Thing is, some people will damage your car just for parking like that.
Yep. It's lose-lose really. I always pick spaces that're larger to stop people opening car doors into me, park in quiet areas (with hatched areas next to my space if possible so that I can park VERY close to it and create more space) and take every precaution, but it still doesn't always work out.
I park in an empty car park when I go to the gym at 6.30am, and occasionally, in a car park that's roughly the same of your average supermarket car park, someone has parked NEXT to my car when there are NO OTHER CARS in that car park. You can't account for that.
You also can't account for what happened to me 2 weeks ago, when the person parked next to me reversed out of their space and steered their front passenger side wing directly into my driver's side rear wheel arch / rear door.
Bad parking? to my eye those lines are perfectly lined up to be central to the vehicle, thats rather good parking to me!
@KARL-alesbury sorry to hear about the car mate.
lol I thought the sameToo close to the trolley park for my liking.
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Get some cameras, record the damage, claim it off their insurance then. That'll teach them. And avoid having to park like a selfish tool.
Sainsbury's Hastings, there is slightly more to it than that as the parking attendant had parked her own car so close to mine that I couldn't get into my drivers door, and I had a severe kidney issue which meant I couldn't climb over from the passengers side. I did locate her in the store and very politely asked her whether she could move her car, at which point she got all ratty with me followed me back to my car and issued a ticket. Needless to say I did complain to the store manger and got a apology and a £25 shopping voucher.Who's car park ?
Nice timing...here's 2 Q7s parked at Tesco this afternoon.
The question is which one is most likely to get damaged?
Answers on a postcard
Plus, if you're going to take two spaces (or more) don't do it right in front of the store like those Q7 drivers. You're just asking to be keyed.
While we're on the subject, at the supermarket today the two people parked either side of me in parent and child spaces both brazenly got out without a kid and walked into the store as I struggled to get my little one out of her car seat when the rest of the car park was basically EMPTY.
Sigh.
I appreciate that these cars are people's pride and joys but when you're not willing to take it to the supermarket it seems crazy to me.
The car is surely there to make your life easier, not more difficult. If you can't take it to the supermarket or leave it unattended outside a shop it just seems like you've bought a £30k inconvenience.
Sure, I don't want to get dents or scratches on the car but I bought it to get me and my family about with a high level of comfort, efficiency and performance. If it gets scratched, it gets scratched.
I can't imagine how embarassing I'd find it trying to explain to a friend or the rest of my family why I couldn't bring my car somewhere in case somone scratched it.
End of the day it's a car, and therefore just an object. There are far more important things.
And the added bonus for all of you is that you were all able to open your doors.The BMW and the Jag must have thought they had killed the space in the middle until I came along in my old Smart Car!