I Guess It Doesn't Matter Where You Park?

[krahooligan]

sorry.
ugh, those people are the worst. backing into spot is only for middle of night when there's no one that would need to wait for you.

I back into pretty much every spot...I don't see how its a problem.

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[martin]

The only protection is to use a car cover; I am trying to use it as often as I can. One place I always use it is in my garage at home, because I know another car will be parking next to my Stang. At work they they think I am strange----my car is the only one in a large lot with a car cover. My family walks (runs) away when I go to the trunk to get the car cover out

 

[fionic]

I was pleasantly surprised on how much volume my trunk has. I was thinking about storing a couple of orange construction cones in there and placing them in empty adjacent parking spaces. LOL.

interesting.... that's actually pretty funny

 

[fionic]

I back into pretty much every spot...I don't see how its a problem.

anytime I see someone back into a spot, they are blocking me from getting somewhere because they just HAD to back into the spot.

 

[krahooligan]

anytime I see someone back into a spot, they are blocking me from getting somewhere because they just HAD to back into the spot.

so the extra 5 seconds spent waiting for someone else to do what they're doing is wasting your time? haha. keep doing what your doing man.
do you have bad road rage too? because if there were no other cars on the road you'd be able to get to where you're going faster....

 

[MrPotato]

Anyone park across two spots, or is that too douchey?

 

[foghat]

Anyone park across two spots, or is that too douchey?

I say take two spots and use the orange cones.

 

[Hogie]

Way douchey....people will be even more prone to screw with you at that point.

I hate parking at the back of the lot to end up with people parked next to me as well. Though not much you can do about human nature.

 

[Jeeden]

Way douchey....people will be even more prone to screw with you at that point.

I hate parking at the back of the lot to end up with people parked next to me as well. Though not much you can do about human nature.

Yup, way douchey

 

[GNS]

sorry.
ugh, those people are the worst. backing into spot is only for middle of night when there's no one that would need to wait for you.

Really? I don't back into a spot if it's a busy parking lot and I want to claim the spot pronto. Otherwise I find a spot far away from the herd and back into it, only takes a few more seconds to do so, and it ensures greater safety (visibility) when it's time to go.

Parked way off at the end of a bank's parking lot and two high-schoolers rode up on
bikes and proclaimed that they were going to steal my car. So I replied that I was "toting" and they better drive away quick. Well I did not have a gun but for a second I kinda wish that I had one. One of the punks proclaimed that they were only BSing' me...then they said they had never seen the new "Tang" and it was "way cool". I went into the bank and kept a look-out on my car through the window. I expected they might key it...but they did not. After leaving the bank, I saw the two boys a few blocks away and they tried to follow me down the road. Such is the attraction of the new body style. I'm not sure these guys would have been so bold if I had parked closer to the entrance to the bank's entrance. Just saying...

If someone wanted to steal your car, they sure as hell wouldn't say that they were going to do so in front of you.

Anyone park across two spots, or is that too douchey?

You should park diagonally across three spots, use orange cones, draw a chalk line around the outside of the cones, and then hover all around the car with your hand close to your hip or inner jacket pocket.

 

[Supa LA]

Really? I don't back into a spot if it's a busy parking lot and I want to claim the spot pronto. Otherwise I find a spot far away from the herd and back into it, only takes a few more seconds to do so, and it ensures greater safety (visibility) when it's time to go.



If someone wanted to steal your car, they sure as hell wouldn't say that they were going to do so in front of you.



You should park diagonally across three spots, use orange cones, draw a chalk line around the outside of the cones, and then hover all around the car with your hand close to your hip or inner jacket pocket.

Pretty much all of this. With the front end on the PP cars sitting low, i get nervous pulling into a spot that has a massive parking curb in front. I like to back in, just to be safe i do not bump that. It IS easier to pull out of a spot once you have backed in vs pulling straight in. Just my two cents, but i agree.

 

[slythetove]

Anyone park across two spots, or is that too douchey?

If you do that you're really just asking for it from the jerks out there.

 

[GNS]

Pretty much all of this. With the front end on the PP cars sitting low, i get nervous pulling into a spot that has a massive parking curb in front. I like to back in, just to be safe i do not bump that. It IS easier to pull out of a spot once you have backed in vs pulling straight in. Just my two cents, but i agree.

It is a lot safer to drive out of a parking spot into cross traffic because you have much more visibility than if you back up, and you can more easily spot kids around or near your car. Even adults don't pay attention to parked cars as they are walking through the parking lot - they don't check the taillights / reverse lights, they don't look at the driver's seat to see if anybody's there, they don't look at the tailpipes, etc. The last thing I want is to run someone over and have my entire life ruined because of an idiot who can't keep their eyes off their smartphone while walking through a parking lot.

 

[Supa LA]

It is a lot safer to drive out of a parking spot into cross traffic because you have much more visibility than if you back up, and you can more easily spot kids around or near your car. Even adults don't pay attention to parked cars as they are walking through the parking lot - they don't check the taillights / reverse lights, they don't look at the driver's seat to see if anybody's there, they don't look at the tailpipes, etc. The last thing I want is to run someone over and have my entire life ruined because of an idiot who can't keep their eyes off their smartphone while walking through a parking lot.

Pedestrians on foot are bad, but the people who zip thru parking lots just to find the best spot before the other person does are the worst. I cant tell you how many times i have been backing out of a spot SLOWLY and constantly looking both directions only to have someone fly behind me at the last second as i just get the back bumper of my car into view of them. They dont care and are oblivious to vehicles backing out of spots. Idiots, all of them.

 

[Blk2015GT]

I went ito UPS in a stripmall 30 min ago and was in there 2 min and went out to get the 2nd package and someone rested a shopping cart from a neighboring store against my front bumper. Luckily on the rubber bumper of the cart by WTF. People are assholes I swear; who does that to an obviously new car instead of being less fat and lazy and walking the car 2 feet to an empty spot.

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