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Offline Mutley75

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OCD Parking
« on: 15 May 2019, 06:58 »
There was a similar thread in an Audi forum I used to follow, which was quite amusing. Post your photos to show the lengths you’ll go to, to protect your pride and joy when forced to park in a public place. Here’s my favourite parking spot in a local multi-storey. Ramp on one side, cast iron girders on the other. No door dings going on here.  :grin:

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Offline davyk31

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Re: OCD Parking
« Reply #1 on: 15 May 2019, 07:13 »
Brilliant space for sure. They are not girders though but let’s bit get too fussy lol.
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Re: OCD Parking
« Reply #2 on: 15 May 2019, 09:03 »
Let's hope there aren't lots of 2 space takers on here as that can't stand that. Not cool.

Ps ^^ Perfect space that though!
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Re: OCD Parking
« Reply #3 on: 15 May 2019, 09:46 »
There was a similar thread in an Audi forum I used to follow, which was quite amusing. Post your photos to show the lengths you’ll go to, to protect your pride and joy when forced to park in a public place. Here’s my favourite parking spot in a local multi-storey. Ramp on one side, cast iron girders on the other. No door dings going on here.  :grin:



Approve of your work! There is a car parking space in my local city centre car park and it's the golden ticket space. You could park a bus in there and it's a single bay between two concrete posts as it's not large enough for two and the motorbike parking is elsewhere and much larger. It's in direct line of a camera, not too far from the ticket dispenser and there is no need for pedestrians to pass it unless you're going to the car.

Which is why there is always a Nissan Micra that looked like it escaped a demolition derby in there.
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Re: OCD Parking
« Reply #4 on: 15 May 2019, 09:51 »
Brilliant space for sure. They are not girders though but let’s bit get too fussy lol.

They are not cast iron either, they are rolled steel.  :wink:
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Re: OCD Parking
« Reply #5 on: 15 May 2019, 11:28 »
I didn't take a picture, but there were no decent spaces in a busy hospital car park the other day, so I made my own. Popped the Amarok up over a 8" kerb and up a sloping grass bank. Just like parking in a far flung corner of a car park, you'll come back and someone has squeezed as close as they can next to you, when they had the choice of dozens of other spaces, there was a Ford Ranger next to me. At least he'd left plenty of room.
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Re: OCD Parking
« Reply #6 on: 15 May 2019, 11:30 »
I didn't take a picture, but there were no decent spaces in a busy hospital car park the other day, so I made my own. Popped the Amarok up over a 8" kerb and up a sloping grass bank. Just like parking in a far flung corner of a car park, you'll come back and someone has squeezed as close as they can next to you, when they had the choice of dozens of other spaces, there was a Ford Ranger next to me. At least he'd left plenty of room.

It's a comfort thing in car parks. You park in the empty part of a carpark and guaranteed you'll have someone next to you or both sides!  :grin:
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Re: OCD Parking
« Reply #7 on: 15 May 2019, 13:19 »

Found this spot in town multi-storey!
Bit of a trip to ground floor but worth it.
My wife hates it when I'm looking for a parking spot,  but she knows what I'm like.
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Re: OCD Parking
« Reply #8 on: 15 May 2019, 14:55 »
That's a great space!!  :cool:
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Re: OCD Parking
« Reply #9 on: 15 May 2019, 15:01 »
I didn't take a picture, but there were no decent spaces in a busy hospital car park the other day, so I made my own. Popped the Amarok up over a 8" kerb and up a sloping grass bank. Just like parking in a far flung corner of a car park, you'll come back and someone has squeezed as close as they can next to you, when they had the choice of dozens of other spaces, there was a Ford Ranger next to me. At least he'd left plenty of room.

It's a comfort thing in car parks. You park in the empty part of a carpark and guaranteed you'll have someone next to you or both sides!  :grin:

It's one of my pet peeves. I've reasoned that it's people who are incredibly lazy and can't drive. They use your car to position theirs in the bay. I find it declines sharply if you park in the furtherest corner of an empty car park proving the 'incredibly lazy' part of my theory perfectly.
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