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Originally Posted by DownInFlames
Unless you park with your dick out those are completely different situations.
I love cars and know the pain of having mine dinged in a parking lot, but getting upset when someone parks beside you, without damaging your ride, is going too far. No harm, no foul.
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Wait, that's not a normal thing?
I do drive stick after all.
But seriously, I don't see them as that different. It's about respecting peoples space, and in this case, also respecting peoples property. You're absolutely right when you say no harm no foul, but why not try and prevent any possibility of harm if possible?
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Originally Posted by MarchHare
Here's pylon's original post that started this tangent:
So let me get this straight: his car did not get dinged by the other driver, and yet this somehow still upset him because apparently everyone is supposed to be aware of an "unwritten rule" and have a "mutual understanding" that if someone is parked near the back of the lot they're a "car guy" and you're supposed to respect their space (more than you do other cars?) and not park anywhere near them? That's a load of BS right there. As long as I'm fully within the lines of my space and don't ding other vehicles, I'll park wherever I damn well please and not think anything of it.
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It's got nothing to do with whether or not the person is a car guy. Doesn't matter if it's a brand new Ferrari driven by an enthusiast or a 16 year old rusty Pontiac driven by a teenage girl who doesn't know anything about it other than what colour it is. If there's a dozen+ empty spaces why take the one next to the only other car around? It's simply rude.
If I'm sitting on an empty bus would you come sit right next to me? It wouldn't be breaking any rules, so why not? You can sit anywhere you damn well please right? Who cares if some people find it rude