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    Avoid this guy. >click<
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    When parallel parking it's best to choose a space that's actually bigger than your car.
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    They are known as 'sunday drivers' over here, the kind that seem to think the speed limit is just a guide and they are far safer going 1/2 or 3/4 of the speed limit with a que of angry drivers behind them...

    80% of the time its old people.... and quite often they have nice sporty cars...
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    I drive a Grand Marquee. :D

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hosakawa Tito View Post
    Avoid this guy. >click<
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    When parallel parking it's best to choose a space that's actually bigger than your car.
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    Anything SUV-like driven by someone with no Y-chromosomes in them I am mortaly scared off.

    What I hate:

    i) People that were drafted for the Trojan war and tend to drive in the middle lanes doing 70 kilometers per hour causing accidents behind them but getting cheap insurance.

    ii) People who bought SUV's but think they are the size of the space shuttle so they center them on the line dividing two lanes, effectively blocking them both. They also use two spaces to park.

    iii) People who , when their cell rings they drop by default from 140 to 70 in an instant and then remain oblivious on the qeue behind them

    iv) Trucks that take 4 kilometers to overtake on a 2 lane road

    iv) The 3 people this year who dented my car while it was parked and didnt bother to leave a bloody note. I hope they catch something that will require a visit to a proctologist.



    I do about 50.000 kms per year , mostly on highways and It sometimes really gets on my nerves
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    I've never understood why old people drive so slowly. They don't have very much time left, you'd think they'd want to get where they're going and back quickly.
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    Quote Originally Posted by rasoforos View Post
    ii) People who bought SUV's but think they are the size of the space shuttle so they center them on the line dividing two lanes, effectively blocking them both. They also use two spaces to park.
    I get this at work occasionally, usually some new SUV taking up two spots close in (official "new car parking" is at the far reaches of the lot, as it has always been). Since my car is both small and old, I usually fit it into the space on the driver's side (after taking down the plate #), giving me both a quick walk in and smug satisfaction at the same time. I'm a bit of a when it comes to parking etiquette.
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    Quote Originally Posted by drone View Post
    I get this at work occasionally, usually some new SUV taking up two spots close in (official "new car parking" is at the far reaches of the lot, as it has always been). Since my car is both small and old, I usually fit it into the space on the driver's side (after taking down the plate #), giving me both a quick walk in and smug satisfaction at the same time.
    I do much the same thing, although I don't restrict myself to just new cars. *Anytime* a car is obnoxiously parked so that it's almost taking up two spaces, I'll do my level best to park on the driver's side -- usually so that I'm less than a foot away, and they then have to go in through the passenger side door.
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