Great parking job

Flight Service wrote:

Um, that is a ferret.

oldopelguy wrote: And no matter how close the next row is the driver of the truck could have backed in and been straight. I drove 23' of crew cab, long box, manual steering and brakes 60's Dodge truck as a daily driver for years and have no sympathy for the driver of that cream puff baby truck.

Amen. My F250 isn't far behind then the Dodge, except for the addtional PB/PS/turbo diesel/a touch shorter ECLB, and I can't even on a bad day park bad. I just hate the people who can't even park in the slanted in the direction of traffic flow spaces. After having to drive a 16' box truck for years and years, backing up into difficult parking spots became easy. Hell, backing up became easy. They don't teach anything in driver's ed anymore. Drive around, don't crash, and here are the answers to the test.

Even if driving a big truck, he could have pulled in, backed out, straightened up and pulled in again. Would have taken an extra 30 seconds and would not have semi-blocked in the MR2. Simple common courtesy.

I was a champion at parking. Then I got a crew cab Silverado. Not soo much now.

I wouldn't have done that, but I would look like an idiot while i pulled in and backed out about 4 times.

bravenrace wrote: The vehicle and it's turning radius are irrelevant. Whatever you drive, it's your responsibility to drive it and park it correctly. No excuse for what that guy did other than lack or caring or lack or brains. I have a crew cab dually and I've never been forced to park that way anywhere.

This for sure. I had a f350 CC dually and could park in that space but would just park somewhere else to just not be a dick. Also to make life easier.

wvumtnbkr wrote: Then I got a crew cab Silverado. Not soo much now. I wouldn't have done that, but I would look like an idiot while i pulled in and backed out about 4 times.

Troof. I have that problem in my F150.

EastCoastMojo wrote:

Flight Service wrote:

Um, that is a ferret.

and that was a parking spot

Will wrote:

In other news, theres a nice 2013 SHO on the far left.

Ranger50 wrote:

oldopelguy wrote: And no matter how close the next row is the driver of the truck could have backed in and been straight. I drove 23' of crew cab, long box, manual steering and brakes 60's Dodge truck as a daily driver for years and have no sympathy for the driver of that cream puff baby truck.

Amen. My F250 isn't far behind then the Dodge, except for the addtional PB/PS/turbo diesel/a touch shorter ECLB, and I can't even on a bad day park bad. I just hate the people who can't even park in the slanted in the direction of traffic flow spaces. After having to drive a 16' box truck for years and years, backing up into difficult parking spots became easy. Hell, backing up became easy. They don't teach anything in driver's ed anymore. Drive around, don't crash, and here are the answers to the test.

I drove a 26 and a 32 foot box truck. I could parralle park them. Today, I generally choose a spot far enough out I can pull straight through and not have to worry about it

Dear truck guy,

Congratulations, you drive a land yacht. Please operate it like a grown up, or stop driving a land yacht.

Sincerely,
everyone else

...there is NO justification for parking that way, except for being a lazy feminine hygiene product, whose lack of common courtesy borders on record-setting. You can ALWAYS back up, straighten out, and pull in correctly.

JohnRW1621 wrote: In reply to Adrift: Good point, in my Miata, I always seek out a spot like you got with the MR2 which is guaranteed to not have a car on one side. But once I have found the spot, I exaggerate the advantage by parking very close to the curb so as to put maximum distance between me and the "wild door swinger" next to me.

If I can, I take this a step further and park so the curb would be on the passenger side if you pulled in but being über über rentative. Wherever I park, I insist on facing the sun (west in morning, east in evening) with my sunshade up.

4cylndrfury wrote: Dear truck guy, Congratulations, you drive a land yacht. Please operate it like a grown up, or stop driving a land yacht. Sincerely, everyone else ...there is NO justification for parking that way, except for being a lazy feminine hygiene product, whose lack of common courtesy borders on record-setting. You can ALWAYS back up, straighten out, and pull in correctly.

This

I can keep a 35" bus and 20" trailer out of everyone's way, or a F700 pickup within a regular parking bay.

There is no reason for the F250 pathetic attempt, except laziness.

I saw a car parked at my hospital yesterday well over the line in a packed lot. Luckily I found another space nearby. So I drafted up a little note for the windshield that said- "Nice parking douchebag. You are the official shiny happy person of the day"

As I walked up to put the note on I saw that there were two women sitting in it, engine running, both of their faces buried in smartphones. Not only did she park like a dick, she proceeded to hang out that way while dozens of disabled people drove around looking for another spot. I had to settle for some loud obnoxious remarks as I walked by

wbjones wrote: agree with Paul ... still doesn't excuse the F250 driver .. but look at how little room the car to the left of the truck left him ( it's pretty much on the the rt. side line

The SHO wasn't there when he parked; it arrived just as I was taking the picture. The lot was essentially empty when I got there. I don't know whether anything was parked to the left of the truck when he showed up or not.

And this happened at a softball complex where I play. I'm going to be there again, and he probably will, too. Retribution would have been ill-advised, no matter how satisfying.

Also, I do subscribe to the Vincent Vega "You don't berkeley with a man's vehicle" philosophy. The truck can't help who drives it.

wvumtnbkr wrote: Its all ball bearings these days.

^You win.

Flynlow wrote:

This cartoon reminds me of what I want to do when DBs park like the truck. I want to take yellow paint and paint lines on the truck where the truck overlaps them. So from over-head it'd look like the lines on the lot simply are on the truck/car.

A friend had a run in with a terrible parker this week. I liked her solution.

Spoolpigeon wrote: A friend had a run in with a terrible parker this week. I liked her solution.

She had a photo printer in the car?

A big zip tie around the driveshaft is entertaining.

Claff wrote: I LOVE having a beater car! Nothing like driving through a busy Metro (DC subway system) parking lot behind three or four people who pass up a tight parking spot and say "MINE". What's the worst that can happen? One time the wife called and said "I think someone brushed up against the CRX backing out of its parking space." I asked which side, and she said the passenger side. The passenger side that has the front fender that's been crashed and hammered straight once, and the passenger side that has dings and scrapes here and there all down the side. So I said "how can you tell?"

Ditto.

I will intentionally stuff my MX6 into spots that are probably too small due to other morons not being able to park between the lines.

Around here, it's very often people in nice shiny cars that can't park.

I laugh everytime i see some Cadillac Black paint on my doors.

Beyond parking, i'll also play "Chicken" with the morons who stick their nose into traffic.

I need to start doing this:

Note to self: buy sidewalk chalk.

Well alrighty then. This shiny happy person was here for at least a few hours at LAX. Not even trying to be in a stall. Just park right here in the aisle. No big.

In reply to DuctTape&Bondo:

You may not know about this but, when you put black wheels and mud terrain tires on your jeep it allows you to be a complete cock gobbler. This includes saying "bro" and parking where ever the hell you feel like.