Idiots and Hot Rods.

if the valvestem isn't buried behind a hubcap, a bending it over with your boot and manhandling it usually makes em leak....

so I've heard...

 

Thats just wrong.

A couple of weeks ago I went to the movies with my kids. I went to get the DD and some idiot parked literally 12" away from my car. Our side mirrors were touching. He was THAT close.

I may or may not have accidentally broke his side mirror off at the stem.

(and for the record. YES I was perfectly centered in my spot. His car was a POS to begin with. Do I feel bad? No.)

 

And this is exactly why I refuse to pour hard earned $$ into a nice looking ride and royal tits finish.
If kids can't screw it up, they'll steal it.

I enjoy parking my work truck next to the building in any spot wide enough to get the door open, walk away, and not worry about it while I'm gone. But it's just a shame an individual can't take a nice automobile out in public anymore.
Tom S. in Tn.

 

Actually it does or did back about 30 or so years ago.

I stopped in Colorado once to use the John, came out and some woman had here kid stood up on my tank while her husband was snapping pics. They left post haste when I got in my road bag and put my cut away on.

I was in a left turn lane in Daley City once and a gal in a Camero pulled right up next to me in the lane. I mentioned that she was in my space and she got rude with me. So I wiggled the bike over far enough to get a good shot at her door and placed my size 9 Chipewa right in the middle of it. Then handed her a card from one of the local body shops and left.

I have mellowed a lot since then.

Abe I can't believe any of those fellas sitting on your fender still have teeth friend. You need to come live with me and the missus for awhile so we can help you get ready for loud season.

 

Long time back my younger sis who had never had anything nice in her life had her older car painted, a couple days out of the paint shop some biotch pulls next to her and opens her door into my sis's car. My sis gives her a look and this gal says what are you looking at you little b!tch! My sis proceeds to pull this woman through the open window of her car and gave her the a&& whoopin of her life! I bet she thought twice about opening her door or her mouth for a while after that!

 

I came out of the local hobby shop last October, some dipshit had parked so close to my F100 I looked for creases on the running board!
I was doing a wing for my large Control Line plane, so had purchased a 4 oz. bottle of CyA ("Crazy Glue, or "hot stuff") so I tilted the bottle generously into his drivers door lock, and some more into the button on the door handle.
Hope the dumb shit had to climb over the console or through the window.

 

Perfect example of why I have a beater that I take to parking lots and such.No matter how empty the lot is and how far away I park,there's always a moron parked right next to me when I come out.

 

I think the idea of "Car-town" is perfect...of course the parking spaces would be 30 feet apart...but who's counting

 

That's where mine is hahaha It's one of the easiest ways to really f-up a non-car person - always take out at least 2 but make sure to leave them behind - don't want anyone thinking you're a crook. Oh, and don't forget to put the valve stem caps neatly back on - hate for the owner to lose those

Steve

 

thats funny

 

My best story is from when I drove my T-bird daily.
I'm sitting in the car, in a parking lot waiting for a friend, when this gal with her boyfriend swings in and throws the door open hard, right into my passenger door.
I get out, red-faced, and proceed to give her a rundown of proper parking lot etiquette.
She jumps back in her car and looks over at her boyfriend with a "Aren't you going to DO something?" look. As they drove off I could hear him yelling at her "No, that's NOT just another car" to "look before you swing your door open next time".

 

A friend told me once about the nice white Cad convert he used to use in his real estate business, and the day someone in a new car swung their door into it.

Smirking Asshole: Good thing it's just an old car, huh?

My friend, after kicking his way around the asshole's car: Now yours is old too!

 

x2!!!! worked at a grocery store after high school. had my 74 z-28 just a week out of the paint booth parked out in the back 40 all by itself where no one ever parked. got ready to leave for lunch only to find a rusty beatup olds 4 door shoehorned next to me. sure enough big door ding with brown paint scuff that lined up perfectly with the edge of the olds pass door. needless to say that after a quick mule kick the olds had a huge door ding!!!

 

around here there used to be a tv commercial for a local body shop that had a guy pulling into a way off parking space in the middle of nowhere in a new car. as he walks away he's admiring it. just after he's gone a rattling smoking beater pulls in right next to it about 6 in. away. it didnt show what came next but everyone knew.

