Parking Gungahlin style

bundah said :

devils_advocate said :

NoImRight said :

MissChief said :

Me thinks someone a few years ago thought it wise to reduce the minimum size. Unfortunately we don’t yet drive cars that have doors that open vertically. I expect we’ll see more and more of this parking between spaces.

Just get a Lambo Countach . Simple.

First of all, a lambo countach is still pretty damn wide. Second, it’s not that simple getting out of such a low car. Especially by the time the owner (more to the point, the owner’s knees) is old enough to afford one. You kind of have to swing your legs out first, the grab onto the roof or rear door sill, slither out into squat position, then kind of spin round and stand up. Multiply the difficulty factor by about 10 if it’s a gull-wing arrangement rather than scissor-doors.

Realistically, people driving lambos, SLRs etc should have specially designated, wider carparks. It’s a safety issue. And probably closer to the entrance of the shops, because people who own these cars are just generally better than everyone else so they deserve it.

Lambo’s are 2 metres wide and if i was fortunate enough to own one then there’s no chance in hell i’d be parking in carparks which leave bugger all room to get in and out.

Its only charitable to allow the peasants to enjoy a moment of seeing what better people can get. Just for a moment they can dream…..

devils_advocate said :

NoImRight said :

MissChief said :

Me thinks someone a few years ago thought it wise to reduce the minimum size. Unfortunately we don’t yet drive cars that have doors that open vertically. I expect we’ll see more and more of this parking between spaces.

Just get a Lambo Countach . Simple.

First of all, a lambo countach is still pretty damn wide. Second, it’s not that simple getting out of such a low car. Especially by the time the owner (more to the point, the owner’s knees) is old enough to afford one. You kind of have to swing your legs out first, the grab onto the roof or rear door sill, slither out into squat position, then kind of spin round and stand up. Multiply the difficulty factor by about 10 if it’s a gull-wing arrangement rather than scissor-doors.

Realistically, people driving lambos, SLRs etc should have specially designated, wider carparks. It’s a safety issue. And probably closer to the entrance of the shops, because people who own these cars are just generally better than everyone else so they deserve it.

Lambo’s are 2 metres wide and if i was fortunate enough to own one then there’s no chance in hell i’d be parking in carparks which leave bugger all room to get in and out.

devils_advocate said :

NoImRight said :

MissChief said :

Me thinks someone a few years ago thought it wise to reduce the minimum size. Unfortunately we don’t yet drive cars that have doors that open vertically. I expect we’ll see more and more of this parking between spaces.

Just get a Lambo Countach . Simple.

First of all, a lambo countach is still pretty damn wide. Second, it’s not that simple getting out of such a low car. Especially by the time the owner (more to the point, the owner’s knees) is old enough to afford one. You kind of have to swing your legs out first, the grab onto the roof or rear door sill, slither out into squat position, then kind of spin round and stand up. Multiply the difficulty factor by about 10 if it’s a gull-wing arrangement rather than scissor-doors.

Realistically, people driving lambos, SLRs etc should have specially designated, wider carparks. It’s a safety issue. And probably closer to the entrance of the shops, because people who own these cars are just generally better than everyone else so they deserve it.

I havent seen a countach for some years but based on hazy memories would dispute its a wide car. Apart from that your newsletter sounds spot on. Ive been using the same logic to argue for a third lane for “us” on most highways for sometime. The real rulers of this country just deserve better.

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NoImRight said :

MissChief said :

Me thinks someone a few years ago thought it wise to reduce the minimum size. Unfortunately we don’t yet drive cars that have doors that open vertically. I expect we’ll see more and more of this parking between spaces.

Just get a Lambo Countach . Simple.

First of all, a lambo countach is still pretty damn wide. Second, it’s not that simple getting out of such a low car. Especially by the time the owner (more to the point, the owner’s knees) is old enough to afford one. You kind of have to swing your legs out first, the grab onto the roof or rear door sill, slither out into squat position, then kind of spin round and stand up. Multiply the difficulty factor by about 10 if it’s a gull-wing arrangement rather than scissor-doors.

Realistically, people driving lambos, SLRs etc should have specially designated, wider carparks. It’s a safety issue. And probably closer to the entrance of the shops, because people who own these cars are just generally better than everyone else so they deserve it.

MissChief said :

Me thinks someone a few years ago thought it wise to reduce the minimum size. Unfortunately we don’t yet drive cars that have doors that open vertically. I expect we’ll see more and more of this parking between spaces.

Just get a Lambo Countach . Simple.

If they’d parked where they should have parked in the bay on the right, the SUV driver wouldn’t have been able to get back into their car.

It beats me why, with the trend for bigger cars (SUVs in particular), the Gov allows such small carparking spaces to be built. Me thinks someone a few years ago thought it wise to reduce the minimum size. Unfortunately we don’t yet drive cars that have doors that open vertically. I expect we’ll see more and more of this parking between spaces.

BelcoMan said :

The biggest danger when peopel park like this is the oil spots. I have heard of people slipping on these oil spots and their knee hitting the drivers side door in the soft spot about 12 inches to the right of the door handle. This is a serious danger so be careful people

I don’t think that’s quite justified cos magnet mart is hardly somewhere time crucial and there are plenty of other parks. Nobody would really be inconvenienced enough to justify denting the car, giving them a smart remark about their parking and calling them a name or leaving a note perhaps, but not damaging their car.

Maybe the cars parked either side that forced this parking have already left?

In the photo, the 4WD is parked up against the white line, with side mirror probably over line (possibly domino effect from too many large vehicles/car spaces not wide enough). If the Falcon driver parks in the adjacent space, then nobody is getting into the 4WD driver side and nobody is getting out of Ford passenger side and the domino effect gets worse.

The biggest danger when peopel park like this is the oil spots. I have heard of people slipping on these oil spots and their knee hitting the drivers side door in the soft spot about 12 inches to the right of the door handle. This is a serious danger so be careful people

Who doesn’t like a car painted a colour called “Snow White”?

Could this and other parking anomalies mean that the parking bays are considered too small or are people just plain lazy?

White Falcons are as insidious as White Commodores.