Gummi Pflege and Ignorance.

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So last night I pull into my apartments garage to park and heres what I come too.

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Right on the line!


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Completely ridiculous. I'm in an Impreza, not the biggest car on the block. So I parked as far away as possible because the guy next to me is seperated by a pillar and he doesn't ever leave so I know my car is safe!

Today I get up in complete excitement to use my new Gummi Pflege on my Impreza. Took out my car and put it on all four door jambs and the trunk rubber. Stuff works GREAT! I feel like I used roughly 1/4 of the bottle. My car is a 2008 with zero rubber care done to it. This definitely gave my car a boost, completely satisfied! I highly recommend this to any of you who haven't used this yet or are wondering if it's worth it. Very easy to apply, and a great citrus smell to go with it!

Anyway, I pull back into the garage and she is still parked. This has happened more then a handful of times but I am nice enough to park and re-park as many times as needed to get as far away as possible. Well today I just wasn't feeling like being the nice guy. So heres what I did!

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I parked as seemingly close as possible to her Jeep Liberty. She won't be able to get in through the drivers side :nomore:. (She is bigger but young so she can climb through the passengers side).

Luckily my girlfriend is a leasing manager here at my apartment complex so we have pictures of numerous times where she has parked too close for comfort and hopefully she will get the memo this time if she can't get in her car. Im the MANIm the MAN
 
These mind-games don't work.

She won't get the Memo, unless you confront her.

She's too stupid to figure out what point you're trying to make... and next time, she will park her Car half-ways into your stall, cause she doesn't give two schits about yours or her own car, for that matter.

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yea i get what your doing but it doesnt work with ignorant people , so i'd take the hassle over door dings any day but you got the idea get pics and take it up with management btw love the impreza turbo?
 
Apokiliptik1 said:
yea i get what your doing but it doesnt work with ignorant people , so i'd take the hassle over door dings any day but you got the idea get pics and take it up with management btw love the impreza turbo?
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Nope just the 2.5i. Will be getting a WRX soon enough though! (Hopefully). My car is actually pretty quick for just being a 5-speed, flat 4 with 170hp. Excellent in the winter with the AWD (Minnesota winters are brutal!)
 
i agree most people couldnt care less about parking to close and ding theres or your door. its a shame most just dont car about there car..
 
yea at the bodyshop i worked for we had worked on several and the wrx is nice we had 2010 come in and it was kid who had it and already had a bunch of aftermarket stuff done bigger turbo, intercooler, exhaust, and a fuel management system needless to say was very fast. yea the 2.5 is very quick car in its own right too.
 
Why not just put a note on her windshield? Btw GP is my go to rubber protectant.
 
Back in the '90's when I lived in a townhouse we had the same problem. I would just pull up my filthy mud covered S-10 4X4 as close as I could without touching the other car. I never had a door ding, though I did get nasty notes which I then would correct grammar, spelling, etc. and return.
 
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You need a friend with a duelly to come park in your spot for a day. She will surely get the point after trying to get around one of those.
 
Park right behind her when she's getting ready to leave and tell her your car just suddenly quit on you. See how mad she gets. :cool:
 
I feel you fustration, but I fear that this will only lead to increasing levels of damage to your car. Now, that person knows that you purposely parked closer to her vehicle (forcing her to wriggle into her vehicle) so in her mind that game is on. Sometimes, you have to pick your battles, and you live/park in close proximity to each other so IMO a nice note might alleviate some future headaches. I live in a single family house but share my driveway with my next door neighbor. He and I always try to communicate with each other if we have a project that may interfere with one another.
 
trhland said:
i agree most people couldnt care less about parking to close and ding theres or your door. its a shame most just dont car about there car..
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:iagree:Or Anyone elses for that matter !!! Just no respect for no one elses property.
 
Try sneaking out in the middle of the night and paint her line farther and farther away from your spot... eventually you'll have enough room to park a bus in your spot.
 
NickDW said:
Try sneaking out in the middle of the night and paint her line farther and farther away from your spot... eventually you'll have enough room to park a bus in your spot.
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too funny but a good idea.
 
2003 GMC Denali said:
These mind-games don't work.

She won't get the Memo, unless you confront her...

...:rant:
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+1. You need to confront her in a respectable manner or leave her a note with a respectable tone. She may not realize what she's doing and instead of getting the "hint", she could see your actions as a sign of aggression. She may very well end up parking even closer to your spot, purposely.
 
For the safety of your car go and talk with the lady. Don't do it when your mad, just go and raise the concern in a polite tone and express how frustrating it is. I know far too well what idiots are capable of.

Last week in a parking lot some guy thought I cut him off pulling into a parking spot. I used my signal light and backed in to the spot. The other driver was planning on making a wide turn and pulling through the three open spots.... So after he gets pissed off and I leave my car he decides to key it from headlight to tail light. And to make matters worse, I repainted it 2 months ago.

The guy did this as a knee jerk reaction because he was mad and frustrated at nothing. Now I have to pay the consequences. Luckily, however, I tracked down a video feed from the store and got evidence of him doing it. So we'll see what happens.

The lesson I took away from it though is to be careful of how I react to a situation. When I saw my car I literally almost threw up. I wouldn't want to put someone else through that. The whole situation could have been avoided if the guy just talked to me about it face to face like a regular human being. (this wasn't some young kid either. We're talking mid 50's)

Just take a cell phone pic and go knock on her door and talk about it... If you were annoying someone else wouldn't you want them to simply come to you to work it out face to face?
 
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