Drivers of expensive cars - do you get paranoid?

onwards&upwards wrote: »

Yeah, but if everybody thought that selfishly, car parks would fill up much more quickly, wouldn’t they? They’d have literally half the capacity.

This plan relies on most people not being complete twossers so that a few can be.

Unless its a peak time, most big supermarket car parks are rarely more than half full.

I wouldnt do it because there will be some "vigilante" will take it upon themselves to damage your car if they see you do it because "you deserve it".

Generally theres an end space or a space away from where the bulk of shoppers park that i will go to. I dont mind walking a bit.

I'm always told I need to own a crappy old banger as then my life would be less stressful....as I am very precious about my car. I could never own a crappy old banger as I take pride in whatever I own and could never own a beat up car and be happy driving around in that either!


I always park on the farthest point from the shops, or an end spot near hatchings and pull well over onto them to protect the other side, pull up tight to a wall on one side or a pillar....whatever it takes to leave the biggest gap between me and the dozy !!!! next to me who flings their door open with wild abandon or kids who care little for others property as their parents don't teach them any better.


I always look at where I'm going to park before accepting social engagements. No decent car park with 'safe' spaces and I'm not going. I won't leave it on dodgy streets and will happily walk a fair way in the rain to park in a quieter street.


Bearing in mind I'm a big woman who does no exercise I figure my precious attitude to my car means I do at least get the walk from a distance to the shops ;-)


I also find as another poster said, that some people target a lone car and park next to it because they get a kick out of winding people like me up.


My car was brand new and within 2 weeks it had stone chips but I can live with that as they're unavoidable.


So yes, I live my life in a paranoid way with regard my car and I can't see me ever changing!

Also some people will automatically park next to another car because they find it easier and don't then have to look down at the lines.

Once I was in a virtually empty carpark with a door open to remove luggage, and someone immediately drove up and tried to park on that side, apparently with the full expectation that I would jump out of the way. I looked up in disbelief and then did an exaggerated panoramic sweep of the empty spaces all around. She made an angry face before reluctantly thrashing off elsewhere. Heh, people.