Parking...Do any of you do this?

Stinger · 10-17-2007, 04:24 PM

I am one of those who of course hates a door ding or scratch and will walk a marathon from my car to the front door of a store. But do any of you do this thing at a parking lot? And if you do, have you ever been keyed or vandalized in some way?

Here is an example of a parking @hole I saw yesterday at my local Starbucks.

octaveshift · 10-17-2007, 04:28 PM

I think doing this makes it more likely that someone will key you.

Why do people feel they are entitled to take up 2 spaces? Are they more important than everyone else? Because their car is more expensive, they should somehow be allowed to park like a selfish jackass?

I park away from other cars, at the far end of parking lots. I would never consider taking up two spaces.

3onDubs · 10-17-2007, 04:30 PM

Well, he does have a 6 series.....

Bimmer335i · 10-17-2007, 04:31 PM

I would say the owner of that car is an idiot..he basically invites people to scratch/key/spit/whack his car...no, he begs people to do it...if parking is difficult in that lot, he's asking for it...

normtrum · 10-17-2007, 04:31 PM

NEVER! Parking like that is an invitation to be egged, keyed, spit on, crapped on...you name it. However I am one of those people who park 3 miles away so nobody will park next to me....although somebody always seems to anyways.

octaveshift · 10-17-2007, 04:38 PM

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Originally Posted by 3onDubs

Well, he does have a 6 series.....

LOL, indeed!

Bimmer335i07 · 10-17-2007, 04:38 PM

Parking like that just makes people want to key you car even more.

I never park like that.

epiphone3 · 10-17-2007, 04:42 PM

I'd go Britney Spears on that car... SMASH!

RenaultOne · 10-17-2007, 04:42 PM

It is kind of like a catch-22. If you take up more than one parking spot than you will get keyed, but if you park only taking up one spot and a then another car parks next to you, you will probably get your car scratched...so just park far away from everyone else.

Revlis · 10-17-2007, 04:46 PM

Hell NO, That kind of shit headed self centered BS is what makes us ALL look like Self absorbed dickweeds....

No, I'll park WAY OUT in BFE, Up against the curb... Or somewhere out in the Sticks....

I'm all for avoiding door dings, but you've got to be subtle about it or you just end up looking like a target.

Gig103 · 10-17-2007, 04:48 PM

That same guy probably wonders why BMW drivers have a stigma of being assholes...

Ugh, park far from everyone else if you don't want to be messed around with. I'd try to fit my car in between there and park and wait for him.

UncleWede · 10-17-2007, 04:49 PM

Looks like if the Jeep wasn't there, s/he might have tried for all 4 spots!!!

TurboFan · 10-17-2007, 04:57 PM

I go park in a corner, where I can hug a curb.

If I see an @ss like this, I'll double park next to them. Especially when I have my pickup!

BMCoupe_782 · 10-17-2007, 04:58 PM

I used to do it but I don't want to be a dick and be "that idiot that parked in two spaces." Agreed, it draws unecessary attention. I did have a bit more piece of mind though -- denying people the ability to park next to me!

can't you get a parking ticket for that as well??

3onDubs · 10-17-2007, 05:35 PM

I sometimes challenge myself to see how many spots I can take up at once....I think 6 was my record (handicap counts as extra)....

Sara · 10-17-2007, 05:38 PM

I park our 5 series in the WAY back but dont double park.. When I first got my car I double parked at work everyday and almost everywhere I went til an officer told me I couldnt do that... Now I just make sure theres plenty of room for the other person not to ding me.

BMWE90 · 10-17-2007, 05:38 PM

I thought that sign on the back said "honey naked man" at first.

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astra · 10-17-2007, 05:39 PM

parking away from other cars, and expecially parking in 2 or more spots gets your kar vandalised here, even the guy with the zonda here can park his car in the spot right

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Originally Posted by octaveshift

LOL, indeed!

has absoloutely nothing to do with it... we get bentleys and ferraris here that are able to park in spots, so what makes the guy with the bmw think he is special? surely he doesn't think his car is better then the lambo next to him?

