More Obnoxious parking - ***READ FIRST POST BEFORE POSTING***

astrofool

Had a bit of a success story yesterday, guy parking his 318ci over the white line up in Carrickmines, I got out of the car and shouted at him to move over so I could fit in beside, he put up a bit of a sheepish excuse, but with all the people around, and others queuing for a space, he got back in, and moved the car over.

jimoc

astrofool wrote: »

Had a bit of a success story yesterday, guy parking his 318ci over the white line up in Carrickmines, I got out of the car and shouted at him to move over so I could fit in beside, he put up a bit of a sheepish excuse, but with all the people around, and others queuing for a space, he got back in, and moved the car over.

Just out of curiosity, what was his excuse?

Patrick85

K I was at home over the weekend to bury a dear friend of mine and while I was at the funeral my dad took my car to get a one over because he's a good father that way:) problem is he made the unforgiveable mistake of parking perfectly (he's a garda inspector) but leaving teh wheel turned full arc which was required to get into the space as my car is about 2-3ft longer than a toyota avensis but this ass hole rammed my wheel into being straight with his bumper and left the wheel buckled the 2000e suspension system in shreds upon my father and thankfully another on duty garda returning to the car his excuse was he had to fit his car in and the 4 inches of wheel jutting out was a safety hazard and he did a public service the wheel was less than the lenght of a wing mirror stuck out so the garda arrested him for deliberate criminal damage but I am still stuck without a car now for a few weeks

Voodoomelon

So your dad took your car to work at the Garda station where another Garda rammed your turned wheel forwards again?

astrofool

jimoc wrote: »

Just out of curiosity, what was his excuse?

He thought the well parked (as in between the lines) Range Rover to his left was parked too close to him (despite there still being about 3ft of distance after he fixed his parking).

sesna

Patrick85 wrote: »

K I was at home over the weekend to bury a dear friend of mine and while I was at the funeral my dad took my car to get a one over because he's a good father that way:) problem is he made the unforgiveable mistake of parking perfectly (he's a garda inspector) but leaving teh wheel turned full arc which was required to get into the space as my car is about 2-3ft longer than a toyota avensis but this ass hole rammed my wheel into being straight with his bumper and left the wheel buckled the 2000e suspension system in shreds upon my father and thankfully another on duty garda returning to the car his excuse was he had to fit his car in and the 4 inches of wheel jutting out was a safety hazard and he did a public service the wheel was less than the lenght of a wing mirror stuck out so the garda arrested him for deliberate criminal damage but I am still stuck without a car now for a few weeks

Not one full stop. Not even at the end.

Cookie_Monster

Patrick85 wrote: »

K I was at home over the weekend to bury a dear friend of mine.
while I was at the funeral my dad took my car to get a one over because he's a good father that way:) "to get a one over???"

problem is he made the unforgivable mistake of parking perfectly (he's a garda inspector) but leaving the wheel turned full arc which was required to get into the space as my car is about 2-3ft longer than a toyota avensis.

but this ass hole rammed my wheel into being straight with his bumper and left the wheel buckled the 2000e suspension system in shreds.

upon my father's return and thankfully another on duty garda returning to the car his excuse was he had to fit his car in and the 4 inches of wheel jutting out was a safety hazard and he did a public service.

the wheel was less than the length of a wing mirror stuck out so the garda arrested him for deliberate criminal damage but I am still stuck without a car now for a few weeks

I think
I don't get the red bit but that guy sounds like a right douchebag, "public service" by straightening out your wheel

cadaliac

Voodoomelon wrote: »

So your dad took your car to work at the Garda station where another Garda rammed your turned wheel forwards again?

Patrick85

Cookie_Monster wrote: »

I think
I don't get the red bit but that guy sounds like a right douchebag, "public service" by straightening out your wheel

sorry i'm dyslexic (litterally) he took it to get a once over(service check)

and the guy was an employee in the super value he stopped in

this has really really really annoyed me cus i was at the funeral of my best mate and my dad was being kind AND it is my dream car that I just finished restoring!!

Eoin

sesna wrote: »

Not one full stop. Not even at the end.

This is not the English forum. Do not post crap like that again here. Full Stop.

Armin_Tamzarian

Cookie_Monster wrote: »

I think
I don't get the red bit but that guy sounds like a right douchebag, "public service" by straightening out your wheel

I'm pretty sure he meant "once over".
It's really not that difficult to figure out.

a_v525

eoin wrote: »

This is not the English forum. Do not post crap like that again here. Full Stop.

In fairness to Sesna, I dont think he was being snide, I also found it extremely difficult to read because of the lack of punctuation...

