In article >,
"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?

I would take the space if it was the only space available and I would be
sure to park as close to the car as possible, but that's just me.