parking!

Helen Goff · Jul 25, 2003

I' ve just nipped to Tesco' s. it' s pouring with rain and i mean really bucketing down.
I park as far away from the store/other cars as i can in a corner space.in a half empty car park. only gone 1/2 hour. when i return to the car 6 other cars are parked in a little group around it!!!!
i thought these cars were known as babe magnets, i hadn' t realised it was true.

Guest · Jul 25, 2003

Yet another plug for T****s, eh?
Presumably you are on a similar package as Jamie Oliver is with S********s???

Guest · Jul 25, 2003

I' ve had the same experience as Helen in W******e. When I quizzed the lady who had parked next to me rather than closer to the shop in one of the many places with oodles of space around it, she said " I always park here!" Female logic I suppose.

One week of Porsche ownership completed and no dinks yet - touch wood.

Another great dink story

A builder friend of mine has an Escort Van and was sitting in it in an outdoor carpark when a chap in the next space opened his car door with a fair clout onto my friend' s paintwork. He then proceeded to do it a second time. My friend got out to remonstrate and the car driver said " So What?"
My friend then walked around to the back of his van and swung his rear van door (which was far from pristine) into the guy' s car with a venom he normally only achieves after he has hit his thumb with a hammer!. There he said. That is how you make a proper dent - and then drove off.

I suppose you would call it " Dink Rage!"

Pat

Helen Goff · Jul 25, 2003

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Andrew Killington · Jul 26, 2003

Helen " Victor Meldrew" Goff[

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Mark_Bennett · Jul 29, 2003

Why if I park in the Supermarket car park (far corner out of the way as usual), do I often return to find a van or truck parked right next to the Boxster - and 300 empty spaces around?

I think it is deliberate![

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evoke · Jul 29, 2003

I also park as far away as possible at my local Sainsbury' s. I' ve now started to use two parking spaces (ensuring that there are dozens of spare parking spaces available). I know i' m tempting fate but it avoids ' dings' from people that should not be on the road.

I am prepared to walk the ' extra mile' to get to the store entrance but I too find that ' white van man' chooses to park next to me upon my return.

wedgepilot · Jul 29, 2003

A couple of people I work with always park their (very large) company cars diagonally across two spaces in the company car park, presumably out of ' dink paranoia' . Either that or they are just really bad at parking! [

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