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Model specific boards => Golf mk6 => Topic started by: Das Auto on 28 September 2009, 18:53
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Is anyone else really paranoid where they leave their new GTI'sI am paranoid like crazy and ive actually offended some people saying im not happy parking it in the area they live :sad: Is that normal lol
Im going to brave a shopping centre carpark tonite wish me luck
tip. do not park next to 3 door cars and try and park next to a car worth more than 20k :smiley:
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That is a bit excessive bearing in mind there are hundreds of identical cars to yours around lol can understand if its like a one off and really stands out etc granted its a nice car and all but bit ott on the protective side
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totally agree with everything you have said lol! and yes i am as paranoid as you! :laugh:
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Dont worry about it. If you manage to avoid one idiot.. there is always another one waiting just around the corner. :undecided:
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YEEEAAAAHHHH im not the only 1 lol
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YEEEAAAAHHHH im not the only 1 lol
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Same here! Last time I parked it at the cinema I kept thinking some scallywag would do something to it
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Cinema car parks are like land of the dead ..... the dead being old tatty cars
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I have a fear of someones children opening their car doors on to mine, you know what kids are like they aren't bothered as long as they're out of their car. :evil:
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I feel like this and my car is 20yrs old :grin:
You just have to do your best, be prepared to park a little further away and realise that to some people "it's just a car" and they'll never "get", why you are protective of it. :rolleyes:
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Also be careful of expensive cars, most end up been lease cars, reps cars exec cars who don't give two hoots about other cars round them.
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tip. do not park next to 3 door cars and try and park next to a car worth more than 20k :smiley:
It doesnt matter if you avoid 3 door cars. You can park miles away from everyone and guarantee when u come back there will be a dirty great 4x4 jammed against your car with 2 baby seats in the back.
It happens every time to me!!!
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tip. do not park next to 3 door cars and try and park next to a car worth more than 20k :smiley:
It doesnt matter if you avoid 3 door cars. You can park miles away from everyone and guarantee when u come back there will be a dirty great 4x4 jammed against your car with 2 baby seats in the back.
It happens every time to me!!!
Wise words :laugh:
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I would hate to have my GTI as a daily driver and have to park it dubious places. Whenever I have to go to rough areas (or even if it's raining), I take the Transit :smiley:
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I have a fear of someones children opening their car doors on to mine, you know what kids are like they aren't bothered as long as they're out of their car. :evil:
Well, you know, that's what door protecting strips are for. I don't see why they look bad, and I'm sure they look a lot better than a row of chips in the paint. Lots of cars have them as standard.
Rolfe.
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I was like this when i got my gti but im a wee bit less paranoid now.
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ha ha ha I just love this forum... a healthy amount of love, hate and paranoia... ahhhhh We just need car manufacturers to come up with bodywork that dont dent, scuff and resist chipping... We all just want a KITT!!! Throw away our MkVI GTIs and get a 1982 black Pontiac Firebird Trans Am. muawahahahhaha
HM
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perhaps a few bumps and scratches is small fry compared to what would happen if this guy came near your shiny new Mk6 :undecided:
"Chris believes one spark for his fetish was 1980s cult TV series Knight Rider, starring David Hasselhof and featuring a talking car."
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article21242.ece
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He comes anywhere near my car I'll chop it off!!!!
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perhaps a few bumps and scratches is small fry compared to what would happen if this guy came near your shiny new Mk6 :undecided:
"Chris believes one spark for his fetish was 1980s cult TV series Knight Rider, starring David Hasselhof and featuring a talking car."
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article21242.ece
I just believed you found the KITT's achilles heel... goddamit... I just posted too...
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:grin: :grin: Hell yeah I'm scared, I have a private car park and I've told my 'neighbours' when I get it to stay the f**k away from it, they got the picture. :laugh:
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:grin: :grin: Hell yeah I'm scared, I have a private car park and I've told my 'neighbours' when I get it to stay the f**k away from it, they got the picture. :laugh:
Sounds like a charming neighbourhood :grin:
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:grin: :grin: Hell yeah I'm scared, I have a private car park and I've told my 'neighbours' when I get it to stay the f**k away from it, they got the picture. :laugh:
Sounds like a charming neighbourhood :grin:
I'm eccagerating really, I have nice neighbours. I have told them not to knock it with their doors, I now have my own space in the corner (hard to describe) but It works out as being the bigger space.
