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Message: Re: Where do you park your Boxster when shopping
Changed By: Laz
Change Date: January 07, 2011 11:28AM
Re: Where do you park your Boxster when shopping
Change Date: January 07, 2011 11:28AM
Re: Where do you park your Boxster when shopping
I usually don't park far away, as I think it leaves the car too exposed. I don't spend time looking for the "perfect" spot.
I look for one where my car won't be nose to nose with another unless there's a divider.
It's a secondary issue, but if there's a long and/or unkempt vehicle across the aisle, I might park elsewhere as I don't want them backing all the way across into my car.
Where a well-kept car will be on either or both sides of mine.
It's good to park next to other cars that just arrived, as you might just leave before they do.
Not next to or between SUVs (visibility.)
Not at the end of a lane as another car could cut the corner short, and being an intersection, there's more traffic (unless it's a dead end or there's a wide mall.)
I try not to take two spaces*, either straight over the line or on an angle because it's "haughty." (Angle parking is a real red flag for sociopaths.)
I look for a high spot so carts will tend to move away from the car.
Wind direction counts, too. A few months ago a cart actually got blown about 30 feet and dinged a door on my car. So on windy days I try to park upwind.
*Sometimes other drivers will park badly, taking two spots, which messes up the rest of the order, but once they and the other cars leave, it might look like you were being rude.
Ok, perhaps I'm looking for the perfect spot, but I'm also a big fan of the Pauli Exclusion Principle.
I look for one where my car won't be nose to nose with another unless there's a divider.
It's a secondary issue, but if there's a long and/or unkempt vehicle across the aisle, I might park elsewhere as I don't want them backing all the way across into my car.
Where a well-kept car will be on either or both sides of mine.
It's good to park next to other cars that just arrived, as you might just leave before they do.
Not next to or between SUVs (visibility.)
Not at the end of a lane as another car could cut the corner short, and being an intersection, there's more traffic (unless it's a dead end or there's a wide mall.)
I try not to take two spaces*, either straight over the line or on an angle because it's "haughty." (Angle parking is a real red flag for sociopaths.)
I look for a high spot so carts will tend to move away from the car.
Wind direction counts, too. A few months ago a cart actually got blown about 30 feet and dinged a door on my car. So on windy days I try to park upwind.
*Sometimes other drivers will park badly, taking two spots, which messes up the rest of the order, but once they and the other cars leave, it might look like you were being rude.
Ok, perhaps I'm looking for the perfect spot, but I'm also a big fan of the Pauli Exclusion Principle.
Changed By: Laz
Change Date: January 07, 2011 10:58AM
Re: Where do you park your Boxster when shopping
Change Date: January 07, 2011 10:58AM
Re: Where do you park your Boxster when shopping
I usually don't park far away, as I think it leaves the car too exposed. I don't spend time looking for the "perfect" spot.
I look for one where my car won't be nose to nose with another, unless there's a divider.
It's a secondary issue, but if there's a long and/or unkempt vehicle across the aisle, I might park elsewhere as I don't want them backing all the way across into my car.
Where a well-kept car will be on either or both sides of mine.
It's good to pull park next to other cars that just arrived, as you might just leave before they do.
Not next to or between SUVs (visibility.)
Not at the end of a lane as another car could cut the corner short, and being an intersection, there's more traffic (unless it's a dead end or there's a wide mall.)
I try not to take two spaces*, either straight over the line or on an angle because it's "haughty." (Angle parking is a real red flag for sociopaths.)
*Sometimes other drivers will park badly, taking two spots, which messes up the rest of the order, but once they and the other cars leave, it might look like you were being rude.
Ok, perhaps I'm looking for the perfect spot, but I'm also a big fan of the Pauli Exclusion Principle.
I look for one where my car won't be nose to nose with another, unless there's a divider.
It's a secondary issue, but if there's a long and/or unkempt vehicle across the aisle, I might park elsewhere as I don't want them backing all the way across into my car.
Where a well-kept car will be on either or both sides of mine.
It's good to pull park next to other cars that just arrived, as you might just leave before they do.
Not next to or between SUVs (visibility.)
Not at the end of a lane as another car could cut the corner short, and being an intersection, there's more traffic (unless it's a dead end or there's a wide mall.)
I try not to take two spaces*, either straight over the line or on an angle because it's "haughty." (Angle parking is a real red flag for sociopaths.)
*Sometimes other drivers will park badly, taking two spots, which messes up the rest of the order, but once they and the other cars leave, it might look like you were being rude.
Ok, perhaps I'm looking for the perfect spot, but I'm also a big fan of the Pauli Exclusion Principle.
Original Message
Author: LazDate: January 07, 2011 10:54AM
Re: Where do you park your Boxster when shopping
I usually don't park far away, as I think it leaves the car too exposed. I don't spend time looking for the "perfect" spot.
I look for one where my car won't be nose to nose with another, unless there's a divider.
It's a secondary issue, but if there's a long and/or unkempt vehicle across the aisle, I might park elsewhere as I don't want them backing all the way across into my car.
Where a well-kept car will be on either or both sides of mine.
It's good to pull next to other cars that just arrived, as you might just leave before they do.
Not next to or between SUVs (visibility.)
Not at the end of a lane as another car could cut the corner short, and being an intersection, there's more traffic (unless it's a dead end or there's a wide mall.)
I try not to take two spaces*, either straight over the line or on an angle because it's "haughty." (Angle parking is a real red flag for sociopaths.)
*Sometimes other drivers will park badly, taking two spots, which messes up the rest of the order, but once they and the other cars leave, it might look like you were being rude.
Ok, perhaps I'm looking for the perfect spot, but I'm also a big fan of the Pauli Exclusion Principle.
I look for one where my car won't be nose to nose with another, unless there's a divider.
It's a secondary issue, but if there's a long and/or unkempt vehicle across the aisle, I might park elsewhere as I don't want them backing all the way across into my car.
Where a well-kept car will be on either or both sides of mine.
It's good to pull next to other cars that just arrived, as you might just leave before they do.
Not next to or between SUVs (visibility.)
Not at the end of a lane as another car could cut the corner short, and being an intersection, there's more traffic (unless it's a dead end or there's a wide mall.)
I try not to take two spaces*, either straight over the line or on an angle because it's "haughty." (Angle parking is a real red flag for sociopaths.)
*Sometimes other drivers will park badly, taking two spots, which messes up the rest of the order, but once they and the other cars leave, it might look like you were being rude.
Ok, perhaps I'm looking for the perfect spot, but I'm also a big fan of the Pauli Exclusion Principle.