Car park etiquette

useless

What is it about grown adults that park beside you in a car park & think it's perfectly acceptable to open their door by slamming it hard into yours... Honestly- what part of the large metal object parked two feet away from your similar large metal object did you not see? Drives me MAD!

Topbike77

Absolutely hate it too!! Some people are away with the fairies. Was sitting in my new car the other day and someone did it, thankfully no damage..

bazz26

Some people are just brainless idiots, always have and always will be. They don't really care about their own car so apply the same logic to the one parked next to them.

Atlantic Dawn

Yes it really annoys me, I don't know what's the best tactic to avoid it.

If you park in a spot with no car either side you risk 2 cars coming and having both sides hit by doors, if you park in a spot with a car already at each side you may be lucky enough to be back before them or they might arrive back and then another car arrives in their space when they leave meaning double door damage risk.

My new pet hate is people who reverse in to parking spaces and they are doing the weekly shop so when they return to their car they have to squeeze the trolley past the other cars to get access to their boot, they seem to not have planned their trip at all.

UhOh

worst is someone else parking next to you when the rest of the carpark is pretty much empty

Del2005

useless wrote: »

What is it about grown adults that park beside you in a car park & think it's perfectly acceptable to open their door by slamming it hard into yours... Honestly- what part of the large metal object parked two feet away from your similar large metal object did you not see? Drives me MAD!

The worst thing is its not just an Irish thing or else Citroën wouldn't have launched a car with airbags in the door to stop it being damaged.

freddieot

Has happened to me a lot as well over the years. However, I notice it rarely happens when the car is filthy. Same idiots seem to avoid parking that close to really dirty cars as they can get muck on them when they get out to squeeze by. Not saying this will stop it happening but I do think it helps deter some people.

the_syco

UhOh wrote: »

worst is someone else parking next to you when the rest of the carpark is pretty much empty

This. I have started parking away from the entrance of the Tescos, but find a car next to my car when I come back :mad:

anncoates

Anybody that wishes to park in an Irish car park must also understand the unwritten rule that if you see somebody approaching a car with shopping, slam on your brakes, whack on your hazards and wait right in the middle of the throughway until the person opens their car, dumps shopping and pulls out, which can take up to ten minutes.

It is important to combine this manuvere with a intent stare into space, as if something of vital import is happening in the sky which prevents you from noticing the large line of irate drivers trapped behind you.

pred racer

bazz26 wrote: »

Some people are just brainless idiots, always have and always will be. They don't really care about their own car so apply the same logic to the one parked next to them.

^^
This.
Also every time my kids get out of the car in a car park (btw they are 13,15 and 19) I still tell them to mind their doors (normally to a chorus of "we know Dad :rolleyes: ") nobody else seems to give a fook.

the_syco wrote: »

This. I have started parking away from the entrance of the Tescos, but find a car next to my car when I come back :mad:

I'm convinced people can't park without another car as reference, obviously the white lines don't count:rolleyes:

anncoates wrote: »

Anybody that wishes to park in an Irish car park must also understand the unwritten rule that if you see somebody approaching a car with shopping, slam on your brakes, whack on your hazards and wait right in the middle of the throughway until the person opens their car, dumps shopping and pulls out, which can take up to ten minutes.

It is important to combine this manuvere with a intent stare into space, as if something of vital import is happening in the sky which prevents you from noticing the large line of irate drivers trapped behind you.

I normally counter this with lengthy blasts of the horn and furious hand gestures

dgt

useless wrote: »

What is it about grown adults that park beside you in a car park & think it's perfectly acceptable to open their door by slamming it hard into yours... Honestly- what part of the large metal object parked two feet away from your similar large metal object did you not see? Drives me MAD!

The last time this happened a very pissed off dgt leaned out of the window of the van, hood up and calmly asked "do you like banging other peoples doors?"

I never seen someone fill with fear so fast!

savagethegoat

just climb out and walk round an start writing down their Insurance Details....

Alanstrainor

UhOh wrote: »

worst is someone else parking next to you when the rest of the carpark is pretty much empty

Oh man this is the most annoying part. They're just drawn to others, and in particular to nicer cars I think. I always always park as far from the entrance to a shop as I can to get away from the idiots. And the amount of times someone has passed millions of free and closer spaces to plonk themselves right beside me....ugh. I should just park across 3 spaces at the back of the car park tbh... I am a BMW driver after all....

Autosport

I have now started to park wrong in a space as this stops people parking beside you, ya know a little over the white line at the back or side it actually works:D I'll gladly put a pic of my car on those parking sites

Marcusm

dgt wrote: »

The last time this happened a very pissed off dgt leaned out of the window of the van, hood up and calmly asked "do you like banging other peoples doors?"