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Immediately after I picked mine up, I had to go into Wishaw to pick up some messages. I parked the car to go into the butcher, and I couldn't get the key out of the ignition! I was completely baffled. I actually left it parked in the street with the key in the ignition, and unlocked as the other key wouldn't lock it with the first still inside.
I sort of rushed to the butcher, grabbed the order, and rushed out.
I only realised the next time I stopped, at the jeweller, that it had to be in P before the key would come out. I'd had it in N the first time!
Rolfe.
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2 words.. "parent and toddler" the bays are massive! Pop it in there if you go to Asda!! :cool:
I must admit though i'm really nervous about leaving mine anywhere! I know it's not a one off or anything but it stands out like a sore thumb and attracts a lot of attention from everyone!
(http://i545.photobucket.com/albums/hh376/ady189/GTI1.jpg)
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Mine is white aswell so it sticks out like a sore thumb i parked next to a new focus RS in the shopping centre last nite that was white aswell
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It's the best colour but also attracts the most attention!
Every hooded type that i drive past nearly fall off their bicycle trying to get a good look! :grin: :grin:
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2 words.. "parent and toddler" the bays are massive! Pop it in there if you go to Asda!! :cool:
I must admit though i'm really nervous about leaving mine anywhere! I know it's not a one off or anything but it stands out like a sore thumb and attracts a lot of attention from everyone!
(http://i545.photobucket.com/albums/hh376/ady189/GTI1.jpg)
Good tip, thanks. Now when i take my shopping car to go shopping I know exactly where to park :smiley:
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2 words.. "parent and toddler" the bays are massive! Pop it in there if you go to Asda!! :cool:
Can't stand folk that do that ever since we had twins and could never get a parent and toddler space.
Just the same folk that parked in the disabled bays with clearly no disability or badge.
Clamp the barstewards, that is what I would do :wink:
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2 words.. "parent and toddler" the bays are massive! Pop it in there if you go to Asda!! :cool:
Can't stand folk that do that ever since we had twins and could never get a parent and toddler space.
Just the same folk that parked in the disabled bays with clearly no disability or badge.
Clamp the barstewards, that is what I would do :wink:
I don't actually park in them, my girlfriend was encouraging me to last night though, but i was strong and didn't! :smiley:
Just Pick an End spot and all will be well! :cool:
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2 words.. "parent and toddler" the bays are massive! Pop it in there if you go to Asda!! :cool:
Can't stand folk that do that ever since we had twins and could never get a parent and toddler space.
Just the same folk that parked in the disabled bays with clearly no disability or badge.
Clamp the barstewards, that is what I would do :wink:
I dont see it that way. Disabled yeah, I would never park in their spaces, but parent and toddler, thats a lifestyle choice made by the parents, you shouldnt get any extra priviledge for that.
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Clamp the barstewards, that is what I would do :wink:
Still a significant saving over getting dent master out :lipsrsealed:
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I dont see it that way. Disabled yeah, I would never park in their spaces, but parent and toddler, thats a lifestyle choice made by the parents, you shouldnt get any extra priviledge for that.
What age are you Kev? I don't mean in a "grow up way" just purely out of interest as to your probability of having kids?
When I had the one child I rarely used parent and child as it was no hassle carrying 1 but come the twins, I then had 3 kids all under 4. Try going shopping on a busy Friday night with the rain p*ssing down and not a space to be had, struggling to get in to the supermarket with 3 kids getting soaked only to find some chav (without a kid) getting in to his poxy motor in the parent and toddler spaces.
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I just wish they wouldn't crowd everyone else out of the spaces nearest the door by allowing only disabled and parent-and-child parking there. Disabled, absolutely. I have a blue badge on my car belonging to my mother, and these spaces are really essential - especially if we haven't brought the wheelchair, as she can only walk a short distance with her stick.
