Teamwork!

"Mercedes Streeter" (smart) 07/31/2016 at 20:11 • Filed to: Parking

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At my apartment complex, we don’t have set parking spaces, it’s all first come, first serve. It sucks coming home at night and have to walk across a dark parking lot. But what happens when the motorcyclists who live here and I work together?

We can save the best space for each other! Nobody dares parking in this space, so I literally just slide in and out whenever I want. The bike on the side tends to leave just enough space for my car.

There’s a Can-Am here as well, but he managed to find his own neat spot hidden away from where it can get hit by bad parkers.

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > Mercedes Streeter 07/31/2016 at 20:15

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Complex parking is pretty awful. There are some places that basically design the layout to force their tenants to pay for assigned or covered parking. Last complex I lived at had ample parking and very few paid covered parking, but I feel that is often the minority.

Phyrxes once again has a wagon! > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 07/31/2016 at 20:20

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I actually lived in a complex post college that was designed with 3 spaces for each unit in parking. It was glorious and it makes my Condo’s arrangement look like garbage.

shop-teacher > Mercedes Streeter 07/31/2016 at 20:22

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Nice!

Scary__goongala! > Mercedes Streeter 07/31/2016 at 20:33

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Smart use of space. It pisses me off when people decide they can croach into my parking space because my Miata only takes up 2/3 of the spot.

Matt Nichelson > Mercedes Streeter 07/31/2016 at 20:51

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Has your car always had black wheels? I don’t remember it or just missed it at some point. Either way, looks cool with them.

notsomethingstructural > Mercedes Streeter 07/31/2016 at 20:51

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This is a wonderful human interest story. Thank you.

BJ > Mercedes Streeter 07/31/2016 at 21:04

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Good on you both!

Mercedes Streeter > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 07/31/2016 at 21:44

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We don’t have paid parking...however there are like 9 buildings total and it seems most people work first shift. It’s awful walking groceries across a long parking lot... Even more awful having to trust that the other residents won’t hurt the car. But with the motorcycles on the super close edge space, we all help each other out!

Mercedes Streeter > Scary__goongala! 07/31/2016 at 21:45

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Ughhhh I hate that too. I always park on the leading edge of the space, gives people room to swing open their doors without clipping me!

Mercedes Streeter > Matt Nichelson 07/31/2016 at 21:47

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I got them in 2013! I scratched up the stock wheels while doing a Plasti-Dip job, so I sold them to another smart owner, then bought my current wheels (a set of TSWs made just for smarts) off another smart owner. lol

Scary__goongala! > Mercedes Streeter 07/31/2016 at 21:48

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That might be one of the nicest thing about a small car, even a large vehicle can’t hit you with its doors if you’re centered in the spot.

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > Mercedes Streeter 07/31/2016 at 22:35

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Nice to see you all have an unspoken arrangement! :) That’s what being a petrolhead is about! :D

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > Mercedes Streeter 08/01/2016 at 00:52

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Parking space teamwork! And you parked at the end so people don’t get halfway in and realize theres a Smart there.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Mercedes Streeter 08/02/2016 at 09:55

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What’s up with the jayo-bee and the technical school and all of that?