cars parked in two spaces what bugs you?

blinkey 101

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i drove my car round a car park today for at least 20 mins looking for a parking space and there it was the oldest one in the book, a 07 bmw parked in two spaces what i would have loved to do that car or even better the owner iv seen a lot of this going on around dublin some one told me the reason apart from them been rude is they dont want any one parking beside them in fear of scratches to their pride a joy, is it just me or does it bug you to? o it makes me so mad:mad:

Orange69

Height of ignorance tbh..! See this a lot in Limerick too..

I saw a 07 volvo parked across 2 spaces yesterday at Dunnes and a Mercedes actually parked across a regular and handicap spot in Aldi! Im gonna have to put my camera in the car!

Another classic is the "swing it in" brigade where the car is diagonally parked in the space!

blinkey 101

o yea forgot about that one most times thats a boy racer who pulls that one off the little runts. good idea about camera take pic post and shame would be a great idea.

mikemac

blinkey 101 wrote: »

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i drove my car round a car park today for at least 20 mins looking for a parking space and there it was the oldest one in the book, a 07 bmw parked in two spaces what i would have loved to do that car or even better the owner iv seen a lot of this going on around dublin some one told me the reason apart from them been rude is they dont want any one parking beside them in fear of scratches to their pride a joy, is it just me or does it bug you to? o it makes me so mad:mad:

• Wait at the car to confront them
• Inform security (if there is security)
• Failing that, rant on boards where people will agree but cannot do anything.

blinkey 101

micmclo wrote: »

• Wait at the car to confront them
• Inform security (if there is security)
• Failing that, rant on boards where people will agree but cannot do anything.

have to let the steam off some were:p

JHMEG

Look down the length of both sides of your car, when it's clean and on a bright day. You will see verticle ripples, or in some cases, dents.

This is what other people do to your car in carparks, if you let them.

blinkey 101

JHMEG wrote: »

Look down the length of both sides of your car, when it's clean and on a bright day. You will see verticle ripples, or in some cases, dents.

This is what other people do to your car in carparks, if you let them.

trust me its happend to me came out of shops one day big dint and scratch down side of my car and of course no one seen anything as per:mad:

JHMEG

blinkey 101 wrote: »

trust me its happend to me came out of shops one day big dint and scratch down side of my car and of course no one seen anything as per:mad:

Now you know why people park across two spaces.

Run_to_da_hills

Sometimes one has no choice but to take up two spaces ie when someone next to you is parked a*&*ways.

the_syco

JHMEG wrote: »

Now you know why people park across two spaces.

Now I know why people have a tendency to key BMW's

BostonB

Run_to_da_hills wrote: »

Sometimes one has no choice but to take up two spaces ie when someone next to you is parked a*&*ways.

When they leave, it looks like you've done it on purpose.

Then someone like the_syco keys you. Nice.

Run_to_da_hills

BostonB wrote: »

When they leave, it looks like you've done it on purpose.

Then someone like the_syco keys you. Nice.

I drive a battered up LWB Transit work vehicle, an extra scratch isn't going to make any difference, it will normally hog up two places

rebel.ranter

JHMEG wrote: »

Now you know why people park across two spaces.

I'll admit that I do this, but normally I will go to the extremeties of the car park where generally nobody parks anyway. This is to avoid ignorant people with trolleys, door prangers, etc. People with children in my opinion need to have the spaces closer as it's hard enough as it is to manage them in & out of the car without having to negotiate them through the car park. I respect that, I also respect that I need to keep my car as far away from preoccupied parents that inadvertently prang my door while ushering their children of of their car. It only takes a minute extra to park further away but it's worth it to prevent damage.
Also lazy people tend to look for spaces near the door, their driving tends to be as lazy as them, I regularly see people pulling in & out of spaces thinking nothing of rubbing bumpers with the car next to them. Their attitiude is "that's what bumpers are for". It cost me €300 for a paint job to fix the last bumping incident. €70 a dent then for the door prangs.
That's why people take up two spaces.
And yes I drive a BMW, when driving a rep mobile type machine from work e.g. Focus/Jeep I might park a little closer in one space. BMWs/Mercs seem to be magnets for this type of damage.

In fact if the car park is too busy & I cannot find a space that I "like" (e.g. end of row space especially at the LHS of row, reduced possibility of another driver pranging door) then I'll just come back another time.

5500

JHMEG wrote: »

Look down the length of both sides of your car, when it's clean and on a bright day. You will see verticle ripples, or in some cases, dents.

