Every time I park defensively...

[Tuan]

Haha this is so funny .. there is potentially a whole forum of OCD car owners on here .... like myself ...

My wife sort of understand and she has just accepted that I will park in the spot furthest from the door from the shops.

[Dutch77]

The Speaker of the House gets it - if she finds herself in my car when out and about she will always take a pic of the spot where it is parked for approval.

And yes I've skipped shops when I didn't like the available parks left.

I also accept I have a problem. This appears to be the closest to a Parkers Anonymous meeting I can find though, and sharing our stories has helped me already realise I am not alone.

[The_Hawk]

Ahhhh... the hunt for the perfect parking spot. Preferably between two concrete poles with enough room for the neighbouring car to scrape the side of their car down said pole and STILL have enough room to full open their door without to touch yours...

Actually, it would be better to be in a garage, at home... away from people. People suck.

In the ever correct words of Vincent from Pulp Fiction:

Lance: Still got your Malibu?
Vincent: Aw, man. You know what some f***er did the other day?
Lance: What?
Vincent: ****ing keyed it.
Lance: Oh, man, that's f***ed up.
Vincent: ell me about it. I had it in storage for three years, it was out for five days and some ****less piece of **** f***ed with it.
Lance: They should be f***ing killed. No trial, no jury, straight to execution.
Vincent: Boy, I wish I could've caught him doing it. I'd have given anything to catch that ******* doing it. It'd been worth him doing it just so I could've caught him doing it.
Lance: What a f***er!
Vincent: What's more chicken**** than f***ing with a man's automobile? I mean, don't f*** with another man's vehicle.
Lance: You don't do it.
Vincent: It's just against the rules.

[Tuan]

The Speaker of the House gets it - if she finds herself in my car when out and about she will always take a pic of the spot where it is parked for approval.

And yes I've skipped shops when I didn't like the available parks left.

I also accept I have a problem. This appears to be the closest to a Parkers Anonymous meeting I can find though, and sharing our stories has helped me already realise I am not alone.

I showed this to my wife and she smiled ... and then rolled her eyes at me haha.

[sports racer]

I drive a 1992 Tarago van with lots of dents on the sides.

You wouldn't believe how far people park away from me.

[Mysticality]

I'm pretty fussy about where I park, always look for an isolated spot preferably with some "protection" like concrete pillars adjacent.
More often than not we take my wife's Fiat 500C when we go out to dinner or go shopping as we only need half a spot. When we go to our local Westfield, we have our pick of about 6 "reserved", safe parking spots regardless of how many cars are in the car park, essentially, not much other than a 500 will fit in between the concrete pillars and they keep the adjacent cars at a safe distance!

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Where is this?! :O
I think I have a car that might fit...

[VW Convert]

Where is this?! :O
I think I have a car that might fit...

If I tell you, I'll have to kill you or I might turn up and find my spot taken!

Westfield Parramatta


Cheers

George

[theresanothersteve]

I had a friend who had on old FJ45 'Cruiser (the original, not the rebodied Prado HOS). He went to the local shops (Burnside for those who know Adelaide). When he came back the lady parked next to him had placed her shopping on the bonnet to make loading her car easier!

It might be an old 4WD, but really. If it had been me I would have driven off before hitting the brakes and then driving over her shopping...

[AdamD]

I also accept I have a problem.

What problem? I don't see a problem with any of this. Perfectly acceptable behaviour.

[Sunny43.5]

I had a friend who had on old FJ45 'Cruiser (the original, not the rebodied Prado HOS). He went to the local shops (Burnside for those who know Adelaide). When he came back the lady parked next to him had placed her shopping on the bonnet to make loading her car easier!

It might be an old 4WD, but really. If it had been me I would have driven off before hitting the brakes and then driving over her shopping...

Yep seen that up here as well there are some morons out there .