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Anyone else paranoid about leaving car places?
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Mon, 20 December 2004 22:35
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Howdy all, I just want to see if im an over-reacting paranoid.. freak? ...
Since the RA28's respray some years ago now i'm still too nervous to leave it anywhere. I think it's becoming a bit of an obsessive compolsive disorder thing though. Means I cannot enjoy the car as much as I'd like to due to being scared of it getting scratched/dinged etc when I leave it places.
I have no trouble driving it around, as long as its not left in car parks, on the street, etc. If I do leave it somewhere I have to drive around trying to find a park where no one can park beside you. But then the other day did that and someone backs right up in front of me and starts taking surf boards out of the car and i'm just imagining one of them fins getting smacked into the bonnet.
I'm heading up to QLD over the Christmas break but don't know if I can take the Celica as it'll be impossible not to leave it places. Thinking maybe I should be taking the AE86 up there instead, even though the 28 is so much nicer to drive.
Probably over reacting.. But i've been sitting in car parks waiting for someone and its pretty common to see people smacking trolleys/doors/etc into cars. There is no respect! The AE86 that I leave at the train station often has had beer bottles smashed over the roof and that made a big mess of the paint.
But yeah, whats everyone else like? Should I just get over it?
Cheers
Joel
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Liverpool NSW
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March 2004
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Mon, 20 December 2004 22:47
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your not over reacting? your being smart.
the place my car was stolen was across parrammata rd at burwood, houses on each side and no witnesses. if i knew this was gonna happen i would of invested in a tracker, 10gran down the drain.
prevention is better than the cure
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Re: Anyone else paranoid about leaving car places?
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Mon, 20 December 2004 23:05
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I am pretty much the same, the one time I did drive it to work I parked so that no one could park beside me (single car park, coppers logs each side). Imagine my anger when I came out after work and some moron had squeezed in (2 wheels hard against the logs  ) and not even enough room between their drivers door and my car for any human larger than a toothpick to have gotten out of the car! Yes they did put a ding in my door and yes I was angry, especially considering this particular car park is never full, so they were not forced to park beside me they chose to
I didn't take my car again after that. I would love to be able to drive my car everywhere (and park it), but I know if I do it will be broken into and dinged up pretty damn quick.
People lack respect for other peoples property and a lot of people are just plain uncoordinated too 
My girlfriend hates my paranoia, but I just tell her to look at all the dents in her car (none of which we have caused) and then she understands why sometimes we have to park a little further away 
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I supported Toymods
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Adelaide
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July 2004
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Re: Anyone else paranoid about leaving car places?
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Mon, 20 December 2004 23:12
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i understand your dismay on the matter, I have had two of my cars knocked off and now I dont go anywhere without an alarm, if you dont want it scratched, be a cunt, double park that way no snotty kid getting out of the back seat of his mums cooner XF falcon can open his door on you 
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Terrigal
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May 2002
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Re: Anyone else paranoid about leaving car places?
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Mon, 20 December 2004 23:31
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Ahh glad to hear it isn't just me!
I remember once at a car park when I was in my mates car some quite large lady was trying to get some stuff into her car and kept knocking her door against my mates car, he started honking and yelling to be more careful and she gives us a real dirty look like we are in the wrong.
Most times though it happens when you are not around and come back to find the damage.
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Land of Oz
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June 2004
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Re: Anyone else paranoid about leaving car places?
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Mon, 20 December 2004 23:40
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Hi,
Yeah, I'm fairly paranoid too. My biggest worry is to find someone's ripped off the GT badges, 'cos that'd piss me off no end.
seeyuzz
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Brisbane
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July 2002
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Re: Anyone else paranoid about leaving car places?
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Mon, 20 December 2004 23:45
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Since my respray a few months ago, im too scared to leave my car anywhere other than my garage..
even at my gf's place where its totally safe, im worried some fuckhead might come up to like.. steal stuff or something and scratch it.
I hate leaving it at car parks.. if i have to, i park it on the side that has a conrete part on one side so only 1 car can park next to me, and i park with my tyre touching the concrete so that they would have like over a meter of room and have to go out of their way to hit my car.