However, what the parent-and-child contingent need is wide parking bays. Not to be right beside the door. I get narked too if it's cold and pouring with rain and I feel like hell, to see all the close-up spaces reserved for people with children who are usually perfectly mobile once they're out of the car and organised.
Rolfe.
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However, what the parent-and-child contingent need is wide parking bays. Not to be right beside the door. I get narked too if it's cold and pouring with rain and I feel like hell, to see all the close-up spaces reserved for people with children who are usually perfectly mobile once they're out of the car and organised.
Rolfe.
i couldn't agree less with this post. a bit of rain isn't gonna harm you rolfe but if you have 2 or 3 kids under 5 then its usually preferable to get the little monkeys into the store as quick as. i agree with clamping any ar7ehole who parks in these spots.
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I think forum rants are amazing! :grin:
People who sit on their computer putting the world to rights... It was only said tongue in cheek and then the mothercare brigade was on my back before i knew it! ha ha funny. :grin: :grin:
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Rolfe what about all the disabled badge holders who have obviously got the car because they care for a relative or similar. They really p*ss me off when they take the disabled spaces purely because they have the badge. Yeah they could be going an errand for the person who the badge belongs to but does that give them the right to use the space when some other poor punter who can't manage, can't get a space at the door. Does that not annoy you if you are out with your mother and the spaces are taken?
Ah don't get me started :wink:
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me personally i'm not in the mothercare brigade. i do have a little girl yes. however i had the same opinion before she was a twinkle in my eye. parking in these spaces is the same as parking on a double yellow line, and inconsiderate to people for whom they are designed. its another example of the 'i don't give a f7ck about anyone else other than myself' attitude that's indicative of today's society.
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I think forum rants are amazing! :grin:
People who sit on their computer putting the world to rights... It was only said tongue in cheek and then the mothercare brigade was on my back before i knew it! ha ha funny. :grin: :grin:
Once that girlfriend of yours gets a grip of you, you'll become one yourself :wink: and you'll be slating them also :laugh:
Before I had kids I never gave them a second thought because it wasn't relevant to me but you'll soon change, trust me.
Thankfully mine are all in secondary school now so I don't go near them but I know where others are coming from.
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Enjoy 'em while they are young, when they get to 17 they start muttering about driving lessons & insurance :rolleyes:
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Rolfe what about all the disabled badge holders who have obviously got the car because they care for a relative or similar. They really p*ss me off when they take the disabled spaces purely because they have the badge. Yeah they could be going an errand for the person who the badge belongs to but does that give them the right to use the space when some other poor punter who can't manage, can't get a space at the door. Does that not annoy you if you are out with your mother and the spaces are taken?
Ah don't get me started :wink:
That sort of behaviour is very risky indeed. If you park in a disabled space with no badge, not a lot is likely to happen to you as things stand. If you park there with a fraudulent badge - and that includes a badge belonging to a relative who isn't in the car - the sky is likely to fall on you. This is because it is seen as fraudulent use of the badge, rather than just parking where you shouldn't have.
As far as I know, there is no entitlement to use the badge if you are simply running an errand on behalf of the disabled person. Otherwise I could use the thing every time I go to Tesco - which I don't, obviously. I have parked in a disabled space once or twice with her in the car, and then she's said she'd rather sit in the car and not get out. I don't know how legit that is, maybe I should have moved the car at that point. However, the thought of having to do it all again when she later decided she actually wanted to use the Ladies Room (almost an inevitability) kind of put me off.
But the bottom line is, if you have someone else's blue badge in your car, and you decide to be a bad person and park in a blue badge space even though you yourself are perfectly fit, the best thing you can do is hide that blue badge. It's the difference between a rap on the knuckles and a conviction for fraud.
And I'm not advocating parking in a parent-and-child space if you don't have a sprog. I'm merely complaining that these spaces crowd everyone else away from the close-by parking area. I've seen young mothers with perfectly mobile six-year-olds use them, while older people (not blue badge material obviously) are struggling in from the far reaches of the outfield in pouring rain.
Rolfe.