This is what other people do to your car in carparks, if you let them.

x2

I do it in any carpark in dublin,i've spent over 1k having dents and scratchs repaired from careless people who fling there doors open.

johncm

i do it if the car park isnt very busy. if its busy ill just go to a far away corner of the carpark and park in 1 space

AnnaStezia

A lot of this parking across double spaces is deliberately done by pig ignorant anuses who know full well what they are doing, who could not care less about other people and worst of all who know that they will get away with it.

Waiting to confront them is not a good idea these days given the random unpredicatability of human behaviour and the tendency to violence.

I always favoured surgical removal of the inside part of the valve for at least 2 tyres with one of those little valve removal gizmos that you can get in the accessory shops. This leaves two flat tyres that cannot be inflated. be careful about how you do it as the valve could fly out ! I do not recommend this of course as it is advocating criminality. Wouldn't you do it if you could be sure to get away with it ??

I miss my aunties old Triumph Herald that I got to use as a student because of the lock on the steering. It got me out of the most ridiculous parking problems imposed by some of these parking ignoramuses. The best one was to get out of the space and leave the offender looking like he had parked across an empty space.....

Some of these parkers will get the message where they do that in private car parks managed by some of those car parking control companies who just itch for any excuse to get you. Mind you they are another story...

antodeco

Seen a lot of toszers do this. Especially when a car park is really busy and theres no where to park. When I was driving on of the Smart Fortwo, I used to park behind them and block them in. Always great to see them come back asking what I was doing. Always told them Im in the "other" parking space

ninty9er

Orange69 wrote: »

Height of ignorance tbh..! See this a lot in Limerick too..

I saw a 07 volvo parked across 2 spaces yesterday at Dunnes

was that at Jetland yesterday about 4....they were effing everywhere yesterday . I took a photo of a Movano out there...same thing....bluetooth isn't working though. feck sake some of the parking out there is just ridiculous

smemon

you could always do a 'sandwich' - wait until both spaces next to the offending car are empty...

get 2 cars, park them either side of the offending car's passenger and driver door, so tight that a human can't fit through the gap. Even fold both of the wing mirrors so you can get it nice and tight

leave the cars there and laugh about it from a distance when the offending driver tries to get back in

something i picked up in college Not something i'd recommend on strangers though but it would be bloody funny and teach them a lesson :mad:

kikel

When i saw the title I guessed it was going to be about a BMW. Obviously I didn't see the parking, so most probably the person was parking like a tosser. But in defence of BMW drivers, we are not always to blame.I was in a carpark the other day. I had to park across the white line, because the other BMW beside me was over the white line. Taught to myself. Yeah maybe the these stereo types are right about BMW drivers. But as i left to go to the shop. I noticed it wasn't the car next to me. It was the car next to it that was causing the problem.A Fiat Punto. Covered in ice. So it had being park their for a number of hours.

blinkey 101

AnnaStezia wrote: »

A lot of this parking across double spaces is deliberately done by pig ignorant anuses who know full well what they are doing, who could not care less about other people and worst of all who know that they will get away with it.

Waiting to confront them is not a good idea these days given the random unpredicatability of human behaviour and the tendency to violence.

I always favoured surgical removal of the inside part of the valve for at least 2 tyres with one of those little valve removal gizmos that you can get in the accessory shops. This leaves two flat tyres that cannot be inflated. be careful about how you do it as the valve could fly out ! I do not recommend this of course as it is advocating criminality. Wouldn't you do it if you could be sure to get away with it ??

I miss my aunties old Triumph Herald that I got to use as a student because of the lock on the steering. It got me out of the most ridiculous parking problems imposed by some of these parking ignoramuses. The best one was to get out of the space and leave the offender looking like he had parked across an empty space.....

Some of these parkers will get the message where they do that in private car parks managed by some of those car parking control companies who just itch for any excuse to get you. Mind you they are another story...

yes i would like a shot:Di woulden think twice.

JohnCleary

Took this picture this afternoon.... eejits!

Orange69

My eyes!! The goggles do nothing!! :eek:

blinkey 101

JohnCleary wrote: »

Took this picture this afternoon.... eejits!

clearly loads of space and still parks in two spaces. heres another one that gets my goat people who park there cars on a path and youv about 2 inchs to get by there is a guy were i live parks his two cars on path out side his house and to get past you have to walk out on to the road pitty any one in wheelchair trying to get past:mad:

JohnCleary

blinkey 101 wrote: »

clearly loads of space and still parks in two spaces. heres another one that gets my goat people who park there cars on a path and youv about 2 inchs to get by there is a guy were i live parks his two cars on path out side his house and to get past you have to walk out on to the road pitty any one in wheelchair trying to get past:mad:

That neighbour will probably the first to start screaming and shouting when he wakes up one morning to see a scratch along the side of his car

JHMEG

eireal wrote: »

x2

I do it in any carpark in dublin,i've spent over 1k having dents and scratchs repaired from careless people who fling there doors open.

