The Official CarSPIN Bad Parking Hall of Shame.

[hotrodalex]

I'd rather reverse a truck because you can at least see the back of the bed so you know exactly here the truck ends.

That's what I was thinking.

You know what the best compromise is? An El Camino! Smaller than a regular truck, but you can still see the back corners.

[Rupert]

Full backward visibility, usually better mirrors, easier to see the corners.

[Madman]

White Cadillac with Florida plates.  The driver is probably well into his 80s and half blind, so he can't see the lines.

[cawimmer430]

I came across a bunch of sinners today. Why are so many of these guys parking slanted on a straight-line parking spot? 












What the hell? 

[Madman]

Bad taste and bad parking seem to go hand-in-hand.




Golf owner thinks he's driving a stretched Cadillac limo!




Stupid redneck is so high up in the air he can't even see the lines!

[Eye of the Tiger]

Yeah, stupid rednecks can't park

[mzziaz]

Yeah, stupid rednecks can't park

[saxonyron]

Yeah, stupid rednecks can't park

I had lunch there when I was camping with the family last July. One of the scenic pull offs on the south side of the Kancamagus Highway in the White Mountains.  I can't imagine how some boob managed to park like that.  Maybe he was using the curb as a lift so he could slide under and change his oil?   Then he could just toss the used oil over the stone wall and be on his way.

[Madman]

Looks like I'm not the only one frustrated by bad parking.  Some enterprising person has come up with a clever (and somewhat expensive) way to vent your anger at those who can't park properly.  Just place one of these hang-tags on the offending car and, if you really have no life, stick around to see the owner's reaction when he/she returns!

http://kindofrude.com/

[thewizard16]

Looks like I'm not the only one frustrated by bad parking.  Some enterprising person has come up with a clever (and somewhat expensive) way to vent your anger at those who can't park properly.  Just place one of these hang-tags on the offending car and, if you really have no life, stick around to see the owner's reaction when he/she returns!

http://kindofrude.com/

I actually love those. They're less offensive/asshole-ish than some of the other ones I've seen, but still express a high level of distaste for the offender's parking skills. The "Bless your heart" one is cute too- I can think of dozens of Civics and Cadillacs I've seen that deserve that...

[Secret Chimp]

It'd be great if you could buy what look like actual parking tickets to put the scare in people before they find out they just park like morons.

[L. ed foote]

Bad taste and bad parking seem to go hand-in-hand.

Probably doesn't want their ride dinged...

[Morris Minor]

Bad taste and bad parking seem to go hand-in-hand.

Would it be fair to say that this is probably not owned by a German-American middle-aged accountant?

[Madman]

Would it be fair to say that this is probably not owned by a German-American middle-aged accountant?

I saw the owner of this car so if you want to play a game I like to call "Guess the ethnicity of this car's owner" I can provide the answer for you.  You're right, a German-American middle-aged accountant does NOT own this car! 

[Morris Minor]

I saw the owner of this car so if you want to play a game I like to call "Guess the ethnicity of this car's owner" I can provide the answer for you.  You're right, a German-American middle-aged accountant does NOT own this car! 

It's a game I play when I'm bored with sitting in traffic, but its been done to death in other forums & is not very PC.  FWIW my accountant (middle aged Anglo-American) drives a 10-year-old W211 E350 with zero bling.

[RomanChariot]

White Cadillac with Florida plates.  The driver is probably well into his 80s and half blind, so he can't see the lines.

Looking at the background snow and water on the ground I wonder if this one was parked while there was a layer of snow covering the lines.  You get some really funny looking parking lots around here when there is an inch of snow on the ground when everyone parks in the morning and by noon the snow has melted off.

[Madman]

Really? 

[giant_mtb]

[Madman]

[Madman]

[giant_mtb]

that is a large truck.

[ifcar]

Depending on the size of that space, that might be the best way to park that truck. Otherwise it might be either partially sticking out into the lane or making the second space too small to use anyway.

[Madman]

that is a large truck.

Yep, it is.  And I'll bet you eighty-bazillion dollars the knuckle-dragging neanderthal who owns this ridiculous monstrosity has NEVER carried or towed anything with it!

[Rupert]

I think people buy duallies to tow, not just for the usual poseur-show.

[giant_mtb]

Yeah, I'd wager the vast majority of duallies are actually used.

[The Pirate]

To be fair, those trucks simply don't fit into a single parking space.

[cawimmer430]

Seeing this photo makes me wonder - where do soccer moms or college chicks park with their Ford F-650? 


By the way I was next to a Ford F-250 pickup today in flowing city traffic (couldn't get a photo of it though). That thing is huge! 

[Madman]

Interesting time-lapsed video of resourceful motorists escaping a blocked car park.  I was hoping a crowd would have beaten the idiot who parked across the entrance to bloody pulp but I guess we can't have everything!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c06AoK2QT20

[Laconian]

It'd be great if you could buy what look like actual parking tickets to put the scare in people before they find out they just park like morons.

I sense business opportunities there

[cawimmer430]

Times like these I wish I had a Ford F-650. 



Stupid motorcycle driver. I was in dire need of a parking space yesterday and this was the only one with a friggin motorcycle parked on it. Does this dumbass really have to make use of this precious parking spot? A small motorcycle, eh roller, like that can easily be parked on a sidewalk in M?hldorf, the cops don't give a shit about that. But no, Mr. Genius here has to rob us all of a precious parking spot.

Upon searching for more parking spaces I found similar situations where a motorcycle or a little Vespa is taking up one precious parking space. Bitch.