I almost always park away from other vehilcles for this reason. If anything I find a curb to park right up next to. Leaving alot of room on the other side so if someone does park there door(s) won't hit..

 

last time i parked my car far away from everyone to avoid dings, someone conveniently rammed a shopping kart into my trunk.

 

ive seen a guy that parked his mercedes way out in the parking lot get smashed by a shopping cart. however nobody pushed it, it had an advertisement in the front that caught wind and that thing flew across the parking lot right into the side of his car. i think cars way off in the parking lot make them targets for thieves and wind propelled shopping carts.

 

I usually park in the "far" spots as well. (I've always thought about this as well} If you take up 2 spots by parking sideways, then two other cars may decide to park on both sides and block you in so you couldn't get out, aside from getting your car vandalized

 

I agree. Just because you own a Lambo does not make you special in my books. It means you have the $$ to fix your car when it gets dinged, more so than me in my "it's only a Honda".

For those who think "it's only a Honda", this particular Honda is my Lambo - I am sure I feel about it the same way the Lambo guy feels about his - maybe even more so. Same when I had "just a Civic SiR".

If you know a parking lot is going to get filled up, why wast time and effort parking in the back? You are going to have someone park next to you; some will even say "look at this guy - parking in the back to avoid me? I'll park right next to him then". Parking in the back or the secluded floors etc. may invite more unwanted attention than a regular park. Face it, you are going to get dings - learn to live with them and save up some money to have them fixed once a year or something.

 

ever notice how there are so many open handicapped spots? park your car so your tires are right on the edge of the handicapped line. its perfect cuz there probably wont be anybody parking in the handicapped spot AND the car on the other side of you will be too far away to ding your car. works every time!

 

I take up 2 spaces all the time, hey, it's not my fault the Titan is too LONG to fit into just one.

 

I always just park out in the boonies. I don't mind the extra walk. I'm not a fan of double parking, but we have a customer whom often brings his Ford GT and he double parks. He is only here for ~10-20 min and we have a small parking lot, so I find that completely acceptable. Kids with their riced out Civics, however, should not be double parking.

 

Exactly. In fact I also do this with the Titan, because I don't want somebody to take out their hostility on my truck. The truck is just too long to fit into one spot and I have decided it is better to pull up and take a good portion of the spot in front of me, so the tail end of the truck is not hanging out into traffic. I don't know if it has ever happened to you, but I know 1st hand walking right into the towing receiver hitch hurts like helll...

 

If you see a car in 2 spots, leave the owner a message of displeasure (and I ain't talking pencil and paper).

If you are going to park your car on a lot, be it a Yugo, or a diamond studded Rolls, you are exercising implied consent to the rules of sharing the lot.

If you don't want your Rolls to get dinged, hire a body guard for the auto while you drop off your Blockbuster dvds.