OhhaiAlex · 10-17-2007, 05:39 PM

I would never park like that. I go to the corner and take up spaces there. lol

Sara · 10-17-2007, 05:45 PM

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Originally Posted by WhiteAngel

I would never park like that. I go to the corner and take up spaces there. lol

Thats what I do... with my Moms bimmer and my car..I know my car's not a bimmer but its still a $30k car that I dont want dinged up. I'll park in the end spot with the //// lines and park a little on there and 3/4's in the parking lines

Eberhard · 10-17-2007, 06:01 PM

Parking like that could certainly elicit trouble in some form – I would never do it myself..

I park away from most cars and on uphill grades where there are shopping carts. What annoys me the most is when my cars get sandwiched between two SUV's with kids who fling the doors open with abandon. And I live in the land of SUV's.

Oh well - I take reasonable precautions but still suffer from door dings after awhile. Parked next to a handicap spot once and got severe damage from the passengers wheelchair.

Oh well,

Eberhard

E90RWC · 10-17-2007, 06:10 PM

^ Yeah, I gave up after a while.

There is nothing you can do, just pray really. Shit WILL happen.

I am returning the car in less than 20 months anyways, so I am going to enjoy this beast while I can.

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octaveshift Checkraising with air.... 7 Rep 66 Posts Drives: '07 335xi Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Boulder, CO iTrader: (0)	I think doing this makes it more likely that someone will key you. Why do people feel they are entitled to take up 2 spaces? Are they more important than everyone else? Because their car is more expensive, they should somehow be allowed to park like a selfish jackass? I park away from other cars, at the far end of parking lots. I would never consider taking up two spaces.
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normtrum Colonel 56 Rep 2,225 Posts Drives: e90 335i, e46 330i Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: PNW iTrader: (1)	NEVER! Parking like that is an invitation to be egged, keyed, spit on, crapped on...you name it. However I am one of those people who park 3 miles away so nobody will park next to me....although somebody always seems to anyways. __________________ 07 335i sedan \| Steptronic \| Black saphire \| Terra \| ZPP \| ZSP \| Cold Weather \| CA \| PDC \| Nav \| OEM Alarm
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RenaultOne First Lieutenant 21 Rep 302 Posts Drives: BMW E90 328i Jet Black Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: LA / University of California, Berkeley. iTrader: (0)	It is kind of like a catch-22. If you take up more than one parking spot than you will get keyed, but if you park only taking up one spot and a then another car parks next to you, you will probably get your car scratched...so just park far away from everyone else.
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Sara Lieutenant General 5885 Rep 17,879 Posts Drives: A car Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Nola iTrader: (6)	I park our 5 series in the WAY back but dont double park.. When I first got my car I double parked at work everyday and almost everywhere I went til an officer told me I couldnt do that... Now I just make sure theres plenty of room for the other person not to ding me.
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OhhaiAlex Oh hai :) 52 Rep 3,880 Posts Drives: M3 Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Santa Clara iTrader: (0)	I would never park like that. I go to the corner and take up spaces there. lol __________________
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10-17-2007, 06:01 PM	#21
Eberhard Private 16 Rep 71 Posts Drives: '08 335i Monaco Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Northern California iTrader: (0)	Asking for trouble. Parking like that could certainly elicit trouble in some form – I would never do it myself.. I park away from most cars and on uphill grades where there are shopping carts. What annoys me the most is when my cars get sandwiched between two SUV's with kids who fling the doors open with abandon. And I live in the land of SUV's. Oh well - I take reasonable precautions but still suffer from door dings after awhile. Parked next to a handicap spot once and got severe damage from the passengers wheelchair. Oh well, Eberhard
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E90RWC What you know about the twins? 21 Rep 989 Posts Drives: bmw Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: CA iTrader: (1)	^ Yeah, I gave up after a while. There is nothing you can do, just pray really. Shit WILL happen. I am returning the car in less than 20 months anyways, so I am going to enjoy this beast while I can.
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