Just thinking, if everyone took 2 spaces then no-one would ever have to get dents repaired!

Like rebel.ranter and johncm I park in an unattractive part of the car par (ie not close to the door), but if place has lots of shops (eg Tesco Maynooth) I'll happily take 2 spaces.

Oh, and I don't drive a BMW. But even if I did I'd still want to look after it.

Mexicola

Permanent Marker on the windscreen with message written backwards explaining exactly what you think of this behaviour ftw!

msdurden

You'll hate me but i do this whenever I can...

I drive a Celica and it seems that i always get the most retarded drivers parking beside me.. so i park up the back of carparks an i take 2 spaces (not in anyone's way) :mad:

was out shopping the other the other day and a guy parked literally 3inches away from my driver door had to wait 20mins for him to come back to his car so i could get in to open my door!!

it is just beyond me how people pull in to a space and dont straighen up there is nuthin that can't wait 2mins!

was also in blanchardstown got a lovely stratch all across my passenger door from a 07 almera, called security and they told me they couldnt do anythin.... (more like they were too lazy)

i have to admit i keyed the guys car to get him back... if i have to pay for my repairs then he has to pay for his .. i know its total scummy behaviour but its happened to me so many times i've really no conscience about it anymore..

you stratch me.. il stratch you back

Mexicola

msdurden wrote: »

i have to admit i keyed the guys car to get him back...

Pure scumbag. Enough said.

ianobrien

I "fixed" the problem of taking two spaces once.....

I was looking for a space in a shopping centre, and encountered the usual (new volvo taking two spaces). I got out my trolley jack, jacked up the car and moved it into one space. Then I parked in the other space I created.

Problem solved. I got a space and the other car was now in one space.

By the way, I have seen parking fines issued in the UK for taking two spaces like that!

swingking

Taken a few days ago

Basically saying I don't care where I park

MrPudding

smemon wrote: »

you could always do a 'sandwich' - wait until both spaces next to the offending car are empty...

get 2 cars, park them either side of the offending car's passenger and driver door, so tight that a human can't fit through the gap. Even fold both of the wing mirrors so you can get it nice and tight

leave the cars there and laugh about it from a distance when the offending driver tries to get back in

something i picked up in college Not something i'd recommend on strangers though but it would be bloody funny and teach them a lesson :mad:

I like doing this myself. Often there is enough room in one of the side spaces to park and still be within the line for the space on the other side. I have done that a few times. I usually try to get and coffee and then sit back and watch the action. I tend to take photos of the parking spaces and the tosser's license plate first though.

MrP

kensutz

msdurden wrote: »

i have to admit i keyed the guys car to get him back

Well you're really charming aren't you :rolleyes:

msdurden

I really dont care what you think...

fact is im paying for a car, then complete retards park a*seways scrape my car and what, i'm supposed to shrug my shoulders and say "ahh well"?

seriously id like an answer to that! would you prefer that i wait until they come back to their car and then confront them?

trellheim

Posting people's licence plates on a public forum ... is that allowed ? it's not illegal what the Yaris was doing. It's not nice, certainly and engenders no respect. But it's not illegal.


Even on a public road ... it's only a minor infraction.

My advice is : Drive on, there will be another space.

Why do you want to park anywhere near these idiots? If they park like that they certainly will have no compunction about your paintwork.

Oh and the muppet who would have keyed the other car .... you're a real Old Testament person aren't you ? Did they do it deliberately to you ?

Blitzkrieger

I can understand the motivation behind the behavior but I can't condone it. Even if the car park is half empty, it's no excuse. I remember seeing a 07 BMW parked in the middle of two spaces at the front of the carpark in Mahon Point on a quiet day, when if he had parked 12 feet away he could have parked in the middle of three spaces. I left mine at the far side of the row, in the corner, and walked an extra 60 seconds. I was half hoping that someone had keyed it when it was still there three hours later. He didn't really inconvienience anyone and the carpark was empty when he parked, but it could easily have filled up while he was gone (at least three hours) and I doubt if he would have changed his behaviour if it was full.

