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leumeah NSW
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November 2004
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i hate carparks
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Wed, 10 August 2005 00:01
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was anyone at narellan town centre on maonday aftrenoon between 330pm and 4pm. some rather pleasant person decided to reverse into the side of my car and drive off without leaving a note. I wouldnt mind as its just my daily driver hatchback but i was planning on selling it to get some cash to do some more work to the ke20. Betcha it was a soccer mum in a 4wd. 
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Location:
Central Coast, NSW
Registered:
February 2005
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On Probation
Location:
Hobart
Registered:
December 2004
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Re: i hate carparks
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Wed, 10 August 2005 01:45
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i have never been hit in a car park! but then again i usualy park in the spot that looks the safest!
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Location:
Central Coast, NSW
Registered:
February 2005
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Re: i hate carparks
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Wed, 10 August 2005 01:47
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| TRD_Supra wrote on Wed, 10 August 2005 11:45 |
i have never been hit in a car park! but then again i usualy park in the spot that looks the safest!
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man i mean cars parked next to me, and idiots that dont care open their door and CLANG, into your car.
you can't exactly be "safe" from that, if the person you parked next to is a tool
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Location:
new castle
Registered:
July 2005
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Re: i hate carparks
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Wed, 10 August 2005 02:52
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countless times has the rubber seal on my door saved me from damaging my car.. ie opening door into poles and things like that
greatest invention ever that piece of rubber is
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Location:
Central Coast, NSW
Registered:
February 2005
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Re: i hate carparks
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Wed, 10 August 2005 04:41
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so YOU are the sort of person that does that, are you?
BAH
why cant you just be more mindful of the size of your doors? 
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Location:
Eskilstuna, Sweden
Registered:
May 2002
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Re: i hate carparks
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Wed, 10 August 2005 04:51
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I have been sitting in my car in a car park (where the cars park by facing each other) and have someone drive into me - I think they call it 'touch' parking.
I guess it happens when people are not spacially aware.
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Location:
Central Coast, NSW
Registered:
February 2005
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Re: i hate carparks
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Wed, 10 August 2005 04:52
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well people need to get spacially aware of the gap between their ears because of their lack of gray matter, and figure out that if you can't fucking park you shouldn't be driving
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Location:
Campbelltown
Registered:
November 2003
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I supported Toymods
Location:
Adelaide
Registered:
July 2004
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Re: i hate carparks
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Wed, 10 August 2005 05:33
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do what I do, double park, for the one out of every ten times you do it you get a $16 fine it will be worth it compared to the hundreds of dollars of damage people can do just from opening thier door..
god knows im gonna double park the celsior EVERYWHERE
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Location:
Inside a giant turbo (syd...
Registered:
June 2002
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Re: i hate carparks
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Wed, 10 August 2005 07:11
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But then if you double park, you get some dickhead kicking your door instead of opening their door into it because they are disgruntled.
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Location:
Coffs Harbour
Registered:
October 2004
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Re: i hate carparks
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Wed, 10 August 2005 07:30
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yeh i double parked once accidently and got a big angry letter left on windscreen and nice scratches down side of car
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I supported Toymods
Location:
Epping, Sydney
Registered:
May 2002
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Re: i hate carparks
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Wed, 10 August 2005 08:45
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I was about 5 mins from doing that to some stupid douchebag who double parked in such a way that I couldn't get my car out. 2 more minues and my trolley was "accidentally" going to crash into rear lights/bumper.
Would have put a tow bar hole in her door, but her car was a shitter anyway.
I always park next to the freshly washed/immaculately kept/stupidly expensive cars if possible, minimise chance of retardation causing damage to your car.
Asshats
(my 3 favourite words today are asshat, douchebag, and retarded)
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Location:
Sydney
Registered:
September 2004
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Re: i hate carparks
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Wed, 10 August 2005 09:34
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my simple solution is one that works for me quite often....
park your car in a spot that is next to a pylon. park the passenger side of your car right up next to it for example so it leaves heaps of room on the drivers side of your car, usually enough space is gained that unless the persons tyres are in your spot they can swing there door completely open missing your car altogether.
