It never fails

That happens to me all the time. I park in the back of an open lot... and someone still snugs right up next to me.

 

happens to me too. i assume the car was ok though? hopefully it was just the driver getting out on the far side of your car so no risk of dings

 

My favorite is when you're the only car in the lot and they park so close you have to get in the passenger door. It's always a beater car that does it..

 

It happens.

Parked at a McDs in a section nobody was using.

A guy and his family of five in a red Golf parked right next to me. there were another dozen places empty in that row.

turns out he wanted to show his family the 458. didn't touch the car but looked all over for quite some time.

Meanwhile a crew was blowing leaves and dirt off the parking lot. I heard one of them say: I am not getting within 50 feet of that Ferrari.

You gotta love that!

 

What are you complaining about ?? They are both VWs, aren't they --- isn't it just a case of "esprit de corps" ?! j/k

 

Herd mentality. Same reason people mindlessly line up at a stop light and leave an empty lane.

 

Yep. But they then get on their damn phones and ***** about the stop light.

Dale

 

ALWAYS

 

They did it on purpose.. to piss off.. really...

 

That's why I wait around sometimes they need a good ass whoppin

 

From a distance it's spot on for a 911. Nice DD you have, 3 pedal?

 

I also thought it was a 911.

 

Yup. I thought it was a 911 too.

 

Oops, my bad !! Yep, I did take it for P-Wagen 911 .

Regardless, you do know that I was just engaging in some respectful teasing, right ? No offense intended .

 

Thought it was just me and my paranoia.

They often back in next to me for some reason.

 

+1

Sheep.

 

It's not a 911??

 

Weird. Nobody has ever parked close to my 456M, but it IS Rosso Corsa, so it might actually scare them. It has unholy gobs of presence.

Cheers,

George

 

OMG! - Someone actually had the nerve to park next to your precious car! - You'll have to sell it now due to contamination!

It's a car! - Get over it!

 

that's the cleanest grocery store parking lot I've ever seen!

 

You care about your vehicle and for sure would not let your door slam into his. He/She saw this chance for security and parked next to your car for that reason. If they parked into an empty spot it would risk a car pulling in beside them and damaging it.

I have found that the best option is to have someone like that park beside your car for that reason. Chances are they appreciate your car and will leave a little bit of extra distance and be careful entering/exiting the vehicle. This will also prevent a careless person from parking next to you as they occupy the space.

TBH it's usually a win-win in that situation granted the beater gave you adequate space. Prime spots are end locations in which case you can brush all the way onto the line and leave plenty of space on the other side.

 

This is why I try to park next to nice cars. My car might be an old non-exotic, but I still don't want to see it dinged - so I carefully park next to people who obviously take pride in their cars.

All the best,
Andrew.