Parking Fun , You know it makes you mad.

[Greg Myers]

[slusher]

I see cars parked like the vette all the time and some one will always get close. I would not park mine like that just park a long way from the door and walk...

[Deano]

I see cars parked like the vette all the time and some one will always get close. I would not park mine like that just park a long way from the door and walk...

Ah, but you're not as "special" as they are.

[Matt T.]

The Jeep's risking a ticket to make a statement. I love it! LOL

[JunkPile]

dat good stuff

[Zarana-X]

I think I've seen that Jeep somewhere before.

[iBorg]

I now have a "nice" car. I hope that I never think I'm so special I take two spaces as close to the door as possible. Sorry to disappoint but the Corvette needs a ticket as much as the jeep. Of course, I'd prefer the jeep parking across the two spaces behind the Vette.

[Scott Colmer]

Good stuff. I remember wayyy back in the 80s going to a mall for Christmas shopping and trolling the lanes for a parking space. All filled up. I eventually passed a Camaro taking up two space. Someone had used pink nail polish to write them a message about their parking strategy. References were to small, backside body parts and parking skills.

[Rob Hall]

I always try to park in the center of a space, hard to do when lazy a holes park on the line or over the line...

[StevenGuthmiller]

In my opinion, You're really defeating the purpose when you park that way & opening yourself up to all kinds of bad circumstances. If I were the type of guy, (and I'm not) you'd be the first guy getting keyed!! Steve

[cobraman]

Years ago when I had a Corvette I was always worried that some jerk would nail my car with a door so I parked way out in the lot and just walked. Taking 2 spaces is just inviting a scratch from someones keys.

[Rob Hall]

When I drove a BMW M3 I would park way out and centered in a space. BMW drivers have a pretty negative image, so I worked hard to avoid living the stereotype.

When I drove a BMW M3 I would park way out and centered in a space. BMW drivers have a pretty negative image, so I worked hard to avoid living the stereotype.

[Maindrian Pace]

In my opinion, You're really defeating the purpose when you park that way & opening yourself up to all kinds of bad circumstances. If I were the type of guy, (and I'm not) you'd be the first guy getting keyed!! Steve

Precisely. You park in the least noticeable way to avoid vandalism. It's surprising how many people that doesn't occur to.

-MJS

[Ramfins59]

About 12 years ago my wife had bought a new Hyundai when we still lived in New York on Long Island. She drove to work in it and thought she would take up 2 spots on an angle like that so no one would ding her new car with their doors. Well, someone in the office bldg. where she worked was so P.O.'d that she took up 2 spots in the limited space parking lot that they keyed the whole side of her new car...!!!

My friend Tom Valenta drives a beautiful Dodge Magnum with a Hemi. He is so "anal" about someone dinging his doors with theirs that, if he drives it to a mall or a shopping center, he parks it as far away from the stores as he can and walks the entire length or width of the parking lot to and from the stores. If you're a passenger along for the ride it's a real pain in the butt.

[Quick GMC]

Here is the video of the Jeep owner. Apparently, this was at a Red Robin somewhere in New Jersey

[Rob Hall]

Door dings, scratches, and rock chips are part of life---can't avoid them. Don't drive your car in public if you don't want dings or scratches.

Edited September 22, 2014 by Rob Hall

[CJ1971]

It's the 21st Century guys. This way of parking, taking up 2 spaces, parking a million miles away from your destination is unnecessary. We have mobile phones with cameras, dash cams etc.

When my car was brand new & I parked in a dodgey area/parking lot I'd simply take a picture of the car/s next to mine ( if any were parked next to mine ) of it's licence plates ( front & back ), go do whatever it was I intended to do. When I returned I'd check my car for scratches/dings etc & if none were present I'd delete the pics & leave. Simple. Everyone with a mobile phone can do this. It's pure evidence.... If your car is damaged ??

[cobraman]

Cars could have come and gone during the time your away, no ?

[Rob Hall]

I prefer parking in a garage now for work, but I do miss having an assigned spot where I knew who was on each side of me, every day

[Mark]

Parking like that just screams "key me". I've also heard of people using a ball peen hammer to chip the windshield, right in the driver's line of sight...

[SSNJim]

I like people who park like that. There's always room for my motorcycle to fit in the space left over.

[w451973]

You're just begging for trouble when you park like that. Even tho I always try to park away from everyone else, no matter where or when, there is always a car or two that has to park next to me. Almost every time.

[StevenGuthmiller]

If you're driving a $50,000 or more Corvette, you should be able to afford to fix a few door dings after a few years. My wife & I own a 2005 Honda S2000 We don't drive it to the Walmart & the rest of the time, we park, as my wife would say, "strategically". & that does not include parking sideways in 2 spaces. What a douche!! Steve

[Greg Myers]

I've got a friend that has a lovely blue 427 Cobra clone. He parks just about anywhere. I ask him once if he didn't worry about his gorgeous car? He said "No, I have insurance, and have never had a problem."

[Rob Hall]

I've got a friend that has a lovely blue 427 Cobra clone. He parks just about anywhere. I ask him once if he didn't worry about his gorgeous car? He said "No, I have insurance, and have never had a problem."

I wonder if that's the same car I've seen at Tempe Marketplace before...dark blue?