Anyone else parking their new LC like this, or is it just me? 😂

[apache2fidy]

Been parking like this since forever. Even with my rusted out 96 Civic with exhaust leak. Get some extra steps in too.

 

[pnwlc250]

I had my Audi SQ5 for three days, went to Costco and parked it out in BFE all by itself. Came back and the only thing next to it was a shopping cart that put a huge ding in the rear quarter panel. It cost over a grand to have it fixed. Someone intentionally rammed the cart in the car knowing I was trying to keep it safe.

This link is for a clip from Pulp Fiction that completely describes the way I feel about people who vandalize vehicles. Please note that the clip contains a great deal of profanity and takes place during a drug deal.

 

[gxsandiego]

My sentiments exactly! That was good for a laugh.

 

[Stalactically Gupid]

I parked like that all the time. All the time and there is always an idiot that comes way out and parks right next to you.
By the way, I also avoid shopping at Dollar General, Walmart or target where there are a lot of low information. Idiots carelessly dinging your door.

 

[Wadesters]

I too always park wayyyy out. Drives my wife crazy when we go out for dinner. But I just drop her off at the front door and then park in "the south 40"

 

[MountainSong]

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I park mine farther away from other vehicles

 

[Eric]

Yes. Also to avoid screeching brake noise when backing up! Wakes my neighbors in morning.

 

[TheMightyGoose]

Ha ha! Doesn’t everyone do that with a new vehicle for the first couple of weeks?

I did it with my 25 year old 4Runner.

 

[ftreptow]

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Yes!! Always! It was fun the day that I came out to find this......Land Cruisers just find one another!

 

[Bishop]

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Yep but try to park next to a curb if possible

 

[Jayhawk78]

I'm always looking for spots next to islands or at the end so I can put it off to one side of the space and avoid door dings.

 

[Eric]

I did it with my 25 year old 4Runner.

Well 5 months old with 8200 miles…still screeching….dealership said they were aware of the issue and recommended wait for a recall

 

[JoT.]

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Yes …. Guilty

I tend to get the eye roll from my girl (and the stink eye if she is driving) because of my many faceted parking algorithm when picking a spot: whether there is a sidewalk/planter in the right; or a neighbor, and whether they went in front first or reversed in; which side of the slot to skew towards; Or is there a sideways slope, etc. Etc.... Reminds me a bit of that old joke about which urinal must be picked when walking into a men's restroom with a line of urinals and with various permutations of occupation... I do laugh at myself but it must be working because my cars have very few dings while hers are always a pockmarked disaster resembling a war zone.

so sounds like it takes u 15 min to park also.. I drive looking for the perfect spot (sometimes takes longer to pick a spot than the shop I did ) I’ve parked- looked - and decided on a different spot .. its OCD at its best, been doing it since July so I dnt see it changing- what’s crazy is I was “cautious” when I got a new 2019 LC, but nothing like this ..

 

[JoT.]

Problem with that, you walk out and there is someone ALWAYS parked right next to you

That is so true, I parked so CLOSED to the median in that situation once… quite a bit of room between me and yellow line, and I came out to find a car parked next to me parked slightly over /on yellow line …

 

[cristagc]

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Totally!! Me everyday. Get my steps in too

 

[JLBHTOY]

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Creo que yo también tengo la misma mania

 

[ChrisMA1B]

I had an International Scout II and got so tired of people backing or whatever into the front bumper (the wimpiest bumper ever seen on a truck/SUV), that I bought a heavy-duty winch bumper, even though I neither had nor wanted a winch). Thereafter anyone who was dumb or unobservant enough to hit that bumper self-destructed. It came with a rear step bumper, so the rear bumper was never an issue. When I traded my original Scout for a new one, I swapped front bumpers before I sold the old one. The side steps on the LC are just high enough and have those wicked looking steps out far enough that anyone with a low car seriously dings their own door before hitting my door (Heh heh).

 

[Marc G]

I parked like that all the time. All the time and there is always an idiot that comes way out and parks right next to you.
By the way, I also avoid shopping at Dollar General, Walmart or target where there are a lot of low information. Idiots carelessly dinging your door.

That happened to me too, someone parked right next to me out there and dinged it on a previous car.

 

[Lenny33]

 

[Ed1]

Interesting parking strategy!