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View Poll Results: How far do you park?
Park close as possible
7
13.21%
Park close, but leave a spot or two.
11
20.75%
Park far enough to claim it as a health benefit
27
50.94%
Park on the curb/grass if possible
8
15.09%
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Old Mar 11, 2010 | 08:16 AM
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I park out in the most remote section of the parking lot I can find, no matter the walk. I always park next to an island/curb with the curb on the right. If I'm forced to park next to other cars, I never, EVER park next to a 2 door car, SUV, Volvo, beater, or minivan.
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Old Mar 11, 2010 | 08:23 AM
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I was a douche back then

nah, at that time (2007), the college parking was always empty, nobody cared.
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Old Mar 11, 2010 | 08:46 AM
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My LS is 10 yrs old and has one door ding on 3 of the 4 doors. I just park as close as possible as long there is adequate room.

When I had my previous car, which was my first new car, I used to park a little further. But no matter where I parked, I always found some POS next to me when I came back. I swear my car was a crap-magnet.

BTW - what in the frick did that Audi A4 owner do w/ their license plate? That looks horrible!! I know it interrupts the look of the front grill if mounted in the conventional spot, but off to the side like that looks like a hack-job!
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Old Mar 11, 2010 | 09:19 AM
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I like to park the Lexus near other fancy foreign cars.
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Old Mar 11, 2010 | 09:36 AM
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I find and spot at the end of a row and go as far to one side as possible so that in the event someone does park beside me, there is the least possible likelihood of door dents.
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Old Mar 11, 2010 | 09:46 AM
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Far enough that always pisses off the wife.
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Old Mar 11, 2010 | 10:26 PM
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Originally Posted by MadMax96

BTW - what in the frick did that Audi A4 owner do w/ their license plate? That looks horrible!! I know it interrupts the look of the front grill if mounted in the conventional spot, but off to the side like that looks like a hack-job!
it's a rho-plate. mounts onto the tow hooks.


and lol at 1sicklex's story.


i park far away and usually in a corner. i don't like crawling 15 mins for a spot, when i could walk that in 1 mins. save gas, save time and get some exercise.
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Old Mar 13, 2010 | 10:42 PM
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Originally Posted by whoster
I park as close I can to where I want/need to be.


Bought a car to drive, not walk
AGREED 100%
I hate when i'm ridding w/ my buddies and they park far away, making me walk...
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Old Mar 13, 2010 | 11:23 PM
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I try to park next to other sports cars, how ever I tend to avoid 'sporty' cars.
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Old Mar 14, 2010 | 01:23 AM
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I park as close as I can get to the door.
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Old Mar 14, 2010 | 08:25 AM
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Originally Posted by KILLERGS4
AGREED 100%
I hate when i'm ridding w/ my buddies and they park far away, making me walk...
Yeah, I hate that especially when we go to the gym to go running. I hate havin to walk places.
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Old Mar 14, 2010 | 09:26 PM
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Lol! I know that feeling. Isn't that dumb though? We're going to work out, but we're annoyed that we have a marginally further walk to the door.
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Old Mar 14, 2010 | 09:54 PM
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Originally Posted by malujerry
i usually park far out, but sometimes people just wanna park right next to the F. i don't really care as long as there's no damage.
My theory is: If my nice car is parked next to another nice car than he wont scratch my nice car because his car is too nice to scratch etc...
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Old Mar 14, 2010 | 10:11 PM
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Originally Posted by IS-SV
I like to park the Lexus near other fancy foreign cars.
I do the same thing because I feel that the owners of other high end foreign cars will respect the love I have for my car because they feel the same way about their cars
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