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Don't you just love it when......
« on: September 17, 2019, 09:06:00 AM »


You get to your destination, the lot is empty. You decide to park in the furthest parking space, if it was even further you would be on the other side.  Then you look out the window...yikes!

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Re: Don't you just love it when......
« Reply #1 on: September 17, 2019, 09:16:50 AM »
You could have improved your chances of avoiding a door ding by 50% by parking in the end spot. On the positive side, careless drivers rarely take the time to back their car into the space, so you may be in good company!!!
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Re: Don't you just love it when......
« Reply #2 on: September 17, 2019, 10:10:51 AM »
Happens to me almost every time.  Usually it's a giant 4x4 pickup with wide-swinging doors and five people inside.  I drove my Kirkham two days ago and that's exactly what happened. I could see it from inside the restaurant and ran out to protect my baby.  The people in the truck were oblivious.
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Re: Don't you just love it when......
« Reply #3 on: September 17, 2019, 10:45:37 AM »
YES.
all of my co-workers make fun of me for trying to protect my vehicle (regular D.D.)...
we went to  lunch a while ago and I parked - as noted ^^ above - all the way to the far edge of and end spot. Exactly. Had a giant F350 right next to me when we came out  >:( :( :o
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Re: Don't you just love it when......
« Reply #4 on: September 17, 2019, 11:02:51 AM »
And if you park like a jerk (diagonal) you are really asking for it!

I fear the day I take my Ford GT and park out there, only to find I cannot open the doors.
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Re: Don't you just love it when......
« Reply #5 on: September 22, 2019, 05:50:59 PM »
love to live dangerously...bond...

You could have improved your chances of avoiding a door ding by 50% by parking in the end spot. On the positive side, careless drivers rarely take the time to back their car into the space, so you may be in good company!!!
« Last Edit: September 22, 2019, 06:07:02 PM by FL SAAC TONY »
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« Reply #6 on: September 22, 2019, 05:51:57 PM »
same here, good to hear its always within sitr

Happens to me almost every time.  Usually it's a giant 4x4 pickup with wide-swinging doors and five people inside.  I drove my Kirkham two days ago and that's exactly what happened. I could see it from inside the restaurant and ran out to protect my baby.  The people in the truck were oblivious.
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« Reply #7 on: September 22, 2019, 05:52:37 PM »
dang trucks  !

YES.
all of my co-workers make fun of me for trying to protect my vehicle (regular D.D.)...
we went to  lunch a while ago and I parked - as noted ^^ above - all the way to the far edge of and end spot. Exactly. Had a giant F350 right next to me when we came out  >:( :( :o
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Re: Don't you just love it when......
« Reply #8 on: September 22, 2019, 05:53:21 PM »
that happened to us in the delorean...couldn't get back to the future

And if you park like a jerk (diagonal) you are really asking for it!

I fear the day I take my Ford GT and park out there, only to find I cannot open the doors.
« Last Edit: September 22, 2019, 06:07:23 PM by FL SAAC TONY »
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« Reply #9 on: September 22, 2019, 06:00:06 PM »
oooops he did it again...
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Re: Don't you just love it when......
« Reply #10 on: September 22, 2019, 06:03:08 PM »
Palm trees and Shelbys.  Dreamy.
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Re: Don't you just love it when......
« Reply #11 on: September 22, 2019, 07:23:48 PM »
And if you park like a jerk (diagonal) you are really asking for it!

I fear the day I take my Ford GT and park out there, only to find I cannot open the doors.

Just parallel park it where there is only one space. Or get an end space. Or don’t park it.
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Re: Don't you just love it when......
« Reply #12 on: September 22, 2019, 07:24:38 PM »
that happened to us in the delorean...couldn't get back to the future

And if you park like a jerk (diagonal) you are really asking for it!

I fear the day I take my Ford GT and park out there, only to find I cannot open the doors.

Just take 2 spaces
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Re: Don't you just love it when......
« Reply #13 on: September 22, 2019, 07:54:23 PM »
Not bad though, you got two vehicles that are worth something also, maybe they just want to know they too are parking safe.
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« Reply #14 on: September 22, 2019, 08:02:15 PM »
On a different note, looking at how they parked next to you, their methodology assures that a door would be opening toward your Shelby on both sides even if there were no passengers in their respective vehicles.  Attacked from both sides by driver's doors.  Nice strategy.  It's almost as if by design that they wanted a door on each side to open toward your bodywork.  Extremely frustrating.  Ford GT?  Too good for any parking lot in my opinion.  You should have those red velvet ropes they use at movie theaters for crowd control when you park either the Ford GT or the Shelby and then have two ushers one on each side to monitor things.  In an idealized fantasy world of course.
« Last Edit: September 22, 2019, 08:04:52 PM by deathsled »
"Low she sits on five spoke wheels
Small block eight so live she feels
There she's parked beside the curb
Engine revving to disturb
She's the princess from his past
Red paint gold stripes damned she's fast"