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Back on topic, sort of. I know how you feel about the door damage. I had a Caspian Blue Fiesta which got peppered all down both sides by paint chips, which looked horrid. Never had the slightest problem with the Peugeot - because it came with door protection strips fitted as standard, part of the design of the car.
I can't see what's wrong with these strips, lots of cars have them and they don't look bad at all to me. In fact, my car's side view seems a bit naked to me without them.
Why not?
Rolfe.
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Never knew it became fraud, that is interesting although I'd never say to them personally.
I'm sure I heard one of the bigger supermarkets in Glasgow (could be Asda) were going to clamp down on the abuse of these kind of spaces but I don't know where they stand legally.
As for the it's "p*ssing down" and the young mother with a perfectly fit 6 year old and an old couple that don't meet the badge criteria. I suppose both will think their needs are greater. But some folk are just so self righteous and don't give a sh*t about others needs. Which is basically the problem with a lot of folk nowadays.
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I can't see what's wrong with these strips, lots of cars have them and they don't look bad at all to me. In fact, my car's side view seems a bit naked to me without them.
Why not?
Rolfe.
A lot of the new cars now don't have them. I suppose its just another trend / fashion statement like indicators in the wing mirrors!!
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I dont see it that way. Disabled yeah, I would never park in their spaces, but parent and toddler, thats a lifestyle choice made by the parents, you shouldnt get any extra priviledge for that.
What age are you Kev? I don't mean in a "grow up way" just purely out of interest as to your probability of having kids?
When I had the one child I rarely used parent and child as it was no hassle carrying 1 but come the twins, I then had 3 kids all under 4. Try going shopping on a busy Friday night with the rain p*ssing down and not a space to be had, struggling to get in to the supermarket with 3 kids getting soaked only to find some chav (without a kid) getting in to his poxy motor in the parent and toddler spaces.
I'm 36. Don't have any kids. But when I do, I dont need to be treated differently. If I have 10 kids and I goto Asda then there will be something seriously wrong in my head. 1. I wouldnt goto Asda with kids, 2. I'd keey the kids and let the misses go or vice versa, or 3, I'd online shop at asda. I'm not disabled and dont need a parking space specifically for my lifestyle choice.
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I just wish they wouldn't crowd everyone else out of the spaces nearest the door by allowing only disabled and parent-and-child parking there. Disabled, absolutely. I have a blue badge on my car belonging to my mother, and these spaces are really essential - especially if we haven't brought the wheelchair, as she can only walk a short distance with her stick.
However, what the parent-and-child contingent need is wide parking bays. Not to be right beside the door. I get narked too if it's cold and pouring with rain and I feel like hell, to see all the close-up spaces reserved for people with children who are usually perfectly mobile once they're out of the car and organised.
Rolfe.
Thats another thing I dont agree with (Sorry rolfe) but your mothers badge belongs to her, not the car or you.
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Never knew it became fraud, that is interesting although I'd never say to them personally.
I'm sure I heard one of the bigger supermarkets in Glasgow (could be Asda) were going to clamp down on the abuse of these kind of spaces but I don't know where they stand legally.
As for the it's "p*ssing down" and the young mother with a perfectly fit 6 year old and an old couple that don't meet the badge criteria. I suppose both will think their needs are greater. But some folk are just so self righteous and don't give a sh*t about others needs. Which is basically the problem with a lot of folk nowadays.
Then there are others that make lifestyle changes which is their own decision, and think that they should then have preferential treatment. Those type are the worst.
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Enjoy 'em while they are young, when they get to 17 they start muttering about driving lessons & insurance :rolleyes:
and when they pass, borrowing the car (gulp)
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Thats another thing I dont agree with (Sorry rolfe) but your mothers badge belongs to her, not the car or you.
Excuse me? Where did I say I would use a blue-badge space if she wasn't in the car? I'd need my freaking head examined to do such a thing.
I was talking about how essential the spaces were if I had her in the car but we hadn't brought the wheelchair, because she can only walk short distances without it.
Rolfe.
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Thats another thing I dont agree with (Sorry rolfe) but your mothers badge belongs to her, not the car or you.
