shade tree parking, is this a thing?

"Dr_Watson" (dr_watson) 07/16/2014 at 19:04 • Filed to: asshatParking

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Pulling up onto the lawn, presumably to get the car into the shade. So is this trendy or just isolated asshattery?

Keen observers of detail will see an Acura doing some monkey see monkey do action in the background.

vdub_nut: scooter snob > Dr_Watson 07/16/2014 at 19:07

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My mom used to (and I'm sure still does) circle parking lots for what seemed like fucking HOURS looking for a shaded parking spot, or one that would become shaded as the sun moved.

Note that I said parking spot. Never this willy nilly most-offroading-a-4x4-will-ever-do shit.

ly2v8-Brian > Dr_Watson 07/16/2014 at 19:07

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I would avoid it because many trees ooze out sap. I care more about the paint than whether it is hot in the car.

davedave1111 > Dr_Watson 07/16/2014 at 19:09

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In Trinidad, parking in the shade is pretty normal.

ttyymmnn > ly2v8-Brian 07/16/2014 at 19:09

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And bird shit. Don't forget the bird shit.

ly2v8-Brian > ttyymmnn 07/16/2014 at 19:11

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Hard to avoid that but you are more likely to get that under a tree.

sketchcat > Dr_Watson 07/16/2014 at 19:15

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While i've parked out on the far end of a lot just to grab some shade from a sickly Palo Verde waay too often during my residence in Phoenix. I've never violated the boundaries of the lot itself.

(the lots were often filled with clusters of cars parked by the trees.)

the photos above are indeed dooshebaggery.

and stupidity:

Parking in a shaded spot only yields 1 hours of effective shade on a vehicle sized object because...

wait for it..

THE SUN MOVES.

the smart critters will place their cars where the shade WILL BE during the afternoon hours when the day is hottest.

Satoshi "Zipang" Katsura > ly2v8-Brian 07/16/2014 at 19:27

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Not just tree sap.

(Courtesy of the Torch!)

cabarne4 > Dr_Watson 07/16/2014 at 19:51

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It's pretty common at a certain horse race track in Kentucky. (Picture appears to be from the 90's but the lot still looks like that — spaces are angled, about 8' long, and you're supposed to park half in the grass and half on the pavement... That said, it looks like they're parked at the wrong angle).

Dr_Watson > Satoshi "Zipang" Katsura 07/16/2014 at 20:29

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lol, wtf am I looking at?

Dr_Watson > cabarne4 07/16/2014 at 20:30

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ok, so this is definitely a *thing*

Dr_Watson > sketchcat 07/16/2014 at 20:32

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I suppose any shade is meaningful in AZ, but those scrubby things look like placebo shade.

Ryanator122 > davedave1111 07/16/2014 at 20:36

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That's because Trinidad is full of clouds. The weather in Trinidad is always the same- 60 and overcast

/ReddingPeopleRant

jack > Dr_Watson 07/16/2014 at 21:05

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I do it sometimes if the situation is right

bubblestheturtle > Dr_Watson 07/16/2014 at 22:11

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It is expected in central/south Texas. "Drive to the shade."