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AnilS said:
I see this a lot Steve.

My brother in law does it with his cars (Porches and Ferraris) and he doesn't want anyone to park next to him.

We fall out over this. Big bugbear for me.

Anyhow, the Yaris was bought.
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I see it a lot too. If I possibly can I then park very close indeed. Have fun getting back in, my friend.
 
AnilS said:
I see this a lot Steve.

My brother in law does it with his cars (Porches and Ferraris) and he doesn't want anyone to park next to him.

We fall out over this. Big bugbear for me.

Anyhow, the Yaris was bought.
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But it is somewhat understandable. If you cherish your car and know just how many people in car parks have zero respect or concern for other peoples property, then I totally get why some people take to using such measures in an attempt to protect their car. I only drive a lowly BMW and I still will drive around the whole car park to find as much space as I can in the hope that nobody will park next to my car.

NB: On a similar vein, has anybody else noticed how in multistory car parks it's frequenctly the case that the first levels will be rammed, with just one or two spaces and just go up one more level and it's practically empty? Yet people will spend 15 minutes on the levels below going around in circles hoping to catch that free space when it becomes available.. crazy behaviour.
 
Going off thread I know, but I challenged an individual who parked his flash Mercedes, in a parent and child space (supermarket), and no child, no child seat.

Got a load of abuse until, and coincidentally, a parent and child turned up to park. The mum returned the abuse and he moved his car.

She caught up with me in the supermarket and thanked me.

I'm no warrior but have morals.

I've had high value cars and do try and park away from the cluster of cars if I can, but I always park within the lines.

Back on thread. As many know, I suffered a head injury last year. My brother bought the GR Yaris for me as an incentive to get better. 🥰

Sadly, I've not driven it yet (parked up on a trickle charger).
 
Suffolk Tony said:
That's not a nice thing to do, is it? Why would you do that? For those of us with prosthetic knees, you have to be able to open your car door wide to get in & out.
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It's what they get for parking like a tw*t and having no consideration for others. Park with consideration, you get the same back. Park without it, the same again. Seems fair to me.
 
ian123running said:
Steve67 is on the ball - northern Pays de la Loire, We imported the car (RHD obviously) from the UK just before the Brexit rules cut in so it was cheap and simple. Not any more!. tbh when we saw it we couldn't believe its great condition. I had a garage here change the cat. converter and he said the underside looks like new.

There's no annual VED here in France so we just paid a one-off registration fee (related to engine size and age I think so that was something like €90 as far as I remember (1800cc K series, year 2000). The only worry was passing the CT (every 2 years here) (MOT equivalent) - it's had trouble with the emissions test but additive plus a good warm up seems to do the trick. I recently replaced a dodgy throttle bypass (idle control) valve so that may help next time. The headlights went through without alteration luckily - they are so pathetically dim they pose no blinding hazard even on full beam.

It's so much fun, just love the simplicity, and directness of the controls and contact with the road - a perfect match for the roads around here which are smooth, largely twisty with not much traffic. I had an MX-5 before this. I like open-top motoring and we've only driven with the roof on the Elise a couple of times. It's a bit of a faff as you build it rather than fold it.

Getting in and out - yes I understand but I am small and light which probably helps. (I heard that the original concept was for no doors partly explaining the high sills but they decided at a late stage they'd need doors to meet regulations. That caused a real headache as doors are more complicated than they appear and it was quite a late change in the design process.)

We manage OK but in a few years who knows? With the roof on, getting in and out is like climbing through a letterbox. But once you're in, as Myles says.....!
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I just drive UK cars here registered to my UK company, not me. Car still needs to be in UK for insurance purposes every 6 months, though. I registered a Suzuki bike from Belgium a couple of years ago. I counted 14 different forms, certificates, invoices, declarations in the file. As a first timer it took me over a year lol. The worst bit was finding insurance as part of the necessaries.
 
Yank said:
Maybe for once Musk had the right idea for the Elise?
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Had a quick google there but couldn't find much.

Did His Muskiness have input to the Hennessy, or alternative views on what could perhaps be done to an Elise ?
 
dweezil said:
I park at the far end of the car park where poss; all helps keep the step count up.
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I don't frequent gyms..but I have a mate who cannot get his head round members at the local one spending 5 mins or more trying to squeeze into almost impossibly tight parking spaces close to the front door, rather than drive the extra 50 yards up to the empty end of the car park ..
 
-alan- said:
Had a quick google there but couldn't find much.

Did His Muskiness have input to the Hennessy, or alternative views on what could perhaps be done to an Elise ?
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A possible reference to the fact/claim that the first Tesla (a roadster) was basically an Elise under the skin? maybe?
 
gez said:
A possible reference to the fact/claim that the first Tesla (a roadster) was basically an Elise under the skin? maybe?
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Ah got you.

I think the Chapman 'Simplify and add lightness' mantra would probably have ruled out the possibility of a rather lardy batteried-version of an Elise then, or anytime soon though :)
 
AnilS said:
Does this count? (I don't mean the bins)

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Very much so!
 
stevec67 said:
Count for what? A crap parking award?
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-alan- said:
I don't frequent gyms..but I have a mate who cannot get his head round members at the local one spending 5 mins or more trying to squeeze into almost impossibly tight parking spaces close to the front door, rather than drive the extra 50 yards up to the empty end of the car park ..
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You should see our local Costco, people waiting with their engines running waiting for a spot close to the entrance when there are open spots just 25 yards away... though Costco certainly isn't a gym :)
 
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-alan- said:
I don't frequent gyms..but I have a mate who cannot get his head round members at the local one spending 5 mins or more trying to squeeze into almost impossibly tight parking spaces close to the front door, rather than drive the extra 50 yards up to the empty end of the car park ..
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Similar situation happens in every multi story I've ever parked in, shopping centres, airports* etc, all the same. Nobody wants to go up just that extra level where it's practically empty.

*To be fair airport car parks are usually pretty full most of the time, so it's only at certain times of day where you'll find a semi empty level.
 
I park as far away from the entrance as possible. And often return to find some twerp parked next to me with empty spaces nearby.
 
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