Jeff - Again you really can't do what you suggest in our lot. There just isn't anywhere where people aren't gonna pull up next to you on one side or the other. These were made strictly for my work, they are very low on the car, you don't see them until you pull up next to me. If someone wants to have at my door, that's vandalism and I'll turn it into my insurance company. Just last week I did exactly as you suggested, picked an end spot and sure enough with a ton of open spaces some clown squeezes in between me and another car. He banged the protector pretty good, the guy was overweight (and probably stupid) there's a good size dent in it and no damage to my door. They work, plain and simple. They are used sparingly and the beauty of where I work is I can look out my window and see my car all day. Most other places I park I am able to find spaces far enough away that I don't even use the protector but at work with the constant traffic in and out of our lot, I use em.

Pat