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You finally find a spot in a packed parking lot and somebody's parked over the line so you can't fit. Or you've been waiting for someone to leave the lot and somebody pulls in to steal your claimed space. There are plenty of ways to be an asshole parker in this world, but few good ways to deal with them. Here's the best way to handle the situation. More »
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New York City enforces its street cleaning day rules with the power of shame, plastering impossible-to-remove violation stickers onto every mis-parked car. The stickers' reign of terror is now a thing of the past as The New York Times reports the city council banned them yesterday. More »
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We have been spoiled by monster trucks our whole lives, so we think that driving over another car is easy. Actually, doing it yourself is a serious challenge, but all the more rewarding for it. Watch as a 4X4 parks on top of a car. More »
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Yep, just another boring old New York City parking job. Every single New Yorker parks like this everyday, blindfolded. No big deal. More »
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Now here’s some parallel parking with a heavy political vibe. A Ferrari 612 Scaglietti, rendered gray and graceless by the German tuning company Hamann, parked on the East Berlin side of Checkpoint Charlie, the famous fortified hole which used to connect the two sides of Berlin across the Wall. Things have certainly come a long way since the decades of Trabis and Wartburgs. More »
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German Ronny "C-Rock" Wechselberger made parallel parking history earlier this year when he flipped his Volkswagen Polo into a spot approximately 26 centimeters (10.24 inches) longer than his car without crashing. It beat the old record by just one centimeter. More »
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Connoisseurs of vintage Top Gear clips will know that parallel parking a big, mid-engined Italian supercar—say, a Lamborghini Countach—is a chore. The same cannot be said of big, mid-engined Italian race cars, like this Alfa Romeo 33/2. And when its owner was kind enough to accept a hand, Jalopnik was there to help. More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5820300&view=rss&microfeed=true An annual survey of parking rates across the United States found that midtown and downtown Manhattan are the most expensive places in the nation to park your car. More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5819327&view=rss&microfeed=true Attempts to ban cars from Brooklyn's Prospect Park met with resistance from Borough President Mark Markowitz, who said the "laudable" goal of a car-free park would hurt motorists who can only drive there four hours a day anyways. More »
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Watch a forklift driver in Taiwan provide the answer to the riddle "How do you move a BMW 5-Series wagon across a construction zone without its wheels touching the ground?" Ultimate driving machine, meet ultimate parking enforcer. (Thanks Robert!) [e90post.com] More »
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Speed trap app Trapster's major limitation is a lack of map data. Last week's sale of Trapster to Nokia-owned map provider NAVTEQ will fix this one glaring oversight. In return, NAVTEQ will finally be able to amass real-time parking data. More »
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A Florida Corvette driver and his 12-year-old son spent part of Thanksgiving with police after forgetting their beat-down of an 83-year-old man in a Target parking lot might be caught on video. Here's that video. More »
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Those portable "no parking" signs outside of apartment buildings in New York City are merely suggestive. It's actually illegal to prevent anyone from parking on a public street, though try telling that to the doorman repelling your rusty Escort. More »
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Just kidding. There are actually many, many other reasons why people think Lamborghini Gallardo owners are asshats. [Imgur] More »
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Unless responding to an emergency, officers of the law have no special parking privileges. This Louisiana State Trooper got a friendly, double-clamped reminder of this when parking his Durango in a fire zone. [via Reddit] More »
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New Yorkers Mimi and Ulrich Gunthart came home to find their car, parked at Kennedy Airport's AviStar Parking, put on 724 miles. When confronted, AviStar officials "found nothing out of the ordinary." The couple says they'll park there again. [CBSNewYork] More »
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Would you look at this? Not only is this guy taking up a whole space, he's doing it by parking sideways. We hear this guy parks like this every day. Asshat! (Thanks for the genius photo Cody!) More »
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In the brief history of the asshat meme, one Teutonic player who might be a prime suspect for gluteal haberdashery has yet to appear. This Porsche 996 driver steps up to fill the gap. (Hat tip to William!) More »
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What's the bigger crime here? Blocking two handicapped spots and the entry path or doing it for Potbelly's and Starbucks? Florida plates are not coincidental. Shame too, nobody wants to key a Lotus Exige. Asshat. (Thanks for the tip James!) More »
