parking.

[maggie01]

why is it that whenever I park in a car park, I always park well away from other cars so as not to get my doors scratched and I can always guarantee when I come back to my car there will be someone parked right next to me even though there are a lot of empty spaces not next to anyone. I wonder if its the colour which attracts them. I have a bright red car. Anyone else have this problem (well its not a problem really just a bit annoying sometimes.

[jocasta]

Maggie, I have exactly the same experience...I think it's down to women drivers mostly (before anyone gets up in arms, i am one too!) some women just seem to want to 'be close' to another car, like they do when they are driving 2 ft behind you on an empty road! .......grrrrr(...and breathe, Jocasta!)

[dmsjps]

I am different to jocasta. I am a female driver too and I keep my distance from all vehicles either on the road or in car parks (unlike my hubby). I try to park as far away from vehicles on both sides of me as possible in a car park, to save my car being dinged by the car doors of the vehicle next to me, for which you have no recompense in most cases. As well as being annoying, it is a problem too, because you either have to live with the dings or pay for it to be made good again. My car is black and silver.

[Gef]

I know what you mean but I think that it's just that others have arrived and parked in the empty spaces near you then others have left.

[lethologica]

Mine's bright green and I have the same problem...

Try parking between the ramp and the pillars in multistorey car parks - I park so close to the ramp I get out the passenger door so there's no way whatever car is next to me can physically reach my car...

[MORELLO]

I experience this regularly, and it really irritates me. You can park right away from other cars, and yet when you return there's one right next to you - usually badly parked - even when there's plenty of other spaces. Don't these drivers want space around their cars too? These are the same people who come and sit really close to you in an empty cinema!

[camille79]

Drivers who do this are bad but not as bad as the ones who park diagonally across 2 spaces "so noone scratches my car!"  I have a friend who does this and it drives me insane!