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Originally Posted by
bionicarm http:///forum/thread/385342/left-lane-evangelists/20#post_3379722
Ah, the old parking lot vultures. I alway shake my head when I'm looking for a parking spot, and someone is sitting there like a vulture waiting for some lady to pack her groceries, strap her kid in the car seat, then get into the car and leave. Meanwhile, there's an open space just 5 spots back. Heaven forbid the person has to walk another 20 feet!
As far as 'parking spot stealers'? That's why I carry a pair of large wire cutters with me. Someone 'slides in the backdoor' and takes a parking spot that I was patiently waiting for, then gets out of their car and looks at me and gives me attitude (or even goes as far as flipping me off)? I just smile and move on to find another spot. However, if the car is still parked there when I leave, I simply take my cutters and snip off the end of one valve. Sucks having to put a spare tire on in a tight parking spot.
Not exactly. UCF was extremely "under-spotted" I guess you'd say. You had to be somewhat competitive to get a spot, and there where lines
in the parking garages. That's what happened. I was in a line of cars coming into the garage. He was on the cross lane inside the garage. His direction had stop signs, meaning they had to yield to the right of way, so cars coming into the garage wouldn't back up onto the main street. Anyway, there's a speedbump as you enter the garage, so I slowed down more for it, a bit more then the car infront, not going to pounded lo-prolifes on a 2-ton car., which caused a gap.. Anyway he thought he saw the gap and tried for it. While the cars infront stopped, just as he started to make the turn into our lane. I inched up, probably got too close as he was still sideways in the lane. After cars started moving, he continued to turn, and the rear of his truck (old Taco) swung and hit my car's nose. At which point the yelling match started...
Figured just some college tool, like myself, so no harm... In hindsight, most likely stupid move these days.... But trapped with nowhere to go in a parking garage, not many options. It's not like automotive glass would stop bullets anyway, might as well meet the problem...
