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Fancy Car

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COMMENT 125684P	2010-12-04 10:17 AM
Buy a small inexpensive car for whenever you go out in public. Leave the expensive car for expensive parking, eg home and friends.
COMMENT 125687	2010-12-04 10:19 AM
take the feedbag off ocasionally, see if that helps
COMMENT 125688	2010-12-04 10:19 AM
Dear Fancy Car, I, too, suffered the same fate whenever I parked my expensive, late-model Excalibur Phaeton in a public lot and was forced to mingle with hordes of the great unwashed. Like you, my wife also thought I was nuts when I told her the jealous little people (I admired Leona Helmsley) parked too close out of spite. Well, I'm happy to tell you I found the perect solution. I bought a 35-year old Ford Pinto which I drive to public places. If someone parks too close I take comfort knowing it might explode. As to the Excalibur - I simply leave it in the garage and sit in it while listening to the 32-speaker Super Sound system and pretending to drive somewhere. I've learned to make pretty good motor noises with my mouth. Signed, I Feel Your Pain
COMMENT 125696P	2010-12-04 10:49 AM
688: ha! Well done. Fancy, does your car have wide-swinging doors? I've never executed, known of, or even considered the park-too-close-out-of-spite manuver, but thT doesn't mean it couldn't happen. To happen so often, it would have to be some sort of cultural meme. Like burning doo in a bag on a doorstep. Occam's razor says many people park their vehicles poorly.
COMMENT 125707	2010-12-04 11:36 AM
Perhaps you should drive a waaaaambulance.
COMMENT 125709	2010-12-04 11:43 AM
I think your possessions own you. To agonise like this because you spent a large amount simply to provide yourself a pair of wheels seems ludicrous to me. Keep it at home, polish it, smooth it down every day, and buy a VW for use.
COMMENT 125711P	2010-12-04 11:58 AM
Find wider parking spaces.
COMMENT 125714	2010-12-04 12:13 PM
I don't drive a fancy car but I treat my car like it's fancy. I should have taken a picture of the minivan that parked next to me in parking lot 10 last night. There was no way the driver could have gotten out of the drivers side door when he parked. This seems to happen all the time and it is annoying. People who park over the lines should be ticketed. This would be a great source of income for the city.
COMMENT 125717	2010-12-04 12:41 PM
688, LOL I was going to offer up an AMC Gremlin as a solution. No doubt this is the same person I often see parked in crowded public parking lots hogging two spaces.
COMMENT 125721	2010-12-04 12:52 PM
While I could be mistaken, my guess is that you're one of those who thinks that because your car is "very expensive," you can take up more than one space to "protect" it. The fact of the matter is that the price or condition of your vehicle does not give you the right to park like a self-absorbed a**. Please park with courtesy for others and be certain to take only one space and evenly between the marked limit lines.
COMMENT 125724P	2010-12-04 01:18 PM
A VW?!?! Do you know how much those things cost? Now, I have a nice, used Pacer you might be interested in - it's a classic! Also, you might try yellow caution tape across the spaces on either side of your parking spot.
COMMENT 125709	2010-12-04 01:23 PM
What a traumatic experience ! Imagine getting up in the morning to face a challenge like this. Life's just too tough for some people...........
COMMENT 125738P	2010-12-04 02:29 PM
A Ford Pinto that old would be gaining in value if it is good condition. Fancy Car, I am sure you are a very, very special person so you deserve to park your car to straddle the car stall dividing line and occupy two spaces. You also should not mix your car on the curb with all the unwashed dirty chassis so you thusly can park you car spanning the public sidewalks to force the pedestrians to walk through the mud and into the street. Because, again, you are very, very special.
COMMENT 125748	2010-12-04 03:44 PM
Interesting how jealousy causes so many posters here to invent facts of out thin air. What he's talking about is parking in the farthest spaces, but still having jerks park right out there with him close enough to block access to his car. The solution is to park so the driver's side is not next to another space. For example, next to the landscaping that's usually at either end of the line of parking spaces.
COMMENT 125750	2010-12-04 04:00 PM
The solution is not to worry about material things.
AQUAHOLIC	2010-12-04 04:10 PM
Sigh, there is no solution to human nature...people are territorial animals...even in parking lots it seems....on second thought, especially when it comes to parking. People can get downright NUTTY! Ride a Vespa/bike, whatever...no worries, and you can park virtually anywhere, and for free, plus it's a lot more fun and economical than a car.