The beauty of it is that the pylon acts as a spacer, so on the passenger side there is atleast a human sized space between you and the car on the other side of the pylon, and cause most people are fuckwits and have no spacial awareness they prefer not to pakr in pylon spots or park as far away from it as possible that you can swing a cat on both sides of your car and not hit anything....
my 0.02 
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Location:
Upper Northshore, Sydney
Registered:
October 2004
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Re: i hate carparks
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Wed, 10 August 2005 10:22
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i am with SILVERGHOST
everytime i park my car i ll park next to , and about a foot away from it at max !! so as no donkey next to me can easily hit me !!!!
and as for sloped carparks what a joke !!! everychance of the 5 year old gettin outta the back of mum's 4'by and smacking into the doors.
dont get me started on the amound on pea sized door dents on my st162 !!!!
nick.
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Location:
Bayside Melbourne.
Registered:
May 2003
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Re: i hate carparks
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Wed, 10 August 2005 14:21
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I have a disabled parking permit. Have you guys seen how wide those car spaces are. People would have to park on the line, have 2m long doors and open them fully just to come close to touching my car.
When I park my Mini in one of those spaces it just looks ridiculously small. Gives me a warm sense of piece mind as I walk away knowing that it can't be hit. 
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Location:
Parramatta
Registered:
July 2002
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Re: i hate carparks
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Wed, 10 August 2005 23:37
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i do both what drven and silver gost do i look for a pylon and park there if not then i will find the dearest cars that are near eachother they have to be clean and well looked after and then park. from this i have never had any problems. but then again i dont park the mr2 that much.
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Location:
Liverpool
Registered:
February 2005
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Re: i hate carparks
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Wed, 10 August 2005 23:50
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I'm the same as SIMDOG.
I have a "cripple sticker" and I get to park in those big arse spaces. I get dirty looks from folks when I pull into the space in the Celica or the Mustang. I'm sure they're thinking I'm parking there illegally, but I aint.
Cheers, Greg.
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Location:
Sydney
Registered:
January 2005
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Re: i hate carparks
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Thu, 11 August 2005 00:04
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i am one of the guys who looks for the most expensive and well looked after cars n can and park nexty to em. and i always take not not to park to a car that has kiddy shit in it.
i will also look for a pole or the 'end' spot.
as i go to uni i gotta park all the time, so i jus make it that my car is as far away from the drivers door of another car and not to close to the other cars pasanger so that if it is jus one person getting into the car next to me there is room for error and not hit my car.
a magic trick that sumone pulled on me was, drive in wif a good bumper, drive out wif a rooted bumper.
bastard!
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jason
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Location:
Central Coast, NSW
Registered:
February 2005
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Re: i hate carparks
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Thu, 11 August 2005 00:15
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| Farkurnell wrote on Thu, 11 August 2005 09:50 |
I'm the same as SIMDOG.
I have a "cripple sticker" and I get to park in those big arse spaces. I get dirty looks from folks when I pull into the space in the Celica or the Mustang. I'm sure they're thinking I'm parking there illegally, but I aint.
Cheers, Greg.
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Weren't you sent the memo?
Disabled people aren't allowed to have nice cars. 
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Location:
Campbelltown
Registered:
November 2003
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Re: i hate carparks
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Thu, 11 August 2005 00:19
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theres a very clean MX73 cressida with black under tone and black bonnet that parks in the diabled section of my local mall.
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Location:
Campbelltown
Registered:
February 2005
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Re: i hate carparks
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Sun, 14 August 2005 04:27
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| kdogg wrote on Wed, 10 August 2005 10:01 |
was anyone at narellan town centre on maonday aftrenoon between 330pm and 4pm. some rather pleasant person decided to reverse into the side of my car and drive off without leaving a note. I wouldnt mind as its just my daily driver hatchback but i was planning on selling it to get some cash to do some more work to the ke20. Betcha it was a soccer mum in a 4wd.
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ive seen a few acidents at the centre
heres one i actually got a photo of, truck turning too sharply - look at the fuel tank just before the tire
http://img357.imageshack.us/my.php?image=image410u k.jpg
ive alsoe seen 2 people reverse into each other there
gets busy
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Location:
Brisbane, QLD, Australia
Registered:
May 2002
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Re: i hate carparks
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Sun, 14 August 2005 06:37
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| Merudo wrote on Thu, 11 August 2005 10:15 |
| Farkurnell wrote on Thu, 11 August 2005 09:50 |
I'm the same as SIMDOG.
I have a "cripple sticker" and I get to park in those big arse spaces. I get dirty looks from folks when I pull into the space in the Celica or the Mustang. I'm sure they're thinking I'm parking there illegally, but I aint.
Cheers, Greg.
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Weren't you sent the memo?
Disabled people aren't allowed to have nice cars.
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Infact, disabled people have to drive brand new corollas.
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