Why does this always happen ? The picture isn't wide enough to see the but I'll explain. I drive around looking for the perfect parking stall to avoid a door ding. I take the corner stall and park close to the curb. Seven empty stalls to my left and 4 empty stalls to my right. When I come back outside there's that truck parked right beside me. Happens all the time. The parking lot can be 75% empty. I will park far from the store and when I come back to my car someone is parked right beside me. Is it just me ?
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Why do people always park next to me?
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thesmokingman
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Rice&Curry
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Midnightsun
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Anyone else notice the pick up truck is in a small car parking spot with cargo sticking way out the back? 
BTW, your perfect stall is a straight drive in judging by the moving car in the picture and would likely be chosen as an easy stall to park in by the majority. Your choice was not very good at all if you wanted no neighbours.
BTW, your perfect stall is a straight drive in judging by the moving car in the picture and would likely be chosen as an easy stall to park in by the majority. Your choice was not very good at all if you wanted no neighbours.
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Ya. And no red flag marking itAnyone else notice the pick up truck is in a small car parking spot with cargo sticking way out the back?
The haters know you are trying to avoid all the vehicles parked next to you, so they park next to you on purpose. I have also read somewhere that the color "red" attracts the attention more than other colors.
SSonnentag
埃隆•馬斯克
Maybe he hopes your sentry cams will help protect his lumber.
thesmokingman
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SSonnentag
埃隆•馬斯克
This doesn't apply to nearly empty parking lots, but I tend to park next to the nicest car I can find in the lot with an empty space next to it in the hope that they don't want their car dinged either.
heavyD
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While it's possible on a case to case basis, I don't think it's a Tesla thing in general. I have owned a lot of cars over the years and always part away from the rest of the people at the end or back of a lot only to come out and see someone passing over all the empty spots closer to the entrance just to park next to my car. I really do think a large portion of society is totally oblivious when it comes to parking lot etiquette.
The same reason people will sit directly in front of you in a practically empty movie theater.
Stew-2
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The same reason someone going 10-15 mph faster than you on the freeway from a mile away will suddenly pace you perfectly as soon as they're even with you.
Or conversely, they are going 10-15 mph slower than you are, but as soon as you switch lanes to pass them, they speed up by 15-20 mph…
thesmokingman
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I was at a supercharger in a nearly empty lot and somebody parked right next to me. He said something like "A Tesla's less likely to give me a door ding." Yeah, but you're parking in a spot with people constantly coming and going, when just one spot away nobody is going to park next to you all day.
In other words... stupidity.
In other words... stupidity.
Like many of you, I deliberately park out of the way, even if my kids complain we have to walk far to get into the store/wherever.
Totally true story, from about 4 years ago when I was driving a new BMW X3 M40i...
I go to CVS with my daughter, and park at the very far end of the parking lot, zero cars within at least 10 spots. We're in CVS for 5 minutes, tops and I come back out to see a car pulling up right next to mine.
We're about 50ft away, I see the driver get out. Then the rear doors open up and kids start getting out. BANG - kid slams door right into my car. At this point I'm about 20ft away. At the exact time the agony comes over my face/body, I realize it's my daughter's friend and family we know from school. The dad recognizes what happens, realizes he knows us, and is very apologetic. Fortunately I'm very cool about the entire situation, and the family is a great group of people so getting mad solves nothing.
A few days later they drop off a substantial gift card to a nice local restaurant as an apology. Of course I got PDR to repair the damage, and zero hard feelings.
But when I saw the OP's photo I was reminded how even the best planning can result in tragedy.
Totally true story, from about 4 years ago when I was driving a new BMW X3 M40i...
I go to CVS with my daughter, and park at the very far end of the parking lot, zero cars within at least 10 spots. We're in CVS for 5 minutes, tops and I come back out to see a car pulling up right next to mine.
We're about 50ft away, I see the driver get out. Then the rear doors open up and kids start getting out. BANG - kid slams door right into my car. At this point I'm about 20ft away. At the exact time the agony comes over my face/body, I realize it's my daughter's friend and family we know from school. The dad recognizes what happens, realizes he knows us, and is very apologetic. Fortunately I'm very cool about the entire situation, and the family is a great group of people so getting mad solves nothing.
A few days later they drop off a substantial gift card to a nice local restaurant as an apology. Of course I got PDR to repair the damage, and zero hard feelings.
But when I saw the OP's photo I was reminded how even the best planning can result in tragedy.
What about speeding up to get ahead of you while you’re already cruising well over the limit, and once in your lane, they slow down below it. They could have stayed in their lane and kept chugging along, but nooooo; they need to move over to the left lane to slow down. It’s times like that I wish I were in a rental with full Collision Damage Waiver.