The bottom line is people don't park properly because they are too :
*ignorant of what they are doing
*inconsiderate of other people
*incompetetent

One of the lads was telling me a story about a 4x4 in his estate. Some ignorant Polish prick parks his car on the *road near the entrance to the estate. One evening some guy who doesn't live there parked his Landcruiser on the road directly opposite it. This would have been fine if he had parked properly. Even with two cars parked opposite each other like that, one car at a time could sqeeze past. Of course this prick parked ass-ways so the tail of his LWB knobmobile was sitting out in the road, and nobody could get past. If there had been an emergency, people in the estate were ****ed. The Gardai were called but didn't do anything about it so hours later people were still unable to get their cars out of the estate.

Normally I wouldn't condone vandalism but I'm delighted his 4x4 got scratched to ****, written on in lipstick and permanent marker, the air left out of his tyres and covered in paint. It might have taken 10 extra seconds to park properly but with a bit of fore-thought it probably would have taken 0 extra seconds.




*I know this is legal and you're not really supposed to park on the footpath, but everybody else in this estate does, as it leaves extra room for cars to get by on the narrow roads.

event

if i see someone who has done that, and there are no other spots around, ill park behind them, blocking them in

they can sit and wait until i come back

BostonB

If your so impatient to go find another space, and it makes you so angry you do criminal damage to someone else car, you're the bigger scumbag with your own issues.

Wishbone Ash

event wrote: »

if i see someone who has done that, and there are no other spots around, ill park behind them, blocking them in

That's just sad and pathetic. :rolleyes:

trellheim

Jaysus folks it's only parking. Get a grip.

Need a lolcat

msdurden

Mexicola wrote: »

Pure scumbag. Enough said.

kensutz wrote: »

Well you're really charming aren't you :rolleyes:

BostonB wrote: »

If your so impatient to go find another space, and it makes you so angry you do criminal damage to someone else car, you're the bigger scumbag with your own issues.

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

That's just sad and pathetic. :rolleyes:

It's funny to see you all throw insults and talk down to someone to make yourselves feel big, but when someone actually asks for advice on what to do, you all shut up.

kensutz

And where are YOU looking for the advice? In your original post you never asked for advice.

Stark

If you saw the guy doing it then you could make an insurance claim off him. Keying someone's car is unacceptable no matter how much you think they may deserve it.

trellheim

t's funny to see you all throw insults and talk down to someone to make yourselves feel big, but when someone actually asks for advice on what to do, you all shut up

I tried... go somewhere else I said.. I even posted a cat picture.

blinkey 101

trellheim wrote: »

Jaysus folks it's only parking. Get a grip.

Need a lolcat

o yes captan chillpill here wait till your going for an interview for a job and it just happens your running late cause the only space left is the one the big tos**r has parked his car half over the line lets see how chilled you are then ,bet them cats of yours will be used for slippers:p when you get home ,why dont you go to the pet section wit your slipper pic.

Stark

I just accept that in a rat race for spaces situation like that, if he hadn't parked in two spaces, someone else would have taken it before me anyway.

ninty9er

blinkey 101 wrote: »

o yes captan chillpill here wait till your going for an interview for a job and it just happens your running late cause the only space left is the one the big tos**r has parked his car half over the line lets see how chilled you are then ,bet them cats of yours will be used for slippers:p when you get home ,why dont you go to the pet section wit your slipper pic.

What kind of fu,king idiot doesn't give themselves at least an hour to have parked up and get to the interview at least 30 mins before it starts....chances are, even if you couldn't get a space, if you're not there early you ain't getting the job anyway!

trellheim

I didn't say it was wrong. I said chill out; it's only car parking FFS.

Looks like lolcats doesn't work here.

how about

or even



alternatively if it really bothers you print off a few of
these and put them under the wiper

Stark

ninty9er wrote: »

What kind of fu,king idiot doesn't give themselves at least an hour to have parked up and get to the interview at least 30 mins before it starts....chances are, even if you couldn't get a space, if you're not there early you ain't getting the job anyway!

In my experience, prospective employers get more pissed off at someone being ludicrously early than slightly late. Excessively early means you either have someone hanging around in your reception for ages like a spare part or else you have to work them into your schedule earlier.

unkel

msdurden wrote: »

i keyed the guys car to get him back... if i have to pay for my repairs then he has to pay for his .. i know its total scummy behaviour

Yes it is scummy behaviour. And you were surprised people gave out about you after posting something like that? And you reported this thread to the moderators - not once but twice? The mind boggles tbh...

event

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

That's just sad and pathetic. :rolleyes:

almost as bad as some tool/arsehole taking up two spaces so his precious car wont get a mark on it