Obsessive parking, or what?

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All depends on the car I'm using at the time.
Why should I leave my car far away from others in the most inconvenient spot possible, then have a long walk, maybe in the wind and rain, to get back to the shops?
My 'shopping car' just gets parked in the most convenient spot for shopping.
A few dings? So what? It's transport, not a precious artwork.
The walk is good for your heart :)
 
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All depends on the car I'm using at the time.
Why should I leave my car far away from others in the most inconvenient spot possible, then have a long walk, maybe in the wind and rain, to get back to the shops?
My 'shopping car' just gets parked in the most convenient spot for shopping.
A few dings? So what? It's transport, not a precious artwork.
It is transport yes, but it's more than that, to me anyway. :).
 

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All depends on the car I'm using at the time.
Why should I leave my car far away from others in the most inconvenient spot possible, then have a long walk, maybe in the wind and rain, to get back to the shops?
My 'shopping car' just gets parked in the most convenient spot for shopping.
A few dings? So what? It's transport, not a precious artwork.


Some could argue, it's just artwork, not precious transport ;)
 

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Corner or end of line space for me - halves the risk...
 

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How do you get out of the car park?

(Just thinking there’s hundreds of cars you’ve left parked nose in around the place...):rolleyes:

I don't have so much of an issue reversing out of a space, I know that's weird. I usually have Keith with me too and he tends to give me a lot of often unwanted help o_O
 

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I don't have so much of an issue reversing out of a space, I know that's weird. I usually have Keith with me too and he tends to give me a lot of often unwanted help o_O

Unwanted help is widely available. Useful assistance is sometimes less forthcoming. C'est la vie.
 

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Unwanted help is widely available. Useful assistance is sometimes less forthcoming. C'est la vie.

Honestly he's like a flipping old woman at times. Everywhere we go, if I am driving he is also mentally driving and just assumes that my way of driving is the same as his, which it obviously isn't. Therefore I am obviously the lesser driver as I just drive in my own sweet way :D
 

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I find that using the reversing camera and now the 360° camera on the GLC makes me worse. I’m far better just using my eyes and years of experience!

I do not trust those cameras, I am sure they are lying to me when I look at them. When I look in my mirrors I see something totally different to what those cameras are showing. Keith is always saying to me 'look at the ****** camera, there is nothing behind you', well I'm not so sure :p
 

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I do not trust those cameras, I am sure they are lying to me when I look at them. When I look in my mirrors I see something totally different to what those cameras are showing. Keith is always saying to me 'look at the ****** camera, there is nothing behind you', well I'm not so sure :p

I was amazed at how real the images on my 360 degree cameras were, one day after it had snowed, it even showed my foot prints leading up to the car door. That was when I discovered that as well as a front and rear camera, there are two more in the side mirrors.
 

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Iv touched many a bumber with the tow bar on my works van! It even has zoom mode which is useful to get a good look at the damage and take a quick selfie:D
 

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I find that using the reversing camera and now the 360° camera on the GLC makes me worse. I’m far better just using my eyes and years of experience!

I've done that a few times, thought I was dead square in the space according to the rear camera (don't have the fancy cameras on the door mirrors) but when I've looked when I got out, it looks like I was 3 sheets to the wind when I've parked it at 45 degrees :D
 

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I find that using the reversing camera and now the 360° camera on the GLC makes me worse. I’m far better just using my eyes and years of experience!

Reversing cameras in carparks are a nightmare - they just reverse out without even thinking to check if there is a car passing.
 

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Honestly he's like a flipping old woman at times. Everywhere we go, if I am driving he is also mentally driving and just assumes that my way of driving is the same as his, which it obviously isn't. Therefore I am obviously the lesser driver as I just drive in my own sweet way :D

Some years ago I found a cure for that.
My father-in-law was an awful passenger, and kept making remarks about my driving standards.
So i began deliberately delaying my normal stopping distances, then braking hard at the last second - knowing that he was frantically pushing a brake pedal that existed only in his mind, trying in vain to slow the car down! It got so obvious that he once forced the seat back, he was pushing on the floor so hard. He was too self-conscious to say anything after that, but he eventually stopped his remarks and let me drive my own way.
 
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I was amazed at how real the images on my 360 degree cameras were, one day after it had snowed, it even showed my foot prints leading up to the car door. That was when I discovered that as well as a front and rear camera, there are two more in the side mirrors.
The clue is in the name... 360’ camera...:rolleyes::D:p

I used to use mine in the car wash to make sure they’d cleaned all the wheels :p
 

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Some years ago I found a cure for that.
My father-in-law was an awful passenger, and kept making remarks about my driving standards.
So i began deliberately delaying my normal stopping distances, then braking hard at the last second - knowing that he was frantically pushing a brake pedal that existed only in his mind, trying in vain to slow the car down! It got so obvious that he once forced the seat back, he was pushing on the floor so hard. He was too self-conscious to say anything after that, but he eventually stopped his remarks and let me drive my own way.

Good idea ;)
 
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Must have saved yourself some money, they look closed. ! Every little helps :D
Nope they were open, must admit though not many in car park or store, you know what 99% of people are like, must get as close to the door as humanly possible. :)
 
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