Defensive Parking

[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.

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??

Generally the damage caused in a car park is not that bad and I would imagine most marks/dents would be repaired for less than a grand, all I was saying is it is selfish to take up two spaces or use parent and toddler spaces.  Its only a diesel anyway

[Steve30]

Phil you have a wilderness car and cheap to fix mk5 !! Buy the way to get a dent out of a car it's  about £800 I know coz I've experienced it on a my ed30 last car. So please stop talking crap

[R32UK]

funny really.. i was parked in a hashed zone when someone reversed into me the other day. No one or no where is safe

[Phil1980]

Phil you have a wilderness car and cheap to fix mk5 !! Buy the way to get a dent out of a car it's  about £800 I know coz I've experienced it on a my ed30 last car. So please stop talking crap

Is that the mk5 wilderness car yours is based on.   

[RickS]

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:

Apart from weekends the parent/child and disabled spaces at the Waitrose I use are virtually empty [I wouldn't use them then anyway]. In fact I now don't use them at any time, but would just like to say this; usually on a weekday afternoon there might be 3 cars in about 40 of these spaces. What harm can it do to park up for 20 minutes? Some of the people I've had pulling me about parking in the parent/child spaces are so "precious" about it, it makes me vomit OK so you've got kids, big deal!

[Steve30]

Phil you have a wilderness car and cheap to fix mk5 !! Buy the way to get a dent out of a car it's  about £800 I know coz I've experienced it on a my ed30 last car. So please stop talking crap

Is that the mk5 wilderness car yours is based on.   

Of course it is Phil, and its a big improvment on the mk5 thats why I bought one. Now waiting for the twin turbo diesel mk7??

[Phil1980]

Lets hope that the mk7 looks better than the mk6.

[am1w]

Sour grapes seem to be in season.

[Steve30]

Sour grapes seem to be in season.

The mk5 does taste sour too compared the 6!!

[mike.]

If you own a Supercar you can park in the disabled places anytime