Park the car far away from everyone doesn't work for me

Gr-Racing · 01-29-2017, 10:10 PM

When to the grocery store with the wife and park all the way in the back by my self nobody around , came back and found this sh*t .

Ding from a self propelled shopping cart thanks life

chicagoshark · 01-29-2017, 10:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Gr-Racing

When to the grocery store with the wife and park all the way in the back by my self nobody around , came back and found this sh*t .

Ding from a self propelled shopping cart thanks life

That sucks. Is no one safe?

RedKloud · 01-29-2017, 10:30 PM

Doesn't work. Some idiot will park right next to you with all the other spaces available. I'm unable to explain the motive behind this.

Project Elite · 01-29-2017, 11:02 PM

Guess it might be safer to park next to cars afterall

I try to park next to two more expensive cars instead

drummerlauw · 01-29-2017, 11:09 PM

Is it something PDR can fix? I wish full cover insurance would cover PDR without paying the deductible first.

Beek · 01-29-2017, 11:10 PM

I HATE getting the first one, after that I still hate it. Sorry that happened!

ny325 · 01-29-2017, 11:30 PM

Sorry to hear that OP. A windy day will do it. A good PDR will fix it.

Billfitz · 01-30-2017, 07:12 AM

There's no such thing as idiot proof. Just when you think you're there God creates a more efficient class of idiots.
BTW, if the lot is set up so that you can easily park facing out of the spot, so that you don't have to back out of it, why park facing in?

NewM3driver · 01-30-2017, 07:45 AM

Need to find that space "up" grade so carts can't role towards you. I have my preferred spots at all those dangerous lots that you must go to routinely.

435MSport6Speed · 01-30-2017, 07:45 AM

Was there a "slope" to the lot?

I learned that lesson the hard way.

tex2670 · 01-30-2017, 08:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Gr-Racing

When to the grocery store with the wife and park all the way in the back by my self nobody around , came back and found this sh*t .

Ding from a self propelled shopping cart thanks life

That sux. But self propelled shopping carts actually sound kind of cool.

Wunsch · 01-30-2017, 09:03 AM

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That sux. But self propelled shopping carts actually sound kind of cool.

More like gravity propelled. I'm paranoid about shopping carts, so I evaluate the grade of the parking lot at least as much as I look for an isolated place to park. Around here, at least, there are often many high points and low points throughout any given lot, to facilitate drainage.

Kabrich · 01-30-2017, 09:54 AM

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When to the grocery store with the wife and park all the way in the back by my self nobody around , came back and found this sh*t .

Ding from a self propelled shopping cart thanks life

As you found out, which most of us know, don't park downhill of a slope.

Uphill or flat is key, or barrier if you must park downhill.

tex2670 · 01-30-2017, 09:58 AM

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More like gravity propelled. I'm paranoid about shopping carts, so I evaluate the grade of the parking lot at least as much as I look for an isolated place to park. Around here, at least, there are often many high points and low points throughout any given lot, to facilitate drainage.

Yeah, well in my stupid teen years, we used to line shopping carts up a the Stop & Shop / Bradlees parking lot with the front of our cars (back when bumpers were real bumpers), and then accelerate and push the carts until we got to a good speed, and then brake and let the cart still go. You can't really account for parking lot slope for that -- but we never aimed at other cars; but parking alone away from other cars would not be where you want to park in that situation. I realize, now, that such behavior was unacceptable....

So...no matter where you park, it's never completely safe....

MuffinMan910 · 01-30-2017, 10:03 AM

That sucks OP. It's happened to me too... now I go to the extent of observing the grade of the pavement and make sure I park on the higher grade. Seems to have worked so far... I've witness a runaway shopping cart... managed to catch it before it hit a mustang but man those things catch some serious speed

goj · 01-30-2017, 10:23 AM

I parked similarly to you a couple weeks back in a parking lot section with no other car in it. When I walked out, there was a brand new charger r/t parked super close with those big long doors.

Annoyed but not surprised. This just tends to happen

BEM-S4 · 01-30-2017, 10:53 AM

I got in a fight yesterday. Parked easily 30 spots from anyone else and came out of the store to find some woman in a beat up old Acura parked within 6" of my car. Unfortunately for her she was there when I got back to my car and I tore her a new one.

tex2670 · 01-30-2017, 10:58 AM

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I got in a fight yesterday. Parked easily 30 spots from anyone else and came out of the store to find some woman in a beat up old Acura parked within 6" of my car. Unfortunately for her she was there when I got back to my car and I tore her a new one.

Ha ha--and how did that go? Let me guess, she didn't feel bad at all, and acted like you were the dick.

jd_perspective · 01-30-2017, 12:00 PM

this stuff makes me so mad. i do that to and with a prior car I came out and mirror was clipped. it's like WTF!!!!! So angry...

Gr-Racing · 01-30-2017, 12:14 PM

No grade or slope to the parking at all, thats why i was like WTF no way it made it by it self.

Some one gave that bad boy a nice push

STR8-6IX · 01-30-2017, 12:23 PM

whatever you do, try not to park beside a white 320i with stuffed hello kitty toys all over the interior.

BEM-S4 · 01-30-2017, 01:26 PM

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I got in a fight yesterday. Parked easily 30 spots from anyone else and came out of the store to find some woman in a beat up old Acura parked within 6" of my car. Unfortunately for her she was there when I got back to my car and I tore her a new one.

Ha ha--and how did that go? Let me guess, she didn't feel bad at all, and acted like you were the dick.

She gave me the finger when I inspected my car to make sure she didn't scratch it with her door. I may have then backed out of the spot, ending up with my driver window directly in front of her car, and told her to go f*ck herself. May have also spit out my window onto the hood of her car. Or maybe I didn't

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Billfitz Lieutenant General 8243 Rep 16,082 Posts Drives: '15 328iX GT Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: New Hampshire iTrader: (0)	There's no such thing as idiot proof. Just when you think you're there God creates a more efficient class of idiots. BTW, if the lot is set up so that you can easily park facing out of the spot, so that you don't have to back out of it, why park facing in?
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NewM3driver Colonel 1110 Rep 2,007 Posts Drives: 2017 M3 ZCP Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: CT iTrader: (0)	Need to find that space "up" grade so carts can't role towards you. I have my preferred spots at all those dangerous lots that you must go to routinely.
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MuffinMan910 Lieutenant 135 Rep 524 Posts Drives: 2013 f30 335i xDrive mSport Join Date: Jul 2014 Location: Toronto, Ontario iTrader: (0)	That sucks OP. It's happened to me too... now I go to the extent of observing the grade of the pavement and make sure I park on the higher grade. Seems to have worked so far... I've witness a runaway shopping cart... managed to catch it before it hit a mustang but man those things catch some serious speed
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goj Brigadier General 2253 Rep 3,622 Posts Drives: 2016 EBII 340i 6-MT Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: Bay Area, CA iTrader: (0)	I parked similarly to you a couple weeks back in a parking lot section with no other car in it. When I walked out, there was a brand new charger r/t parked super close with those big long doors. Annoyed but not surprised. This just tends to happen __________________ BMW CCA Member #516012 2016 340i, Estoril Blue, Manual Transmission, MPE, MPBBK, HRE FF04 Instagram: @brandons340i
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