I never will leave it on side of road unless im going into a shop for 2 seconds
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I supported Toymods
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Adelaide
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July 2004
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Re: Anyone else paranoid about leaving car places?
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Mon, 20 December 2004 23:47
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yeah i hate it when people do that, I was so proud of my GF one day, she was driving her mums new commodore down to marion for us to go shopping and she pulls into the park and this kid in the back seat of his mums cooner spec XF Falcon opens the door so damn hard and slams it into the drivers side door of my GF's car, i get out of the car and tell the driver what the kid had done, which he clearly had done, and she begins to tell me that the dent was already there and he didnt hit the door
My GF calms me down and lets the old lady walk inside with her brat kid in tow, then with a devious look on her face keys the entire car.
Im not with that chick anymore but I will still stand by her decision to fuck that car up as some people never learn
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Re: Anyone else paranoid about leaving car places?
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Mon, 20 December 2004 23:48
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My biggest worry is to find someone's ripped off the GT badges, 'cos that'd piss me off no end.
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I would be concerned about that too (given it would be next to impossible to get another set) , my parents car and sisters car had all their badges stolen form out the front of the house one night and they were just crappy camry and corolla ones It's annoying though because the little tosswads used a screwdriver (so scratched paint) and on the camry it means without the badge it leaves a few holes in the boot where its tabs fitted in. Scumbags
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I supported Toymods
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Adelaide
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July 2004
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Re: Anyone else paranoid about leaving car places?
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Mon, 20 December 2004 23:54
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Jag if you ever come for a road trip to adelaide and decide you want to fit your chrome wheel archey things then youre free to leave your car at my place, ill take good care of it  
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Brisbane
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July 2002
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Re: Anyone else paranoid about leaving car places?
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Tue, 21 December 2004 00:09
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ive decided the chrome wheel arches are going on the car.. was looking at a few pics the other night, and they look hot..
im so gonna put a tow ball on end of car.. with an enclosed car trailer towed behind.. that it parks in at night lol
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northgate@brisbane.qld.au
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July 2003
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Re: Anyone else paranoid about leaving car places?
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Tue, 21 December 2004 00:15
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I'm not sooo paranoid with my car.. but it still shits me to no end when people don't look what the fuck they're doing... when I got my car it didn't have any noticable dings on it, now it's got about 5 different paint marks on it.. fuckers. sure, my car is BIG but it's not that hard to miss... :/
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On Probation
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Hobart
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December 2004
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Re: Anyone else paranoid about leaving car places?
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Tue, 21 December 2004 00:17
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well i have good reason to be shit scared about my MA61. When i owned my RA60 i had a set of simmons mags that were worth over $1500. Well my car got knocked off and they nicked the mags, only for me to find it out in the middle of a paddock chocked up on logs of wood (mind u i got some free fire wood!!) then after that it was broken into 6 times, I had hte locks jimmyed (broken!) cd head unit stolen, Speakers, 2 way radio, Skool books, skool bag. i was very fucking pissed off and upset. now ever time i leave my MA61 out the front i shit myself
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I supported Toymods
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Adelaide
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July 2004
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Re: Anyone else paranoid about leaving car places?
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Tue, 21 December 2004 00:32
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j00 cut me deep johal 
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Perth
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July 2004
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Re: Anyone else paranoid about leaving car places?
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Tue, 21 December 2004 01:05
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thats why my car will only have peformance mods, and stay a boonga!
drag against a dolled up 180 with stickers and crap all over it.
and get chopped by a paddoc cutter! hahahaha
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Tassie
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October 2003
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Re: Anyone else paranoid about leaving car places?
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Tue, 21 December 2004 01:15
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if i park my car car somewhere unfamiliar i will take up to car parks and park at a 45 degree angle.
We caught somebody trying to steal a mates car once.
fuck he copped it sooo hard.
i won't say what we did but his hand won't be working so well anymore
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West Hobart
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December 2004
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Re: Anyone else paranoid about leaving car places?
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Tue, 21 December 2004 02:23
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I'm petrified about leaving it parked on the street outside of my house! I just _know_ that someone is going to nick it or failing that, the wheels.
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cambo
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May 2002
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Re: Anyone else paranoid about leaving car places?
