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Old 28-03-2011, 09:46 PM   #3511
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'Parents' parking cannot be enforced by law though, so anyone can park there. Same with the stupid hybrid parking. Parked my XR8 in one of them once :
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the parents with prams parks peeve me... the little grommets are in prams, they dont care how far away from the door mum parks... and why should some parent pushing a pram get to park closer than others?

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Old 28-03-2011, 09:47 PM   #3512
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The parents parking spaces are wider so you can fit a pram up next to your car and open the doors all the way.
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Old 28-03-2011, 09:51 PM   #3513
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'Parents' parking cannot be enforced by law though, so anyone can park there. Same with the stupid hybrid parking. Parked my XR8 in one of them once :
There better not be spaces reserved in shopping centres for Hybrids!
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Old 28-03-2011, 09:55 PM   #3514
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least when theyres parent parking spots it gives the rest of us a break from dented panels due to kids flinging the doors open.
that really gets me annoyed. coz the moms dont even care.. its like they park next to ya with the naughty kids on purpose..
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Old 28-03-2011, 10:10 PM   #3515
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There better not be spaces reserved in shopping centres for Hybrids!
They put them they're to encourage people to buy those POS.
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Old 28-03-2011, 10:14 PM   #3516
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Then people will ending up parking like the bloke in the patrol on the previous page.
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Old 28-03-2011, 11:01 PM   #3517
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If they want reserved parks for Environmentally friendly cars, why don't they make it for real environmentally friendly cars, and not hybrids.

Arn't hybrids technically worse for the environment? They just use a bit less fuel.

Ill park my 4 cylinder 4x4 in one of these parking spaces, and if someone questions me Ill say "I was gonna get a V8 but I was feeling green so I didn't'"
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Old 28-03-2011, 11:05 PM   #3518
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If they want reserved parks for Environmentally friendly cars, why don't they make it for real environmentally friendly cars, and not hybrids.
Maybe they should encourage people to take public transport...or walk.
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Old 28-03-2011, 11:28 PM   #3519
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Maybe they should encourage people to take public transport...or walk.

Yeah I guess.
But cars are not really bad for the environment anyway.

Sure we will run out of petrol one day, but an alternative will be sorted out eventually. Till then smoke em while you got em.
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Old 29-03-2011, 12:43 AM   #3520
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There better not be spaces reserved in shopping centres for Hybrids!
just handy places to charge them while u shop.. whens australia bringing them in? with all the bad parkers here theyd all be knocked over in a matter of days
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Old 29-03-2011, 08:22 AM   #3521
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My LPG hybrid doesnt need charging...... LOL
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I'd take that Mustang for $2500!!!
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So, the SV6 tried, but failed, to fly as high as an old Taurus? LOL
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So, the SV6 tried, but failed, to fly as high as an old Taurus? LOL
How has he managed to do this?? Slid/driven up that wire support?
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just handy places to charge them while u shop.. whens australia bringing them in? with all the bad parkers here theyd all be knocked over in a matter of days
Just another thing for our lovely youth to destroy and vandalize!
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Old 29-03-2011, 12:13 PM   #3527
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That may just be a photo of someone half way through doing a U-turn, otherwise yes an epic fail!
No, i took the photo myself. he was still parked there when i came out of the post office.

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Is the highway named after the type of car that's broken down the whole way along the highway?
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Oh well its a fail then for sure!!
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just handy places to charge them while u shop.. whens australia bringing them in? with all the bad parkers here theyd all be knocked over in a matter of days
and if someone parks opposite and plugs in? there goes the walk way. its bad enough walking through car parks as it is with all the people who cant park.. and the amount of fires. think of the fun you can have with a bottle if pure alcohol in a pump bottle lol... i can see alot of burnt out elec cars
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What to do with an impractical crewman?

Make even less practical of course!

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Old 29-03-2011, 05:23 PM   #3531
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I don't mind that crewman like that!!
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are you serious?! its hideous!
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Looks like it's been hit by a tram haha
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The Chev badge says it all on that crewman.
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On a crewman, not my cuppa, on a single cab, yes.
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lol similar thing happened near my house a while ago, never thought to post it until i saw this pic..

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