The rage and the anger you feel

Relentless81 · 27 Apr 2011 at 18:38

When you get back to your car to find someone oxygen thief has damaged your car in a car park :mad:

If it was a scuff or a dent then it wouldnt be so bad but how they managed to damage the rear light cluster, rear quarter panel and bumper all at the same time is just beyond me, in a car park whilst attempting to park!!?

The worse thing is i've been out and about today and it could have potentially happened in 3 different places so finding out who is responsible via CCTV just isnt going to happen, absolutely gutted my car didnt have a signal scratch on it, I cant even look at it at the moment

BringTheRain · 27 Apr 2011 at 18:38

What car you got?

Relentless81 · 27 Apr 2011 at 18:39

2005 Corolla T-Sport

Ricochet J · 27 Apr 2011 at 19:02

Unfortunately these things happen. Defensive parking is always the key.

BringTheRain · 27 Apr 2011 at 19:02

Relentless81 said:
2005 Corolla T-Sport

Could be worse, i have just destroyed my engine

NathanE · 27 Apr 2011 at 19:07

Unlucky. Defensive parking is the way forward.

-Ad- · 27 Apr 2011 at 19:09

Annoying but at least the cluster is easily replaced and much less hassle than having a panel beaten or sprayed!

Still, defencive parking is the only way, my sentry guns are nearly ready to be deployed, just need to iron out the slight problem that they destroy anything that moves within a 100 feet

Relentless81 · 27 Apr 2011 at 19:11

What do you mean by defensive parking?

The rear quarter has two or three dents in it that just happen to be right down one of the body lines, i'm going to be surprised if anyone will be able to sort it so it looks new again, its going to be an expensive job

shifty_uk · 27 Apr 2011 at 19:35

Came back to a tear in the front of my bumper a couple of weeks ago - Livid, how on earth someone managed to hit the front of my bumper when I was parked in a bay is absolutely beyond me. Hospital car park and no CCTV coverage of the area. I just had that bloody bumper replaced a few months ago!

I always defensively park but somehow, even if I'm relatively far away in the car park, some mug will a lot of the time completely ignore all the bays around or further up the car park and slide right in beside me. It's usually always people carriers or family 4x4s.

Biohazard · 27 Apr 2011 at 19:36

When you fix something and almost simultaneously something else breaks itself.

Gaygle · 27 Apr 2011 at 19:42

shifty_uk said:
I always defensively park but somehow, even if I'm relatively far away in the car park, some mug will a lot of the time completely ignore all the bays around or further up the car park and slide right in beside me. It's usually always people carriers or family 4x4s.

THIS ^^^

No matter where i park, i always have some stupid people carrier with child seats in the back parked next to me, even if the car park is empty.

My friends used to laugh and take the **** when i told them about this and thought i was over exaggerating, until time after time when they came to the supermarket with me they saw that i seemed to attract:

A) F Reg Ford Escorts that are more rust than anything else
B) People carriers/4x4's
C) Small 3 seater cars with child seats in the back, meaning the driver probably had to open the door the whole way (onto my car) to get the kid out.

:mad:

daelo · 27 Apr 2011 at 19:51

So whats this defensive parking malarky?

Parking in the furthest corner of the car park instead of the front entrance
Parking across two lines to create a "double space"
Parking in Parent + child bays
Parking in disabled bays (a no no

)
Parking perpendicular to the parking bay thus creating a super bay that can be any size you like
Parking in a part of the carpark that has a cctv camera pointed at it?

Am I on the right path here. . .

Relentless81 · 27 Apr 2011 at 19:56

Ah of course, I park my car in the deepest darkest depths of any car park due to obscene car paranoia and it still gets damaged, i've actually come back to a previous car in aTesco car park to find a women unloading her thousands of kids from her MPV with the door resting on my car, her head in the car and her arse firmly pushing on the door that was touching my car, needless to say I went sick.

What really irritates me is even though I have this car paranoia and I take precautions when driving and parking to avoid these knuckle draggers with no respect for others property I always seem to get these problems, I cant count on one hand how many times i've been rear ended and my cars past and present have been damaged through no fault of my own, it always helps when my ever helpful Dads first thing to say on the matter is, "why does it always happen to you" :rolleyes:

shifty_uk · 27 Apr 2011 at 20:02

Gaygle said:
THIS ^^^

No matter where i park, i always have some stupid people carrier with child seats in the back parked next to me, even if the car park is empty.

Same, people think I'm nuts. What kind of car do you drive?

I think people see the small hatchback and think 'I'll risk taking this monkey for a ride'. Yesterday sitting in traffic, a builders truck decided to wedge its way in infront of me sitting in standstill traffic, despite there being no room. Nearly took the front of my car off and wouldn't stop until I swerved to the other side of the lane. Almost totalled the front of my car, despite the 5 series infront of me leaving a considerable gap infront of him.

Wasn't best pleased when I followed him and jumped out the car. The fatty got a supreme mouthful of abuse. Yes, sadly I really am that aggressive on the road.

DM · 27 Apr 2011 at 20:32

I got this theory about the problem of having parked 2 miles from Tesco, in the rain where no one should want to go in an otherwise empty car park, then finding Zafira man parked next to you.

Here you are in the wine bar and you need a wee, in you go, 6 empty urinals, so i choose far left, in he comes some **** whistling and, bang hes got 5 to choose from and hes chosen the one next to me, well its him, im convinced ****ing Zafira man again

aldo1234 · 27 Apr 2011 at 20:46

I hate people that park in the middle of two spaces but i am not suprised they do it, is it the only answer?

shifty_uk · 27 Apr 2011 at 20:53

DM said:
I got this theory about the problem of having parked 2 miles from Tesco, in the rain where no one should want to go in an otherwise empty car park, then finding Zafira man parked next to you.

Here you are in the wine bar and you need a wee, in you go, 6 empty urinals, so i choose far left, in he comes some **** whistling and, bang hes got 5 to choose from and hes chosen the one next to me, well its him, im convinced ****ing Zafira man again

Haha

Duke · 27 Apr 2011 at 21:01

aldo1234 said:
I hate people that park in the middle of two spaces but i am not suprised they do it, is it the only answer?

I guess you could put a trolley in the space next to you (assuming you park on the end so nothing can park that side), but some numpty might knock it into your car or something

Gaygle · 27 Apr 2011 at 21:13

DM said:
I got this theory about the problem of having parked 2 miles from Tesco, in the rain where no one should want to go in an otherwise empty car park, then finding Zafira man parked next to you.

Here you are in the wine bar and you need a wee, in you go, 6 empty urinals, so i choose far left, in he comes some **** whistling and, bang hes got 5 to choose from and hes chosen the one next to me, well its him, im convinced ****ing Zafira man again

Very good

Gaygle · 27 Apr 2011 at 21:15

aldo1234 said:
I hate people that park in the middle of two spaces but i am not suprised they do it, is it the only answer?

I hate it when it's a result of just bad parking. But when the car park is fairly empty, parking across 2 spaces or in the Parent and Child parking is the only way to ensure that you don't get Zafira man parking next to you.