Had to fight the urge to key a Honda civic today.

[YarisSedan]

So story goes I was looking for parking at Santa Row to take my girlfreind to Karas Cupcakes. Its supose to be some super gormet cupcake shop where the cupcakes cost as much as a gormet coffe.

But anwyays i was driving around and found a parking spot the kind near the sidewalk. I looked in my rear view mirror and no one was behind me so i pull ahead of the spot a little and start to backup to paralell park. Out of nowhere a honda civic mashes his gas pedal and pulls nose in, into the parking spot i had to slam on my brakes to prevent from hitting him. Come on this is the holdays I cant belive people do stuff like this. Anyways i pulled around the block and drove by slowly and dogged him for the longest time. I hope i scared him cause i really thought about doing something. But I am better than he is so just drove and actually found a better parking spot out of the rain. I hope karma pays him back.

Reminds me of that seinfield episode if anyone knows what im talking about.

[KCALB SIRAY]

you did the right thing, good call

[thebarber]

if you were just sitting there, he had the right to go in head first, lol

[falkor_99]

i totally know what you mean man. Backing in has the right away...allll the time.... i love george :bellyroll:

[YarisSedan]

if you were just sitting there, he had the right to go in head first, lol

Well my reverse lights were on and was moving about to finish parking when he went nose in.

[yaris-me]

Great restraint! We can only lead by example. We have enough rude and uncaring drivers in California.

[nsmitchell]

Don't you just want to jump up and down on his hood/roof a little.

[hatchbackkid82]

i would have pulled his valve stems out.:biggrin:

[ddongbap]

I... hate... sh1t heads like that.

[nsmitchell]

This would work too..
http://dallasclayton.com/2008/11/16/notes-2/

[fearturtle44]

Talk about car and karma. Below is from yesterday's Wash Post Magazine article.

Kevin

In the mid-1970s, I lived in downtown Washington and worked on Capitol Hill. I nearly always took public transportation to work, but one day, after a Fairfax dental appointment, I found myself looking for a parking space.

Lo and behold, I found a spot just a couple of blocks from where I worked. But as I was starting to back in, a bright yellow MG convertible came up behind me and zipped into it. When I opened the passenger-side window to point out that I had been in the process of parking, the driver's response was, essentially, Eff you, lady, after which he gave me the finger. I had no choice but to find another spot farther away.

That afternoon, we had a violent thunderstorm that ended right as I left work. A few minutes later, I was standing on a street corner, mesmerized by the sight of the car that had taken "my" space: It had been completely crushed by a large tree uprooted during the storm.

From my reaction, some bystanders undoubtedly thought I was looking at my car. A couple even offered to help. Instead, I was silently giving thanks, both to my bully and the powers that be.

Rita Ann Reimer, Edgewater

[Tamago]

you key my car for any reason and i'll cut off your fingers one by one with children's safety scissors







...just something to keep in mind...

[Kaotic Lazagna]

So story goes I was looking for parking at Santa Row to take my girlfreind to Karas Cupcakes. Its supose to be some super gormet cupcake shop where the cupcakes cost as much as a gormet coffe.

But anwyays i was driving around and found a parking spot the kind near the sidewalk. I looked in my rear view mirror and no one was behind me so i pull ahead of the spot a little and start to backup to paralell park. Out of nowhere a honda civic mashes his gas pedal and pulls nose in, into the parking spot i had to slam on my brakes to prevent from hitting him. Come on this is the holdays I cant belive people do stuff like this. Anyways i pulled around the block and drove by slowly and dogged him for the longest time. I hope i scared him cause i really thought about doing something. But I am better than he is so just drove and actually found a better parking spot out of the rain. I hope karma pays him back.

Reminds me of that seinfield episode if anyone knows what im talking about.

Yeah, that's Cali for you. We have tons of those asshats up here in Sac.