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Is this business card for a company named "Nice Parking Job" with "asshole" being a representative? Intended to be left under a windshield wiper with "asshole" complimenting somebody's "Nice Parking Job?" Maybe just a passive-aggressive bad-parking insult? Who knows. [Reddit] More »
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Home Owners Associations (NAMBLA) are tyrannical little organizations exerting pointless rules on home owners. One man fought his HOA over one such rule — to park his pickup in his own driveway. He won. It only cost him $187,000. More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5600495&view=rss&microfeed=true An amazingly detailed 45-gigapixel panoramic shot of Dubai reveals what looks to be a yellow Ferrari sitting on a terrace of the Burj Khalifa, the world's tallest building. At 615 meters up, it's likely now the world's tallest parking garage. More »
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The owner of this Honda Accord Hybrid seems unaware or unconcerned she just parked on top of a rare 40th Anniversary Nissan 370Z belonging to a member of The370Z forum. Hey, welcome to your new club. More »
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The curse of poor spelling afflicts so many, and yet provides entertainment for so many more. Without it, would there ever be such a thing as a racist garage door? [Reddit] More »
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Downtown Tulsa workers got a midweek surprise today when they stepped outside to see a car sticking out of an upper level of a parking garage attached to the Bank of America Building. More pictures below. More »
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The Great Wall of China's one of the seven wonders of the modern world. We checked it out after the Beijing Auto Show only to find the parking situation impressively awful. And the KFC outside the entrance? That's just depressing. More »
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Are you passive aggressive but still desperately want to help an asshole learn how to park better? Here's how you can tell them what they're doing wrong while avoiding confrontation like a frightened little girl. More »
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Want to save money on parking? Buy a Lamborghini. At only 44.7 inches tall, the Lamborghini Murcielago is low enough to fit under some parking barriers, as illustrated by this video. More »
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The formula for the perfect parallel parking job was recently worked out by mathematician Simon Blackburn. It is: Minimum space needed=length of car + √[(r²-I²)+(I+k)²-(√(r²-I²)-w)²]-I-k Easy, right? Full solution below. More »
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Extraordinarily complicated parallel parking aid? Yes, but it's still less complicated — and more effective — than the Lexus or Ford auto-parking systems. Mechanical systems, FTW! (Hat tip to SkullDriveShaft!) More »
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Today, the fifth annual PARK(ing) Day, is the day purportedly anti-parking terrorists activists turn metered parking spaces into art shows, community spaces and mini shops. Submit your photos and check out the gallery of past reclaimed spots below. More »
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These parents are obviously doing something right, as their son not only drives a Power Wheels Mustang, but can drift it into a parallel parking space like a parking challenge champ. Someday we want our kids to drive this well. More »
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People with below average and downright horrible parking etiquette are everywhere. Rather than retaliate in a way that would wind your short-tempered ass in jail, give them one of these passive-aggressive, yet still straight-to-the-point parking tickets instead. More »
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Few cars are as close in proportion to actual dinosaurs as the Lincoln Navigator, a relic of a bygone era of dirt-cheap gasoline and the insatiable appetite for infinite cupholders. We found this one on London's "Murder Mile." More »
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The channel formerly-known-as-CourtTV's running more "reality" content — like these videos of the world's five worst parking jobs. Grab some popcorn, because this five videos are fun to watch. More »
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Remember the REVA G-Wiz pitted in an uneven fight against the Ariel Atom? The Atom may be the cooler car but when it comes to parking, the G-Wiz triumphs. More »
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XKCD issue #562 depicts a scene dear to everyone’s heart who has ever witnessed a moron fail egregiously at parking. Let’s advance the idea and move from blowtorches to rotary cannons. More »
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Parking rules exist to prevent chaos and, fortunately, most people follow them. But that doesn't mean you have to. Here's eight tips that'll help you to park wherever you want. More »
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Christmas may come early in Toronto as the unionized workers of the parking authority are planning to go on strike this December 20th. Is this a good thing? More »
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The three-dimensional directional system Australian designer Axel Peemoeller created inside the Eureka Tower Car Park in Melbourne may have won several design awards, but wethinks perhaps it'll freak you out if you happen to be walking by. Especially when you start to notice it looks like the walls and floors are bleeding different colors of ink. Still, it's got to be really cool to see these stereoscopic signs from the driver's seat. More »
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