so "WHY" dont you drive your car to work or?

My Mom is 82 and still drives her 87 La Baron daily, and when she parks it she takes the farthest parking stall from the door "Good for me and good for my car" she says. There ain't a scratch on her car and Mom works out daily.
I once went to West Edmonton Mall (worlds largest mall AND largest parking lot) I parked in a spot way the heck away from an entrance and looked over at Moms car 10 feet away! worlds largest parking lot! I laughed my ass off!

 

Slag, I respect you as a HAMBer...I always read your posts...but-

Unless you drive a POS, and don't care if they hit you, why would you incite someone into causing a door ding? What good would that do? If you don't get a picture of them actually hitting your car and causing damage, I don't think that would be admissible in court anyways...you could take a pic of your car parked next to anyone and claim they did it, especially if the perp's car was gone when you returned. You would need before and after pics of the same car parked next to your car in the same spot, showing the damage.

True story- My sister got hauled into court (to be sued) for supposedly running over some drunk girl's foot in a Canadian parking lot. She was surprised as hell when she was summonsed. She swore she had nothing to do with it and knew nothing about any of the parties involved. Yet, she unfortunately happened to be there at the time frame that the "alleged" incident occurred. (Her and her BF frequently went to gamble.) Apparently someone got her license plate number confused with the real perp, or was off a tad on their recollection. When it came time for questioning, the vehicle involved was a "tall, SUV type vehicle". My sister had a 2-door Neon at the time. The case was thrown out of court. As pissed off as she was after going thru all this, it persuaded her to be come a Paralegal.

 

I dont work, but i drive one of my cars everyday........either to the store or to visit a shop or just to take a cruise............but when i park i find a spot in the north 40..........

 

pictures are more for if they key it

 

I walked up to my truck going to lunch a while back and much to my suprise this ignorant f'n carpenter had his van door opened up against my truck. This guy weighs 350 EASY. He was climbing on the passenger seat trying to untie a ladder from the top of his van. Now, what do you think a fat 350 pound man hanging on the side of a hooptie van does? Yup, his door up and down over and over again against my bedside...... I absolutely BLEW UP!

I swear, stupidity should be painful.

 

I take a picture of your car sitting out in the lane of traffic, cause I park where your ass or nose is out in the line of fire!

 

Well...2 toned...there you go! Did you get your answer?

You could also hire some Goons to protect your ride!

 

Just wait in the car until he comes out, then make sure to tell him he sucks.Just drive it, its a machine and they can all be fixed.

 

They do not have a right to park to close and slamb their car door into yours!

It took 20 to 30 hours to get my door straight, and it takes a half a second to put a ding in it...Man that Pisses me off! Unthinking people with no common sence...Lord help us!

 

I drive my '40 Chevy alot. Alot of times I park away from the crowd. Slobs like that guy that crowded you in are to lazy to park where they would have to walk.

 

Idiots cannot be eradicated unfortunately, believe me. I drive into the burbs of Chicago everyday, I am more than familiar with dipshits behind the wheel!

 

I do the exact same thing, drive Big Olds to work most Fridays cuz of casual day. Kinda makes having to go to work alittle less painful on Fridays.

The people I work with are very respectful of my car, to the extreme sometimes. They will come into my office and tell me a bird just pooped on it, or there is a dark cloud coming. They are very protective of it when "customers" walk up to it and start looking at it. I guess I'm real lucky I work with alot of very cool people who might not "get" the car scene, but they do get the respect other peoples stuff scene.

 

damn denise your lucky, come out to ypsi and you would think you had protection for as many people would be around your car, they dont give a shit out here either

 

i drive my 34 p/u every day, if something happens, tough shit, that life for ya. why dont you live in a buble, youll never get sick!

jeff

 

My '63 chevy II is a daily driver. I will never forget one time it was my turn to drive to lunch. I and two co-workers were tooling down hwy 114 in Irving and an admirer raced up beside us just to give me a big smile and a thumbs up. My friend, riding shotgun, (who I now know is an idiot) says "Hey look, that guy is laughing at your car."

Some people just don't get it. And never will.

 

I grew up in a rual comunity that had a ferry ride to town. I was in my freshly restored 66 chevy2 L79 clone car. I was just parked on the ferry and other cars were loading. This dumb broad pulls up next to me puts it in park and swings the door open like she was in an open field...WHAM into my mirror strait door. I told her the paint job cost more than the POS she was driving and to have some respect for others property. I got the dumb stare. Rusty Nuts is right most of the "robots" think of a car as a disposeable appliance.

 

My brother's really nice hugger orange big block 70 Chevelle was sitting in his front yard. He saw two kids standing on the sidewalk checking it out. He gets up to tell them they can look but not touch and sees the unthinkable. One of them gets a running start and Luke Dukes' it right across the fucking hood!!!!! He flew out the door and the kid stumbled, but got back to his feet and they both took off with my brother on their heels. Unfortunately little bro is about 230 lbs. and a smoker so he only made it a block before the kids outran him. The point is unless your car is hermedically sealed in a time capsuel idiots have access to it and will most likely cause damage. But I know I'm going to be so pissed when somebody smacks up my tudor.