COMMENT 125709	2010-12-04 04:35 PM
Considering that the "problems" posted on Edda's "help me" column are contrived: this one is especially clever because the character of today's person in distress is familiar to all of us. He is that greedy drone who takes up two spaces in the downtown parking lot near the Granada Theatre on Symphony nights!
BECKY	2010-12-04 05:50 PM
Lighten up critics (please). My first boyfriend, when I was a teenager, had spent a lot of money (for him) on his car, and he wanted to keep it nice. We always parked in the farthest part of the lot, so that people wouldn't open their doors into it and scratch it, or let their shopping carts slam into it. I own a total beater now, and love the freedom it gives me, but it's not self-centered, rich, vain, and materialistic to want to keep one of your nice possessions nice. Even in my beater, I try not to open my door into others' cars. It's a matter of simple courtesy and consideration.
COMMENT 125765P	2010-12-04 06:07 PM
Dear Fancy Pants: The problem is your wife. Trade her in for a newer Model. --- Eda Hata Dot Com
COMMENT 125775P	2010-12-04 08:00 PM
I don't consider myself arrogant, vain, and I'm not rich by a long shot. But I do have an older collectible car that I like to drive often (it's actually good for it to get it out and run it.) I try to park far away in the parking lot from the store entrances where they're aren't any other cars. A door ding or scratch would cost a lot to repair. But every time I make an effort to be careful, somebody decides to park right next to me even though there's a whole lot with empty spots closer to the stores. It's like my car is a magnet for other cars. Maybe other cars are trying to flirt with mine.
COMMENT 125779P	2010-12-04 09:37 PM
I too used to think my husband was crazy for worrying about any little scratch or ding in the car, and always parks in safe, out of the way parking spots. Now, after many years I see that he is not so much materialistic as he is environmentally minded. His vehicles last a LONG time and do not have to be sent to the junk yard like those people who treat their cars like a disposable item. As for people parking purposefully too close; guess I haven't seen that as long as you've chosen a far away spot. The extra steps you have to walk are good for your health! And it's often faster to park far away than to wait for a close spot.
COMMENT 125784P	2010-12-04 11:04 PM
I can't believe this guy would even consider parking in a lot that doesn't have valet service!
COMMENT 125807	2010-12-05 09:31 AM
Fancy, you seem to have purchased a vehicle out of your price range. With any vehicle comes maintenance and repair costs, and it would appear from your griping you haven't set aside an appropriate budget for minor repairs, a chauffeur or an extra vehicle for running errands. You have to pay to play, there's no way around it.
COMMENT 125811P	2010-12-05 10:04 AM
Once again, Edda is fake and insulting to our intelligence.
SEEDLADY	2010-12-05 10:36 AM
Fancy's got it right--nobody takes the time to park right anymore. Just slam it into a spot, straight or not, and that's calling it good. Inconsiderate marroons.
COMMENT 125688	2010-12-05 12:22 PM
811P - Au contraire, mon frere (or mon soeur.) Edda is a pleasant, harmless diversion that gives would-be comedy writers like me a chance to hone our pencils. I wrote the third response which I signed "I Feel Your Pain." If you want "real," write to Dear Abby or watch Jerry Springer. LOL!
COMMENT 125684P	2010-12-05 12:51 PM
125811P - agree with 125826, whose comment 125688 was worth a chuckle. I like this feature, which I think is for people with a sense of humor.
COMMENT 125874	2010-12-05 06:33 PM
Used to drive a '63 Studebaker, and for some reason, nobody ever parked anywhere near me. Always had three spaces all to myself, no matter how crowded the lot was otherwise. Never needed to use the turn signals or mirrors to merge with freeway traffic either, even in LA at rush hour. Then one day, I had the rust removed, the dents fixed, and the paint redone. After that, I had to live with people parked right up along both sides on me. Fortunately, when they painted the car, they cleaned the mirrors, but I did have to pay extra to get the turn signal fixed and take lessons in using them properly before my next trip to LA too.
SHOREBIRD	2010-12-05 07:15 PM
Simple solution. You are not parking far enough out.
COMMENT 125930	2010-12-06 07:52 AM
French lesson for the day: It's mon frere or ma soeur. Unless you're talking about your manly sister. In that case, mon soeur would be accurate, so carry on!
COMMENT 125709	2010-12-06 08:34 AM
930 Quelle damage!!!!!
COMMENT 126095	2010-12-06 03:11 PM
I try to park at an end of the row spot thinking that there's a 50% less chance of getting my car dinged with a vehicle only on one side.

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