Places I won't park my Boxster... how about you?
 

Wal-Mart...

Costco... because thats where the last dent came from... good thing for Paintless dent repair!

Mind you, I got a dent in the right rear door of the beemer at Home Depot and some idiot key'd the beemer this
fall while in the parking lot of a nice restaurant...(that sad story cost me 700 bux) but it doesnt seem to matter
where you go, there's always an idiot waiting to make your day!

That's a big "yep"!
I try to avoid anywhere but my garage...but that's not always feasible. :o

Under a lamp standard where birds sit & S&^%t.........

Turns out... nowhere!

I recently the first new dent in 4 years in the door. Of course it bothers me. However I enjoy driving it far more than parking it. The hood is mostly comprised of stone chips at this point. And recently with city driving I have parallel parked between cars with 6" to spare (too dark to take a photo).

Of course I also spend a solid weekend every 6 mo. or so to pamper and upkeep the appearance. I try to chase after everything that is degrading and keep the mechanical parts as solid as possible.

"I'm not afraid to drive it because I'm not afraid to fix it!"

:cheers:

I avoid parking mine in SF on rainy nights. No telling what might happen... ;-)

You need to install the new bird revenge option :D
Car Vs Pigeon Funny Ford Commercial - YouTube

The stealership lot - rates on the meter are just too damn high

That is funny!! I wonder if this can be bought as an aftermarket add-on?

I don't park, I just keep moving and than park in the garage!

My Inlaws (from experience)...................Seriously.

Next to other cars...well unless it is another Porsche :).

Markets of any kind were the gatherers abound.

I always look for the most remote out of the way spot possible when I have too because women have all kinds of paint damaging apparel on their person or gear and do unintended damage everywhere they go.

Friggen walking, talking, riders of the apocalypse with their bags, baskets and gathering implements as they waddle and squeeze their way through places they are too vain to admit they wont fit and too lazy to go around.

Yes, I too have been victimized by the paint scouring broom riding witches.

That's why Porsche drivers should always prefer the skinniest model types that don't take up much space and fit easily where ever you put them and don't like carrying stuff because it makes them look fat :p

JDanger knows what he's talking about!!!

I once parked my Boxster all the way in the back of the parking lot at Wal-Mart. It was at least 10 parking spaces away from the closest car.

When I came out of Wal-Mart, a big Van was parked next to my car, almost blocking the car completely from my view from the front of the parking lot.

I've parked in many a place. No worries. End spots, far away, are key. Not a huge fan of over-night parking at hotels on the occasional multi-day road trip, though.

+1 Wal-mart. I parked waaaay out in the lot one time only to come out and find a minivan full of kids unloading 3 feet from my car.

Why?

Since it was my first year it was never parked out of sight, I have seen the "people who go out of their way to negate you parking far away" syndrome as well, I don't understand it but I see a lot of it. My favorite place was actually a weekly car show with all kinds of other rides where everyone was a freak about being careful around each other's cars.

that drives me nuts. i swear i can find an empty lot, and by the time i come back there are a couple of cars around.

about the only place i won't park is next to a minivan or a big truck with monster mud tires.

No kidding.
It's funny how some bonehead just has to park his $200 pride & joy next to my Boxster?!

I came back out to my Box one day and it looked like a pterodactyl did his business on it and walked across the hood scratching it up!!!!!

Titty Bars....

In my 85 yr. old moms drive way or, next to my own house...when it's on fire.

PK

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We have a lot of wild turkeys around here, they like to jump on top of cars.

I use these. I keep two sets in the trunk.

If I'm only parking for an hour or less I just park a long walk away. the average idiot who is likely to ding a door next to him won't park that far. I also avoid parking at the bottom of a sloping parking lot where a shopping kart might roll towards me, park at the top of the hill.
And always look for the parking spot where someone can only park on one side of you if far away parking is not available.

door shox

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+1 on that. I always try and find the highest point on the parking lot to avoid rollers, and I usually try and find nice cars to park beside. It's funny how often I come out of a store and find another Boxster parked next to mine.

If I know I'm going to have to park in da 'hood then I just take the truck instead.

Another good tip, avoid parking next to two door cars with back seats or in other words really long doors that open very wide. I like the protectors except where I live they might actually cause someone to damage the car, why? because they can't have one.

it amazes me how people will circle around for 10 minutes to find a parking spot near the entrance of a store just to avoid having to walk an extra 60 seconds or less. Or worse the maroons who will park right next to you even though the parking lot is 80% empty.
One time someone did this before I walked too far away so I got back in the car and moved it 10 feet right in front of them. I'm 99% sure they have no idea what they did was retarded.

Another time a lady friend of mine started whining about walking that whole 60 seconds and I told her to count the number of cars near the entrance that had no door dings. I think she found one out of every 8 cars had pristine doors.

I also avoid parking at the bottom of a sloping parking lot where a shopping kart might roll towards me, park at the top of the hill.


This reminds me of a highschool friend that made this mistake with his 12 year old Pontiac sedan. Costco size cart rolled downhill into his quarterpanel & made a noticable dent. He reported it to his insurance co & they told him the $900 cost would total his car! :D

I try to stay away from parking near driving ranges.

I don't park in my mother -in -law's driveway

I guess some times is doesn't matter...last week in the middle of the night in my driveway, some prick slashed my roof with a knife and stole a piece of tupperware that i had left on the seat.

That really sucks to lose a good piece of tupperware.

Could only get worse if it had a matching lid

Tupperware Thieves are the worst!