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Old Jul 26, 2015 | 09:33 PM
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This is what happens when you don't park like a douche:






I'm really good about parking completely in my space in a parking lot. I will park away from other cars much like I did this time, but I try not to take up more than my fair space. Then some a$$hole in a Black F150 Limited crowds my front fender. WTF

ETA: Lazy a$$ couldn't even straighten their wheels up.
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Old Jul 26, 2015 | 09:39 PM
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Happened to me b4 too.
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Old Jul 26, 2015 | 09:40 PM
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I hear ya, and what is worse is that the dufus probably was so ignorant that he didn't even realize he did anything wrong.
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Old Jul 26, 2015 | 09:41 PM
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Just be thankful that it's no worse than that. Driver might have been in a hurry to park, for some reason or another.
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Old Jul 26, 2015 | 09:50 PM
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Really not all that bad, his door is no closer to you than if he would have parked squarely in the spot. We are a tad freakish about our cars
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Old Jul 26, 2015 | 09:52 PM
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Yeah but I suspect there's 900 feet of open spaces to the right but phukhead just had to park like that. Nothing wrong, nothing illegal but pure douchebaggery because it would have been easier for him to park another space away and open his door completely instead of pulling that stunt and forcing himself to open his door carefully.

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Old Jul 26, 2015 | 09:53 PM
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He was probably worried about getting a door ding from that old Chevy he parked next to.
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Old Jul 26, 2015 | 09:59 PM
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Hahaha, nothing would be better than some old beater tank parking inches away to the right of him just to show that two can play that game.

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Old Jul 26, 2015 | 11:04 PM
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Really not all that bad, his door is no closer to you than if he would have parked squarely in the spot. We are a tad freakish about our cars
I agree
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Old Jul 26, 2015 | 11:17 PM
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Yep, he's a trucker. Well, his plate says he is.
I'm speculating cats and dogs here.
If you had been driving a Stang this ford guy might have respected it.
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Old Jul 26, 2015 | 11:36 PM
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I don't see any crowding there at all. His front tire crossed the line maybe 2 inches. Everything else is well within his space. I would have thought nothing of it.
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I knew the VetteForum CSI crowd would almost immediately show up and point out that there's nothing illegal and therefore the OP is just a whiney douche while downplaying the same pit-of-the-stomach feeling we all get when we take special precautions just to find some sack of $hit mocking that practice but without any particular gain.
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Old Jul 27, 2015 | 12:29 AM
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Originally Posted by Tropicana
I knew the VetteForum CSI crowd would almost immediately show up and point out that there's nothing illegal and therefore the OP is just a whiney douche while downplaying the same pit-of-the-stomach feeling we all get when we take special precautions just to find some sack of $hit mocking that practice but without any particular gain.
Yep.

I always park in the boonies (with no one around), while I go inside for a few groceries, and I come out to find this:






This one, I had to track down the owner to move his vehicle so I could enter mine. NO one around us. Why, why, why?
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Old Jul 27, 2015 | 12:41 AM
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owc, I've pondered this question since I got my license as a teenager and after this many decades, I have come to the conclusion they they're as mentally capable as the walking dead. Therefore, it's much more expedient to administer battery acid across every flat panel on the offender's vehicle. Then you will be assured that the miscreant will forevermore treat others' vehicles with respect and that you will have made society better.
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Old Jul 27, 2015 | 09:50 AM
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Drives me insane. Either their so ignorant that they don't even know what they're doing and are too stupid to be allowed to drive, or they're aware and don't care which in turn makes them too big of a$$holes to be allowed to drive. There's no excuse for parking like that, ever.
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Originally Posted by owc6
Yep.

I always park in the boonies (with no one around), while I go inside for a few groceries, and I come out to find this:



This one, I had to track down the owner to move his vehicle so I could enter mine. NO one around us. Why, why, why?
OW: Not to defend this guy -- he didn't have to park next to you -- but both of the vehicles are parked exactly between their lines, and there is no room between them.

Seems to me the lines were not spaced correctly, whether on purpose or by mistake.
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Old Jul 27, 2015 | 10:34 AM
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OW: Not to defend this guy -- he didn't have to park next to you -- but both of the vehicles are parked exactly between their lines, and there is no room between them.

Seems to me the lines were not spaced correctly, whether on purpose or by mistake.
All the more reason to not park there.
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Old Jul 27, 2015 | 10:43 AM
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All the more reason to not park there.
Yes.

I guess my point was that if the lot was full, you would be parked next to someone no matter. At that point I would wonder about the spacing.

Call me old, or too analytical, but it seems to me this has been happening anyway in recent decades -- probably so businesses have more parking spaces.
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Old Jul 27, 2015 | 11:23 AM
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I certainly don't go out of my way to find that special out of the way parking spot and only back in when with a group.
Both those things make you appear as snobish and superior, so therefore you become bait for others to annoy you.

I do look for spaces that allow reasonable clearance for both me and the other surrounding cars, no matter what I'm driving. When driving the Vette, I avoid parking next to, or between, SUV's and pickups, since I can't see traffic when leaving.
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Old Jul 27, 2015 | 11:34 AM
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I don't see any crowding there at all. His front tire crossed the line maybe 2 inches. Everything else is well within his space. I would have thought nothing of it.
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