Excuse me? Where did I say I would use a blue-badge space if she wasn't in the car? I'd need my freaking head examined to do such a thing.
I was talking about how essential the spaces were if I had her in the car but we hadn't brought the wheelchair, because she can only walk short distances without it.
Rolfe.
I made an assumption and shouldnt have, I apologise.
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Enjoy 'em while they are young, when they get to 17 they start muttering about driving lessons & insurance :rolleyes:
and when they pass, borrowing the car (gulp)
Not much chance of that round here .... not least cos I'd never see it! AN elderly mk 2 golf will have to do him for a while (in all fairness he's has 2 lessons & been told to book his test, so he seems to know what he's doing :smiley:). PassPlus it is then :wink:
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Enjoy 'em while they are young, when they get to 17 they start muttering about driving lessons & insurance :rolleyes:
and when they pass, borrowing the car (gulp)
Tell me about it. My 17 year daughter has her test next month!!
She is welcome to her mums car not mine :wink:
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I feel like this and my car is 20yrs old :grin:
x63.5. it's worse with an old car because people see it as "just an old car" and don't mind battering doors into it.
there is some questionable parallel parking going on on the street where i park for work, and more and more wee scrapes appearing on my bumpers. not happy.
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I made an assumption and shouldnt have, I apologise.
That's OK, apology accepted. :kiss:
Just remember, if you ever want to use a blue badge space you're not entitled to, hide any evidence of anybody else's blue badge you might have on the car.
Rolfe.
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I usually find that leaving my Uzi and pump-action Remington in the gun rack on the back seat tends to give me all the space I need in Sainsbury's car park. :shocked:
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:rolleyes: ill leave mine pretty much anywhere
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Rolfe what about all the disabled badge holders who have obviously got the car because they care for a relative or similar. They really p*ss me off when they take the disabled spaces purely because they have the badge. Yeah they could be going an errand for the person who the badge belongs to but does that give them the right to use the space when some other poor punter who can't manage, can't get a space at the door. Does that not annoy you if you are out with your mother and the spaces are taken?
Ah don't get me started :wink:
Word of warning, don't judge people on there looks, ie not disabled. I have a condition where I might appear to be ok but am far from it, I might have a funny walk! You can see people like yourself looking at me thinking why has he got a badge!! But I have a problems walking long distance and get tired quickly due to my condition, I struggle everyday to do basic things, but do a very good job of coming over as normal when out and about. I see it everyday people parking in disabled spaces with no-badge, its should be like the States where you get a fine of $500 and a criminal record, how many people would do it then?
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Word of warning, don't judge people on there looks, ie not disabled.
Trust me I don't, as my profession is all about seeing past that!
I was referring to the chav and his mates who all come bounding out the brand new car that belongs to his granny or such like.
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Immediately after I picked mine up, I had to go into Wishaw to pick up some messages. I parked the car to go into the butcher, and I couldn't get the key out of the ignition! I was completely baffled. I actually left it parked in the street with the key in the ignition, and unlocked as the other key wouldn't lock it with the first still inside.
I sort of rushed to the butcher, grabbed the order, and rushed out.
I only realised the next time I stopped, at the jeweller, that it had to be in P before the key would come out. I'd had it in N the first time!
Rolfe.
You left your car in Wishaw with the keys in the ignition!? Thats brave!
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You left your car in Wishaw with the keys in the ignition!? Thats brave!
I did live there for a long time and I know it's not as bad as that - this was the town centre and there were a lot of people about. But I did once have my bicycle lifted from there - the cops saw the kids trying to wheel it away with the back wheel chained up, and stopped them. The first I knew was a tannoy in the store I was in asking the owner of the bicycle that had been chained up outside to go to the police station!
Anyway, I thought it would be all right for five minutes, we're not as larcenous as all that, but I admit I did grab the butchermeat and run. I was very relieved when I realised what I'd done wrong.
Rolfe.
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Mom/Toddler parking: just think - with all the mums and children parked over there by the store entrance, you can feel a little safer parked in one of the woefully inadequate spaces in the rest of the car park.
