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Kanpai

Kanpai

Kanpai

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So I just came across this on BBC and it got me thinking what everyone's view of this is:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-38594087

I can fully understand his reasoning for doing so, as I've had careless shoppers open their car door recklessly to dent mine (even had to resort to CCTV to identify the culprit).

For me this doesn't bother me, as long as it's at a time of the day where the car park is not expected to be fully occupied, however if it's a case of doing this when there are lack of spaces available, it would probably irk me.

What's everyones thought on this? Do you double park at times or would you consider doing it in the same situation?
 
I'm quite often forced to since the damn thing often doesn't fit in a space! However that's different from him since his isn't exactly a big car.
 
I sort of understand why he does it - car parks are full of absolute morons. But I wouldn't do it myself as I know someone would just deliberately cause damage to it as a result. And it is a little selfish if the car park is busy.

I just park right at the back / top of car parks, out of the way, as far as possible from the entrance. It's amusing driving into a supermarket car park and watching all the idiots scrabble for spaces near the store, and I just drive straight to the back where there's rows of empty spaces. I don't care if I have to walk further.

Doesn't always work though:

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Love his comment "clowns who can't drive or park" ... What, like the ones who take 2 spaces? :p

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thing is people dont care this day or age even think its knock for knock in acar park (lol).If you have a nice car and park it across 2 spaces or even so far away with nothing round you there all ways be one that parks next to you or dints your car.There was a thing a bit ago about spaces being to small for modern cars that dose not help

My self i park as far away at the end of a car park with the car i got no thats a focus.

But when i had my R33 skyline it would be parked across 2 spaces at the farthest point of the car park due to those idiots and i would not care what any one would say .
 
Howard said:
I sort of understand why he does it - car parks are full of absolute morons. But I wouldn't do it myself as I know someone would just deliberately cause damage to it as a result. And it is a little selfish if the car park is busy.

I just park right at the back / top of car parks, out of the way, as far as possible from the entrance. It's amusing driving into a supermarket car park and watching all the idiots scrabble for spaces near the store, and I just drive straight to the back where there's rows of empty spaces. I don't care if I have to walk further.

Doesn't always work though:

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I know you park your people carrier real far away and then somebody parks a banged up old ford next to it:p. I tend to park further away at supermarkets, or take my 3 year old with me to get a toddler space. What ****es me off is the people with no kids/teenager kids using parent and child. Far more annoying imo then taking up 2 spaces.
 
He's just going to end up provoking a bad reaction and get his car dinged "accidentally" anyway by someone with a grudge. As others have said, better to park at the far end of the car park away from everyone else.
 
Yeah i park in a single bay generally at the far end of the car park.

Unfortunately, just like Howard, it doesn't matter how many spaces are around it always entices people to park next to you.

I suspect it's because people can't line up in a bay unless there's something physical in the adjacent bay.
 
If a place is full i tend to park next to newer bigger cars in the hope they look after them a but more than the average person.
 
I try to get an end space somewhere away from the walking-dead masses.
I did once park across two bays in a deserted carpark at Meadowhall, and when I returned the carpark was full and had abusive notes under the wiper.
 
Someone at work started doing this at the end of one of the rows so they were half in a space and half over some hashings, as i come to work in a tiny car (original yaris) i was able to squeeze into the space they were straddling into.

Some may say i was petty, but it was closer to the gate and if you park like a numpty expect others to do the same or something...
 
Annoys me when van drivers park right over to one side at the fuel station. A few time I've parked my van right next to there door, gone in to pay and come out the them stood next to there van waiting for me to move. :-D
 
It's a 50/50 from me on that.. I know why he does it but I can also see someone keying the car due to bad parking so the chances are similar as far as damage goes.. I personally park in difficult spaces around the park to put people off from trying next to me.

At the same time I think the spaces in uk are often too small. Compared to something like America I can see why cars get damaged. Because even if you do park property, opening the door fully is impossible. So people with children etc will sooner or later damage your car. Never mind bigger cars like range rovers or fat coupes like BMW 6 series.
 
grudas said:
It's a 50/50 from me on that.. I know why he does it but I can also see someone keying the car due to bad parking so the chances are similar as far as damage goes.. I personally park in difficult spaces around the park to put people off from trying next to me.

At the same time I think the spaces in uk are often too small. Compared to something like America I can see why cars get damaged. Because even if you do park property, opening the door fully is impossible. So people with children etc will sooner or later damage your car. Never mind bigger cars like range rovers or fat coupes like BMW 6 series.
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I do similar to yourself. I park well out of the way in spaces that are either on the end or leave a space next to me that is very difficult to get into in the hope no one will use it. Risk I suppose is someone tries/fails and hits my car instead!

I've had numerous conversations in the past at work about parking. I work in the property department of a large retailer and firmly believe that on over-spaced car parks the bay size should be increased at the back of the carpark. It would help discourage the fight to get the closest space to the entrance and support customers who would happily walk an extra 30 seconds if it meant having a 3m parking bay instead of 2.4m/2.5m.

It's something I did consider when doing a multistorey car park project but spaces were already at a huge premium so couldn't afford to lose any spaces.
 
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No problem with what he did at all - in an empty car park. If the car park is full you park normally and hope you're lucky. The parking spaces in Jersey were obviously designed before anyone owned a sedan and are only safe for a Fiat 500/Mini. I've have had a few knocks on my X3 and it drives me mad :mad:. Whenever I can I park on an end spot or if its late and empty, across two spaces - but only slightly straddling as that just looks like bad parking, whereas what he did makes it look very deliberate and just creates a target for idiots. The majority of people don't seem to give a **** about their cars.
 
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I can understand him not wanting his car bashed to pieces but its a chance we all have to take unfortunately, so you could argue why should he be any different?

I hope for his sake now though that nobody decides to really go for his car as it has been so widely publicised, it now has a target on its back.
 
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