I don't care too much for money, money can't buy me.....

**McJim** · 16th November 2006, 06:59

Parking Skills.

Spotted this morning in Ponsnobby - made me laugh, thought I'd share.

**Maverick** · 16th November 2006, 07:05

As Ford Prefect would say..... "Looks like a fish, moves like a fish.... steers like a Cow..."

**Fishy** · 16th November 2006, 07:10

haha muppet.......

**Fishy** · 16th November 2006, 07:10

or was it just a female driver?

**McJim** · 16th November 2006, 07:15

Originally Posted by Maverick

As Ford Prefect would say..... "Looks like a fish, moves like a fish.... steers like a Cow..."

Very funny - Douglas Adams would have been proud. Seriously though these cars handle extremely well...there really is no excuse. It's not so much parked as abandoned methinks.

**Motu** · 16th November 2006, 07:42

I like to find people parked like that - then I park my Pajero 50mm from their drivers door....

**WRT** · 16th November 2006, 08:47

BTW - Mcjim, saw you coming up the motorway this morning. I was in the car, but your bikes pretty easy to spot ;-)

**xwhatsit** · 16th November 2006, 11:20

Hmm, despite now living in South Auckland, I work in Remuera, Ponsonby and Parnell (different branches of same restaurant). I always find it amusing, especially in Remuera you see it, all these rich ponces with slicked back hair, sunglasses, arm resting on the window while driving their black Porsche 911s. They like to rev it up out of the traffic lights (but most times I can actually out-accelerate them on my 250, I love bikes ^_^) but the amount of times I've seen near misses, lane weaving (can't these guys drive straight?), and truly terrible parking I've lost count of. Parking is what really gets me though; these guys don't seem to know what broken yellow lines mean.

Recently in Remmers they were doing some road re-surfacing (at last!) along our stretch of road, and the tow-trucks were being the usual pricks and giving no warning at all before towing cars, so I was keeping an eye on where customers were parked and giving them a heads-up before they got towed. However, I did see with great satisfaction a guy park his expensive Mercedes not only in the way of where they were about to start tearing up the road, but it was on yellow lines as well. I told him he might want to move his car to avoid a ticket, but he said `oh no I parked out of the way', really arrogantly, so I thought just stuff him. About 20 minutes later he saw his car go past in behind a tow-truck... went running out of the restaurant and gave me this really dirty look as though it was my fault. Expensive night out... I bet he wished he didn't try and show off in front of the woman he was with by buying the most expensive wine we stock as well. Isn't schadenfreude sweet?

**McJim** · 16th November 2006, 11:25

Originally Posted by WRT

BTW - Mcjim, saw you coming up the motorway this morning. I was in the car, but your bikes pretty easy to spot ;-)

That's a lie! - I wasn't fiddling with myself on the motorway at all....I was just ....resting my hand on the fuel tank.....erm...didn't realise people could see what I was doing....sorry.

**NotaGoth** · 16th November 2006, 15:51

I actually have witnesses who will clearly state that my parking is just as good... If not better.... *cough* two parking spaces.. *cough cough*

**Qkchk:Me** · 16th November 2006, 16:11

Are you sure it wasn't Qkkid? He parks the Jeep like that!

**McJim** · 16th November 2006, 16:13

Originally Posted by Qkchk

Are you sure it wasn't Qkkid? He parks the Jeep like that!

When did he get a Bentley?

**centaurus** · 16th November 2006, 16:39

A friend of mine has a saying:

"The better the car, the worse the driver".

Everytime I see one of these "bluppers" I remember his saying, and until now, it has proven to be right allmost everytime