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Old Jan 13, 2008 | 08:48 PM
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The only, and ONLY time you can do this is if you either

A) Drive a Lambo
B) Drive a Ferrari
C) Drive a GT3 RS
D) Any car over $120,000

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Old Jan 13, 2008 | 09:07 PM
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Originally Posted by tbtak,Jan 13 2008, 07:50 PM

It's like your asking to have you car damaged

Society looks poorly on people who think they are special.

Nothing I hate more than coming into a parking garage and seeing a perfect spot for me screwed up by some jackhole that pulls in and is way over the white line. Then they just get out and leave.

If I wasnt such a nice guy, I'd key the **** out of their car.
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Old Jan 13, 2008 | 09:19 PM
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double parkers, thast why i keep some brake fluid handy j/k i wouldnt do that, but pricks like that have it commin
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Old Jan 13, 2008 | 09:29 PM
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I would never do it myself, but I dont mind it if there's plenty of available parking and they do it way at the back of the lot. But when parking is limited and/or people do it anywhere other than the back of the lot, that's when I wish somebody would vandalize their car.

There was a guy at my previous job that had a '96 Impala, and apparently he thought his car was so special (as evidenced by the custom "96 G Ride" plates) that he felt compelled to park at an angle so as to take up two spots. Needless to say, this certainly didnt earn the guy any popularity points with everybody else that worked there. Not to mention the fact that that lot was always packed to the gills as it was, to the point that usually people had to park in the shopping center parking lot across the way and walk from there to the office. Nothing would piss me off more than coming into work in the morning, the lot is completely packed, and you see that there could have at least been one more open spot had this prick not taken two spots. Every time I walked by that car, I thought about doing something terrible to it, but I couldnt really bring myself to do something like that. It just shows a huge lack of consideration for others imo. Alot of people talked about doing nasty things to his car but to my knowledge nobody ever did, unfortunately.
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Old Jan 13, 2008 | 09:32 PM
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Some states have laws about double parking, so if a cop is nearby or a parking attendant, give them a word about the double parker and hopefully they will get a ticket and maybe even towed.
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Old Jan 13, 2008 | 09:54 PM
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My co-worker threw his Micky-D's lunch (the S is on the lite side..lol) on my S to show his displeasure in my parking. I was double parked on a floor that no one else parks in the back away from the stairs. But still anger, resentment, jealousy or whatever he decides it would be cool to vandalize my car. I caught him in the act and confront his dumb ass. Long story short just park in the back away from everyone, don't double park, and pray to god your car is left alone. I no longer take my car to work. It spends most of its days at home in the garage. Sad yes I know. BTW my car is up for sale, b/c I do not have time to worry about idiots that don't respect other people's property. I am just going to stick with my daily driver that I am not constantly thinking about its safety. lol.
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Old Jan 13, 2008 | 10:26 PM
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Originally Posted by Dan H,Jan 13 2008, 08:35 PM
But you just said in your first post you take up two parking spots where ever you go.


Way to edit your post after we called you out on it
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Old Jan 13, 2008 | 10:28 PM
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Why? It's just a Honda. If it was like a Lambo or something that that would be okay. When you double park, you're just asking to get vandalized.
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Old Jan 13, 2008 | 10:40 PM
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Originally Posted by Mystiqueskillz,Jan 13 2008, 11:28 PM
Why? It's just a Honda. If it was like a Lambo or something that that would be okay. When you double park, you're just asking to get vandalized.
Wrong. Taking up two spots in an S or a Lambo warrants the same possible outcome.

If you think it's not safe to park a $34k car in between two spots, what makes you think parking a $200k+ car the same way is any less likely to get vandalized?

Just know that the Costco and Walmart parking lots are going to be filled with the same useless pieces of trash that are in the lines at check-out. Accept it and you'll live longer.
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Old Jan 13, 2008 | 10:49 PM
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I used to do it everywhere I went with my civic, it was a joke amongst my friends. Two guys did loose their jobs for throwing ice cream on my car when I double parked it shortly before selling it.


I don't do it often in the S, I did twice tonight. I worked really really really hard to get this car, and have gotten three dings since I bought it. So I park with my friends next to me at work, who can appreciate the car, and when I go out I park far away. I just got so pissed off when I parked 150yrds from the mall, about as far as I could, against a curb (<1" from the curb) and came back to find an SUV up against me with a fresh ding. I returned the favor with my size 10.

This guy I know, who was a manager at a restaurant had a regular who would drive a Ferrari 360 (his nice DD, a Land Rover was his not so nice DD, had 3 other $300k+ cars), that guy would call up before he came in, and my friend would save a spot that was off to the side away from where people can park.
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