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Re: Parking, the ultimate challenge of modern city person?

Posted: 08 May 2011 09:42 am
by SteveP
Yeah I agree, it's definitely easier to reverse into a space for the reasons Rupert's mentioned. However, it definitely used to be easier in older cars! Huge pillars, long dashboards, crap turning circles and cars that are too big for most car parking spaces don't make a good recipe! My boss parked his E60 shape 5 series in a Birmingham shopping centre recently and it was literally overhanging the space by 2 feet. Ridiculous! It's not even *that* big a saloon nowdays. I'd take a Volvo 900 series for parking... nice boxy shape so you know where all the extremities are and incredible turning circle makes for some very easy parking!

Re: Parking, the ultimate challenge of modern city person?

Posted: 08 May 2011 11:41 am
by jtbo
Only outer dimensions have grown in cars, there is no modern car which could fit as much stuff what 900 wagon fits in, even minivans have hard time...

Re: Parking, the ultimate challenge of modern city person?

Posted: 08 May 2011 12:07 pm
by L14MNP
A personal spot from my archives.

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Double win! :D

Re: Parking, the ultimate challenge of modern city person?

Posted: 08 May 2011 03:23 pm
by volvosneverdie
Bitches cannot park. :lol:

Re: Parking, the ultimate challenge of modern city person?

Posted: 08 May 2011 09:20 pm
by jtbo
Sir, you do park like a dog! :mrgreen:

Re: Parking, the ultimate challenge of modern city person?

Posted: 25 May 2011 07:39 pm
by jtbo
Why people get those overbloated vehicles, when it is clear that they can't park even regular size ones?

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Crappy phone cam pic.

Re: Parking, the ultimate challenge of modern city person?

Posted: 29 Jun 2011 06:10 pm
by Speedy88
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She pulled in as I was returning to the car. Realised what she'd done, so sat on her phone for 10 minutes but didn't bother moving before going into the shop :lol:

Re: Parking, the ultimate challenge of modern city person?

Posted: 29 Jun 2011 06:22 pm
by volvosneverdie
At least its in the box. :roll:

Re: Parking, the ultimate challenge of modern city person?

Posted: 29 Jun 2011 08:28 pm
by jtbo
Mmmm. legs :P

Re: Parking, the ultimate challenge of modern city person?

Posted: 22 Jul 2011 04:34 pm
by L14MNP
Here's another from a few months back that I forgot about.

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Mind you don't kerb your wheels! :lol:

Re: Parking, the ultimate challenge of modern city person?

Posted: 24 Jul 2011 07:26 pm
by volvosneverdie
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No chance of this fella kerbing the wheels either.
2 on the road, and 2 in the middle of the footpath.

Re: Parking, the ultimate challenge of modern city person?

Posted: 24 Jul 2011 08:53 pm
by jtbo
You have to understand that merc bloke, when you get a vehicle that looks like it is meant for off road usage, they must have some urge to climb a rock...

Re: Parking, the ultimate challenge of modern city person?

Posted: 25 Jul 2011 11:44 pm
by magnumpi
If there was 1.5mtrs of accessible pavement that Merc would still be parked legally, but it doesn't look like that much in that pic.

Re: Parking, the ultimate challenge of modern city person?

Posted: 25 Jul 2011 11:49 pm
by L14MNP
Depending on the street, I park half on the kerb a lot of the time.

As long as there's room for a pram to get past then fuck it IMO.

Re: Parking, the ultimate challenge of modern city person?

Posted: 26 Jul 2011 01:49 pm
by MCHUDD
Hi lads.
I think every car park should have a fork lift truck driver to sort out dick heads like
that Corsa driver. Stick forks below car,lift car and put it in the space properly :lol: :lol: :lol:
Stick a note on the window to say the car has been forked and any damage is just tuff s**t.
The stupid numskull will then think twice about parking like that again. :lol: :lol: :lol:
I think a am ranting on a bit. Still could do with a smoke.Havn't had one now for 140 days sm9 sm18 sm58 :lol:
Cheers Mark. sm4