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anonymous-user

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60 months

Saturday 27th November 2010
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Which one of these three places is the most safest for my car to be parked? And, which is best for parking?

Farringdon
Gants Hill
Hampstead

Any help appreciated...

Edit.... holy st i've just read the title... lol.... sorry chaps



Edited by anonymous-user on Saturday 27th November 15:00

zac510

5,546 posts

212 months

Saturday 27th November 2010
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hmm, you're kind of all over the place there (geographically speaking).

What kind of car is it?

anonymous-user

Original Poster:

60 months

Saturday 27th November 2010
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zac510 said:
hmm, you're kind of all over the place there (geographically speaking).

What kind of car is it?
Subaru (with all the gubbins)

iva cosworth

44,044 posts

169 months

Saturday 27th November 2010
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Farringdon in the city ,probably difficult to park except expensive car parks

Gants hill border of Essex ,probably bit rough ,but easiest to park at [free ?]

Hampstead is the poshest ,not sure how easy to park at ,mostly residents parking ? nerd

anonymous-user

Original Poster:

60 months

Saturday 27th November 2010
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Thanks Cosworth

Dracoro

8,773 posts

251 months

Saturday 27th November 2010
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If you're parked in Hampstead, just make sure George Michael isn't driving locally high on drugs biggrin

C8PPO

19,839 posts

209 months

Saturday 27th November 2010
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iva cosworth said:
Farringdon in the city ,probably difficult to park except expensive car parks

Gants hill border of Essex ,probably bit rough ,but easiest to park at [free ?]

Hampstead is the poshest ,not sure how easy to park at ,mostly residents parking ? nerd
I think you're on a no-win with this question and these locations. There certain places in London where you'd be mad to leave a decent car for 5 minutes - but none of your three fit into that category.

The problem is - *if* - you apply the "decent neighbourhood" test and *if* you said Hampstead/Farringdon/Gants Hill in declining order (I'm not intending to offend anyone here), then do you think it would be safer in Hampstead because it's perceived to be more upmarket, or would the twoccers go there anyway because they think the pickings would be better?

If you leave it in Gant's Hill - perhaps perceived to be the "lesser" of these three locations - would it be more likely to get nicked, or do the twoccers not crap on their own doorstep?

See what I mean? The short answer is - park it in the most convenient location, and just use common sense when & where you park it, ie streetlights, cameras, near other cars, lock it, dont leave anything in it, etc etc etc.

Oh, and finally - take a different car with you now, as the twoccers browsing this thread will have tagged your car wink

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Blib

45,218 posts

203 months

Saturday 27th November 2010
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I'm confused. (nothing new). These three locations are SO far apart. I can't see why you've picked them. It cannot be at random.

OP, what's the common denominator in your three choices? Maybe then I (we) can come up wih an appropriate answer.

smile


birdcage

2,848 posts

211 months

Saturday 27th November 2010
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Any of them.......!

anonymous-user

Original Poster:

60 months

Saturday 27th November 2010
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http://www.tinseltown.co.uk/TheDiners.php

I ended up going to the Leicester branch instead and took the wifes civic...smile I could bare trip from Birmingham to Leicester in a civic but any further then i would have to take my own car.

R35Andy

11 posts

167 months

Wednesday 1st December 2010
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Farringdom, never had any issues with parking my motors over the years, never have been damaged either. TOUCH WOOD

Gizmo!

18,150 posts

215 months

Wednesday 22nd December 2010
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In Gants Hill if you park outside Faces you'll get in vomited on by some WKD-up tart.

In Farringdon it'll get vomited on by some City berk.

In Hampstead it'll get driven into by George Michael.

Can't find an NCP? hehe

Blib

45,218 posts

203 months

Wednesday 22nd December 2010
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Looks like the OPs been and gone, Giz.

hehe