Topic: Parking Lot Etiquette

[Jaeger]

^^^ Yep, parking like that is just asking for trouble.

I admit it.  I'm an f-ing a$$ole.  When I had my Echo, I'd park right beside cars just like that squeezing in as tight as possible just to be a jerk.

Nothing a well placed shopping cart can't solved.  Take note of wind direction and any slope in the parking lot. 

You guys would actually do that to a nice car??? I wouldnt have the heart, however, if it was a POS, hell yeah, Id wedge my truck in there.

No way I would vandalize someone's car, no matter how much of a d!ckhead they were.  But parking a car like that screams "Give way peasants, I am lord of this domain!"  and is very likely to p!$$ off the kinda person who would use his keys to express his thoughts on the matter.

[tooscoops]

i like to leave little notes... such as, "no one likes you"... "you aren't that important"...

i would never hurt a car on purpose (unless it was a demo derby or something obvious!) and i don't want to stoop to a level of being a total dick, so simple words make me feel better. who knows if they get it and say "whoops, my bad for parking like that", or just say "what a "... either way... they at least know one person thinks they were a waste of their parents time.

[tpl]

I don't think I ever have.  I have rested my door edge on the rubber strip on someone elses door while getting in or out but never on the paint.  I have received my share of dings tho'.

A door opened into a good wind can be difficult to control but I dunno...I think one always knows when it is windy outside the car and can hang on to the door carefully but I can see this could be a problem for kids and old ladies.

[Jaeger]

I don't think I ever have.   I have rested my door edge on the rubber strip on someone elses door while getting in or out but never on the paint.  I have received my share of dings tho'.

A door opened into a good wind can be difficult to control but I dunno...I think one always knows when it is windy outside the car and can hang on to the door carefully but I can see this could be a problem for kids and old ladies.

I don't believe I ever have, either.  From my very first car (1981 Civic, for all who are dying to know)  I've always been conscious of avoiding dings - either inflicting or receiving.  If I can't park with eough space to get out without contact, I park someplace else.  Because it means the other guy likely can't enter his vehicle without contacting mine. 

Heck, my 10 year old daughter knows enough to be careful not to touch the adjacent car when opening her door.

[Fobroader]

I could see maybe a door on a 2 door car, very windy day it might get away from someone, but I am super careful not to damage any cars.

[Snowman]

I could see maybe a door on a 2 door car, very windy day it might get away from someone, but I am super careful not to damage any cars.

Big problem for me. The wing span of the TT RS requires significant space to open doors for entry and egress.

[Fobroader]

I could see maybe a door on a 2 door car, very windy day it might get away from someone, but I am super careful not to damage any cars.

Big problem for me. The wing span of the TT RS requires significant space to open doors for entry and egress.

The doors are that big and heavy??

[Snowman]

I could see maybe a door on a 2 door car, very windy day it might get away from someone, but I am super careful not to damage any cars.

Big problem for me. The wing span of the TT RS requires significant space to open doors for entry and egress.

The doors are that big and heavy??

Not all that heavy but the radius is large.

[Fobroader]

I could see maybe a door on a 2 door car, very windy day it might get away from someone, but I am super careful not to damage any cars.

Big problem for me. The wing span of the TT RS requires significant space to open doors for entry and egress.

The doors are that big and heavy??

Not all that heavy but the radius is large.

I know that this is a little off topic, but is the rear seat usable?? I figure thats the only reason they made the doors that big.

[bridgecity]

My biggest problem hasn't been dings, but vehicles scraping down the side with front bumpers in parking lots.  It has happened on both my Tundra and the Pilot we just got rid of.  No note from the offender.  The Pilot was so bad that we couldn't even open the passenger door.  The truck is just a large dent followed by a foot long scrape. 

My guess is that parents with younger children are the biggest offenders for door dings.  Kids just don't care, and aren't taught to care.  My kids don't open their doors until we are out of the vehicle to help them if there is any risk of them swinging into another vehicle.

[Snowman]

I could see maybe a door on a 2 door car, very windy day it might get away from someone, but I am super careful not to damage any cars.

Big problem for me. The wing span of the TT RS requires significant space to open doors for entry and egress.

The doors are that big and heavy??

Not all that heavy but the radius is large.

I know that this is a little off topic, but is the rear seat usable?? I figure thats the only reason they made the doors that big.

Useable but not for sitting in. Might get one child in behind front passenger. 

[5 Wheel Drive]

At new 6 level Oakville Go Train Parking garage


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I see nothing wrong with how you parked.  I remember doing the one time with my Miata.  I looked out to find an old pos Blazer parked within a couple of inches of it.  If I had a passenger they would have had to climb in the drivers side. Did I mention that it was an almost empty parking lot and I was at the opposite end from the entrance to the store? I caught the guy walking back to his truck.  He was a total f@$ktard, and I told him so.  Some not very nice words were exchanged.

[Triple Bob]

I could see maybe a door on a 2 door car, very windy day it might get away from someone, but I am super careful not to damage any cars.

Big problem for me. The wing span of the TT RS requires significant space to open doors for entry and egress.

That's why I used to park the Exige miles away from anyone else, the car was so low that the doors had to be open wide to get out. Plus dings would just damage the paint, not the fibreglass.

Although I did drive it every day, so just took it as a hazard of having a nice daily driver.

[rrocket]

I could see maybe a door on a 2 door car, very windy day it might get away from someone, but I am super careful not to damage any cars.

Big problem for me. The wing span of the TT RS requires significant space to open doors for entry and egress.

That's why I used to park the Exige miles away from anyone else, the car was so low that the doors had to be open wide to get out. Plus dings would just damage the paint, not the fibreglass.

Although I did drive it every day, so just took it as a hazard of having a nice daily driver.

Yea, I used to park my Supra and now my Porsche anywhere.  Dings happen.

[safristi]

"dings happen" yeah and some dings don't capice....................shrug....I'm sending Luigi ta Cap yer Aps.............

[Apok]

There used to be a guy around here with a Delorean, whenever I saw it parked I remember him straddling two spaces at the end of the parking lot. I'd cut him some slack regardless, what a PITA it would be to come out to someone parked inches from your Gullwing door.

[mmret]

There used to be a guy around here with a Delorean, whenever I saw it parked I remember him straddling two spaces at the end of the parking lot. I'd cut him some slack regardless, what a PITA it would be to come out to someone parked inches from your Gullwing door.

I thought gullwing doors acutally required less space to open as they were hinged fairly close to the centerline of the car.

Unless the Delorean is not.

But more relevantly (!) the SLS is, and that's what matters (one day, I hope).

[tooscoops]

i had a friend of mine let the pacer door get grabbed by the wind... and those are huge... especially the passenger door (being even bigger and heavier than the drivers)...

left a solid crease on the (luckily) POS beside me. we were going in so i left a note with my business card and my cell # on his windshield explaining... never heard anything from the guy.

meh.. i tried. (and it wasn't actually me anyways!)

[random006]

Well, shopping carts and parking one's POS within millimeters of the offending car aside, there is another option:

http://www.youparklikeanasshole.com/




Far less damaging and perhaps not public enough but it might get the message across and it certainly feels good. 

[dr_spock]

Ha, should really be printed on 8.5" x 11" or larger paper.