I never seen someone fill with fear so fast!

This approach I agree with. Apart from 75+ year olds, anyone who does this and doesn't immediately apologise deserves the full Alex Ferguson hairdryer treatment.

Cerco

I try to avoid cars with baby seats. Every time junior is put in or taken out doors are flung open to the fullest extent without any regard.

MuppetCheck

I just take up 2 spaces instead. If the car park isn't full I dont care.

jimgoose

This sends me quite batsh1t. I may buy a proper, horrible old Series II/III Land Rover just to thump everything else around.

K.Flyer

You think you are a target for this in your car!
Both sides of my van are peppered with marks from car doors, all around the same area.
The mentality of these idiots would appear to be that it's most likely a company van and the driver won't care either... BAAAA$TAAAARRDSS :mad: :mad:

the_syco

Alanstrainor wrote: »

I am a BMW driver after all....

I think it's so that the imaginary thief goes after the more expensive model... but I drive a Corolla, so I dunno :pac:

carzony

A lot of the car parks do have very small parking spaces in fairness. I can't remember where I was (possibly liffey valley) but I couldnt believe the little room I had to get out of the car.. Still, no need to ruin someones paint work........

ButtersSuki

Parked (reversed in so front of car facing out) in Blanchardstown SC recently and sitting in my car having a coffee and listening to the radio when I see this guy driving towards the space beside me and whatever it is about him and his driving I just know he's going to hit my car. Sure enough he pulls in at such a crap able it's pretty much impossible for him to get out without hitting my door which of course he does. As he's walking away I roll the window down and say to him

"Was it really necessary to hit my car?"

The response?

"Wha?", as if something had just happened that he was oblivious to, followed by

"Ah yeah sorry abour dat, I didn't see you in the car".

????????

I replied by saying that really wasn't the point whether I was in the car or not, so he tuts audibly, gets back in the car and moves it to the space directly opposite me. When he gets out of the car this time he....guess what....yup, hits the car beside him with his door again and walks off giving me the finger.

Classy guy.

GerardKeating

Another one, driving the wrong way in a one-way system and expecting other cars to give way when you cannot pass them...

_Brian

I was in a car park last week, sitting in my jeep makin phone calls. I was the only vehicle and spaces for maybe 200 cars.
Guy came in and parked so close to me he was unable to open his door fully to get out.

I mean, just why ??

I glared at him and he moved across the carpark.

Pov06

Sam Kade

Cerco wrote: »

I try to avoid cars with baby seats. Every time junior is put in or taken out doors are flung open to the fullest extent without any regard.

They also manage to park on the street with the child seat to the road side then open the door fully and hold up traffic :mad:

power pants

was at howth summit on saturday, was ample spaces. Parked a distance away, went for a walk came back 20 mins later and a fat family in a picasso were as tight as could be against my car. Only saving grace was that the fatties hadnt dismounted their car yet, were still stuffing their fat faces with ice creams. Had my blood boiling. **** off and park in the other free spaces

_Kaiser_

Yea shopping centre car parks are a nightmare for this. Manys a time I'll be sitting in the car on the phone or waiting and someone will pull up far too close beside me.

Ye can disagree if ye want but generally whenever I see a hatchback being maneuvered as if it's a 40 foot truck I get wary and usually glare at the driver as she moves back and forth half a dozen times. Usually they give up and go find somewhere else!

The Muppet

I believe the proper etiquette is to park in an empty space between the markings.

Buona Fortuna

freddieot wrote: »

Has happened to me a lot as well over the years. However, I notice it rarely happens when the car is filthy. Same idiots seem to avoid parking that close to really dirty cars as they can get muck on them when they get out to squeeze by. Not saying this will stop it happening but I do think it helps deter some people.

That happened to me.

I'd reversed in, space either side and was sitting in the car. This one drives in and parks. Doesn't ding the doors but then squeezes her fat ass along the length of my car. Thankfully the car was filthy and she gave it a nice buff up. I called out thanks and she laughed

Mint Sauce

Feel like saying to the parking attendent this morning if people take up two spaces, do they pay for two spaces.

I'm not talking people who might be just over the white line due to other peoples parking, but where the white line passes directly down the middle of their car!

LynnGrace

I just don't understand the thing of squeezing in to park beside another car, when there are loads of other empty spaces, even in the same row. What is so special about the space right beside another car? I came back to my car one day to find the dope who parked next to me was even over the line, into the space I was in. There were loads of spaces. I just don't get it.

I was in a car park one day, really quiet, maybe forty empty spaces, plus another car park attached to the same shopping centre. I was putting stuff into the car, no rush on me, when I became aware of a guy sitting waiting patiently for me to close the door so that he could pull into the space beside my car. There was nothing great about the row I was in, nothing special about that space, but there he had to park.