 

you know, I tried that and the first time I attempted to park far away from anyone else, made it an easy hit for thieves, when I got to my car I see that someone broke in and stole a new stereo and even looked like they tried to steal the car but the kill switch prevented that...no joke literally one day after I installed the alarm myself. And got back from paint.
You just can't win...we are a minority, everyone else in this world either dosent give a damn or are out there to steal your shit. Just a matter of luck, and preventive measures...in the end I'd rather them ding my door endlessly and just have to repair it time and time again rather than park far away and never see your car.

 

i had a nice old '71 mercedes and parked it in a safe spot and somebody carved their name into the door. too bad it was only the first name...

 

man... it's been going on for decades... my dad and his dad have told me stories from way back when!

 

Awww, are you stereotyping?

Actually I drove a heavily body modded O/T 70's vette for quite a few years, and I'd just park it where ever, usually it was the closest spot to the doors, so I didn't have to walk as far. Thats the good thing about vette's...they don't dent. Paint chips I couldn't care less about, that's just a part of driving them.

I did have a retard who was working at a Dillons grocery store, actually run a cart right into it while I was sitting in it one day, he just happened to hit a seam for the rear bumper, and put an impression in the bondo.

I got out to ask him what in the hell he was doing, and to examine the ding...he acted like he didn't even hit it, and denied making the noise I just heard, or the mark.

Instead of flipping out even more, I decided to go in the store, and file a complaint, yet I was never contacted, guess I should have caused more of a scene.

I'm disgusted by the stupidity of society on a daily basis.

 

It amazes me how some people will go out of their way to "get back" at someone who might park a car in a manner to protect it. Like the fools who go after the guy with the Corvette who is taking three spaces. I don't park that way but I can understand why people do. I see it all the time, someone who works at Wally World and has to leave their pride and joy in the parlking lot all day parks away from the crow and takes a couple spaces...more power to them. And to those that this parking bothers, get over it.

 

If revenge is what your into, I'll always prefer sticking a 4ft. farm jack under the rocker and jack it up to the top, then you can push it over onto the roof all by yourself. Its a very satisfying sound hearing all the breaking glass and twisting steel. If that's not enough toss a rag in the gas filler and spark it up. That's good for 100 bonus points.

 

Years ago at a car show I had my old primered '34 coupe in the lot. When I got back to it there was a guy leaning into it up to his belt buckle. I bumped him and offered up the keys stating, "hell if your in that far you might as well take it for a ride!" He got the message.

But in all honesty the stupidity is never ending. Personally I think you're asking for it if you take up multiple spaces. It doesn't ruffle my feathers, but you know full well it does others - so you're taking your chances doing that as well.

I like my old truck for that reason - stock height - the running board is the only target for their doors - BTW modern doors are no match for that running board. Henry wasn't skimping on the steel back then!!!

 

I think I've just found out the only benefit of getting old. If someone damages my car and walks away I'll just relieve myself on or in their vehicle instead of rushing in to ask the first salesperson I see "Where is the restroom?

Frank

 

Went out for a coffee one 'eve on the dyna, came back to a note tucked into my helmet with the license plate of the guy who hit the bike, courtesy of a nice lady who was as appalled as could be.

I've come out and found people hanging around, and once sitting on it, too on other occasions.

I always park with the immobilizer on, but... geez...

 

I was at a car show at the Ford assembly plant in Chicago which isn't in the best neighborhood... I was sitting 2 cars down from my ride when someone mentions that two teenagers are in my car... IN my car.

Who the fuck sits in someone's SHOW CAR at a car show???

(this was a pretty nice, custom painted and tricked out car too)

 

HA HA HA !! Great

 

"some munch" he says. ahaahahahaha.

 

x2!

 

Yes! thanks for beating me to the punch. I would intensionally thank him back for being so intensional. That hardly sounds like a CarGuy I want to know.

 

I had a Caddie SUV parked right up the pipes on my deuce. I started it up and a blip on the throtttle tickled his alarm. A real good rap set it off quite nicely as I drove away. How's that for getting even?

 

Icepick into the sidewall works better & faster.