Scared to leave her

[MDSS MK6]

Enjoy 'em while they are young, when they get to 17 they start muttering about driving lessons & insurance 

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 ). PassPlus it is then

[p3asa]

Enjoy 'em while they are young, when they get to 17 they start muttering about driving lessons & insurance 

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 

[shrocco]

I feel like this and my car is 20yrs old

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.

[Rolfe]

I made an assumption and shouldnt have, I apologise.

That's OK, apology accepted.   

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.

[AlanH]

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. 

[jdjd]

  ill leave mine pretty much anywhere

[Vman]

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  

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?

[p3asa]

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.

[chungE]

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!

[Rolfe]

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.