Floss
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Ooooh it must be true then if it was in the paper !
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Ooooh it must be true then if it was in the paper !
Gramaisc
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BMW parked upside-down in Portlaoise today, after an altercation with the Gardaí.
http://www.rte.ie/news/2014/0723/632640-portlaoise/
http://www.rte.ie/news/2014/0723/632640-portlaoise/
proactive
Enjoying a drop of red.
That'll buff out.BMW parked upside-down in Portlaoise today, after an altercation with the Gardaí.
http://www.rte.ie/news/2014/0723/632640-portlaoise/
Mikinton
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darben
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It's sounds like an article from the same data. Audi & BMW tend to be company cars & this may have effect the mentality of the driver as it is not their personal possession, their not driving on their own insurance and they'll be getting a new one every two and 1/2 years or so.
phildo
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Audi & BMW's split of new registrations between fleet and private sales isn't much different than most marques. ie. BMW has 55% feet, Audi 50%, Vauxhall 53%, Ford 49%, Peugeot 54% etc....
(source http://www.am-online.com/news/2013/...ars-go-to-fleets-vs-private-customers-/33882/ )
As a small sample - where I work we have 1 BMW in our UK fleet (sales director) and we have 5-6 Audi's, this is in a fleet of about 50 vehicles. most popular cars are Volvo s60, Mazda 6 and Qashqai... However, the work car park is full of Audi's and BMW's as many of the office and factory staff drive them - all privately owned!
Mikinton
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It's what newspapers do - repackage for public consumption something generated by someone else, and at the same time adding a dash of spin, Fleet Street hacks especially.
The link to the Mail was the first one listed on my Google search. As bigbluewolf had said "Unfortunately I cannot find a link to show you." I wanted to post as quickly as I could (like within 2 minutes) just how easy it was. The link to stressfreeairportparking was just as easy to find.
Trumpet
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Wasn't on Asda car park was it?
Gramaisc
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Today, I had cause to park in a supermarket car park. As is my usual plan, I parked off in the far corner, away from the "I have such a busy life that I don't have time to bother about anybody else"-types. There was ten minutes of a rather interesting programme about fungi left on Radio 4 and, so, I decided to listen to it and opened the driver's door for added ventilation, it protruded about a foot into the vacant space next door. I had eight vacant spaces immediately to my left and seventeen vacant spaces immediately to my right. A couple of minutes later a car appeared and it seemed that the driver was insistent on parking in one of the vacant spaces.
There are no prizes for guessing which space was the only one that was suitable.
It was red Peugeot of some sort, for those that don't trust other parking surveys.
There are no prizes for guessing which space was the only one that was suitable.
It was red Peugeot of some sort, for those that don't trust other parking surveys.
shoes
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I'm not a 'two space' parker, although I am considering it. I have an Audi as a company car, and already it has two dents in it from people who have opened their doors on my car. One of them is on the rear arch, which is double skinned and therefore will need some serious work to correct. The chunt who did it was kind enough to then not leave a note, or a card and park somewhere else. Due to the age and value of the car these dents have a significant effect on the car’s re-sale value, and to avoid being charged an astronomical amount by the company who provides the car (as they get work done, double the price and then pass it back to me), I will need to get this sorted out myself.
I’m currently staring down the barrel of an over £500 bill.
It’s no wonder people with expensive cars, especially those with trick paint, go to some lengths to avoid people in shitty cars who don’t really care about them treating their new, expensive nice cars like a bump stop for the door.
shoes
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No, people with shit cars tend not to treat them as well as those with nice cars. When I first got a car it was a worthless piece of crap which just about got me around. I think I washed it like 3 times in 18 months. Now I have a couple of nice cars, I take care of them. Unfortunately, other people are both careless and selfish - as outlined in my previous post.
Jonah
Spouting nonsense since the day I learned to talk
Nope, Tesco.
darben
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Gramaisc
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It's not just Stafford - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-28328078 .
That-Crazy-Rat-Lady
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I didn't take a picture but I was in stitches when I recently saw a massive
Range (black, shiny, big grill, leather seats, who you lookin at?) Rover
Parked like a massive twat on a retail park taking up 2 spaces (diagonally) whilst a very chuffed warden wrote him out a nice yellow parking ticket!
Ha!
Range (black, shiny, big grill, leather seats, who you lookin at?) Rover
Parked like a massive twat on a retail park taking up 2 spaces (diagonally) whilst a very chuffed warden wrote him out a nice yellow parking ticket!
Ha!
Feed The Goat
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Sounds like the range rover had the right idea.
It works like this :
He gets a ticket from a private parking company. This can be then used when he runs out of Kleenex. As has been previously discussed on this forum, these private tickets can be ignored.
Alternatively he can squeeze his car into a space and wait for some idiot to open their door with absolutely no care whatsoever. This will result in £400 - £500 worth of damage.
I am currently looking at a nice front wheelarch dent on my vehicle caused by some inconsiderate git who does not know how to get their lardy backside out of their car without damaging mine.
So its back to parking in the far realms of the car park - as repairs (even smart repairs) are way too expensive to bear.
It works like this :
He gets a ticket from a private parking company. This can be then used when he runs out of Kleenex. As has been previously discussed on this forum, these private tickets can be ignored.
Alternatively he can squeeze his car into a space and wait for some idiot to open their door with absolutely no care whatsoever. This will result in £400 - £500 worth of damage.
I am currently looking at a nice front wheelarch dent on my vehicle caused by some inconsiderate git who does not know how to get their lardy backside out of their car without damaging mine.
So its back to parking in the far realms of the car park - as repairs (even smart repairs) are way too expensive to bear.
shoes
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I initially thought that so checked it out - no, the car to the left (as we're observing) was as near to straight as f**k is to swearing.
It might be a bit far over, but there were plenty of spaces so picking another wasn't an issue. If it were my ~2 year old car I'd have just put it somewhere less risky. Perhaps my earlier statement about people with newer cars looking after them has been proven wrong!
It might be a bit far over, but there were plenty of spaces so picking another wasn't an issue. If it were my ~2 year old car I'd have just put it somewhere less risky. Perhaps my earlier statement about people with newer cars looking after them has been proven wrong!
