Only in L.A.:

speeder · speeder's Garage

Or maybe in other places, what do I know. I only live here.

The parking lot at Hollywood Home Depot just now, the busiest HD in the country. It pains me to park any decent car in this lot, the spots are too small and people are loading pipe and other building materials into their cars and trucks. It's literally a joke, the worst place to park in town.

Apparently some people never got that memo. Here is a new RR SUV, a quick online search puts this @ roughly $600k:

And here is the more down market Bentley SUV, already dented tailgate. I guess they don't GAF:

speeder · speeder's Garage

I also saw this cool JDM Mitsu 4x4 van. Hot female driver but no photos of that.

stevej37 · 01-11-2022, 05:07 PM

What's the deal with the double white lines?
We don't have those.

Alan A · 01-11-2022, 05:08 PM

Space to open doors for the hard of thinking

look 171 · 01-11-2022, 05:10 PM

Dennis, that's where those rich and famous come down the hill to get a garden hose or a light bulb. I cried when they close the OSH across the street. I refuse to go to that home depot. Its the worst in socal both in their staff and the people, along with the bums that frequent that hell hole. My workmen will not go there, instead, they sometimes get over to the valley or buy materials elsewhere before they get to the job.

My men will only go there if there are two of them, one to stay to watch their things, the other to shop in the store. If not, their things will guarantee to be gone. The homeless will get it for sure.

stevej37 · 01-11-2022, 05:11 PM

A single line works ok...if you park between them.

speeder · speeder's Garage

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Originally Posted by look 171

Dennis, that's where those rich and famous come down the hill to get a garden hose or a light bulb. I cried when they close the OSH across the street. I refuse to go to that home depot. Its the worst in socal both in their staff and the people, along with the bums that frequent that hell hole. My workmen will not go there, instead, they sometimes get over to the valley or buy materials elsewhere before they get to the job.

My men will only go there if there are two of them, one to stay to watch their things, the other to shop in the store. If not, their things will guarantee to be gone. The homeless will get it for sure.

That is not even remotely true. I've shopped there hundreds of times with zero issues and never had my vehicle or contents messed with. I just bought a power tool an hour ago and got perfectly fine service from the employees. I did have to hunt one down but he was't far away. Good help is hard to find these days, I'll give you that. The young people working there were fine to me. The OSH was good at one time but it was also a PIA store, IMO.

flatbutt · 01-11-2022, 05:25 PM

I park my Taco as far away in a remote corner as possible. Sometimes I'll park in a neighboring lot because ...you know.

look 171 · 01-11-2022, 05:34 PM

I haven't been in there for over 5-6 years now. After the last time dealing with their associated / store manager, I decided to just drive elsewhere. None of my sub contractors want to go there unless they really need something to finish the job that day.

My guys wouldn't go there with their pick up trucks if they have few tools or something valuable. They have to keep their eye on it at all times. Just a years ago, my guy drove down the hill on his way home and stopped by that 7-11 across the street, for a cup of coffee, with his stack-able tool box bungee corded to the back of his truck. It took less then a minutes, only to watch two guys drive up, lifted a 150+lbs tool box into another truck and drove off. All he can do was run out and screamed at them. Cops were near, drove by and said,"Sorry, nothing we can do". "Claim insurance or don't leave your stuff out". Drove off.

I was up near the Greek all morning and do not miss driving pass Hollywood Blvd. As a matter of fact, I try not to get neat there.

Baz · Baz's Garage

Even with my battered old truck I tend to park way away from as many as possible.....

otto_kretschmer · 01-11-2022, 05:50 PM

I figured out long time ago that people (including me) want to see old classic cars and not new cars.

If I was at some BBQ place in BFE having lunch mid ride and a brand new Ferrari or Lambo showed up with a Mercedes 300SL right behind it, 9 out of 10 people are going to look at the Merc.

new cars are just cars

LWJ · 01-11-2022, 05:57 PM

600k for a SUV...

Mine is worth $12k. Old Landcruiser.

I haul drywall, skis, motorcycles, dogs, and similar.

Don’t really have a response to a RR SUV. And I live in an upscale (Oregon) community.

pwd72s · 01-11-2022, 05:57 PM

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Originally Posted by otto_kretschmer

I figured out long time ago that people (including me) want to see old classic cars and not new cars.

If I was at some BBQ place in BFE having lunch mid ride and a brand new Ferrari or Lambo showed up with a Mercedes 300SL right behind it, 9 out of 10 people are going to look at the Merc.

new cars are just cars

Truth there...I'd have cluelessly walked right by the Rolls and Bentley SUVs. All SUVs look alike to me.

upsscott · 01-11-2022, 06:10 PM

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Originally Posted by speeder

I also saw this cool JDM Mitsu 4x4 van. Hot female driver but no photos of that.

Is it weird that I’d rather have the van?

A930Rocket · 01-11-2022, 06:39 PM

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Originally Posted by speeder

Apparently some people never got that memo. Here is a new RR SUV, a quick online search puts this @ roughly $600k:

$600k? It’s all relative, but I just don’t see it.

Dan J · 01-11-2022, 06:39 PM

On the New Jersey turnpike last week there was a dude with a RR suv playing road rage games
with a redneck in a beater Jeep Grand Cherokee They came very close to hitting each other several times
I thought he was crazy and I thought it cost 300K

Alan A · 01-11-2022, 06:49 PM

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Originally Posted by stevej37

A single line works ok...if you park between them.

yes. hence my comment.

interestingly the only place near me that has them is in a mall in a - shall we say - less nice neighborhood.

insignificant sample size of two, but you could extrapolate and say that ****ty areas and ****ty drivers are colocated.

Alan A · 01-11-2022, 06:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Dan J

On the New Jersey turnpike last week there was a dude with a RR suv playing road rage games
with a redneck in a beater Jeep Grand Cherokee They came very close to hitting each other several times
I thought he was crazy and I thought it cost 300K

nj is a no fault state. with decent insurance they both cost you what, $500, if you wreck them regardless of the actual vehicle value.

something to remember if you think the guy in the expensive car can't afford to total it. he probably can...

otto_kretschmer · 01-11-2022, 07:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Alan A

nj is a no fault state. with decent insurance they both cost you what, $500, if you wreck them regardless of the actual vehicle value.

something to remember if you think the guy in the expensive car can't afford to total it. he probably can...

so the key is to trash it JUST enough to max his deductible

Alan A · 01-11-2022, 07:22 PM

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Originally Posted by otto_kretschmer

so the key is to trash it JUST enough to max his deductible

Or be able to be the one driving the new car.

If you are in a 600k car the deductible probably isn’t as big a deal as it is to the driver of the 3k one. One of the two will get a loaner while his is being fixed so the inconvenience is minimal...