Best spot on campus

"D" (danjee) 11/11/2014 at 22:22 • Filed to: None

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door ding this

Zipppy, Mazdurp builder, Probeski owner and former ricerboy > D 11/11/2014 at 22:23

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is that even a spot?

Brian Silvestro > D 11/11/2014 at 22:26

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DAT MIATA WITH HARDTOP

D > Zipppy, Mazdurp builder, Probeski owner and former ricerboy 11/11/2014 at 22:26

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dude, feast your eyes on the most generous legal parking space known to man. It's a parallel spot with perpendicular spots on either side, everything separated by huge buffers

doodon2whls > D 11/11/2014 at 22:27

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Easy.. Back out of the spot just out of the camera frame on the left, and then drop my iphone and reach down to grab it while stabbing the accelerator and then ramming your Miata up onto the curb.

That is a nice spot, but peoples' (especially college kids') parking lot driving skills are atrocious !

Zipppy, Mazdurp builder, Probeski owner and former ricerboy > D 11/11/2014 at 22:27

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Goddamn Miata drivers, the think everything is a spot.

nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul > D 11/11/2014 at 22:27

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...tree falls on it

D > doodon2whls 11/11/2014 at 22:29

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I'm enacting this scenario in my head but keep getting lost

I'll readily agree though that college kids are awful drivers. Worse than high school.

D > Brian Silvestro 11/11/2014 at 22:36

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Trade you for a week

jvirgs drives a Subaru > D 11/11/2014 at 22:42

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door ding

this

dogisbadob > D 11/11/2014 at 22:46

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nice Elantra

doodon2whls > D 11/11/2014 at 22:58

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Is there not a row of parked cars to the left of the photo (out of frame) ? I just imagine Suzy the Sewing Arts Major backing out of her spot and forgetting which is the 'stop' pedal. BOOM.

There were always the few choice spots at the universities I attended, but they were not accident free by any means.

D > doodon2whls 11/11/2014 at 23:05

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Oh, I see now. I forget if there are cars there or not; yes, there's another row of perpendicular spots on the other side but it's interrupted by driveways and curbed-off clusters of trees... can't remember if there are cars directly across from me or not.

roflcopter > D 11/11/2014 at 23:58

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I'll get a pick of the equivalent spot on my campus tomorrow, it puts yours to shame. There's always one of two cars in it, we'll see which one is there tomorrow. Both will make any jalop weak in the knees though.

D > roflcopter 11/12/2014 at 00:06

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I look forward to it.

Blunion05 drives a pink S2000 (USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST) > D 11/12/2014 at 01:29

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A Chevy Cobalt Coupe can door ding anything within five feet.

D > Blunion05 drives a pink S2000 (USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST) 11/12/2014 at 02:04

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Yikes, no one man should have that much range. My dad's Civic coupe (8th gen) was a lot like that too.

Blunion05 drives a pink S2000 (USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST) > D 11/12/2014 at 02:33

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This seems to only ever be present in coupes with back seats. One time I beached the passenger door of a ZL1 on grass — it was parked on the side of the street. Oops...

Brian Silvestro > D 11/12/2014 at 07:58

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I'd do it if my parking pass wasn't on my car.

kiwi_matt > D 11/12/2014 at 09:51

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Of course, they are day drunk in college.

roflcopter > D 11/12/2014 at 14:55

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On my campus, there's this one spot that is completely on its own, surrounded by curbs, next to a giant tree. There's always one of two cars parked in it and I assume they are the same person. The beauty you see above is there about half the time and has an awesome vanity plate of '1nine75'. It's one of the cleanest examples I've ever seen. The other car that sometimes occupies it is a VERY clean, all black, NSX.

RPM esq. > roflcopter 11/12/2014 at 14:59

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Doesn't parking under a tree result in a lot of tree crap on the car (i.e. sap, leaves, seed pods, etc.)?

roflcopter > RPM esq. 11/12/2014 at 15:01

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I haven't seen any on either car, it's an Oak tree. I'm sure if it were an issue the owner wouldn't be parking under it with how well the rest of the car is taken care of.

SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie > RPM esq. 11/12/2014 at 15:01

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Yeah, but that washes off. Dore dings don't.

RPM esq. > D 11/12/2014 at 15:13

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Best spot at work: in a garage full of narrow spaces in long rows, each floor has one spot that has walls on both sides, where neither inattentive secretaries in Honda crossovers nor patrician financiers in leased S-classes can ding my doors.

Meatcoma > roflcopter 11/12/2014 at 15:19

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Actually I don't think that is a 75, it looks more like a 77+.

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > roflcopter 11/12/2014 at 15:19

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Damn, nailed it.

That's the most Jalop-safe public parking spot in the world

Stapleface-Now Hyphenated! > roflcopter 11/12/2014 at 15:22

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Man that is one clean Cutlass. I love G-bodies.

roflcopter > Meatcoma 11/12/2014 at 15:25

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I honestly couldn't tell you... is there a distinguishing factor? I can take a look next time I walk by.

RPM esq. > SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie 11/12/2014 at 15:27

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So true.

Meatcoma > roflcopter 11/12/2014 at 15:29

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75's look nothing like that. I had a 78 and bought a 75 for it's engine/tranny and they looked nothing alike.

That looks more like my 78

RPM esq. > roflcopter 11/12/2014 at 15:30

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Fair point...all I know is that in the fall the maples in my neighborhood dump more leaves and helicopter seed pods than I can handle. They get everywhere, and if it rains, they get sticky.

roflcopter > Meatcoma 11/12/2014 at 15:30

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Ah okay. I wonder what the rational behind the plate is then.

roflcopter > Meatcoma 11/12/2014 at 15:31

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I retract all my statements, the plate says '1nine79'. My memory is lacking today.

RPM esq. > Blunion05 drives a pink S2000 (USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST) 11/12/2014 at 15:31

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E36 coupe doors are deceptively long as well.

Meatcoma > roflcopter 11/12/2014 at 15:31

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ahh well that explains it!

thebigbossyboss > D 11/12/2014 at 15:47

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My spot best spot.

http://oppositelock.jalopnik.com/earlier-oppona…

BJ > D 11/12/2014 at 16:14

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Next time, park facing the other way so that you're not exiting the car into a forest. You're not going to go to class with dirty shoes, are you?

D > roflcopter 11/12/2014 at 18:35

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Wow, that truly is an asylum for cars. Do the same two cars always get it it just because they get there the earliest?

D > RPM esq. 11/12/2014 at 18:36

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tight but safe!

D > BJ 11/12/2014 at 18:37

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Good point. Although if I park this way, I can leave the lot without turning around.

BJ > D 11/12/2014 at 19:00

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Or you could do leave the parking lot like a man:

D > BJ 11/12/2014 at 19:01

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I like the way you think

roflcopter > D 11/12/2014 at 19:09

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It's just in the commuter parking section between the art building and the engineering building, so I guess it is just a timing thing. I've seen one of the two in it just about every day and they're always here before I am.

Blunion05 drives a pink S2000 (USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST) > RPM esq. 11/12/2014 at 23:00

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As I mentioned in another comment, I believe any coupe with back seats always have wide opening doors, no matter how long or short the doors may be.

SALfan > D 11/14/2014 at 00:37

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Don't challenge the morons of the world. They'll find a way