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hows your luck??
« on: Aug 18th, 2010, 7:46pm »
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i was walking back to my car in a car park when i noticed a rover 25 pulling in , and yep she chose to park next to me , as she pulled in i said to my son she aint judged that right , and lo and behold she hadnt , and wallop she scraped right down the side from rear wheel arch , along the rear door !!!
i just stood there opened mouthed for about 10 seconds and then shouted (couldnt possibly repeat on here ) she then backed out and said and i quote"oops sorry"  
luckily enough the damage was only a long black scuff and no dent , ive managed to t-cut it out  
but what really annoyed me was the fact she decided to park right next to mine when there was a completely empty row of about 15 bays in the next row ..........
i asked her why she chose to park there and she just said , i dont know !!!!  
is it any wonder women drivers get a bad press??
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« Reply #1 on: Aug 18th, 2010, 7:55pm »
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It's the mighty magnetism of the Scorpio Rich,ladies just can't resist em Wink
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« Reply #2 on: Aug 18th, 2010, 8:01pm »
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im still shaking my head in disbelief , i mean come on , how hard is it to pull into a parking bayHuh
i suppose i should be thankful she didnt have a big car  Smiley
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« Reply #3 on: Aug 18th, 2010, 8:43pm »
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Maybe if she had a big car, she would have crashed it before she got to the car park.....Smiley  Although survey's say that women drivers are safer............ Huh
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I think i'm going, erm what do you call it..... Senial.... Huh
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« Reply #4 on: Aug 19th, 2010, 8:01am »
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hi  there
 
i have the same problem, but haven't been hit yet!
 
must be because my car is shinny! i park miles from the shops and still get cars all around me! Angry
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« Reply #5 on: Aug 19th, 2010, 10:16am »
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tonyboy.
The surveys are carried out by women Wink
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« Reply #6 on: Aug 19th, 2010, 11:10am »
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on Aug 18th, 2010, 8:01pm, rich1 wrote:

i suppose i should be thankful she didnt have a big car  Smiley

 
The thing is, the bigger car you have, the better you learn how to park. I saw once a Punto trying to parallel park for 5 minutes or so - and gave up. The next car to try was an S-class. The guy parallel parked it without turning his head.
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« Reply #7 on: Aug 19th, 2010, 12:33pm »
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Although survey's say that women drivers are safer............ Huh

 
Actually, women are involved in more accidents BUT the total cost for accidents (and personal injury) for men is higher.
 
Most of the accidents women are involved in are low speed bumps/scrapes just like the one you've described but when men crash it's generally at a higher speed - when we crash we do it properly!
 
The causes for crashes involving women is lack of situational awareness whereas with men it's excessive speed or not driving to the road conditions (i.e. over confidence).
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« Reply #8 on: Aug 20th, 2010, 9:39am »
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Cry.  In everybody's life there is a leveler - a pride destroyer!  And in my case it goes under the name of Citroen AX, 954cc's of French revenge for Waterloo  Cry.  It works this way:  looking for a place to park I espy a space big enough to fit a short lorry into.  "Easy  Cool.  Then it all goes wron.  Foiled by the magnifying effect of the wing mirrors, the normal vision of the interior and the miserley steering lock I make the most awfull mess of it all.  Sometimes giving up and resorting to the nearest Airfield  Huh.
 
Scorpios, Lorrys, Busses, Coaches.  8" Howitsers on a limber, Tractors and trailers on rough terrain etc.  No problem.  Citroen AX?  No Pride  Cry
 
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« Reply #9 on: Aug 23rd, 2010, 11:49am »
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Interesting!
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« Reply #10 on: Aug 24th, 2010, 9:31am »
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For as long as I can remembe I have allways used my mirrors for parking, whe possibel that is as sometimes mirrors are limited in their field of vision.  
 
I can still remember way back when a lorry firm I drove for introduced "close visiion mirrors".  I hated them and still do.  I find that switching ones prespective from normal vision to close vision as when glancing in ones wing mirror/s gives a false and confusing message to my poor single cell brain which struggles to cope.  Yet other people don't have any problem at all.  
 
Ah well.   I have struggled with the wing mirrors on my beloved AX (seriousley I love that little car) so I will treat her to replacement wing mirrors..........soon.
 
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