Public parking.......not good...

That would be #1, yes, Mark.

The best I can do is a carefully calibrated dual-stage shock sensor, and multiple sirens, strobe lights and other attention getting devices. She never falses, so people know when someone has touched her.(REALLY REALLY loud!):xyxthumbs
 
geekysteve said:
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Time to move to a place where people don't brag about havin' indoor plumbin', and people don't make a family event out of going to the weekly dog auctions.
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I think you're right, (If the place you live is like that) it's definitely time to move! ;)
 
One of my co-workers is from Japan. He told me rather than keying cars, they like to use sandpaper :shocked It happened to him twice, around the whole car :angry On the bright side, he setup a video camera and caught the guy, his neighbor, trying for number three:argue
 
I just dont get people who key cars nicer then their own. Hell, I work on 70-80,000 dollar cars that I'd kill to own, but that doesnt mean I'm gonna trash em just cause i cant afford to have one. I keep a 1/2inch torque wrench in my trunk at all times, just incase some punk tries to key my car and I cach him. I had one idiot classmate jump on my hood as I was backing out, I gave him a pretty good bloody nose and black eye. Too bad he denied the whole incident when I tried to get his parents to pay for the damages, despite the more-than-coincidental matching damage to my hood and his face.
 
That's why I do not use parking lots. I have been walking to my destinations, and for the most part I have had success with doing that.



You can't be over cautious though, because even a moron has legs and feet, and your best efforts might be met with a spiteful act (yup been there).



Just use your judgement and make the best choice possible in your parking spot; Park it and walk away. Pray always.
 
I went to Big Lots for the first time recently to scope out detailing products. I didn't park really far away, but it still was a spot not next to other cars. When I came back out someone had parked a shopping cart so it was touching my driver's outside mirror. ***? There was no damage done, but it was really puzzling.
 
themightytimmah said:
I keep a 1/2inch torque wrench in my trunk at all times, just incase some punk tries to key my car and I cach him.
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I keep one of those telescopeing metal rods that the police carry in my car. I wouldn't hesitate to do some major damage if I caught someone damageing my car. It also comes in handy when you incounter a car full of human garbage looking for trouble.
 
Parking next to coupes is a bad idea too, the doors on my mom's 2 door are a lot longer than a standard door - swings out farther.



I got out of school today, people parallel park on the street and someone used my friends truck to know when to stop. But instead of back up, they left their car there, touching his truck. I would have been pissed.
 
I am so paronoid about other people that I don't park my car in the semi-busy public parking areas for more than 15 min, if ever. I usually take my company car so that I don't subject my car to possible mistreatment from total strangers who are just spiteful or just nasty. If I need to take my car and leave it on the side street or in the public parking, I only drive early in the morning (so that not many people are up and running around). My previous car has gone through so many bulls from strangers and I have not let those happen to my current car. Even though it is impossible to prevent someone from attacking your car while you are away, at least I will try to make it difficult for those people to do so.



Parking in the public areas needs some skills and good old fashioned animal instinct: quick surveillance to spot a possible vandalism suspects, traffic flow in the parking lot, distance from the main building, and over all neighborhood. The art of the trade is not too stand-out from the crowd (ie. not too far away, not taking more than one parking spot).



I use my instinct when I park and if I felt any bad vibe, I would not park. I am close to NY metro areas and there are so much surplus supply of bad apples here (sorry about my rants).
 
these days people have no respect for anyone's property unless it's theirs. out of jealousy, sometimes i think people get a kick on damaging nice personal property that's not their own. :down
 
Luster said:
10. Keep a couple of MF towels and a bottle of QD in your car at all times! Birds have special training in locating detailed cars.



Anything else?
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Thats funny! I know the feeling I will park at the very edge of the yellow line allowing plenty of space and then some mom mobile Camry will park right on their line and throw their door open without care. Such as what happened today but everything was cool:p !



When will people learn you don't mess with another man's automobile!:xyxthumbs
 
I have the habbit of getting even. Years back in my younger days some *** parked super close to my wife's car we were driving, left a pretty big ding(more like a dent) in the passenger side door.



Being the *** that I was (and still am) I grabbed a metal object and slammed her door back, but about 10x more. Serves the b*tch right.



I havent had problems for a while, I typically park somewhat to the back, especially with the truck (3/4 ton truck isnt small), I park with the other trucks out back as a courtsey. I think it's ignorant of me if I park up front where smaller vehicles are parking, and make it difficult for them. With being in the back, most every truck takes up 2 spaces, leaving enough space between trucks for big doors, etc.



when we go to a restraunt, I'll sometimes jump the curb and park on the grass, or out back out of the way of others so its not difficult for them to get in/out of their vehicles.



BUT if someone ever dinged my vehicle on purpose, I keep a large metal bar with a rubber handle for that specific reason.
 
When will people learn you don't mess with another man's automobile!:xyxthumbs [/B]
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I wish there are those Pulp Fiction characters who watch out for our cars from strangers. If I recall correctly, one of the lines in the movie says no man messes with (or keys) another man's car. I just wish people will leave other people's property alone.
 
I just get back at the offender's a la Christine style. My car and I act as one and run all of them over, crush their bodies against concrete walls, and spin tires on their heads. Then my car rebuilds herself when I yell "Show me!"
 
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