Where do you park your Porsche? - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners

boxstershorts · 05-01-2008, 06:44 PM

I can park 500 feet from the nearest car, take two spaces, park at an angle, put orange cones around the car with POLICE tape around it and there will still be an idiot that will park 18 inches from me!
People are idiots, we must live amongst them with our cars, therefore we must also expect dings and scratches.

LoveBunny · 05-01-2008, 06:50 PM

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Originally Posted by boxstershorts

I can park 500 feet from the nearest car, take two spaces, park at an angle, put orange cones around the car with POLICE tape around it and there will still be an idiot that will park 18 inches from me!
People are idiots, we must live amongst them with our cars, therefore we must also expect dings and scratches.

My friend's husband got a Saab and parked it in his garage at home and in a lot at work for the most part. He still thought it was all shiny and pretty with no dings until he realized his kids had been getting out of the SUV that also would be parked in the garage and opening the doors on his Saab. Then he was just like, oh, well, had to happen eventually.

jonnycool · 05-02-2008, 06:01 PM

it's parked in the barn to keep the old guy's company! i spent $2000 on the 944 18 months ago and it travelled 5 miles and i spent $1500 on the bmw 325 cabriolet which travelled 500 miles?!?!? why do i do it ....WHY do i do it?

LoveBunny · 05-17-2008, 04:02 PM

Look, my car made a friend yesterday

FTD · 05-18-2008, 04:29 PM

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Originally Posted by jonnycool

it's parked in the barn to keep the old guy's company! i spent $2000 on the 944 18 months ago and it travelled 5 miles and i spent $1500 on the bmw 325 cabriolet which travelled 500 miles?!?!? why do i do it ....WHY do i do it?

Very cool.

FTD · 05-18-2008, 04:32 PM

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Originally Posted by boxstershorts

I can park 500 feet from the nearest car, take two spaces, park at an angle, put orange cones around the car with POLICE tape around it and there will still be an idiot that will park 18 inches from me!
People are idiots, we must live amongst them with our cars, therefore we must also expect dings and scratches.

What kills me is when I park out where there are no other cars, and when I come back - there is one car - parked next to me! Why next to me? Why not in a space with no nearby cars? It kills me

RobZ · 07-17-2008, 06:50 PM

Just think of paintless dent repair (PDR) as maintenance. A hundered bucks or so once a year will keep things straight. Think of it as your cars chiropractor. I'm getting some PDR tomorrow.

Quickurt · 07-18-2008, 02:06 PM

I have a big NRA Life Member sticker on each of my side windows....

FIG · 07-18-2008, 11:48 PM

My Parking Option List

1. If the carpark is reasonably empty......
Take 2 spots!

2. Find a spot next to a pole, and park as close as possible to it (usually gives plenty of room both sides then)

3. Find a spot next to another high end car which is clean and not damaged (usually means the owner is also careful?)

4. Get angry and Leave!

mchi5 · 07-19-2008, 01:02 AM

I used to live in an apartment, and I hated parking my boxster in the open parking lot. other stupid tenants would park so close to my boxster. thank goodness i never got a scratch from there. There was this one hella annoying person who used to back her chevy suburban into the space next to my boxster, and her annoying kids would swing open there doors getting out!!

now I've moved into a townhome with a 2 car garage, so now my wife and I have covered protected parking. yea! (she has a 2008 eclipse GT V-6 6-speed manual)

LoveBunny · 07-19-2008, 11:48 AM

I always love when I can get one of these spots, but it's quite often not an option.

If you can't tell by the picture, it's in a corner all by itself.

stef · 07-21-2008, 08:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Quickurt

I have a big NRA Life Member sticker on each of my side windows....

If you actually care about your car, you don't want political stickers on it.

I consider it a (very expensive) tool to get me places... quickly. Yeah, I'm waiting for my first ding and try to park prudently, but I can't obsess about it.

I drive a nice car for stress relief, and certainly don't need the added stress of worrying every time I park. So yeah, I look for a good spot and walk a bit, but it's gone from my mind once I turn on the alarm.

Pilot2519j · 08-08-2008, 06:43 PM

At home in the garage and at work on the street. New job so far so good now I drive with the mob going into the city every morning. I always fold the mirrors to avoid the accidental smashing of the side mirrors.

teacher · 07-22-2008, 04:35 PM

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Originally Posted by RobZ

Just think of paintless dent repair (PDR) as maintenance. A hundered bucks or so once a year will keep things straight. Think of it as your cars chiropractor. I'm getting some PDR tomorrow.

Thaks for the info, so I continuously think about getting the ding removed from my hood, caused by a semi that passed me. Never got the license plate unfortunately, but anyway, how good are these shops? I got a quote to fix it (and it is very minor of a ding) for $600. I was told that they need to not only redo the hood paint and all that, but also the fender, because the hood is "more glossy" than the fender paint. I looked closely at it, and I did see the difference but realized that I wasn't willing to shell up 600 bucks for all that...
what do you think?

Manxie · 08-06-2008, 04:43 AM

At work we have a small car park of eight spaces for staff / vans / customers.

For various reasons mine is the only car / van there today, it's pouring down rain and I've parked in my usual spot which is furthest away from the door. My regular car is getting serviced so I'd bought the Boxster with me today.

Without fail every customer car so far today has parked next to mine, ignoring the other empty spaces that are nearer the door.

I wonder why that is?

Is it some sort or herd mentality / safety in numbers type thing?

Mike

Manxie · 08-06-2008, 10:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Manxie

Without fail every customer car so far today has parked next to mine, ignoring the other empty spaces that are nearer the door.

I didn't spend all day gazing out of the window, but I checked every time I heard a car pull up and all except one driver parked next to my car, even though the rest of the car park was empty and nearer the door

I don't understand it.

bmx672 · 08-06-2008, 11:07 AM

My biggest peeve...
When I get the first spot and park over the line by a foot towards the store (on the side where there's yellow stripes etc). Nobody can park there so now you have a ton of room on the passenger side... then some idiot parks a foot over their own line. They are not looking at the lines but rather the proximity to the next car... I did that last week and sure enough some big old Caddie was right on top of me even though I was three feet off my line.