One foot over the line
 

Here's the situation:

The parking lot is nearly full.
A Nice New car is parked almost a foot over the left-side line into the next parking space.
There's enough room for me to park entirely within the lines of the (remaining) space.
There's at least an inch of clearance between my right-side mirror and his left-side mirror.
My car is in decent shape; it's about 3 years old.

Should I take the space, or keep on looking?

Depends on what type of mood you are in, if you feel like being a jerk,
park there and get as close as you can, if don't feel like the hassle,
keep looking.

Depends on what type of mood you are in, if you feel like being a jerk,
park there and get as close as you can, if don't feel like the hassle,
keep looking.

Larry Scholnick wrote:

> Here's the situation:
>
> The parking lot is nearly full.
> A Nice New car is parked almost a foot over the left-side line into the next parking space.
> There's enough room for me to park entirely within the lines of the (remaining) space.
> There's at least an inch of clearance between my right-side mirror and his left-side mirror.
> My car is in decent shape; it's about 3 years old.
>
> Should I take the space, or keep on looking?
>

If the parking lot is nearly full, so that parking spaces are at a
premium, I make a *point* of parking right next to the jerk, in the
exact center of my space.

Of course, my car badly needs a paint job as well. You can all but bet
that doing this is going to help you pick up door dings.

nate


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Larry Scholnick wrote:

> Here's the situation:
>
> The parking lot is nearly full.
> A Nice New car is parked almost a foot over the left-side line into the next parking space.
> There's enough room for me to park entirely within the lines of the (remaining) space.
> There's at least an inch of clearance between my right-side mirror and his left-side mirror.
> My car is in decent shape; it's about 3 years old.
>
> Should I take the space, or keep on looking?
>

If the parking lot is nearly full, so that parking spaces are at a
premium, I make a *point* of parking right next to the jerk, in the
exact center of my space.

Of course, my car badly needs a paint job as well. You can all but bet
that doing this is going to help you pick up door dings.

nate


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"Larry Scholnick" > wrote in message
...
> Here's the situation:
>
> The parking lot is nearly full.
> A Nice New car is parked almost a foot over the left-side line into the
> next parking space.
> There's enough room for me to park entirely within the lines of the
> (remaining) space.
> There's at least an inch of clearance between my right-side mirror and his
> left-side mirror.
> My car is in decent shape; it's about 3 years old.
>
> Should I take the space, or keep on looking?

I would take the space and leave a note on the windshield of the other car,
politely asking them to be more considerate with their parking practices in
the future. I would also tell them I took pictures of my undamaged door and
their poor parking job, along with their plate # in case they damage my door
upon their departure.

Another alternative is to back in with an inch of space (but entirely within
the line) of their door, so they have to enter from the passenger side.
That way I can exit and enter unencumbered.

"Larry Scholnick" > wrote in message
...
> Here's the situation:
>
> The parking lot is nearly full.
> A Nice New car is parked almost a foot over the left-side line into the
> next parking space.
> There's enough room for me to park entirely within the lines of the
> (remaining) space.
> There's at least an inch of clearance between my right-side mirror and his
> left-side mirror.
> My car is in decent shape; it's about 3 years old.
>
> Should I take the space, or keep on looking?

I would take the space and leave a note on the windshield of the other car,
politely asking them to be more considerate with their parking practices in
the future. I would also tell them I took pictures of my undamaged door and
their poor parking job, along with their plate # in case they damage my door
upon their departure.

Another alternative is to back in with an inch of space (but entirely within
the line) of their door, so they have to enter from the passenger side.
That way I can exit and enter unencumbered.

On Thu, 30 Dec 2004, Skip Elliott Bowman wrote:

> I would take the space and leave a note on the windshield of the other
> car, politely asking them to be more considerate with their parking
> practices in the future. I would also tell them I took pictures of my
> undamaged door and their poor parking job, along with their plate # in
> case they damage my door upon their departure.

Hadn't thought of taking pictures. Wouldn't really even have to take
pictures, just saying you had would probably be good enough.

> Another alternative is to back in with an inch of space (but entirely
> within the line) of their door, so they have to enter from the passenger
> side. That way I can exit and enter unencumbered.

Ayup. Done that.

On Thu, 30 Dec 2004, Skip Elliott Bowman wrote:

> I would take the space and leave a note on the windshield of the other
> car, politely asking them to be more considerate with their parking
> practices in the future. I would also tell them I took pictures of my
> undamaged door and their poor parking job, along with their plate # in
> case they damage my door upon their departure.

Hadn't thought of taking pictures. Wouldn't really even have to take
pictures, just saying you had would probably be good enough.

> Another alternative is to back in with an inch of space (but entirely
> within the line) of their door, so they have to enter from the passenger
> side. That way I can exit and enter unencumbered.

Ayup. Done that.

In article >,
Larry Scholnick <Larry_Scholnick At Yahoo Dot Com> wrote:
>Here's the situation:
>
>The parking lot is nearly full.
>A Nice New car is parked almost a foot over the left-side line into the next parking space.
>There's enough room for me to park entirely within the lines of the (remaining) space.
>There's at least an inch of clearance between my right-side mirror and his left-side mirror.
>My car is in decent shape; it's about 3 years old.
>
>Should I take the space, or keep on looking?

Someone that sloppy in parking is likely to be sloppy in opening his/her
door. If you park close to that car, expect a door ding to be left on
your car.

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