Paranoid About Parking?
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jaguar1187
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I've found from experience that when you double park, even if it is far away you just attract more attention. My boss once double parked his car miles away and came back to even more personalised number plates than normal!
I personally go for end bay parking as far away as possible!
I personally go for end bay parking as far away as possible!
I'm paranoid (wasn't that a camera?) about parking. I've been places, not found a spot where I'm comfortable I wont get my doors dinged and gone home............
I remember once parking in a new park and ride I left my car in farthest spot in a huge almost empty car park. Came back to find some one had parked right next to my car!
I remember once parking in a new park and ride I left my car in farthest spot in a huge almost empty car park. Came back to find some one had parked right next to my car!
Martin L
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Having owned four audi's and not really caring about where I park I've never had a door ding. Audi's are tough cars I feel.
I've bashed the door of my TT into my garage pillar once and it just chipped the paint but not ding.
Not going to bother too much about my new S3 TBH.
I've bashed the door of my TT into my garage pillar once and it just chipped the paint but not ding.
Not going to bother too much about my new S3 TBH.
Always end of row or middle of block of empty spaces - but that's no guarantee - there's always some idiot who can only park next to another car i.e mine! Once I parked my new MX5 at far end of supermarket car park where there were NO other cars and left my girlfriend sitting in it to guard it. She said an old dear in a battered fiesta took four attempts to put it in the space next to mine!!!!! WHY?!!! Now we have a 12 day old baby I can legitimately use the extra wide parent and child spots!
I wouldn't be too cavalier about the soft aluminium panels on the 8V though.....
See: http://www.audi-sport.net/xf/threads/be-careful-with-aluminium-body-panels-on-8v.219886/
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Only bad experience I have encountered double parking was a rude post it note attached to the wiper,normal parking has cost me over a grand in the last ten years with various dings,so I guess I'll take my chances.
I was leaning through the window from outside the other day (dont ask!!!) and my knee was pushing onto the front door Aluminium panel and it moved very easily under my not to excessive weight. Have also noticed they flex very easily when polishing by hand.
I thought the door skin was normal pressed steel not aluminium, but anyway all the cars I owned recently the door skins have moved easily as they aren't structural....
I've learnt this trick over the years in busy car parks - try and find and end of bay parking space (with no car on your left hand side as you sit in the space).
The rule seems to be (most) people drive in to bays and most of the time are on their own when they get out of the car. So with that in mind when a car parks next to you (on your right hand side as you sit on the bay) they will open the door on the car next to them.
I use this philosophy and make sure are park right over. Have yet to have any issues. Failing that I do a P40ULW........
The rule seems to be (most) people drive in to bays and most of the time are on their own when they get out of the car. So with that in mind when a car parks next to you (on your right hand side as you sit on the bay) they will open the door on the car next to them.
I use this philosophy and make sure are park right over. Have yet to have any issues. Failing that I do a P40ULW........
I have sometimes parked next to that lone car parked away from all the others - why? - simply because it looks like it is someone being protective of their car and I therefore feel safe parking mine next to it knowing that they will be careful when opening doors!
Because I have a 'Disabled Blue Badge' I can park in the much wider Disabled parking spacers but before that I just used any available space and I've never had any problems. The worst is parking one space away from another car only to come back and find something like a Range Rover squeezed in next to you.
I remember when I was on holiday in Germany last year I parked in a multi-storey car park, front in with a space on the drivers side. The car park was very busy and when I came back there was a large Mercedes 4x4 parked next to me. He had parked very close to what he probably thought was the passenger side of my car, only of course it was the drivers side!!. My wife, who is a little more flexible than me, had to get in the passenger door and climb across to the drivers side to get the car out of the space.
I remember when I was on holiday in Germany last year I parked in a multi-storey car park, front in with a space on the drivers side. The car park was very busy and when I came back there was a large Mercedes 4x4 parked next to me. He had parked very close to what he probably thought was the passenger side of my car, only of course it was the drivers side!!. My wife, who is a little more flexible than me, had to get in the passenger door and climb across to the drivers side to get the car out of the space.
jaguar1187
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Three simple rules for me.
1. Never park next to an old banger
2. Avoid parking next to 4x4's
2 Always park next to the newest/ most expensive car you can see (except 4x4's)
1. Never park next to an old banger
2. Avoid parking next to 4x4's
2 Always park next to the newest/ most expensive car you can see (except 4x4's)
Supermarket staff are usually instructed to park their vehicles as far from the building as possible...
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i park as far away as i can even if i have to drop the misses or me mum at the shop then go and park i usually t to park as far to the back away from the shop as i can but as said
you always get that one *sshole every now and again who believes that parking right next to you in the row of 40 empty spaces is always the safest option and its usually a big van
you always get that one *sshole every now and again who believes that parking right next to you in the row of 40 empty spaces is always the safest option and its usually a big van
I parked my six month old A3 miles away from anyone in a pub car park last week and came back to find my passenger door looking like this:
The photo doesn't show up the nice dent that accompanied it. Going in to be sorted and resprayed on Thursday, that's £224 down the drain...
The photo doesn't show up the nice dent that accompanied it. Going in to be sorted and resprayed on Thursday, that's £224 down the drain...
4 golden rules to live by, along with parking on a kerb end, as close to that kerb as possible, so you're at least a foot away from the white line to the space next to you on one side.
Probably the best answer about the problems related to parking in supermarket car-parks in particular is to do all the shopping on-line. That way you don't need to go anywhere near their car-parks.
I could squeeze my fiesta into the right of that car quite easily ensuring you couldn't get into the drivers door of it...
I never park near the trolley bays, too many people go past your car with empty trolleys ready to chuck them in the bay. That's if they don't leave them lying where they were parked that is.
jaguar1187
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Definitely DO NOT park next to a trolley bay. Be it behind it, or with a space next to it, or within sight of it. I spent many a summer whilst at university as a trolley boy and can confirm that the cars parked next to the trolley bay end up as buffers for stopping trolleys.
Your best bet when at a supermarket, especially if you shop there regularly is to look out for the staff cars and park next to them; they will likely still be at work even if you spend 3 hours going round the shop
I drove into a car park which had no cars. This was a large car park as well! Parked a fair distance from the entrance. Went into shop for 15 mins to come out to find a car parked right next to mine!! Why!!! Why do that! I can only think they know u look after ur car so they would rather park next to u then a banger.
I parked my six month old A3 miles away from anyone in a pub car park last week and came back to find my passenger door looking like this:
The photo doesn't show up the nice dent that accompanied it. Going in to be sorted and resprayed on Thursday, that's £224 down the drain...
Just to follow up on this, my car went into Little Knocks in South Ruislip on Thursday and they've done an absolutely superb job of pulling out the dent and repainting. It's as pristine as it was out of the factory. So pleased I went to them.
