Asda....parking Fine..

chatta

xzibit wrote:

Too precious? You mean that, if somebody puts a little dent in my £8000 car then I should just accept it? I think not. My g/f gets annoyed with me, because when we goto a car park, and there are no spaces at the end of a row where I can park right up to the kerb leaving the biggest gap possible between my car and the space next to it, I will leave and go to another car park.
Some people just think of a car as a tool to get form a to b, and don't care, and think other people don't care either. Well, I can tell you that some people do care. I have came back to previous parked cars, to find the person that has parked next to me has just opended their door straight into mine. Well, they came back to find a worse dent!!

I'm sorry, but I can park well. It was only last bank holiday, me and the g/f went to tesco's to get some lunch. Parked at the end of a row, near to the kerb leaving at least half a foot between the tyres and the white line.
A wa*$!£ in a convertable BMW parked right up next to the car (partly in our space) and had left it there. We had our bikes on the back as we had been for a ride, and the BMW was so close, the width of the bikes wheels wouldn't fit past the wall one side and the wing mirror of the BMW. Unfortunately, that day, a BMW lost it's wing mirror, as when trying to be folded in, it wasn't all that secure!! :eek:

This is one subject that gets me very annoyed!!

Gosh an £8000 car and you had to eat at Tesco's :rolleyes: Wow half a foot thats 6 inches, well all us girls know what that means :rotfl:

xzibit

chatta wrote:

Gosh an £8000 car and you had to eat at Tesco's :rolleyes: Wow half a foot thats 6 inches, well all us girls know what that means :rotfl:

Very good lol

£8k isn't much for a car you know, I was just pointing out that it's worth £8k and people don't worry about damage to it.

chatta

ts_aly2000 wrote:

That's a weener!! Could be worse I suppose.

Course he meant width rather than length:rotfl:

foxybabe

I once told a customer who complained that there were too many disabled bays where i work, and he had to walk right from the other side of the car park, that he should think himself lucky that he can, and i am sure many disabled people would like to be able to!

tigger_and_george

xzibit wrote:

I park in the parent and child spaces lol. Got fed up with people opening their doors into my cars! So since I got my new car last october, I park in them when I go. Figure the odd £60 fine is cheaper than removing dents! Although haven't been fined.....yet!!

...so what happens when a genuine user with children on board has to try to find another space because selfish people like you see fit to park in spaces reserved for those in greater need........and one of their children gets knocked over by a car because the parent is having to walk further to their car and the parent is having to struggle with their shopping and takes their eyes off them for them for a moment.........??? the whole point of these spaces being closer to the store entrance is so that the GENUINE USERS don't have so far to walk!! Remember........what goes around comes around!!

chatta

xzibit wrote:

Very good lol

£8k isn't much for a car you know, I was just pointing out that it's worth £8k and people don't worry about damage to it.

Point taken, I just feel sad we are all becoming so material orientated.

xzibit

tigger_and_george wrote:

...so what happens when a genuine user with children on board has to try to find another space because selfish people like you see fit to park in spaces reserved for those in greater need........and one of their children gets knocked over by a car because the parent is having to walk further to their car and the parent is having to struggle with their shopping and takes their eyes off them for them for a moment.........??? the whole point of these spaces being closer to the store entrance is so that the GENUINE USERS don't have so far to walk!! Remember........what goes around comes around!!

People shouldn't hit my car. Until the day they don't, I'm parking in the big bays. Sorry. And surely the parents should keep the child(ren) under sufficient control and not allow them in the way of cars?

xzibit

chatta wrote:

Point taken, I just feel sad we are all becoming so material orientated.

I think to me, it's more about the fact that I paid a certain amount of money for the car, and when I come to sell it the next year, expect a certain amount of money for it. If it's covered in dents from car parks, this price will be lower. Not very money saving that is it lol.

tigger_and_george

xzibit wrote:

People shouldn't hit my car. Until the day they don't, I'm parking in the big bays. Sorry. And surely the parents should keep the child(ren) under sufficient control and not allow them in the way of cars?

Of course people shouldn't hit your car - I'm sure they don't do it on purpose!

And, if you've had children, have they NEVER EVER wandered off, if only for a few moments??

.........so the next thing you'll be doing is driving down the middle of the road in case someone opens their door in front of you.........in the vain hope that anyone coming in the opposite direction will mount the pavement to avoid you........don't worry about the people they might mow down in the process!!

Ever thought about walking instead??!! Or better still, have your shopping delivered??

.........or how about parking at 90 degrees to everyone else and taking up 3 or 4 spaces??

Oh, and before you reverse out of your 'wide-bay' space......check to make sure someone hasn't accidentally (on purpose??!!) dropped some broken glass or upturned drawing pins under your tyres.............these things called 'accidents' do happen, you know!!!

xzibit

tigger_and_george wrote:

Of course people shouldn't hit your car - I'm sure they don't do it on purpose!Have seen people do it purposly to get out of their cars

And, if you've had children, have they NEVER EVER wandered off, if only for a few moments??Am only 23

.........so the next thing you'll be doing is driving down the middle of the road in case someone opens their door in front of you.........in the vain hope that anyone coming in the opposite direction will mount the pavement to avoid you........don't worry about the people they might mow down in the process!!Good idea lol

Ever thought about walking instead??!! Or better still, have your shopping delivered??I live 15 miles from nearest supermarket

.........or how about parking at 90 degrees to everyone else and taking up 3 or 4 spaces??I quite often take up 2, yes.

Oh, and before you reverse out of your 'wide-bay' space......check to make sure someone hasn't accidentally (on purpose??!!) dropped some broken glass or upturned drawing pins under your tyres.............these things called 'accidents' do happen, you know!!!Only a bitter old grump would do that! lol

Anyway, I digress.....