 

This is coming from a guy who lives in Minnesota, and paints his wheels red, wish I could have your mentality! Why dont your drive somewhere where there is actually traffic and see if you have the same outlook on it! Ya like most people say, there is people that lack common sense anywhere!

 

Years ago my uncle told me a story about a friend of his that had a custom painted Nomad back in the mid-60s and some idiot opened his door into it and basically gave him the "so what it's just an old car deal". So his friend laid down in the front bench seat and proceeded to kick the Nomad's door open repeatedly into the other guy's car until the edge rolled over and wouldn't close. He worked in a body shop at the time and felt the satisfaction was well worth the work repairing the door.

 

i take it you've never been to the minneapolass area. the home of a million idiot drivers. just beacuse this isn't califlipinfornia dosent mean we dont have traffic

 

All my old car everyday drivers have all been destroyed by other people on the road. I don't have a old car that I care about on the road everyday now. I drive a 3/4 ton truck so I don't have to worry over if the insurance companies pay off everytime somebody goes under the back bumper or if illegal aliens try to hit and run, both of which I've been thru lately. Insurance companies HATE old cars , maybe its just NATIONWIDE INSURANCE, I will only drive to shows or when I feel really lucky. I paid my dues already.

 

A lesson in Psychology of Parking Lots

I gotta say that those 'Thanks, asshole!' parking cards are a bad idea. If the person two spots over parks bad, then the next car has to squeeze in to a too-narrow spot, doing the best they can to split the difference and not come too close to either car. (This kind of stuff is worst around Christmas). So maybe the guy next to your car did the best he could, and parked carefully - the asshole parker was over a spot.

So when you come out, the bad parker is gone, you only see the result (the guy next to you, too close) and leave the card. So what is this guy going to do the next time he sees your car? You've just pissed him off, he thinks he is innocent and did the best he could, and was careful opening the door, etc. Next time he thinks 'There's that asshole who left me that card' and parks right next to you (or worse).

I'm not saying all cards are bad - but a better worded one would probably work better in the long run. If you just want revenge the middle-finger card will give you a moment's satisfaction but maybe hurt you sometimes in the long run. A card with wording like "Hey buddy, please don't park so close to my nice ride, okay? Cool runnings" might work just as well AND not annoy the innocent.

See, the asshole parkers don't care, and won't be affected by your card - they are probably assholes in many other parts of life too. And the innocent parkers would feel wrong about the snarky message and could turn into asshole parkers, around your car at least.

 

There are a couple of places in my little town where the business owners tried to create more parking spots than they had room for. There is no way you can park between the lines and have enough clearance. But what really scares me is the runaway shopping carts at the local Wal-Mart. I always park by the cart corral, because that's the last place you'll encounter a cart.

 

This is why I don't drive the hot rod to work. My commute is full of dumb broads with one hand holding a cell phone, the other putting on makeup at 70 mph! Tailgaiting is the prefered method of following here. Somtimes when I look in the mirror, I can't see the grille of the car behind me, he's so f'ing close!

 

So far looks like Flaminabone in the only one that should ba able to say look out, and he will fixx them and still drive them. Well, not the shoe box.

 

This little tool removes a tires valve stem core. No need to carry a big knife around any longer. I happen to keep one in the console of my truck... just in case of an "emergency".

 

Driving to work in a hot rod is no different than driving it to a show or around town,,,,

Most accidents or fender benders happen because of the other guys not paying attention to what they are doing and frankly ,,they could care less about your or my hot rod or custom.

They don't have a clue as to the hours you have worked on it,,,it's just an old car.

That being said,,,I drive my hot rods to work and have got a few scratchs to show for my driving pleasure.

I was pulling in the parking lot at work 20 years ago in my 40 sedan and a teen age girl ramed me in the rear,,,not too much damage but this kinda thing happens if you drive em. HRP

 

My Dad had his 57 Chrysler repainted back when I was a kid. My Mom and I took it to the grocery store and she parked it away from everyone else.

When we came out, the new paint had door chips in the side. My Mom waited for the owner of the car next to us and went up one side of her and down the other. I'll never forget it.

 

I do drive 'em to work, they are cars. The people where I work worry about them more than i do; they tell me it looks like it gonna rain and i tell them about driving my '46 Chevy through a tornado producing storm in Indiana. I tell 'em that's why it's got paint on it and wipers. As far as damage from parking lots I've never gotten any, but I'm sure it would bum me out a little, but on the other hand I painted it once and I'll paint it again when the time comes for a change. I think the stone chips you pick up on the road just mean that you're not afraid to drive it...like it's a car. I have a nice chip under the left quarter glass from a semi that threw a rock sideways going by me, scared the crap outta me! but makes a good raod story!