Originally Posted by theglot
Like most XF owners I am paranoid about parking where someone can scratch my car.
Three weeks ago I take my girlfriend to dinner and park in what I thought was a safe parking spot. Next day when I was washing my baby I see where someone scraped my right front bumper; left some of their paint and scratched up some of mine. Ugh!
Friday I was in Norfolk at a Walmart to pick up a friend for lunch. Waiting in the loading zone for her to come out. Walmart employee was collecting carts and let one get away from him. Rolls into my right rear fender. Ugh again!
Friday night I was staying in a motel in Chesapeake. Parked in the best place I could find. Some yoyo pulls in and parks next to me but it looked like there was plenty of room. He must have been handicapped, or stupid, but he opens his door all the way and dings my drivers' door. Ugh again!
At the time I was sitting on the bed loading 45 ACP magazines for a pistol match on Saturday. Oh, I really was tempted.
I feel your pain, the problem is that the "average Virginia driver" is an idiot and has the IQ of a door ****. I mean no offense to any of the VA members (you are not average if you own an XF). Just this morning my XLR was almost hit 2 times while trying to pull out my parking space. My car was parked in a "Handicapped" space (legally), I come out of the bank and the Handicapped spot next to me has a 4 X 4 pickup parked (illegally) at an angle so close to my car that I could barely get out, as I am backing out a Chevy Trailblazer comes flying through and just misses the back of my car. As I am backing out he could clearly see that my head was turned looking in the opposite direction, no horn no alert that he was coming, he barely had room to pass. I would have never stopped except for the fact that my backup alarm went off.
