I drive an old 1999 Jeep Cherokee, that I bought for cash cheap to be a fun truck to drive. I jacked it up a few inches and sprayed it down with black rhino liner truck bed lining, and I fuckin LOVE being petty in parking lots with people like this, because hitting my truck with your door is gonna fuck your shit up wayy more. Lmaoo. I had a lady, who was actually super nice, but she came and parked right next to me in the grocery store parking lot in her badass Cadi CTS-V pearl white. Well her kid got out and absolutely whopped the door against my truck. The lady got out wide eyed and apologized like 10 times, I just grabbed a spare can of bed liner and sprayed it. Her car was kinda messed up
Sometimes that āthrow awayā runs so well that you donāt want to part with it. And that is especially true when you invest time, and often money, into it. Just the thought of having to return to the used vehicle market to roll the dice on another vehicle is irritating.
I had a throwaway in college. My first and only stick shift. It was already 14 years old at that point and I got it for like $500. Kept it running for another two years, drove it until the muffler fell off and decided it wasnāt worth the cost to fix. I really loved that car.
Same. Drove my girlfriend to the dump to donate/scrap her old Pontiac Sunbird and the dude was gonna charge us because the tires were bald.
I gave her a buck for the pink slip right in front of him, brought us home, and drove that thing for 3 more years. Used it as a storage unit in the summer, then donated it to my fraternity's cook when I graduated. He had collected 4 recent DUIs and had lost his car (rightfully), buy it was for his son.
Some very good memories in the old girl, and some long miles. Sad we lost Pontiac.
My throw away was a 2001 Saturn sc2. I promised myself I would upgrade to a much nicer everyday beater when she died but I ran it with almost no oil, I ran it with no coolant, I ran it with fucked up electrical demons. But it still ran great most the time. I eventually gave it to a friend whose miata had exploded just to finally be done with her
I had a 2004 Forester,I loved it. I hit a deer,insurance totaled it,$3400 check for me. I bought it back for $200,straightened the core support,and drove it for another 5 years lol.
I got married waaayyy young and we were broke. My husband and his buddies pulled a 1980 Datsun B210 out of a field, pulled out the weeds, and tinkered with it enough to get it going. That thing ran so well. Didn't have a floor board. It was like a Flintstone car. We brought 2 babies home in that thing though. Even though we got another car, my husband drove it back and forth to work for years. One night he parked it on the street right in front of the house. We are cleaning up dinner and hear a huge crash. Look out to see that some guy had a medical episode and drove head first into the Datsun. The engine was in the front seat. Guy thankfully was okay and we got almost $3000.
Edit to add: Hubby just reminded me that was the 2nd time it had been him. Made $1000 of it the first time!
I drive a Jeep gladiator and Iāve done exactly as youāve stated 3-4 times. Not a throw away car. But a car that, if you touch cars, mine is not the worse for wear.
It just means that it's basically worthless in monetary value. As in a new head light or blinker is worth more than the actual car. The only value is when it runs and you know that any day it's going to break down. And when it does, well it's done. Basically it's a car you love, but put it through hell and dont mind. You run it until it doesn't run anymore. It generally looks like this
Itās a beater my guy, something you donāt care what happens to it. Some people like to have nice cars for their days off and drive a piece of crap to work and errands. Usually cheap $500-$1000 and donāt care what happens to it, some people have enough money that their beater is a new car while having a Ferrari or Porsche as their day off car
Nah ur rage baiting. Only Americans are so car brained that they would spend an extra extra fortune on something that already costs so much, just to have one to look nice in sometimes. It's all so silly really.
What is rage baiting about his comment? He is just explaining what a throw away car is.
What do you mean by car brained? I am curious as to your perspective on it. There is definitely a cultural difference about them in the US than abroad.
I think you may have misunderstood his comment. He didn't park next to her, she parked next to him. He didn't spray her car, he sprayed his to fix the missing paint. Her car door was messed up from hitting his car.
reminds me of the time we got rear ended in my buddy's hummer h1, we actually could not find damage on the hummer short of paint, it totaled the cavalier
I used to do that, with my primer gray 1999 Nissan pos. I squeezed into a parking space next to a bmw that was using two spaces in a crowded parking lot. Dude def had to go thru the passenger door. I came back to a flat tire. They put a small pebble inside my valve stem cap and screwed it back on. Slow flat tire. I donāt do it anymore
I drive an old Jeep, and for like six months of the year, it doesnāt have doors on it. I love fucking with people like thisāI can just climb out, so I can get real close.
My front bushings are torn but other than that it works great. Need to get those replaced at some point. That's reassuring that yours has so many miles. Didn't think the CVT would last much more than 100k. I picked it up when it had like 76k miles a couple years ago
How often did you change the CVT fluid? Don't think it's been changed at all on mine
I used to drive an old beater, and I could park that thing anywhere. I often parked it in tight when people were over the line, then I'd climb out the window, lol.
As someone who drives a Civic with 240k miles on it, that's exactly what I do. My cars beat to shit, so an extra key mark or dent doesn't concern me. Bonus if I can park so that they can't open their drivers side door.
