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2005futch

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funny about your ride that is. how many of you park way out, so no one parks right up beside you and opens their doors onto your ride?
how many of you use towels on the floorboard to help keep the carpet clean?
how many of you spend hours washing waxing, cleaning you ride inside and out?
well i am one of those people. go with me to walmart, be prepared to walk a long way to get to the building.
some friends laugh at me, and say, oh park here, close to the store, it will just take a minute. yea right, in one minute,a car door will hit my flawless paint.
but, give them a porter cable, and tell them to spend 6 hours on their rides, and let them know how hard of work it takes to keep one clean,and i will bet, they will start to pride their car, just as much as i do mine,and they will think twice about how close to park.
is anyone in the same boat as me????
 
Yes and no. :D
No towels on the floor, but I usually ask passengers if they would like me to drop them off at the door or they can walk back with me.
I also know the parking spots that are extra wide in the lots we frequent. If you look around, there seems to usually be a spot or two where the parking lot stripers mismeasured and left a space or two wider than the others.
 
Haha I think most of the people on this forum are like that! I know I am.

At the parking building I park in for work, I always park next to one of the structure support columns because I can park close to that and leave lots of room away from the other car space next to mine.

In parking lots, I'm the same as you, I'll keep driving till I see a space that I feel is safe for my car (and not next to the type of car that fills the stereotype of someone who wouldn't care if they hit your car with their door.... usually a 2005 or earlier BMW 3 series.... LOL!)

People who hit other doors just annoy me....but this is brilliant: [video=youtube_share;ROaXfhEuocA"]here [/video]
 
I don't put towels down, but I park far away and never, never near a shopping cart receptacle!

I put too much time and energy to get the paint mucked up by a door ding or shopping cart ding.

I once 5 stepped my car and drove around some water running down the street by our local fire department so I don't get splashes on it. I laughed to myself.....
 
I always park far away. And unless its real sunny outside I dont park directly under trees. Thats just asking for bird bombs. And you always get bird bombs right after you wash your car lol
 
Classic Video...

My Wife always groans about how far away I park from the Door.

Oh well, a little exercise is good for you, honey !
 
2005futch said:
funny about your ride that is. how many of you park way out, so no one parks right up beside you and opens their doors onto your ride?
how many of you use towels on the floorboard to help keep the carpet clean?
how many of you spend hours washing waxing, cleaning you ride inside and out?
well i am one of those people. go with me to walmart, be prepared to walk a long way to get to the building.
some friends laugh at me, and say, oh park here, close to the store, it will just take a minute. yea right, in one minute,a car door will hit my flawless paint.
but, give them a porter cable, and tell them to spend 6 hours on their rides, and let them know how hard of work it takes to keep one clean,and i will bet, they will start to pride their car, just as much as i do mine,and they will think twice about how close to park.
is anyone in the same boat as me????
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I just found my long lost twin! :cheers:

I do exactly everything you just described and get the same reaction from people and have similar answers to them too. Hehehe.
:D
 
I have an addiction to MF towels and clean cars and proud to admit it....
 
After giving this some thought,
What's funny about it? Seems logical to me. :D
 
Yep, far away. Here's another one you may or may not have thought about. I've got to find the high spots of the parking lot so shopping carts don't roll into my car.
 
I park way the hell out! I hate door dings period.I do not have pity on anyone that coplains about dents and scratches when they try to get the first parking spot so they only have to walk 10 feet.Rain,sun,snow or shine I am always way out no matter which car that I own I am driving.My wife is the same way too.
 
I also park way out and I used to put towels down but I have a carpet extractor now!!

One thing I have to add is I always park next to a curb BUT it must be so that the car that pulls next to me is the passenger side because there is less chance that someone will be in the passenger seat of the other car! There always is a driver so if someone parks next to me it has to be in a spot away from the driver side of the enemy's car!
 
Unless it is raining out I don't put anything on the carpet to protect it, but I do park way out there whenever possible. If I go to the local grocery store and the lot is pretty full I try to find an empty spot next to the nicest car I can.

When I come out of the store and see a different car has parked next to me, I always do a "walk around" to look for any door dings or scratches. Actually it has become such a habit I do a walk around even if no one has parked next to me. :o

Mike
 
BackdraftDJP said:
I also park way out and I used to put towels down but I have a carpet extractor now!!

One thing I have to add is I always park next to a curb BUT it must be so that the car that pulls next to me is the passenger side because there is less chance that someone will be in the passenger seat of the other car! There always is a driver so if someone parks next to me it has to be in a spot away from the driver side of the enemy's car!
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I always try to do this in addition to everything else mentioned (no towels on the floor, but I do keep one in the trunk just in case). I've altered my passenger side only parking strategy, though. If I am at my kids' school or some other place where I can guess at the "type" of passenger, I will look for the driver side of a nice car because imo the driver of a BMW, etc is more likely to think about dings than the passenger. I also prefer a two vs four door car, and the smaller the better. I'll walk a mile in the rain before parking next to an SUV.
 
I'm just a plain ol working guy. Parking in my office building is $250.00 a month, but private stalls are $375.00. Guess what stall I got?
 
Rsurfer, is it coincidence that in your avatar, you are neatly parked next to a curb on a passenger side....
 
I always used to park far away from the swarm of cars, but because of a health issue that doesn't let me walk very far, I have a handicapped placard that lets me park in those wide spots that even a car with it's door open all the way couldn't hit me. It's the one perk I get that helps me deal with an otherwise unfortunate situation. I try to look on the bright of everything, its the only way to live.:xyxthumbs:
 
Parking lots are for my everyday drivers. Even then I park them away from other cars.
 
First off Great quote MotorCity. I laughed out loud in our office. I love when a movie quote can be used in general conversation!

Secondly I always park as far away from other cars as possible even if it means parking in another lot. I do this even on dates. I also explain to whoever is riding with me how to close the door so not to scratch it. i.e. cell phone, purse, etc. in hand while closing.

Where we are going even determines what car I'm going to drive. Bad parking=beater daily driver!
 
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