spot. There is just such a spot in a strip mall lot not far from where I work. Looking at it, you would question whether a Mini could fit in there or not. I park my Tiburon there all the time. In 4 years of frequenting that lot, I've never seen anything else but motorcycles park there.

There are a couple of people at my work that drive luxery cars and I park next to them knowing they won't dent my car and I won't dent their car :D.. In fact we have a little thing going on were we just park next to each other because each of us has received a door dent from other employees.

yes.

Oh man, I thought I was the only one. "OMG, you love that stupid car more than me" blah blah blah.

:sigh:

My sister got her volvo pretty much run over in a grocery store parking lot, now she understands why I park in the back of the parking lot next to the BMW's.

My parking rules:

• If parking area is not level always park at top of incline. This will keep crap like rouge shopping carts from rolling down the parking lot like a missile and slamming into your car.
• Always park in end spot, when parking pull as close to curb as possible to give the side with a parking space extra room for @ssholes parking next to you
• If parking lot has islands park next to one and follow procedures for parking next to curb on end spot. If parking lot is inclined park on the lower side of island. This allows island to be used as a blocking source.
• Dont double park. There are people out there who will f up your car on purpose for doing this.
• Never ever park in a situation where lot is inclined and there is an open space above your car. This just creates a situation for gravity to swing someones door into your car.
• Dont go out of your wat to park out in BFE. There are too many @ssholes that like to park next to you on purpose when they see this. It also makes your car a target when its way out in the middle of nowhere on its own. If I follow my other guidelines there is no need for this anyways.

If you do get a ding Paintless Dent Removal isn't bad. After one year, I took my car to the dealers collision center and they took out all the door dings for under $100. I still try to park where I won't get dinged, but PDR is an option for accidents.

I always try to park parallel in 1st slot.
I consider people who park parallel are better driver, and being in front of them means they can see my car clearly.
Even if you got hit most likely it would only be small bump on the plastic bumper.

If no parallel spot available then I would proceed to the mid farthest parking area and park really close to the curb and other techniques discussed here.
Not too far so it doesn't stand out but far enough from all the lazy people who most likely will open their door so wide to get their ass out.
And also try to find space where everyone can see the car or where cameras can see it.