Parking bufoonery.

[renault12ts]

Renault21ts wrote:

"So, as cars are cheaper now than ever, and use more materials than ever...there are bigger margins? How does that work?".

No idea where you live, but whenever I checkout the prices of new cars locally (just out of curiosity, obviously) they certainly haven't got cheaper, especially compared with my so-called "cost of living" rises over the past few years.

What proifit did VAG make before the Dieselgate scandal hit? About 4 billion dollars IIRC....

You don't make that sort of money by making this year's Polo the same size as last year's.

The ticket price may have got higher...but in real terms they are cheap today compared to say 17 years ago when an E320 Cdi estate cost about £37000. How much is the equivalent today? About £45 k...not a huge increase in price, but a huge increase in technology and the rest. What have house prices done in the same period? Even with the 2008 correction mine is quadruple or more the 1999 value.

Anyway, you said cars got bigger so they could make more profit???

 

[Lennox]

When we bought a Honda Jazz in 2004, it cost around £12k.



When we looked at the equivalent in 2011, it cost around £17.5k.

You bought a WHAT?????

 

[219]

The ticket price may have got higher... What have house prices done in the same period? Even with the 2008 correction mine is quadruple or more the 1999 value.

It so happens we moved into our current house 17 years ago - paid £89K back then . Just had the house valued at £110K , so not a huge change as in previous years .

At least ours is paid off , I feel for people trapped in negative equity .

 

[John]

You bought a WHAT?????

A Honda Jazz in 2004...? Or are you suspect a euphemism?

It got replaced by the Juke in 2012 - not spending £17.5k on a Jizz!

 

[Lennox]

It so happens we moved into our current house 17 years ago - paid £89K back then . Just had the house valued at £110K , so not a huge change as in previous years .



At least ours is paid off , I feel for people trapped in negative equity .

Agree, we were nearly in that trap but managed to move about a bit, bought a repo and recently bought a house that's since gone up in value.. Still no where near paying it off though.

 

[Alex225]

I'm glad I've never had the pleasure of meeting such an ignorant moron as mentioned in the first post. Certainly not in a parking situation though.

I have observed plenty of ridiculous parking as I'm sure you all have. If we nip into a supermarket I tend to stay in the car as a kind of minder, just sitting watching people manoeuvre their cars in such a manner it's staggering.

I leave my W211 in a multi storey day to day but it's for commuters so you only get one car next to you all day.

Doesn't stop me parking along by a barrier. I mean I literally pull up and inch from the side. Meaning there is maximum space for me to get out.

Also, due to being fined for not parking between the lines people are generally quite good but still illogical with their parking.

Couple of super car drivers who just chuck their cars in any old bay, usually with the front sticking out etc.

I did read on another forum that the whole parking alongside the only car in the car park mentality is to do with the whole herd mindset and safety in numbers. I say it's just retards who can't line their cars up with lines on the floor!

 

[Tringaling]

It's worse when someones partner does something idiotic and their other half pipes up even though they are in the wrong..

 

[jotter22]

Last night at Morrisons and i have seen the same car parked with the same attitude before! Anyone here store is in Northfleet, Kent.

Tony.

 

[219]

Last night at Morrisons and i have seen the same car parked with the same attitude before! Anyone here store is in Northfleet, Kent.

Tony.

Whenever I see that I leave my shopping trolley right up against it , as close as possible without touching ( as long as it isn't one of those trolleys you have to leave a £1 coin in .

 

[PobodY]

Whenever I see that I leave my shopping trolley right up against it , as close as possible without touching ( as long as it isn't one of those trolleys you have to leave a £1 coin in .

Go one better. - Keep cable ties in your car, so that you can attach the trolley to their door handles.

 

[zipdip]

Last night at Morrisons and i have seen the same car parked with the same attitude before! Anyone here store is in Northfleet, Kent.

Tony.

Looks like you got a bog off in that photo,the merc and the what looks like a Focus parked on the diagonal,without doubt supermarket car parks are the most dangerous places to park,I sometimes watch a car drive round until they find a gap where they can drive through and face out so they do not have to reverse

 

[jotter22]

Looks like you got a bog off in that photo,the merc and the what looks like a Focus parked on the diagonal,without doubt supermarket car parks are the most dangerous places to park,I sometimes watch a car drive round until they find a gap where they can drive through and face out so they do not have to reverse

No the Focus was just pulling out to leave, the Mercedes driver is the only guilty party in this shot!

Tony.

 

[Deleted member 65149]

Last night at Morrisons and i have seen the same car parked with the same attitude before! Anyone here store is in Northfleet, Kent. Tony.

It's a diesel; so of course the driver's not bothered about anyone else!

 

[JohnEclass]

Mightily disappointing, what has this forum come to?...
Not one mention of a 600psi punch! :fail

 

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[A250 Bennyboy]

I was once waiting in the pick up point for my wife when I seen a woman driver try to park her car in between two other cars.
As she was manovering her car she hit the one of the cars hard enough to make it wobble, so she speedy reverses out and parked on the opposite side of the car park.
So I put a note on the car of the make model colour and reg of the car that had hit it.
Always wondered if the damaged car owner ever confronted the bad parker

 

[GLK]

Last week at a packed to the brim multi-storey

I hope it was worth the £50 ticket I saw on their windscreen, when I came back a few hours later.

That angled space on the NS is perfectly safe (I use these all the time), as there's a column on the other side of the bay, so no cars right next to you.

 

[Deleted member 113659]

I genuinely wonder if you bought two 'pay & display' tickets and popped them on your dash if they could possibly fine you for taking up two spaces as above?

Seems a sensible and cheap why to protect your car from dents & dings.

Ant.

 

[brucemillar]

I genuinely wonder if you bought two 'pay & display' tickets and popped them on your dash if they could possibly fine you for taking up two spaces as above?

Seems a sensible and cheap why to protect your car from dents & dings.

Ant.

Does buying a single ticket contract you to a single space? Or, is it to park within the car park?

I suspect the former? I believe you can be fined for parking outside of designated, marked bays.

I still maintain that if you parked on the Moon. Some buffoon would wedge themselves in beside you, then bang your door as they squeeze out.

 

[Deleted member 113659]

That's my point Bruce. One ticket-one space. Otherwise you risk a fine.

Two tickets-two spaces. Surely they couldn't fine you.