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AIBU?

To take up two parking spaces?

87 replies

Amy214 · 13/08/2016 18:49

Over the past 6 months i have noticed scuff marks (the kind you get when someone has opened their car door too wide and hit my door) today i noticed a dent and massive white scuff on my left passenger door. No note was left behind and because i can't prove when it happened the police aren't doing anything about it (took my details, checked my insurance policy then left) I always make sure i don't park too close to neighbouring cars and when i have dd with me i use parent and child parking. I also always make sure i keep a hand on my door (if the weather is especially windy) so i don't hit anyones car but i am getting so fed up with spending money on repairs and taking my time with t cut to get the scuff marks out. Im on a low income so can't afford to keep spending money on repairs when it could be avoided. I know i will probably come across as a massive idiot but if i find two spaces that are quite some way away from the shop entrance (as no one really parks there or go to the shop when its quiet) then it should be ok? It's very upsetting when you spend money on something nice and then someone damages your property and doesn't even apologise.

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AmserGwin · 09/10/2016 10:00

This pisses me off too, but I wouldn't take two spaces. I try and park next to a new/expensive car or just in the less busy part of a car park, ideally in an end space.
I left my two boys (10&6) in the car the other week while I got a ticket from the machine. When I got back the oldest told me the man in the car next to me had hit my door with his when getting out. There was no mark this time luckily, but just shows the lack of respect some people have for other people's property. I've had my car almost 3 years now and it has been damaged 3 times by other people who have just driven off and left it. I got it repaired the first time, but haven't bothered after that. Pisses me off every time I look at it Angry

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IceRoadDucker · 10/10/2016 10:11

Take up 2 spaces as long as you park near the back in a mostly empty car park.

YABU to do it in a busy car park, or near the entrance.

YAB-foolish to repair scratches and dents when you're on a low income.

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Dunkling · 10/10/2016 10:29

But what you are suggesting doesn't make sense!

If your suggestion of "but if i find two spaces that are quite some way away from the shop entrance (as no one really parks there or go to the shop when its quiet) then it should be ok?" is a way of convincing yourself and us that it's not selfish parking as nobody parks there..... then why do you need two spaces?

I think you are trying too hard to convince yourself.

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HunterHearstHelmsley · 10/10/2016 10:34

I squeezed in next to a Maserati (or however you spell it) at the gym earlier. Properly pisses me off so if I can't fit and be in the lines then I will. Joys of having a small old car.

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Doyouthinktheysaurus · 10/10/2016 10:48

Just park right at the back of the car park, problem mostly solved! Parking over 2 spaces is ver unreasonable.

I have a Ford Galaxy and always park at the far end, or the very top of multi storey car parks. I know I've got a big car and it's a pain to wedge in to spaces so I try and steer clear of other people where possible.

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Gutted2016 · 10/10/2016 11:07

Someone may already have asked you but how massive is your car? I was parked between two enormous BMW's and it was actually impossible to open the doors, we had to leave. We were all within the white lines but both were so enormous that it meant they were leaving themselves open to people bumping them with their doors as they were filling the entire parking space with their huge penis extention.

I know someone who tells me parking spaces are getting smaller and she's had enough, its such a hardship for her. She drives a RANGE ROVER in the city, but yeah, it's totally everything around you getting smaller rather than the car you drive being too big for purpose. Hmm

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HeyNannyNanny · 10/10/2016 12:16

YABU for calling the police.
If you really had to see the CCTV then you needed to have contacted the store.

A few months ago someone wrote off my car by hitting it when it was parked (yes, really. It was a classic car too)
The police didn't look into it for over a week, and only because it was such a major crash did they give a shit at all.

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WaitrosePigeon · 10/10/2016 12:32

In car parks there is usually a sign saying if you don't comply with their rules you can be fined. Parking over two spaces is usually included in that.

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JG1491 · 10/10/2016 15:01

Not sure whats so wrong with having a big car? If you're travelling with adults then you need a big car or everyone ends up sitting on top of each other.

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itlypocerka · 10/10/2016 16:31

My solution is to always park on the end of a row if at all possible. Then I can park right on the line on the side where I'm guaranteed to have no car next to me, leaving a larger gap on the other side.

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KathArtic · 10/10/2016 17:27

You called the police for some unknown scuff marks on your car?

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RichardBucket · 10/10/2016 18:02

JG1491 Ha, what?! Unless you're all 6'5", you can fit multiple adults in any car!

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