What is it with people in parking garages?

[Kishan]

Originally posted by: brian_riendeau
I went shopping with my wife a while back and when we got out of the mall, someone have parked their passenger side door DIRECTLY next to my passenger side door. There was may 4 inches between the cars. I figured the person was at the mall alone and did not realize how close they were. On closer inspection, someone was in the passenger side of the other car and tried to get out. My door has a couple of nice dents and matching paint from the other car. Presumably the passenger of that car climbed out the driver side, instead of just having the car moved. Or they weighed 35 pounds. Anyway...

Seeing the dents on my car, I manuevered my car away from the other car so I was about a foot away, then shoved my door into the other car. Looking at the dent on the other car was so satifying, I moved my car up a few inches, and gave the other car a nice matching dent. The other car was way worse off than mine was since I had more room to build up momentum in the door, and was trying to make the biggest dent I could. Payback complete.

i could never do that since I feel the karma gods would be extremely angry at me Thats why I park as far as possible because:
1. You can tell a girl's car at college since the bumpers are scraped up, it hasn't been washed in ages, and there are dings galore.
2. They don't give a sh!t.

Then you have the asshole men, who drive POSes and obviously don't care.

Then you have people who care about their cars. If necessary, I try to park near them, but usually, I'll park away from everyone else. I rather walk 30 more seconds, that have to be pissed about a ding/scratch. On top of it, the car is black, so everything shows, and its a small coupe, so it has a huge doors. I don't want to ding anyone else's car due to good ole' empathy

 

[xXped0thugXx]

Originally posted by: brian_riendeau
I went shopping with my wife a while back and when we got out of the mall, someone have parked their passenger side door DIRECTLY next to my passenger side door. There was may 4 inches between the cars. I figured the person was at the mall alone and did not realize how close they were. On closer inspection, someone was in the passenger side of the other car and tried to get out. My door has a couple of nice dents and matching paint from the other car. Presumably the passenger of that car climbed out the driver side, instead of just having the car moved. Or they weighed 35 pounds. Anyway...

Seeing the dents on my car, I manuevered my car away from the other car so I was about a foot away, then shoved my door into the other car. Looking at the dent on the other car was so satifying, I moved my car up a few inches, and gave the other car a nice matching dent. The other car was way worse off than mine was since I had more room to build up momentum in the door, and was trying to make the biggest dent I could. Payback complete.

Thats awesome, I wish I did that, looking back at it Im regretting not bashing in a couple side panels. what a fool I was in my youth (yesterday)

 

[joeryu]

yea what i usually do is try to park next to another nice car or one of the edge parking spots so i can hug the open edge like crazy. I figure if i park next to like a nice BMW or something, theyll be careful cause they care about their cars. NEVER park next to those VW Bugs or cars with buncha stickers and fruity stuff hanging from the rearview mirror, almost always a girl and they dont give a crap about ur car.

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Originally posted by: Thegonagle
$hit happens, and it's just a damn car. Nothing to "want to kill" anybody about.

Once you start to view a car as "just a damn car," as the offender most likely has, it won't bother you anymore.

I love driving, but I hate cars. My damn car is expensive to buy, worthless to sell, but necessary in my life. That's it--that's all it is. It's pointless to waste energy getting worked up over every little door ding on something that loses value faster than a personal computer.

Life?s too short to waste worrying about the inevitable.

That's fine with me if you treat your car like sh!t - now leave mine the fvck alone.

- M4H

 

[JulesMaximus]

Since he left his car there I would have given it a good swift kick and bashed in his door. Stupid fvck. :|

 

[PeeluckyDuckee]

I always park my car as far as possible as well. At the lot at work, I park all the way at the end where I can park it in an area nobody wants to park since its so damn far. Don't have to worry about door dings. If you drive a new car and you like the convenience of a close walk, you may have to pay a price for that.

Besides, I could use the exercise

 

[jagec]

Originally posted by: jOjO316
yea what i usually do is try to park next to another nice car or one of the edge parking spots so i can hug the open edge like crazy. I figure if i park next to like a nice BMW or something, theyll be careful cause they care about their cars. NEVER park next to those VW Bugs or cars with buncha stickers and fruity stuff hanging from the rearview mirror, almost always a girl and they dont give a crap about ur car.

hugging the line is one thing, but you have to know your limits.

