Cars that park too close to mine

Satisfied - your post brightened up my morning!

Unfortunately it seems that large cars with rather big wing mirrors don't have totally foldable wing mirrors. Whilst they fold, they don't fold in flat and still protrude from the side of the vehicle.

I've seen a few like this and can't see the point in their foldability.

Santiago,

the angle and way in which the X5 was parked gave acceptable reasoning that the mirror was what caused the scrape down the side of my golf roof/doors. That and the greenpaint on the outer edge. of the mirror.

Yes, the mirror was collapsable and wa already collapsed when I arrived at my vehicle....showing that the driver had got out and collapsed it OR it automaticalyl did this with the central locking activated. The mirror is what obstructed my door opening in the first place.

As for me parking too near the plastic wall.. when driving in the car alone, I don't feel the need to observe passenger fitting room. I parked that close to the barrier BECAUSE I didn't want some inconsiderate pillok parking too close. My car had a clear 2 foot of concrete between the driverside door and the white line.

The X5 sat just over 1 foot into my space and left 2 foot ish on the driver side.... so, their fault, not mine.

As for the wingmirror? I hit it 3 times with my palm and it dangled off, I merely ripped it off and rested my door on theirs as I got in.

I'm sure you'd be nice and perky knowing that your free time before a work shift is being wasted 3hrs of it.....waiting because some inconsiderate turd decided to ignore other cars and the space needed to get into them. How would you have handled the situation?

Greeted the driver with a hug, kiss and slipped £20 into their pockets? Or told them politely what you thought of them?

Unfortunately, I'm a d**khead when I get angry. Not enough to hurt someone physicly, but I will damage property if it is in my way without good reason OR if the offender has just been a complete waste of space.

I think 3hrs of your free time wasted and damage to your paint work is enough to justify some sort of retaliation, unless you're mr/s perfect.

Santiago - at time of writing I was heavily pregnant, and therefore couldn't feasibly climb over the passenger seat to the drivers seat in order to drive! I always tried to park in a space which had an empty one on the right, yet inevitably found this later occupied by an ignorant individual who thinks it's funny to park close to the driver's side of a car knowing full well what problems it'd cause the other car owner.

What confuses me about this tale is why couldn't you get in the other side of your car or had you parked very close to the barrier?

If so then aren't you guilty of the same 'offence' in that you didn't leave sufficient space?

And, I have not heard of any vehicle that does not feature collapsible door mirrors, this is a safety feature which allows the mirror to collapse against the frame in the event of a collision - you did not need to "pound the mirror off the car" at all but simply push it gently back until it folded flat.

Most commercial parking spaces are 2.4 metres wide, ample space to get into the average car from either side.

A few years ago, I nipped into asda, came out...the other side of my car was against a plastic, see through barrier. A 4x4 parked over my line and gave me about 4inches of space to open the door.....their car was a BMW X5 with the mirror almost settled on my windscreen/door pillar. I waited for 2 hours in a 2hr max free say car park, no one turned up.

I spoke to the parking warden who informed me he could only ticket the car for being overdue to leave and nothing about getting into my car. I gave them another 30 minutes...by this time I was on the verge of destroying the other drivers face. Till, eventually, I wrote a note in big bald letters and stuck it to their screen and took a picture of the parking. I informed,

"waited 3hrs, you didn't show, 2hr prking limit here!!
your car is sat 1 foot into my parking space
removed your wingmirror so I could get in my car to go home
learn to park please"

The relief, pleasure and grin on my face while I pounded the mirror off their car was unlike anything ever experienced.

3 weeks later I saw said BMW X5, being driven by a 4ft 5 70 year old indian lady, still managed to use 2 spaces to park.

Another good reason for not buying a new car. I always have used ones with a few scratches already and don't worry about a few more!

I have just bought a brand new car (the 1st one I could afford) I now worry about the cretins who don t give a monkeys about any body else! My last car was hit in a car park on its own on sunday,still as long as people in bmw x5, x3,audi a4 estate,mini cooper,get a space ,park badly,& generally think the car parks theirs!REMEMBER THE RULES ONLY APPLY TO OTHER PEOPLE!!!!

I am fed-up with finding scratches and dents on my car left by inconsiderate gits opening their car doors against mine. I have researched what to do about this and found out that the police will do absolutely nothing unless you can prove intent, which is almost impossible even with cctv footage!

This happened twice at work last week and although I know who did it, it is not worth the hastle and aggrovation of accusing them.

The worst part of this is I HAVE TO PAY TO GET IT REPAIRED!!!!!!!!

Some people have no consideration for others. FULL STOP. And that dear readers is the problem with our green and pleasant land today.

I would like to round them up and exterminate them. Anyone care to join me?

Happened to me outside Sainsburys-a huge Chelsea tractor- I took the reg.number and told a trolley collector it had been damaged and they got an announcement over the tannoy.
Hope they were half way through their shopping.

LOL Tony, reminds me of some my friend had on sticky notes which said next time leave me a can opener so I can get out!

I find this happens mostly with 4x4 drivers, how much room do you need, even when the space is big enough! Then only one person gets out of the damn car, but thats a whole other gripe LOL...

I produced my own little flyers. They read - YOUR PARKING IS REALLY BAD. Your parking skills have been photographed and details of your vehicle will be uploaded to a designated website for further viewing.

I have tucked many under wipers and you should see the owners face when they reappear. I've sat in my car and witnessed first hand. It's pure gold.

The website does exist though I'll not breach rules, providing details here.