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Originally Posted by Chocaholic
Since you're parking away from everyone anyway, why take two spots? It's like a neon sign saying that your car is somehow ultra-special compared to everyone elses. An invitation for a rebuff (no pun intended).
I always park as far away as I can, and try to scout out an end spot so I can get close to a wall or such, and allow as much room next to me as possible to avoid a door ding, assuming someone else also wants to park in the boonies. Normally, others who park far away are also concerned about getting dinged and will respect your common interest. But double parking only pisses people off.
A Carrera GT or Enzo might be the exception, but an entry level Mercedes doesn't qualify....in fact, just the opposite.
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+1...double parking is eventually going to net you the exact opposite of what you're trying to do. I'm picky about spaces too, and when I used to park it at work, I'd sometimes go a floor or two higher in the deck and find the rightmost "corner/end" spots (next to the passenger side of the next car) that left me plenty of room between cars. Never had a "door ding" (or had it "keyed") on any of my nice cars that way. I did have an "uppity" note on my windshield about driving too fast in the deck once though. I wasn't, but my car sounds "fast" in a covered deck and going round and round up several decks probably sounded like I was at an autocross
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