If there are plenty of other spots around, have at it. But I remember once I went to Ritters, and there was ONE parking spot open. The problem is, the moron to the left of the spot (he was parked in the end spot) had parked WAY over the line, in an obvious attempt to keep anyone from parking next to his new Camaro. Real jerk move, when parking is tight. So, I pulled my crapbox into the parking spot anyway, so that I was perfectly between the lines...and about 2" off his passenger's side door.

I felt like a bit of a jerk when I saw he had his girlfriend there, but hey, he asked for it.

 

[Kelvrick]

Originally posted by: KPSHAH316

Originally posted by: brian_riendeau
I went shopping with my wife a while back and when we got out of the mall, someone have parked their passenger side door DIRECTLY next to my passenger side door. There was may 4 inches between the cars. I figured the person was at the mall alone and did not realize how close they were. On closer inspection, someone was in the passenger side of the other car and tried to get out. My door has a couple of nice dents and matching paint from the other car. Presumably the passenger of that car climbed out the driver side, instead of just having the car moved. Or they weighed 35 pounds. Anyway...

Seeing the dents on my car, I manuevered my car away from the other car so I was about a foot away, then shoved my door into the other car. Looking at the dent on the other car was so satifying, I moved my car up a few inches, and gave the other car a nice matching dent. The other car was way worse off than mine was since I had more room to build up momentum in the door, and was trying to make the biggest dent I could. Payback complete.

i could never do that since I feel the karma gods would be extremely angry at me Thats why I park as far as possible because:
1. You can tell a girl's car at college since the bumpers are scraped up, it hasn't been washed in ages, and there are dings galore.
2. They don't give a sh!t.

Then you have the asshole men, who drive POSes and obviously don't care.

Then you have people who care about their cars. If necessary, I try to park near them, but usually, I'll park away from everyone else. I rather walk 30 more seconds, that have to be pissed about a ding/scratch. On top of it, the car is black, so everything shows, and its a small coupe, so it has a huge doors. I don't want to ding anyone else's car due to good ole' empathy

What? The karma gods are dispensing karma justice through you. Those bastards screwed with your car and likely other people's cars, and now you have failed the karma gods.

 

[Wag]

Maybe he had uramicatisis?

 

[RMSistight]

Originally posted by: jagec
If I'm parked in a tight space, I usually open the door a bit, put my hand on the edge of it, and open it until my hand touches the other guy's door. Then I squeeze through, with zero damage to either car.

Seriously, my car sucks and I don't care if it gets dented, but some people really like their cars. Why screw them up when it's so easy not to?

I do the exact same thing.

 

[RMSistight]

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
Since he left his car there I would have given it a good swift kick and bashed in his door. Stupid fvck. :|

I like your style.

 

[cavemanmoron]

I had this happen in St Louis,
I was at a Mets vs Cards game,
came back to my car,there was this man hitting his car door into mine,
I freaked;'What the F()k you doing??""

He says uh I only put a little dent in your door man,calm down!!

I said well let me show You how to do it as$hol.

I opened my car door,that he had just dent and slammed it into his car as hard as I could,
like 5 times,I mean I was seeing red!!

He was dumbfounded!.. His BMW was banged up a lot more than my Olds.

Man I hate when I loose my cool like that!

 

[Iron Woode]

The following is a true story (it really happened):

back in 1993 I was taking my dad shopping and I was driving the 1984 Caprice Classic. I started pulling into a parking spot, when this woman and her friend were putting groceries into her trunk, a 1990 Olds Cutlass. They were all done when I started into the spot. For whatever reason, she decided to push the now empty shopping cart directly into my car's front end, hitting the bumper. She saw the car. She looked right at me and shoved the cart into my car while making this disgusted look on her face.

My dad said, "WTF is this? What's the matter with her brain?"

I said, "FU b!tch"

And I proceeded to drive forward, pushing the cart with my front bumper, and pushed it right into her rear bumper, promptly crushing the cart real good. She was standing there watching me do this. My dad and I got out and she started to bitch and I said, "That's what you get when you shove carts at other people's cars. Deal with it bitch."

And we walked into the store to shop.

/end of story.