DvB

The parking so tight against another car happened me yesterday in the multi storey car park at the blanchardstown centre. I had parked between the white lines (reversed in) & had no cars either side of me when I got out of the car, came back an hour later & some joker in a yaris had parked their driver side so tight to mine I have no idea how they managed to actually open their door & get out, the passenger side had at least 3 ft of clear space though... I'm a slim enough guy & still ended up having to get in the passenger side in order to actually access the car... was relieved to see no damage to my car though... genuinely would like to see how they actually managed to get out of the car after parking it though.

Summer wind

If I'm parking in a multi storey car park I always keep going up until I get to a level with a lot of free spaces. It doesn't guarantee some gob****e won't be squashed up against your car but it helps.

the_syco

Summer wind wrote: »

It doesn't guarantee some gob****e won't be squashed up against your car but it helps.

I park in the awkward spots that no-one can park near, if I can.

Buona Fortuna

Summer wind wrote: »

If I'm parking in a multi storey car park I always keep going up until I get to a level with a lot of free spaces. It doesn't guarantee some gob****e won't be squashed up against your car but it helps.

I do that too - the Mrs moans like Feck about "Now we can get a taxi to the shops".

My favourite is if theirs a space between two pillars. Mine;)

power pants

If you think about it

if I see a car parked on its own away from all the other cars in the car park, it would make sense to park beside it

you know for a fact that the car owner will be very careful to opening and closing their doors

Therefore you reduce your risk significantly. Granted the orignal car parker will not know the reasons as to why you are parking beside theirs.

SuperS54

I always thought it was a problem with Asian drivers, drives me barmy here in Taiwan, seems it's all over, I'm considered asking one of these drivers why they've parked next to me in the empty car park the next time it happens...Last week I went to a shopping area, very large carpark that was about 50% full, the overflow car park wasn't in use but someone had forgotten to put up the barrier, I launched over there as it was empty, I had his highness in his throne in the back and it was raining so wanted him out and in quick and it was closer to where I wanted to go. About 200 empty spaces there plus at least another 200 empty in the main area, come back and 1 sap has parked each side of me with another in the space in front, he would have had to drive around me or me and the 2 saps to do that, why?! We're a cluster of 4 cars in a vast empty space. Sap on the right was also close enough that I couldn't get his highness in the back without risking banging doors so had to reverse out of the spot into the vast emptiness to get him in easily.

Kimbot

Irratating as hell, I was in the cinema one night and parked up, when I came out another car was complete bumper to bumper with my car, a few scratches on my car and it was pushed back a bit. Waited around for a while and nobody came back, left a note for the clown on his windscreen. How on earth can you not notice when you hit something in your car like.

dgt

But what if.... The car park is empty :eek:

stesaurus

With empty spaces I think most people are pretty poor at judging correctly to go straight between the lines. So when there's another car it's easier to judge and park correctly. Of course it's also just pure laziness in trying to get as close as possible to the door.
I've always thought it would be amazing if there was some sort of curtain that could be pulled up from the white line. Something that could protect the car from doors being swung open. Totally impractical obviously. Or maybe some sort of force-field, are we there yet technically?

07Lapierre

When parking in a car park I look for the following:

1. A parking bay with a pillar on both sides.

2. A parking bay along the wall where there are no parking bays on either side.

3. A parking space at the end of the line..which means its only possible for one car to park beside my car...this would be my least favourite option.

My favourite car park has a parking bay with a wall on one side and a pillar on the other. Its also a very tight spot, which is ideal as my car fits perfectly!

AutoMan79

I really take care and parking far away from crowd but still got a dent from one sh..y old Vectra. How could I prove it was him??
At the end found a sound guy who does paintless dent removal, yeah €50 out of my pocket tho.

Hachiko

useless wrote: »

What is it about grown adults that park beside you in a car park & think it's perfectly acceptable to open their door by slamming it hard into yours... Honestly- what part of the large metal object parked two feet away from your similar large metal object did you not see? Drives me MAD!

I park far away from everyone else, I have no time for this crap. If I need to park next to cars I park close to cars I know the owner respects, I see similar 'nice' cars driving about in Sainsburys here looking for a good spot to park on busy days, usually its chock-a-block most evenings.

Parking next to any vauxhall is a no no. At the end of the day any body shop work is not free.

