Why not to park your car near 5 empty parking spaces

I know people look down on mini-vans, but they do reduce the chance of a kid swinging open a door and nailing your car. Most of the time little Johnny and Janey are squirreled away in the back where the only access is through a sliding door. Unfortunately, SUVs have displaced mini-vans and the door dings continue.

 

Who eats at McDonald's??

 

To be honest, I think some people do it on purpose. I mean they see this nice car isolated somewhat in a corner of a car park, and they park on purpose next to you.
A guy told me once , he had a huge truck "nice car, I saw you parking far away, I thought of parking next to you just for kicks " .. So he was joking, but the fact that he thought about it, makes me believe some others will think about it too..
And BTW, I was not in a Ferrari, I was in a new Shelby GT350R.... still a 70k+ car.

That one got dented in the end at some point on both door and rear fender, but I fixed it fortunately for 200 bucks, I know a guy who works miracles. If anyone wants a dent repair guy in MA, ping me.

 

They park near you because they were looking st you. I asked one.

 

As I often asked in Texas..."where do you park your dualie"? Answer: "anywhere I f****g want to. Cool bro...I'll just go down the road a bit...

 

I drop my wife off at the front door and park. Same routine on the exit....

 

The worst: white pickup trucks driven by guys wearing a hoodie.

 

When I go to Tesco's I park so far away I am closer to Sainsbury's. This is me parking for the Supermarket...

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Car park dings are the worst, horrible little things that your eye goes to every time. I think some people do park next to your pride and joy deliberately, but yet again some don't help our cause when they blatantly park there Supercar across 2 bays or just stick it in the disabled bay, the latter being so arrogant and selfish.

 

I own a 2020 Portofino with 14,000 miles and a 2019 GTC4Lusso with over 20,000 miles, and since 2010 have owned 3 California's and two FF's. All were daily drivers, driving all year in NW Ohio. I probably have 150,000+ miles in these Ferraris and daily driving and NEVER park away from other cars, and have had zero door dings. I watched an old blue haired lady start to park next to one of my cars at stupid Walmart, then she backed out to park someplace else.

 

LOL - I think its called a Blue rinse.

 

Another reason to park far away is walking back to the car, the long approach with a good view is worth the extra steps.

 

my guess is billions of people. places that aren't successful at selling food don't open thousands of franchises all over the world.

 

McD's : 37,000+. I thought it was much more really. I mean you can find their discarded wrappers just about anywhere in the world.
and about 33,000 Starbucks.

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We don’t even trust each other!

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Parking a 328 anywhere within the state of Florida is always an adventure.

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Daytona, Roar Before the 24, January 2020. At the time I described finding the car as an automotive version of Where’s Waldo.
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Neither of those last two photos bother me at all...nothing wrong with that parking, perfectly reasonable. Your cars are safe and respected.
Does show how tiny those Ferrari’s are though!

 

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Had brunch at a hotel one morning and found a guy sitting on my car (not Ferrari) while talking on his phone. I told him to get off my car and he acted like he was entitled to the space. I informed him that he could get shot for messing with the wrong people in this country.


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Man nothing gets me going like people NOT parking correctly.

If I see a nice car in a parking spot by its lonesome, I'll park next to it and give it a lot of room to ensure that no one will park next to it and ding the car.

 

The gas station I use regularly had a murder a few weeks ago where a customer, from out of town, had his music playing very loudly in his car while pumping gas. The security guard told him to turn it down, the customer got mouthy about it, and the guard shot him in the chest from about 20 feet. Good shot, but jeez. I think the guard exceeded his authority.

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So I was getting gas at the station for my S550, a long fill since it takes about 25 gallons by the time I get to it, and a guy with a fancy jeep pulls into the other side of the pump, playing his music really loud. I leaned over to his side and told him in a joking way that people in these parts get shot for playing their music too loud. He laughed and I said "They do, really. A guy was killed here last week for it." He sort of chuckled and indicated he was within his rights to play it as loud as he wants. He's right of course, to a point.

A minute later, he turned it off. I guess he realized I might have been serious.

 

I used to live in Memphis and there are definitely parts of town I would not venture into.. especially with a nice car. If still lived there I would wear body armor if drove a Ferrari

I always carry when out with the nice cars even in good cities.