One time, I was taking my mom to Kaiser Vallejo, and we were waiting for this car to leave. I had my signal light on, and just waiting. Car backs out, and all of a sudden, an Explorer comes in and parks in it (and I've been waiting there for 5 minutes already). I was like "WTF!?" So my mom goes out and tells the woman that we had been waiting there. And guess what, the BITCH almost runs down my mom on her way out. After my mom's appointment, I drove around to where that bitch parked, and left her a "friendly" letter.

Note: I won't call a woman a "bitch" unless they endanger someone I care about. So no offense to anyone.

This would work too..
http://dallasclayton.com/2008/11/16/notes-2/

:bellyroll:

you key my car for any reason and i'll cut off your fingers one by one with children's safety scissors







...just something to keep in mind...

Why not go for the Achilles tendons. OUCH!

[jambo101]

Great restraint! We can only lead by example. We have enough rude and uncaring drivers in California.
i agree, if it were me i would have kept backing up till my wheels were spinning against his car.:iono:

[SilverBack]

You did the right thing of just biting your lip and not retaliating, especially while with your GF.

Lucky for you you're not in L.A. This kinda stuff happens all the time out here, and in a rough neighborhood it can turn into an actual fight that's worse than the initial offense. A simple act of stealing a parking spot can lead to cops and paramedics being called. ..Some people just don't know how to be civilized...

Merry Xmas:smile:

[PaidTimeOff]

you key my car for any reason and i'll cut off your fingers one by one with children's safety scissors







...just something to keep in mind...

Drive like a jerk, cutting people off and stealing parking spots and your car's gonna get keyed.


...just something else to keep in mind :wink:

Don't piss people off when you're going to park your car somewhere and then walk away from it. They can key your car, and drive away and you'll never see them again to cut their fingers off for it.

[bnther36]

You are a very mature person. Here in Michigan, we'd of nailed his ass, then pulled him out of the car, pummeled him like a diseased dog, got arrested and then pleaded temporary insanity. But then, what else would you expect from a state with the most 'home militias'.:biggrin:

[Revsson]

You might have scared him by dogging him for a while, but he might have also had a
chance to see your license plate and describe you in case something did happen to his
car. This kind of thing happens in Milwaukee as well, so not just California.

You did the right thing by letting it go and venting it here. What comes around
goes around.

[detroiter]

Bnther36 has it right...

Here in Michigan, the person would have just pulled there car in front of the parking spot where the guy parked, so that he can't back out. Then the guy would have got out of the car, pull out the guy who cut him off and proceed to pummel him. lol

[No time]

You are a very mature person. Here in Michigan, we'd of nailed his ass, then pulled him out of the car, pummeled him like a diseased dog, got arrested and then pleaded temporary insanity. But then, what else would you expect from a state with the most 'home militias'.:biggrin:

no, that doesn't solve anything. you did the right thing by just venting it here. By the way, you are NOT a very mature person. In my opinion. Just mature, but not VERY mature.

Plus, maybe they didn't know what you were up to? I don't know. But you can't always live life like you're always right. that's not a good way to live.

[marcus]

i think he learned his lesson. this is an old thread.

[dccurrent]

I was wondering, would anyone go to the length of double parking in front of his car like REALLY close and say screw it if I get a ticket I get a ticket but you have the satisfaction of knowing he couldn't leave?

[YAR1S]

haha :D ya

[mrbond]

Good man. I don't know that I would have had that much restraint, seeing as he almost caused a small accident and whatnot.
Hahaha, George is hillarious

[Pitt Yaris]

Reminds me of that seinfield episode if anyone knows what im talking about.

Classic episode.

[drifto]

ignore people who lack any sense of class. sounds simple, but can be very difficult to follow through with. :evil:

[CtrlAltDefeat]

:evil::biggrin::evil:This is what thermite was invented for... :evil::biggrin::evil:

[darkmoon87]

Good for you OP for not being the same douchebag. Props for you for not doing something I would have had hard time to resist

[1stToyota]

You did the right thing. Can't go to jail for evoking the evil eye or grabbing a parking spot, but you can for keying a car.