How should I park?

[Himleiwolf]

Yesterday I discovered that some inconsiderate clumsy scumbag has scratched the side of my prize mustang on a supermarket carpark not bad but i now have to pay for my detailer to try to hide the scratch or re-paint the door and for ceramic paint protection to be re-done and so here's a discussion point. Should I:

a- take it on the chin and just consider it "one of those things" and carry one as normal
b - take to parking across 2 bays
c - use parent/child bays
d - use disabled bay (only joking on this one, I just couldn't)

Opinions please

[zexel]

Parking at the furthest empty end of the car park you will find someone park right next to you when you come back

Edited by zexel on Saturday 5th August 20:16

[mac96]

Unless you want to be forever doing small repairs, it has to be (a). And one big repair job say every 3 years to deal with all the accumulated dings.

At least that was my thinking when buying a Mustang and having no off road parking!

There is another solution- dash cams front and back to identify all culprits and chase them down to pay. But do you want that hassle?

[hunton69]

Furthest part of car park and then take 2 spaces.
Done this once in a pub car park and then watched a builders van park right next to it.

[Geffg]

I've just had something similar in a car park, security guy on retail park told us to take up 2 spaces in future. Just be worried someone will scratch it then though because they think we're a p***k for parking like that.
I have since returned to the car park and took up 2 spaces away from anyone else and did see someone giving me a strange look as if to say why've you done that kn*b, typical bm driver!!

[bridgdav]

Reminds me of this guy, posted on Bookface recently.

https://youtu.be/XYSnWvZU0yc

[Himleiwolf]

Precisely lol

[IronPaul]

I saw an interesting post about this sort of thing the other day, a chap had parked his car in two spaces, but on his dash he had a ticket for each parking space... this seemed to appease the people that get all het up about this practice.

[largelunchbox]

I feel for your pain on the damage but can't condone double parking,if everyone started that then there would be even less parking than we have now. If it's a daily driver then Im Afraid you take it on the chin and get the damage sorted every 18/24 months. If it's your special car then don't go to the supermarket or similar in it.

[IronPaul]

Keep a child seat in the car and park in the Parent / Child parking spaces. Car parks should add a larger space area that you can pay extra to use for people that don't want their cars as easily damaged. That or bring in hanging for people that dink your car in a carpark ...

[Himleiwolf]

IronPaul said:

Keep a child seat in the car and park in the Parent / Child parking spaces. Car parks should add a larger space area that you can pay extra to use for people that don't want their cars as easily damaged. That or bring in hanging for people that dink your car in a carpark ...

hanging's a little too strong but public floggings....now there's an idea!!