This blows my mind
Yes they do!
02-21-2008 | 06:45 PM
#23
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I feel your frustration. The same thing happens to me all the time. It takes all of my self control to not put my knee into their door. I swear they only do it to piss me off.
But, I agree with Aaron. The longer I own the car, and the more door-dings I get in the side, the less I give an ish.
But, I agree with Aaron. The longer I own the car, and the more door-dings I get in the side, the less I give an ish.
02-21-2008 | 07:03 PM
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From: NoMaD
I have a fairly reasonable explanation for this!! 
This happens to me all the time at work!! Mostly my buddies at work do this and they even park as close as possible to my car so 2 of our doors(1 side on each car) are unusable!! When I asked them WTF, their answer was "we know you are careful with your nice car and won't ding my car, that's why we do it", so, there, people have a valid(partly selfish) reason to crowd our S2Ks!!
This happens to me all the time at work!! Mostly my buddies at work do this and they even park as close as possible to my car so 2 of our doors(1 side on each car) are unusable!! When I asked them WTF, their answer was "we know you are careful with your nice car and won't ding my car, that's why we do it", so, there, people have a valid(partly selfish) reason to crowd our S2Ks!!
02-21-2008 | 07:04 PM
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Originally Posted by w1ngman,Feb 21 2008, 08:47 PM
A local S2K buddy 'got me good' one evening after I'd stepped into a Target to do a lil shopping (I'd parked in the 'nowheresville' furthest part of the parking lot...no one near my car by 30 spaces in any direction as I headed into the store).
So I came out about 20 minutes later
and there's a friggin' 
MINIVAN parked riiiiiiiight up against the side of my car!!! W-T-[everlovin']-F 
. To make matters worse...of course I have a loooooooong way to walk to get to my car...festering and fuming the entire time as I approach.
...
And as I approach...there are two 'heads' bobbing around in the front seats...so I'm like, "Eh? 
There are PEOPLE in that van parked riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight up against the side of my car!!!" 
[In my head] WHAT GIVES?!?!? . As I come around to my driver's door giving awful looks at the van's occupants, the driver's window rolls down and Steve (AgS2K) pops his head out "Hi-ya! What took you so long?!!" 
He stopped by with his wife when he saw my car parked out in the boonies. Thought it'd be a hoot to "F" with me. Only joke I suppose I got on him was they must have parked there pretty much when I first stepped into Target, cuz he said they waited damned near a 1/2 hour for his joke to play out .
- Dave
So I came out about 20 minutes later
and there's a friggin' MINIVAN parked riiiiiiiight up against the side of my car!!! W-T-[everlovin']-F . To make matters worse...of course I have a loooooooong way to walk to get to my car...festering and fuming the entire time as I approach. ...
And as I approach...there are two 'heads' bobbing around in the front seats...so I'm like, "Eh? There are PEOPLE in that van parked riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight up against the side of my car!!!" [In my head] WHAT GIVES?!?!? . As I come around to my driver's door giving awful looks at the van's occupants, the driver's window rolls down and Steve (AgS2K) pops his head out "Hi-ya! What took you so long?!!" He stopped by with his wife when he saw my car parked out in the boonies. Thought it'd be a hoot to "F" with me. Only joke I suppose I got on him was they must have parked there pretty much when I first stepped into Target, cuz he said they waited damned near a 1/2 hour for his joke to play out .- Dave
funny story, Dave!!
02-21-2008 | 08:25 PM
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It's actually a sub conscious thing people do. I talked to one of my old school teachers that comes to my restaurant every once and awhile. She went into detail about why something like this happens. Was kinda interesting, it's like they have GOT to park next to a car to feel a sense of relief? It's quite annoying I do agree.
02-21-2008 | 09:06 PM
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Originally Posted by st4rk,Feb 21 2008, 04:11 PM
Ok so the first car I had I learned my lesson for parking in Virginia: Do not park near other cars. Especially at places like a grocery store or retail store, you'll get door dings up the ass.
So I take special care to always park the s2k away from other cars in a parking lot, and definitely take spots where at least one side of the s2k is in a space where a car cannot park next to you.
So tonight I park on the upper deck of a parking garage at Tysons Corner Mall. I choose a relatively remote parking spot, so that if anyone were parking up there the surrounding parking spots would be their last choice.
Lo and behold some ****in retard chooses a spot right next to my car. WTF!!!?!
This shit happens to me all the damn time!
So I take special care to always park the s2k away from other cars in a parking lot, and definitely take spots where at least one side of the s2k is in a space where a car cannot park next to you.
So tonight I park on the upper deck of a parking garage at Tysons Corner Mall. I choose a relatively remote parking spot, so that if anyone were parking up there the surrounding parking spots would be their last choice.
Lo and behold some ****in retard chooses a spot right next to my car. WTF!!!?!
This shit happens to me all the damn time!
02-22-2008 | 09:21 AM
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From: Gods Speed #57 Lemons #77
Originally Posted by e3opian,Feb 21 2008, 08:11 PM
The other idjits like to use the braille method to parallel park with me.
Braille method...... actually that is not funny.
I work with a bunch of nerdy researchers and they all drive/park like that.