AIBU to feel angry about people parking too close to my car?

@JustGiveMeReason
Yes I agree with the first post. I also don't think its very healthy for you to be stressed out this much as it will effect your own mental health.
However, I do 100% understand your point of view but what can you do with the annoying lack of consideration from other people. It's like some people don't have the capacity to think.
But you can't spend everyday worrying and getting stressed like this.
I don't have a solution, I understand that you want to drive a nice car and why not, you work and you have the right to spend that money on what you want. You will however come across so many thoughtless people.

Did she touch or bash your car? You've used both words in the thread? Which was it?
If she bashed it why didn't you say something and insist on checking for damage and taking insurance details if there was in fact a dent or asking her to pay for the damage?

If your husband can't see a dent then you are probably imagining it.
You shouldn't have bought a new car if it was going to cause you this much angst.

that does my head in too.

i park miles away from everyome in the supermarket car park and generally comeback to find a cluster of cars one beside the next all round me.

why people. why?

clearly ive parked in an inconvenient spot for a reason, perhaps to get something big in or out of my car therefore needing doors open (for example a tv or a garden patio set). so dont park right next to me. wtf. 🤬

ive got a video of my car alone in a car park of like 50 spaces and it’s now got cars all round it since i parked there.

surely it’s more sensible to leave an empty space between cars. that way if the car park does not full right up we all have more space. If the inbetween spaces are required fine, should be easy to slot right in the middle.

honestly the council should be more considerate when they tell developers they can only have x number of spaces at the hospital/supermarket/library etc. I dont know if the council specifies the space size but i wish they would take into consideration that cars are longer and wider now so we need more space each.

Yesterday, I saw someone who had parked across two bays of a car park so had lots of room around the shiny black Porsche. The car park was full.

Selfish git! 😡

thing is a car is something you take around public roads, car parks etc with other drivers so it’s not really your property to be expected to have the same respect as say, your sofa at home.

I think it's first come, first served.

We need the doors to fully open to access the children's car seats, so in unmarked carparks I park with a suitable gap.

Parking so she can’t get out without touching your car door isn’t on but parking next to other cars in a car park that will likely get full isn’t anything to complain about

your car is probably safer than if people parked randomly over the car par

Agree. There’s nothing worse than going to an unmarked car park and people have parked in such a way that there ends up being big gaps but not enough for a car space. Means fewer cars can park. If people park next to the existing cars then there’s much more chance that more cars can fit in.

in a marked car park I think differently and wouldn’t immediately park next to an existing car in an empty car park

But there are no lines in this lot which means the logical thing to do is park next to a car so everyone will fit.

If the car park was empty I would have parked in the furthest away spot then no one will park near you.

Your car will get scratched. You definitely need to calm down.

Or ride a bike

Don’t buy a brand new car if you’re going to be this paranoid about it.

it's just a car. unclench.

I drive a Mini Cooper and I am sick and tired of massive cars parking me in .Some of these new SUV thingies are so bulky that they really need one and a half parking spaces .I have also got a fused ankle and recently a knee replacement which makes getting in and out of a car difficult but cars parked right on top of mine make it impossible .I'm absolutely sick of it.

Life's too short to get so upset about a hunk of metal

YANBU!! I park at the farthest corner of every car park to avoid this. I can’t stand people who don’t give a crap about my car, so I would park in the field two blocks away from the shop to avoid parking next to another car 🤣

I was in Sainsbury's a few weeks ago and I saw a guy slam the rear door of his ancient Fiesta into the side of a new looking Cupra. He then did exactly the same thing with his front door. It was far too hard to be an accidental knock and I think he was just an arsehole making some kind of point. Maybe he considered the Cupra to be parked too close, but there was actually plenty of space to get into his car.

It was a real eye opener as to how antisocial some people can be with zero justification.

Hmm it sounds like she was close, but I also hate it when people leave massive gaps between cars when there aren't lines, meaning that more cars could have parked. Happens at a tourist place near me. First section of car park has lines and is fine..they used to then have parking attendants to try and assist on the next section with no lines trying to keep people together but got rid of them I assume due to cost and now rely on common sense which a lot of people don't have, meaning that most people do the opposite and all the gaps would equal many more cars fitting in.

Parking close especially when there are no lines as guide - fine.

Bashing another car to be able to open your door - that’s not okay! I don’t know why people are pretending it is. I’m not especially precious about my car and it isn’t new but if I was sat in it and someone bashed it with their door I would point it out to them.

I think you need to stop stressing about this. It’s only going to make you increasingly angry as you’re never going to be able to stop people from parking close to your car on occasions.

What’s the worst that can happen? You’ll get minor dings or marks. It really doesn’t matter and it’s certainly not worth getting angry about.

People are weird!!! It would annoy me too OP. I was sitting in a train carriage which was nearly empty, when someone got on and sat opposite me!!! Personal space people!!!!

Forgot to add, my car is over 10 years old and looks immaculate.

YANBU. I always park the far end of the car park to avoid this. If going to a city I’ll assess carefully where we’re parking.

Some people enjoy and look after their cars, some don't. Some look after their homes, some don’t. Some people iron clothes some don’t etc.

I’ve seen the state of the inside of some people’s cars who don’t look after them - shithole.

Cost me £500 to fix dents when some inconsiderate twat thought they’d whack their car door into
mine.

Can’t really understand someone paying so much money for something to not care about it or look after it. But that’s just me.

I’m with you OP.

My pet peeve is people thinking that new / expensive cars deserve more respect than old cars.

Just because something is older doesn’t mean it can be treated like shit and doesn’t matter.

If I’m parking my car between an old polo and a brand new jag, I’m parking IN THE MIDDLE, I’m not scooching up on the older car out of fear of the expensive car.

I know it’s not the exact scenario in this example but the mentality is there that this being a brand new car somehow outranks others.