Defensive Parking

[am1w]

We are a tiny island, with a tiny island mentality and a tiny national brain (averaged). We are stuck with this forever until death do us part! Sad but true.

[gizzywizzy]

I have just had a nasty encounter with a local teenager on a bike who was riding on the pavement extremely close to the side of my car.  I popped outside to ask him not to ride on the path and to keep away from the car, as I had an experience like this when I had my 307 a child on a bike scraped their handlebars along the side leaving a nasty scratch.

This lad instead of apologising subjected me to a foul mouthed tirade of abuse which was witnessed by several of my neighbours.  May find the car kicked in later

Wonder what this country is coming to when you cannot ask for someone to take care around your property without getting a mouthful, and no I am not a bitter old woman.

Rant over.

Gizzy

[Hartside]

This is one my big hates!!! we went to Fl for our honeymoon last month and every single space we went to you could open the doors all the way!

Also all the spaces are diagonal which is obviosuly easier for parking.

We should adopt wider spaces and also the the ability to turn left on a red light!

I friggin hate the spaces in this country! Its a joke!

Christ mate, I hope you mean turning right is ok on a red light (in the States) Turning left is across the flow of traffic and will land you a fine

[am1w]

I have just had a nasty encounter with a local teenager on a bike who was riding on the pavement extremely close to the side of my car.  I popped outside to ask him not to ride on the path and to keep away from the car, as I had an experience like this when I had my 307 a child on a bike scraped their handlebars along the side leaving a nasty scratch.
This lad instead of apologising subjected me to a foul mouthed tirade of abuse which was witnessed by several of my neighbours.  May find the car kicked in later
Wonder what this country is coming to when you cannot ask for someone to take care around your property without getting a mouthful, and no I am not a bitter old woman.
Rant over.
Gizzy

How awful. It really shocks one and is very worrying and upsetting. It really distresses me when I hear things like this.
I put it down to primarily the lack of education but also due to lack of descipline (bring back the cane in school), bad parenting, poverty etc, etc. The youth in this country are a bunch of uncouth slobs.
It seems that 10% of the population is supporting this bunch of useless brastards which they are - literally!

[Phil1980]

I hate people that park across 2 spaces its just inconsiderate, and dont even get me started on people who park in disabled/child parking spaces. But I like everyone else like to look after my car. Just park as close to a wall or barrier as possible, leaving enough room on the drivers side to open the door. Let the passenger (if you have one) get out before you reverse in. If this is not an option, park under a visible cctv camera, then if damage occurs, catch the feckers! :tu:

I wonder if you had a mk6 at 30k , you would say the above???

Parking across two spaces is inconsiderate, so what if you have a £30k mk6 I would imagine there will be a lot more epxensive cars parked in just one space.  I don't want to see my car damaged and will park i where there is space around it, but I'm not going to take up two spaces through being selfish, if anything this just draws more attention to your car and I have sen a lot of people deliberately park next to people who have split spaces.

[mac7]

I put it down to primarily the lack of education but also due to lack of descipline (bring back the cane in school), bad parenting, poverty etc, etc. The youth in this country are a bunch of uncouth slobs.
It seems that 10% of the population is supporting this bunch of useless brastards which they are - literally!

Bad parenting and an education system prevented from standing up to and disciplining the children it teaches although I don't agree with corporal punishment.

As for parking, I now prefer to park on the streets just outside of town, or as the OP does on the top floor of the multi-story/in the corner far, far away. Or just leave the car at home and take a bike.

As the main point of being alive is to have kids and continue the human race, 90% of spaces should be parent and child size, with 4% at the far corner for feckless, selfish or just plain ugly single people and a maximum of 2 disabled spaces (as this is the most disabled spaces I have ever seen occupied at one time).

[am1w]

I put it down to primarily the lack of education but also due to lack of descipline (bring back the cane in school), bad parenting, poverty etc, etc. The youth in this country are a bunch of uncouth slobs.
It seems that 10% of the population is supporting this bunch of useless brastards which they are - literally!

Bad parenting and an education system prevented from standing up to and disciplining the children it teaches although I don't agree with corporal punishment.
As for parking, I now prefer to park on the streets just outside of town, or as the OP does on the top floor of the multi-story/in the corner far, far away. Or just leave the car at home and take a bike.
As the main point of being alive is to have kids and continue the human race, 90% of spaces should be parent and child size, with 4% at the far corner for feckless, selfish or just plain ugly single people and a maximum of 2 disabled spaces (as this is the most disabled spaces I have ever seen occupied at one time).

I have found that many married couples are fat, ugly, badly dressed and surrounded by vile looking kids! I have really wondered sometimes that it would have been prudent to have killed the mother at birth.
Breeding does not improve one's looks or depend on it, just like being single does not make a person uglier.

[Steve30]

I hate people that park across 2 spaces its just inconsiderate, and dont even get me started on people who park in disabled/child parking spaces. But I like everyone else like to look after my car. Just park as close to a wall or barrier as possible, leaving enough room on the drivers side to open the door. Let the passenger (if you have one) get out before you reverse in. If this is not an option, park under a visible cctv camera, then if damage occurs, catch the feckers! :tu:

I wonder if you had a mk6 at 30k , you would say the above???

Parking across two spaces is inconsiderate, so what if you have a £30k mk6 I would imagine there will be a lot more epxensive cars parked in just one space.  I don't want to see my car damaged and will park i where there is space around it, but I'm not going to take up two spaces through being selfish, if anything this just draws more attention to your car and I have sen a lot of people deliberately park next to people who have split spaces.

It becomes very selfish when some idiot puts a dent in your door and they drive off, then there the cost up to 1000 quid to put it right??

[am1w]

I hate people that park across 2 spaces its just inconsiderate, and dont even get me started on people who park in disabled/child parking spaces. But I like everyone else like to look after my car. Just park as close to a wall or barrier as possible, leaving enough room on the drivers side to open the door. Let the passenger (if you have one) get out before you reverse in. If this is not an option, park under a visible cctv camera, then if damage occurs, catch the feckers! :tu:

I wonder if you had a mk6 at 30k , you would say the above???

Parking across two spaces is inconsiderate, so what if you have a £30k mk6 I would imagine there will be a lot more epxensive cars parked in just one space.  I don't want to see my car damaged and will park i where there is space around it, but I'm not going to take up two spaces through being selfish, if anything this just draws more attention to your car and I have sen a lot of people deliberately park next to people who have split spaces.

It becomes very selfish when some idiot puts a dent in your door and they drive off, then there the cost up to 1000 quid to put it right??

Absolutely. Perfectly put.

[p3asa]

It becomes very selfish when some idiot puts a dent in your door and they drive off, then there the cost up to 1000 quid to put it right??

Agree but does it give a £30K car owner any more rights to sprawl over 2 spaces than it does a car costing £20K?