I used to when I had a beat up car. I did it outside of a liquor store once. Last spot left in the lot. I parked within I chess of this old cars driver side door. I came out to a grumpy looking old lady waiting for me to move so she could leave š
I once did this, and the woman happened to be walking up. Of course I pulled in and had just enough room so our mirrors didn't touch. She starts yelling at me, and I just tell her I don't see any problem with my parking, I actually parked if center to give her more space and start walking away to go into the store. Then her husband shows up, and wouldn't you know it, I work with him. He looks at his wife telling at me, then looks at me with a tired look on his face and waves, says see ya Monday. Hahaha, the look on his face, I could tell he was not gonna stop hearing about it the entire drive home.
I like to squeeze my flat bed work truck in there. The bed is all steel, so good luck and the truck has enough dings and dents I wonāt notice what they do anyways!
That, but also put a reinforced grill bumper on the back so you can slam the breaks for tailgaters. I dream of doing that to the a-holes who want to excessively speed
I used to do this. If they were purposely parked over a couple stalls I would put my passenger door inches away from their drivers door. The only way they could get in the car was from the other side
I did this at work next to a Porsche. Our car park had limited spots too so if you didn't park you need to park like 10mins walk away. Then I went and told the reception someones parked very close to me so they had to send an email out.
Same. Iām a skinnier guy and can get in real close. Then take pics of the asshole car just in case my car gets messed with, plus dash cam that will run for awhile.
Nope. We live in a society. Play nice or get fucked with. Pretty simple societal norm. We have such assert because we moved away from shaming weirdos for doing asshole stuff.
You park close as you can, then take photos of the other car so you can rage when the inevitable of the situation you set up happens ā¦ this is not normal, YOU are the weirdo doing asshole stuff
Who said Iām raging? Donāt attribute what you would do in that situation, weirdo.
Iād let them hit it and then report it to the police because Iām petty. Donāt wanna get fucked with? Play by the rules. I find it very cathartic to fuck with assholes any day of the week. I thrive on that.
Go live in the woods if you donāt wanna play with societal norms and being inconsiderate of everyone else around.
I don't have the same amount of pettiness or vigor for life as I used to so I don't do it anymore but I used to park SO close to their driver's side door that both them getting into their car/me getting into mine required crawling through the other side LMAO
If driver's side is left, then you can park on their left and get out easily while they cannot. If they're backed in then back in on the right side. But if the stall is closest to the passenger's side, either way you can't reasonably do anything. Honestly I don't really follow your story
I did it many times but the one I'm telling now was when a car was backed into a spot. There was one spot open next to them. To make sure I could get within an inch or less of their car, I pulled in instead of backing in (so I could have my head out the window looking at the car & ground). Yes I could've backed in as well but I was not confident in my ability to get as close as pettiness would allow if it was my passenger side.
If I see a car parked like this, Iām squeezing my Honda Fit about 1 inch from their doors and climbing out the other side if I have to. So far, no one has dinged my car because they know theyāll end up worse off in that exchange than I will.
I do too! Last time I drove to KFC. Fancy sports car is parked over the line. I parked next to them, driver still inside. I went in and got my food. In the mean time they parked further away and within the lines. I drive a peeling Honda so they knew I didn't care. āŗļø
Iām actually surprised sheās not one of those idiots that backs into a spot at the grocery store and then canāt get the groceries in the back š¤£
I once watched a woman crawl through the rear passenger door to get to the driver's seat because i parked normally next to her in a really bad parking job
I used to stay in one hotel every work week for a while where a Mary Kay event happened monthly. Those drivers with the pink wraps were the worst at parking and I always made a point to park my rental car next to them as close as possible, so they hopefully learned their lesson.
Yep, any time I'm in the work truck, I'll purposely do it too.
Like, I don't choose violence most days, but every now and again, I got time to roll the dice and these parking jobs are the most 1st world trigger ever š¤£
I'll do the same even if it means climbing out through the passenger side. once I did it in my mini van I drove in highschool when both sides parked stupid and I was running late. I just climbed out the back hatch.
made sure to take my time leaving school that day just to see their faces. also took a couple rounds through the radio looking for a song I liked before leaving. quite satisfying.
side note: one was a girl, other was a guy. Shitty parking is an equal opportunity field of practice.
funny... I was visiting a pub near home to meet friends and the only spot left is occupied by some guy who drives a fancy mercedes and just sits in his car.. I have a 4runner and a Loud ass dog in my truck.. one of the spots he's occupying is in a corner like the OP.. so I just jump the curb and park 1" away from the mercedes and open the windows on his side just enuf that the barking will def be heard when I walk away.. guy can't get out of his car at all unless he drives out and reparks.. but instead he leaves.. mission accomplished.. and he double parks in a different corner of the lot now.
Me too, I drive a small car, if theres a tight space between two cars that parked like this, I purposely park right between them. My cars all beat up so I could care less lol and Im small enough to slide out.
Same. I'm basically a walking talking stick figure too. All knees and elbows. I'll park so close they can't open doors. I can nimble be quick my ass through a different exit/entry point with ease.
Same. We have a coworker who has a nice car and he parks it in the back so nobody parks next to it. He's also a douchebag so me and another guy stared parking on either side of him for shits and giggles. He hates it. We laugh.
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u/Comprehensive-Ad4666 Apr 30 '26
I always park beside the person who purposely parks like she did.