Not trying to start anything but...

[V8PWRD]

Originally Posted by Butthead

I don't give a damn what kind of car you drive NEVER take up more than one parking spot. Don't park like an ahole.

[TrillChevyRyda]

thats why you steal grannys Handicap Plack.....and get that VIP parking.

[RIPws6]

The FIRST rule of parking is NEVER draw attention to yourself if you can help it. If you drive a beater with perfect bodywork, and you take up two spaces, you just earned yourself a bullseye. If you drive a car that draws attention all by itself, you do best to park far away and in stealth mode and that does not mean drawing attention to your car by taking up two spaces. It may work once or twice but eventually someone is going to get you.
I try to park far away. If a lone spot isnt available, I park next to an expensive car feeling that my odds are good the Bentley guy doesnt want to trade door paint.
If you park out in the North 40 and still find a car next to you, chances are they respected your ride enough to consider you a safe neighbor.
Its a dog eat-dog-world out there in the parking lot. Alot of good advice was passed along here.

[midnighter]

I always take up two spots in my two car garage.

[WadeWilson]

Originally Posted by midnighter

I always take up two spots in my two car garage.

This gets my vote for the best post in this thread.

[BlueAngel]

Originally Posted by camslambam

We have camaros, not ferraris.

Get over yourselves.

I bet you get upset when you see a toyota or a nissan taking up two spots... even if they do cost more than your car.

I hate when people say things like this, no offense, but seriously. Since I don't have a more expensive car such as a Ferrari I shouldn't care for my Camaro I guess. I do agree that taking up 2 spots is a little ridiculous though, 1 spot in no mans land is good enough for me.

[camaro_RS]

Originally Posted by steveo9043

Valid argument you got there. Next time someone litters just key there car. I mean they are both braking rules right.

Yes, I would like to key that person's car who is littering...or something else disrespectful for them to learn a lesson....eye for an eye...I think is how it's said. I know it's not right, but sometimes I can't help myself when I see how disrespectful people are. That's a different topic for a different forum, though.

As for this topic, just don't be disrespectful is my opinion. If it's close or a jam packed lot, use one space. If it's empty and you're in the back, use however many you want...but know some people will not like it.

[Tourney3p0]

Go with one spot. There are two possible scenarios.

1) No one will park near you. In which case, taking up two spots was unnecessary.
2) Someone will park next to you. In which case, that parking spot was probably needed. This is the kind of situation where you draw a lot of unwanted attention. I personally wouldn't key a car, but I wouldn't be surprised to walk by a car in this situation and see fresh key marks.

[SleepWarz]

If the parking lot was busy and might fill up then no. But if its fairly empty I cant see how taking up a bit more space busts so many sets of balls on here. Get over it. Even if a lot is full its not worth keying a car because they took up 2 spaces. Hell I would need a new set of keys just for the people who are trying to park in one space but take up a quarter of the other. We should get VIP 2 space parking and make all the fatty's park 4 blocks away. They need the exercise. Win Win! (Guess I'll be parking a fair distance, faak. lol)

Moreso, anybody who touches somebody else's private property without the owners permission should get their fingers chopped off, one per offense. I bet we would see far less vandalism. And less freaking fingerprints on my car.

[IrocJack]

Originally Posted by dudemangod

Kids man. I'm a grown man now, but when I was a stupid teenager we would key cars that were parked taking up more than one spot just because we knew the owner cared and would be super pissed.

I know it's not cool and I regret being that little shit kid.

I wondered where you were at now.

[y0diggity]

Originally Posted by mpyle007

The problem with today's world is that people are too busy worrying about what other people do and how they do it when they should be paying more attention to what they do. I park far back in the parking lot and sometimes take up two spaces depending on the amount of parking available. I do this to keep people that dont pay attention from opening up their car doors and placing a nasty ding in mine. I dont do it to be a jerk. I do it to keep something pricey from happening to my car that I work very hard to take care of.

I dont design the tight parking spaces or lack there of. I do take the risk of parking where I do sometimes, but if I ever catch someone keying my car they will get what they deserve right there on the spot. For those of you who do think people are jerks for taking up two spots way in the back of the parking lot, worry about yourselves and move on because it isnt harming you.

If you worked really hard to take care of something and someone just threw their door open on your car causing damage, you will then understand. Those of you driving 1932 push and go's, I guess you wouldnt understand.

I haven't gotten all the way through this thread yet, so this may have already been said but -

I don't think that the VAST majority of people on this forum are driving "1932 push and go's". In fact, my guess is that we're all driving cars similar to yours if not MUCH nicer. We all take good care of our cars. Most folks who join an enthusiast's site are like that. I park out in the nosebleeds normally, but I never take up 2 spots. That's pure douchbaggery. There's always a chance that someone's gonna mess up your car, but taking up multiple spots - especially out in the back of the lot - is pure arrogance and just asking for problems from those folks who are haters because you have something nice. It's not saying that you're doing it out of arrogance, but that's how it's perceived.
Anyway, that's all I got. Sorry if it was a repeat, but I couldn't help myself.

[kiteman]

Originally Posted by y0diggity

I haven't gotten all the way through this thread yet, so this may have already been said but -

I don't think that the VAST majority of people on this forum are driving "1932 push and go's". In fact, my guess is that we're all driving cars similar to yours if not MUCH nicer. We all take good care of our cars. Most folks who join an enthusiast's site are like that. I park out in the nosebleeds normally, but I never take up 2 spots. That's pure douchbaggery. There's always a chance that someone's gonna mess up your car, but taking up multiple spots - especially out in the back of the lot - is pure arrogance and just asking for problems from those folks who are haters because you have something nice. It's not saying that you're doing it out of arrogance, but that's how it's perceived.
Anyway, that's all I got. Sorry if it was a repeat, but I couldn't help myself.

how many times have you been pulled over with that license plate of yours?

[y0diggity]

Originally Posted by kiteman

how many times have you been pulled over with that license plate of yours?

Lol!
Never been pulled over for it. I live in a small town (16k people) and the LEO's are all good folks. They see the humor in it. I got the plate because my 10 year old son dared me to. I know, not the best reason to do something, but it was a double-dog-dare. You can't let that go by and not do anything about it...

[UncleBenny]

Originally Posted by mcdoogle6969

There's a guy in town who riced out his Camaro (it's pretty bad) and when he parks...ANYWHERE, even at work, he pops out 4 traffic cones around the car.

I usually just park far away from everyone, or use my DD to do anything were id need to park my car in public for long periods of time.

If I ever saw that and I was driving my Blazer at the time, it would be really hard for me to not run some cones over and park next to him.