Eoin

a_v525 wrote: »

In fairness to Sesna, I dont think he was being snide, I also found it extremely difficult to read because of the lack of punctuation...

Then report the post, and one of the mods will sort it out. It wasn't a constructive post whatsoever. Let's keep it on topic from now on please, you can send me a PM if there are any moderation issues.

friendface

A few months ago, had a woman leave her car parked directly in front of a cul de sac that students and lecturers at our college use for parking. She was blocking in around 15 cars and should have clearly seen this when she pulled in even if she failed to notice the double-yellow lines. Anyway, while I was waiting to get my car out, a friend of hers pulled alongside to get something from the boot. Turned out she had gone into a special mass that was being held in the cathedral, had switched off her mobile and "probably wouldn't be out for another hour". In the meantime, another car that was parked on the footpath behind her came along and moved his car. Eventually we were just about able to squeeze out by driving over the footpath out onto the road. I've never felt more like giving a car a thump for good measure.

I restrained myself and instead just sent her a text saying her car was parked illegally, Galway City Council had been contacted and the car was about to be towed. It gave me some satisfaction to imagine her switching on the phone an hour later to read that message.

Midnight_EG

friendface wrote: »

A few months ago, had a woman leave her car parked directly in front of a cul de sac that students and lecturers at our college use for parking. She was blocking in around 15 cars and should have clearly seen this when she pulled in even if she failed to notice the double-yellow lines. Anyway, while I was waiting to get my car out, a friend of hers pulled alongside to get something from the boot. Turned out she had gone into a special mass that was being held in the cathedral, had switched off her mobile and "probably wouldn't be out for another hour". In the meantime, another car that was parked on the footpath behind her came along and moved his car. Eventually we were just about able to squeeze out by driving over the footpath out onto the road. I've never felt more like giving a car a thump for good measure.

I restrained myself and instead just sent her a text saying her car was parked illegally, Galway City Council had been contacted and the car was about to be towed. It gave me some satisfaction to imagine her switching on the phone an hour later to read that message.

I can't see anything wrong in the picture...?

-Chris-

It's not a picture of the actual event, it's a Google Streetview of the junction.

Midnight_EG

Ohhhhh

friendface

Midnight_EG wrote: »

I can't see anything wrong in the picture...?

Just posting a street-view link for reference. Unfortunately, I didn't have a camera on my person at the time to capture a picture of this particular persons preposterous parking position.

Midnight_EG

Holy alliteration Batman :eek:

bijapos

Patrick85 wrote: »

.......AND it is my dream car that I just finished restoring!!

What year is that car Patrick? Or more specific what model? Newport? New Yorker? or something else. Any pics?

corglass

Merrion UG Carpark for Tesco, nice!

robbie_998

friendface wrote: »

A few months ago, had a woman leave her car parked directly in front of a cul de sac that students and lecturers at our college use for parking. She was blocking in around 15 cars and should have clearly seen this when she pulled in even if she failed to notice the double-yellow lines. Anyway, while I was waiting to get my car out, a friend of hers pulled alongside to get something from the boot. Turned out she had gone into a special mass that was being held in the cathedral, had switched off her mobile and "probably wouldn't be out for another hour". In the meantime, another car that was parked on the footpath behind her came along and moved his car. Eventually we were just about able to squeeze out by driving over the footpath out onto the road. I've never felt more like giving a car a thump for good measure.

I restrained myself and instead just sent her a text saying her car was parked illegally, Galway City Council had been contacted and the car was about to be towed. It gave me some satisfaction to imagine her switching on the phone an hour later to read that message.

i hate to say this but maybe you should take a leaf out of the dublin book and do something like push her car onto the street and block traffic and call the gardai

langdang

corglass wrote: »

Merrion UG Carpark for Tesco, nice!

One more and you would have had Connect-4, close, oh so close...

Ratzo Rizzo

Absurdum wrote: »

little bit harsh tbh!

Nothing harsh about that at all. If the Gardai were to punish more people for driving offences then maybe people might start parking (and driving) with a bit more courtesy to others on Irish roads.

Lando Griffin

Hmmmm.

langdang

Lando Griffin wrote: »

Hmmmm.

Carrigtohill?

Abelloid

langdang wrote: »

Carrigtohill?

East Cork. The normal rules don't apply.

M.J.M.C

Someone mentioned this site a while ago, but just saw this - i LOVE the comment underneath,
http://www.youparklikeanasshole.com/gallery2/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=23390

Tallon

No possible way she didn't damage that car

M.J.M.C

Tallon wrote: »

No possible way she didn't damage that car

Ah but come on, give her a break "she only had her licence a few days" hahah
-Policeman "Oh, a few days you say? That's a different story. OK, on your way you"