Rule of thumb is about 80% of peope in the car park couldnt give a flying fluck about your car or brushing a trolley past it is not a bother to them.

dgt

s.welstead wrote: »

With empty spaces I think most people are pretty poor at judging correctly to go straight between the lines. So when there's another car it's easier to judge and park correctly. Of course it's also just pure laziness in trying to get as close as possible to the door.
I've always thought it would be amazing if there was some sort of curtain that could be pulled up from the white line. Something that could protect the car from doors being swung open. Totally impractical obviously. Or maybe some sort of force-field, are we there yet technically?

Allow me to tell you a tale from earlier today.

I was in Tesco maynooth. Simple, i wanted a drink, specifically a can of monster. Parking was easy as I found a vast plethora of empty spaces and plonked my car right in the middle of them. Bliss.

I get my drink then come back out expecting to see someone parked beside me. To my surprise, no one.

So I sit in my car, turn on the radio, sip my drink and read the paper. I'm there a good few minutes when I notice a set of lights in my rear view mirror. It was a hyoondie blandbox softroader sh*te of a thing. The owner pulls up between 2 cars in the row behind me, turns it off and gets out.

But, suddenly, he gets back in. Starts up and.... Parks beside me. He had the c*nt of a jeep off and locked then decides to do that!!!!

I looked out at him with a face of sheer bewilderment. What was the point in that? I'm further away from the entrance of tescos!!!

I started up my car and moved away just out of spite whilst shouting out the window "park beside this now!!!"

I still can't get my head around the pointlessness of what that chap did. I really can't

stesaurus

dgt wrote: »

Allow me to tell you a tale from earlier today.

I was in Tesco maynooth. Simple, i wanted a drink, specifically a can of monster. Parking was easy as I found a vast plethora of empty spaces and plonked my car right in the middle of them. Bliss.

I get my drink then come back out expecting to see someone parked beside me. To my surprise, no one.

So I sit in my car, turn on the radio, sip my drink and read the paper. I'm there a good few minutes when I notice a set of lights in my rear view mirror. It was a hyoondie blandbox softroader sh*te of a thing. The owner pulls up between 2 cars in the row behind me, turns it off and gets out.

But, suddenly, he gets back in. Starts up and.... Parks beside me. He had the c*nt of a jeep off and locked then decides to do that!!!!

I looked out at him with a face of sheer bewilderment. What was the point in that? I'm further away from the entrance of tescos!!!

I started up my car and moved away just out of spite whilst shouting out the window "park beside this now!!!"

I still can't get my head around the pointlessness of what that chap did. I really can't

Maybe he was a dogger, did it look like you were using the paper to hide someones head in your lap?:D

sk8board

the_syco wrote: »

I park in the awkward spots that no-one can park near, if I can.

same here. at work we have an underground and people will remark 'geez you're gonna scratch your car getting into that corner space'.

its between 4 concrete pillars, has no spaces around it and easy to open the doors wide once you're in.

result.

AutoMan79

Maybe it's a time to have a lovely weekend car for a nice run and the second one ( BANGER) for the rest of the week

mfceiling

My new move...

If I'm in the car or van and someone pulls in beside me with at least 20 or 30 spaces nearby, I feel duty bound to drive back into my space leaving them a gap of about 1cm to get into their vehicle.

I will purposely get out and either go for a stroll or watch from a distance as they try to figure out how they were able to get out of their vehicle 5 minutes ago but now their vehicle seems to be attached to the one beside it!!

tf2

What can we do if we go to the trouble of parking properly - leave our car and come back to spot a new dent?

I'm one of these people who inspects the sides of my car when I'm walking back. If there's a new dent I'll spot it. Do my best to avoid the dimples cars inevitably pick up.

Question is:
If I were to come back to my car and spot a new dent what do I do? do I take pics of the dent, the car and the other car's insurance disc? This is what I've heard people 'would' do but in the real world does it ever happen?

2Mad2BeMad

have to say, I've never seen so many people complain over parking :L
fair enough if you get a bump from another car, or someone hits you're car door
but the way some of you go on is gas

Taking up 2 spots, staring people out of it for parking in a FREE spot
just because you park in a spot doesn't mean the ones next to you are you'res as well until the car park gets full.

I'd understand if this was about seating on a bus, but parking really?

I'm a novice driver, and I am forever going to car parks to get to work or do shopping weekly, and I have never had any difficulty finding a spot.
Sure one time a guy parked to close to me as I was going to get in , he said sorry and reversed out and let me in.

Ya sure if I wasn't their i'd have to use the passanger side, but why make a big deal out of it? why get angry over it?
lifes to short to be getting angry over these little things
I mean really
one of you moved you're car from a guy because he parked beside you and shouted back at him park here ? you're childish

did half of you guys ever think maybe its not the other guys parking, its you ? :L
cause by the sounds of it , I wouldn't want to park near any of you, for risk of my life :L