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Tue, 21 December 2004 10:13
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thats why im not bothering with respraying my car cause it will either gets scratched, dented or stolen. noone looks twice at the sprinter when its three colours. cambo cammo! i park it everywhere, im not worried about damage only it getting stolen. i figure i'd rather have a car i can take places rather than one i cant enjoy, i dont look at it when im driving. until i can afford a daily driver the sprinter will continue to look shit.
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Campbelltown
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November 2003
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Re: Anyone else paranoid about leaving car places?
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Tue, 21 December 2004 10:29
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Id say yes but noone touches the rona, except for nongs that egg cars
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townsville NQLD
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February 2004
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Re: Anyone else paranoid about leaving car places?
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Tue, 21 December 2004 11:53
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i havent got my car back together yet afteer the respray but i am going to be paraanoid leaving it anywhere especially in shopping centre carparks where ppl dont give a shit. i think ill be a little paranoid about taking any1 in my car aswell because nobody looks after ure car as good as you! i can lay down the law to them but its what happens when im not around that im worried about.
brett
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I supported Toymods
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Epping, Sydney
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May 2002
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Re: Anyone else paranoid about leaving car places?
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Tue, 21 December 2004 12:32
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I'm never worried - have a cheapo sound system, stock speakers (all that is about to change tho), and from the outside with stock everything and a black front mount, noone would notice it's anyhting special. of course, when the new jza61 gets on the road with shiny front mount, 3-piece mags and good sound system... yes, I'm gonna be paranoid.
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Brisbane
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August 2003
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Tue, 21 December 2004 13:33
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I'm sure I'll be ultra paranoid when my car is finally finshed. Not only will it have a shiny new paint job, then entire restoration process was done by me and my dad. The time we have spent on this car is enourmous and I hope it doesn't go to waste with some dickheads scratching, dinting, stealing my celica.
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Brisbane
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August 2003
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Re: Anyone else paranoid about leaving car places?
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Tue, 21 December 2004 23:50
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Parking your car to minimise the possibility of dings and scratches is an artform. I always try to find a park that has only one car park next to it and I'll give them as much room as possible. My favourite shopping centre has this undercover (essential) carpark spot with big poles either side of it. No one can park next to me. I love it. And there is no pedestrian traffic, which is always something to consider. Those spots next to the shopping centre entrance might be good for security but you increase your chance of people walking past - with kids.... An over sensitive microwave sensor is also a handy thing to have. People tend to not walk so close when a car is beeping at them.
When I first got my Grp A i didn't want to park in shopping centres(or even add any K's to the clock), luckily I still had my old car but when that was gone I had no choice. Now I agree with EVOSTi - a car is to be enjoyed. If it gets dinged I'll get it fixed. If someone does it in front of me I'll educate them, and if its a brat - set the alarm off, they tend to have sensitive ears
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Brisbane
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May 2004
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Re: Anyone else paranoid about leaving car places?
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Wed, 22 December 2004 00:40
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I'm a delivery driver and are forced to park my car in a really really shitty car park that I swear brings out the absolute worst in people's driving.
My car is always parked directly in front of the store and twice while serving customers now I've ran out of the store to give a mouthful to someone who's opened their door into mine, or just come so dman close to it while parking that it made my skin crawl.
Me and the other drivers are starting to get payback tho, using a label printer to make little signs saying "YOU CAN"T PARK FOR S**T" and sticking them to the door handles of particularly crappy dirvers' cars.
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Inside a giant turbo (syd...
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June 2002
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Re: Anyone else paranoid about leaving car places?
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Wed, 22 December 2004 01:18
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when i used to work in a servo, i had to park my car out the front and next to other cars (i usually park between poles in big car praks so no one can hit my car) anyhoooo i would always be making sure no one hit it.... untill a grandma swipped my back bumper and just drove off..
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Melbourne
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October 2004
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Re: Anyone else paranoid about leaving car places?
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Wed, 22 December 2004 01:49
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Exact reason why I drive a shitty wagon around and keep the good one in the garage for crusin. I don't care what happens to the wagon - shopping cart dings, kids opening doors...they can go for their life, so long as I can still drive it to put the surfboard in
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