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Offline jonnygo

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How to protect my baby from scums and villains?
« on: 14 July 2010, 16:24 »
This is my first GTI ever although I have had previous Golfs and enjoyed them all.

I love my new Golf GTI to bits but worry about its safety, especially as its parked on a busy road and groups of youths constantly brush by armed with pick axe handles and whatever weaponery the kids of today use.

My other bug bear is people who needlessly open their car doors on to mine in car parks.  Why do they do this?  Do they not realise that another car door easily puts marks/dents in a door?

Recently I had a woman park her car so close to my front bumper I was unable to move.  "Just shunt mine forward,"  she said smiling, "thats what bumpers are for!"

"Yes!  When you're driving a F****g Dodgem at the Fair!" I thought peturbed at the notion that more people could think like this.

Does anyone have any tips to avoid the villaneous, the irrational, the mindless, the irrisponsible and the plain careless?

Has anyone successfully tried electrification?
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Offline ajmoir36

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Re: How to protect my baby from scums and villains?
« Reply #1 on: 14 July 2010, 17:17 »
Park in the parking space that lazy people don't park in as they have to walk and extra 100 yards.
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Offline jonnygo

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Re: How to protect my baby from scums and villains?
« Reply #2 on: 14 July 2010, 17:31 »
Indeed I find myself driving round the periphary of car parks to find a spot where harm cannot be done!
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Offline Spartacus

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Re: How to protect my baby from scums and villains?
« Reply #3 on: 14 July 2010, 17:40 »
Put it in a garage overnight if you can.

Tuck the mirrors in.

Park under a street light or opposite a building with CCTV.

As the other posters have said, park at the far end of the supermarket car park, or on the end of the line where there is more space.

Prepare for the worst every morning, there are some jealous toe rags out there I am afraid.

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Offline FroGTI

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Re: How to protect my baby from scums and villains?
« Reply #4 on: 14 July 2010, 17:59 »
When I'm out: if I am feeling particularly antisocial (which, if I'm honest, is most of the time :embarassed:) I take up 2 parking spaces to avoid dings.

When I'm at home: if I couldn't park my GTI in a nice dry garage, I would never have got one in the first place.

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Offline mike.

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Re: How to protect my baby from scums and villains?
« Reply #5 on: 14 July 2010, 18:25 »
Nice cover !!

That's what I need at work, to stop the F**king seagulls marking the paint work  :laugh:
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Offline jonnygo

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Re: How to protect my baby from scums and villains?
« Reply #6 on: 14 July 2010, 19:01 »
well yes a garage would be right but unfortunately a garage is a luxury for anyone living in London like me

The best I can hope for is maybe a drive with my next home

I know its a risk but I couldn't put off buying a GTI!
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Offline am1w

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Re: How to protect my baby from scums and villains?
« Reply #7 on: 14 July 2010, 20:16 »
We lavish so much care and attention on our GTis. That's great. But one fine day you could prang it (as I did) or someone will else will do you.  Life is a b!tch!
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Offline andykram

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Re: How to protect my baby from scums and villains?
« Reply #8 on: 14 July 2010, 22:01 »
Buy a large gun!!!!
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Offline am1w

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Re: How to protect my baby from scums and villains?
« Reply #9 on: 14 July 2010, 22:19 »
Quote from: andykram on 14 July 2010, 22:01
Buy a large gun!!!!

Now that might work as the new Justice Secretary intends to reduce the prison population! :evil:
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