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  1. hanknum

    hanknum Formula 3

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    Everyone one knows to always look for an end spot, but here are a few that I've come up with:

    1) If you have to park next to another car, park on their passenger side, there will always be a driver, but maybe not a passenger.

    2) If there is a slope, park on the uphill side of a car. The slope may cause doors to "fly" open.

    3) If you have to park between 2 cars, park more to the left in the space, for the same reason as #1.

    4) In end spots, park as far away as possible from the other car.

    5) If you see alot of bird poop on the ground, chances are you are going to get poop on your car if you park there.

    Anyone have anymore?

    Henry
     
  2. wetpet

    wetpet F1 World Champ BANNED

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    park diagonally across two spaces

    #5 is a winner
     
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  4. docweed

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    Think ahead...don't even go to places where your F-car may be at risk.
     
  5. SrfCity

    SrfCity F1 World Champ

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    Ideally park where you can keep an eye on it.

    It's better to park in an area where people aren't constantly coming and going. Stay clear of a Starbucks parking lot.

    If you park next to another car it's better that it's a 4 door as 2 doors are longer and swing wider.

    Look for possible security cameras and stay within site of them.

    Senior citizen looking cars i.e. older NA cars, are a ding waiting to happen.

    The best rule of thumb is a spot where no one will park next to you. It's up to you to make that happen :)
     
  6. GregD

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    In parking lots, I try and park on an end spot next to a landscaped curb, that way I can come close to the curb side. The exposed side has an increased distance from the next spot.

    This also gives plenty of room for oversized suv's that think the white lines help them to aim their truck in the right direction.
     
  7. rossocorsa13

    rossocorsa13 F1 Rookie

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    Tru dat. I can't stand when an SUV "accidentally" takes up one and a half spots because they couldn't see where they were going. And curb spots, I've found, are the best. A curb doesn't have doors to open into you, therefore you can park as close to it as you want and about a half a space away from the car that parks next to you. I don't have an Fcar, but I do have an Accord coupe, and a good rule of thumb for me is that I park in a space where I can open my doors all the way without hitting the cars next to me, because my doors are huge. If you can't touch them, nine times out of ten they can't touch you.
     
  8. hanknum

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    Oh, I forgot...isn't it annoying when you park way over in your space and then someone parks next to you over the line, thinking now they have all this room.
     
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    tatcat F1 World Champ Owner Silver Subscribed

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    get yourself one of those line spray paint things and create your own parking spot wherever you like.
     
  10. GWood355

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    I agree the best policy is thinking ahead. I don't take my 355 anywhere I know there will be crowded or busy parking lot or places I know have bad or tight parking areas. I tend to go places in the 355 when I know I can get a good parking spot or parellel park.
     
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    OH I hate that. You go through all the careful parking only to have some idiot who practicaly closed his eyes and parked.
     
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    Buy orange cones for the space next to you.
     
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    Park at the top of the slope.

    I have never seen a shopping cart roll up hill.
     
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    That happened to me a couple days ago and I was very unhappy to say the least. I literally came within centimeters of the curb on the driver's side only to see the next guy parked his crapmobile 84 ford escort wagon with both wheels inside of my spot. Thank god I somehow avoided the imminent dent(s)
     
  15. Alex1015

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    Exactly, if a car is all dinged and a POS don't park next to it as the owner obviously doesn't care and coud be trouble for your car.
     
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    The 2 space approach invites jealously induced dings and scratches...
     
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    And easier to push-start if the battery is flat! I did this once in the parking. The battery was flat and I pushed the car to the down ramp for the next lower floor, jumped in the car, 2nd gear, and it started!
     
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    ... random rammings and keyings as well.
     
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    That was what I was implying ... thus producing the dings and scratches
     
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    Take a bodyguard with you in tow to watch over your car.
    Although I like Tatcats suggestion of a spraycan.
     
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    The problem with taking up more than one spot is it attracts more attention. I could see some idiot taking offense to it and keying a car. No matter how many spots you take up they can't protect you from disgruntled idiots.
     
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    If the idiot is not upset, does that make him gruntled?
     
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    Some very valuable ideas here, thanks everybody!
     
  25. cavallino33

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    ummm....actually yeah I looked it up

    gruntled (transitive verb) : to put in a good humor
     

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