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I don't actually park in them, my girlfriend was encouraging me to last night though, but i was strong and didn't! :smiley:
Just Pick an End spot and all will be well! :cool:
Personally I wouldn't pick a spot at the end because if it's round a corner I would think it's more likely get banged by passing cars. Although I think this might be more true of multi-storeys where spaces seem tighter than in a supermarket where there is generally open spaces.
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I take my dear old mum to Tesco's every Thursday night and one of these times I'm going to park in one of the "mother and child" spaces cos technically, we are mother and child. There are no signs saying the child can't be 41!!!!!
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I take my dear old mum to Tesco's every Thursday night and one of these times I'm going to park in one of the "mother and child" spaces cos technically, we are mother and child. There are no signs saying the child can't be 41!!!!!
Now thats what I'm talking about. :grin:
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It's got to be worth doing it for the laugh!!!
Why on earth can't they put mother and child spaces at the far end of the car park - are they assuming all mothers are cripples who can't walk far?
And more to the point, my mum can't walk very well but has to walk 75 miles past these spaces cos she hasn't got a child or a pram!!! It makes my blood boil.
And while I'm on a rant the father has a blue badge. A genuine one. But whenever the brother in law wants easy parking he takes the father in law's car, plonks the father in law in the front seat (he never gets out) and drives to the door in the disabled space. Unbelievable. That makes my blood boil too.
If I designed supermarket car parks I'd still have the disabled spaces at the front but they'd be manned by someone checking for people taking the piss (like my bro in law). And I'd make all spaces wider like in Costco or in America so there's no need for mother and child spaces.
Simple. Sorted.
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And most importantly, as has been said before, if they're wider I don't get my doors banged by a cock in a Saxo.
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We didnt have disabled or mother and child spaces for years upon years, nothing had to change. This above anything else makes my blood boil. When I see these kind of changes being made, I'll always rebel against it and park where I want (although I still wont park in a disabled space) If any supermarket has anything to say about it, I'll take my shopping car to the next supermarket that wont say anything.
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We didnt have disabled or mother and child spaces for years upon years, nothing had to change. This above anything else makes my blood boil. When I see these kind of changes being made, I'll always rebel against it and park where I want (although I still wont park in a disabled space) If any supermarket has anything to say about it, I'll take my shopping car to the next supermarket that wont say anything.
you don't think people with disabilities or mums with three kids should get to park closer to the shops because you (who is presumably healthy - just an idiot) can't be arsed walking a hundred yards?
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We didnt have disabled or mother and child spaces for years upon years, nothing had to change. This above anything else makes my blood boil. When I see these kind of changes being made, I'll always rebel against it and park where I want (although I still wont park in a disabled space) If any supermarket has anything to say about it, I'll take my shopping car to the next supermarket that wont say anything.
you don't think people with disabilities or mums with three kids should get to park closer to the shops because you (who is presumably healthy - just an idiot) can't be arsed walking a hundred yards?
No I don't think they should get to park closer, disabled people yes of course as I have previously said, its not their fault they have a disability. But mums and toddlers is a lifestyle choice made by them, you dont just suddenly get rights or an easy life cause you have a kid. while I understand its more difficult to get kid(s) out of a car in tighter spaces and have to walk them round/across a busy car park is not the best, there are other options. Shop at less busy times, give your kids to dad to keep for a few hours, shop online etc. There's loads of ways round it.
p.s. I'm not an idiot, I didnt buy a scirocco.
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i don't have kids, and would go as far as saying i don't particularly care for them, but i'm glad for parent and child spaces. it eliminates the car park obstacles that are parents with buggys chasing after their 4 year old who is randomly running around the car park.
safer car parks = yes please.
i never bought a scirocco either - didn't find a nice enough old one and definitely not daft enough to buy a new one.
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i never bought a scirocco either - didn't find a nice enough old one and definitely not daft enough to buy a new one.
please don't change your car, every time i see the pic of it in your sig it makes me chuckle :grin:
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i never bought a scirocco either - didn't find a nice enough old one and definitely not daft enough to buy a new one.
please don't change your car, every time i see the pic of it in your sig it makes me chuckle :grin:
:grin: good point.