 

[PeeluckyDuckee]

Originally posted by: cavemanmoron
I had this happen in St Louis,
I was at a Mets vs Cards game,
came back to my car,there was this man hitting his car door into mine,
I freaked;'What the F()k you doing??""

He says uh I only put a little dent in your door man,calm down!!

I said well let me show You how to do it as$hol.

I opened my car door,that he had just dent and slammed it into his car as hard as I could,
like 5 times,I mean I was seeing red!!

He was dumbfounded!.. His BMW was banged up a lot more than my Olds.

Man I hate when I loose my cool like that!

What was his reaction or what did he do?

 

[nageov3t]

I park in a valet garage at least 3 days a week... never had a problem

 

[PeeluckyDuckee]

Speaking of valet, I will never have my car valet parked. Nobody but myself and the mechanic touches my car.

 

[geno]

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire
So you had a chance for vigilante justice and passed? What kinda Thug are you?

- M4H

No sh!t!!!!! He would've at least had a love tap on his door if I were you

 

[monzi]

Personally speaking--I woulda bashed his car in.


but I guess thats just my thugish 18yo self..........

 

[nageov3t]

Originally posted by: PeeluckyDuckee
Speaking of valet, I will never have my car valet parked. Nobody but myself and the mechanic touches my car.

I never understood the paranoia. really, all they do is drive it 10' and park it.

 

[rbrandon]

Originally posted by: jagec
If I'm parked in a tight space, I usually open the door a bit, put my hand on the edge of it, and open it until my hand touches the other guy's door. Then I squeeze through, with zero damage to either car.

Seriously, my car sucks and I don't care if it gets dented, but some people really like their cars. Why screw them up when it's so easy not to?

God bless your soul.

 

[GoingUp]

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire

Originally posted by: n0cmonkey
That's pretty messed up. I try and be careful when opening my door, and expect others to do the same. The occassional accident is one thing, but actively continueing the action while aware of the bad consequences is asking for a nice steamy one on the driver's seat.

Some guys got into the VP's car at my old high school - total utter bitch who claimed that a guy stole 30 computers during school hours, in a 15-minute break - and managed to drop a deuce on the dashboard. The dashboard. I can't even fathom the balance that took to drop a log up there. :Q

- M4H

LMFAO. Quite possibly one of the funniest things I have ever read on ATOT.

 

[DanDrop]

Lol, reminds me of the time when this 90 year old backed into my car and t-boned me. I was in my car waiting for other cars to exit the parking complex and thus i couldn't move forward or back. This old lady started backing out of her parking space, my car was perpendicular to hers. She slloooooooooooowly backed up while i frantically honked like a madman. She kept on backing up even though her car was t-boned to my car and she didn't even feel the impact.

She finally figured out that her car was not moving because it was wedged to mine. At that point, i really didn't know whether to laugh, cry or just explode in anger.

Yep, i was about to strangle her, but then she came out of her car sloooowly and asked me if i was alright and she was apologetic. The car was fixed, and nobody was hurt.

I swear, people over 65 shold be tested by DMV every 6 months or a year.

Cars and things can be fixed, sometimes letting incidents like that pass is the best solution. However, if the damage was done maliciously..... well, that would be a different thread.

 

[HalosPuma]

Originally posted by: xXped0thugXx
CN:
1.guy repeatedly slams door into mine
2.confront guy
3.guy walks away leaving me pissed

a) Get guy's license #
b) Snap picture of his car next to your car and show the purple paint
c) File a police report
d) Sue him in small claims court using the pics and police report as evidence

I hate a-holes like that. That's why I park the furthest distance away because everyone is too lazy to walk the additional 100 yards.

 

[element]

Originally posted by: HalosPuma

Originally posted by: xXped0thugXx
CN:
1.guy repeatedly slams door into mine
2.confront guy
3.guy walks away leaving me pissed

a) Get guy's license #
b) Snap picture of his car next to your car and show the purple paint
c) File a police report
d) Sue him in small claims court using the pics and police report as evidence

I hate a-holes like that. That's why I park the furthest distance away because everyone is too lazy to walk the additional 100 yards.

Yup this is why you need to carry a camera in the car at all times. never know what lunacy you'll be a witness to.