You guys and gals are great and some down right evil, I like it!
Back in the 90's when I was precomming the GW at Newport News Shipyard, there was a gravel lot just outside the South gate that wasn't officially a parking area but on the back shifts was a quick and easy place to park if you were running late. I made the unfortunate mistake of parking there late Sunday night going in for Mid (3rd) shift. When I came out Monday morning the yard workers had all parked around me which normally wouldn't be a problem since most would get off shift at 1500 when the whistle blows but I was getting off shift now. As I'm standing there perturbed as heck wondering how I'm going to get out, a group of my guys walked by, saw the irate Chief and asked what was up. After giving me the obligatory ration of poop and how it sucked to be me, we got together and were able to slide one of the vehicles across the gravel, out of my way and turned putting them cross wise in the middle of the aisle. We then easily moved the rear end of my CRXsi out so that I could pull out. It was one of my guys during this who gave me the idea of using the schrader valve removal tool to flatten tires.
A good joke back when you could pop the hood on cars from the exterior was take a wire with alligator clips, clip one end to the positive brake switch lead the other to the horn. Every time they hit the brakes the horn honks, takes them a while to figure it out. My friend tried to drive home without using the brakes, he sat at a light horn honking the whole time until he realzed he could shut the car off and wait, still funny. nThis is something of course you needed a little time and planning for. Mainly did this in high school as practical joke on friends.
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camperforlife wrote: We were camping outside Chicago and decided to go into town to see the Blue Man Group. When we came out of the theatre some dope in a Honda parked with his front license plate against my hitch. He made my decision very easy since he chose to make contact. I put it in reverse and pushed the Honda back 18 inches to where I could get out of my parking spot. I don't have a clue if it did any damage nor do I care.
In the words of kghenson ... "Dude Chill, We aren't serious".
Guess there are those that aren't as chilly as others!
Or is it only in the world of campers/RVers where 2 wrongs do make it right?
Downtown Chicago, parked at the curb, 12 inches of space in front of you and 0 space behind you. Two choices (1) wait who knows how long for the Honda driver who parked against your hitch to show up and risk a confontation,or (2) push him back 18 inches into the 4 feet empty space behind him so you can leave. I choose what most people would, give only enough push to get out. No anger, no confrontation, no need to chill but there was a need to leave without being held hostage by a rude driver.
Airport parking lot, mid-night. Guy with a compact car has parked at angle behind me, just enough to box me in with the rear of his car. Had not done this since a highschool kid, but I was (lets say...displeased). Went to the back of the car, and started bouncing the back bumper up and down to get it to move about a foot sideways. With my advanced age, I wouldn't have thought this would work. But in these days of smaller frontwheel drive cars, the rear end is much lighter than the old days of larger rear wheel drive cars. Used to take two or three of us in 1966.
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Vulcaneer wrote: Airport parking lot, mid-night. Guy with a compact car has parked at angle behind me, just enough to box me in with the rear of his car. Had not done this since a highschool kid, but I was (lets say...displeased). Went to the back of the car, and started bouncing the back bumper up and down to get it to move about a foot sideways. With my advanced age, I wouldn't have thought this would work. But in these days of smaller frontwheel drive cars, the rear end is much lighter than the old days of larger rear wheel drive cars. Used to take two or three of us in 1966.
It's lucky you could get enough leverage on the bumper skin itself to make it bounce. Most bumper skins are held on with a small handful of fasteners.
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dodge guy wrote: A little Tuna juice down the fresh air intake (the vents at the bottom of the windshield) works also!
This is GOOOOOOOOOD!!!!
It reminds me of the last leg plane ride from France when the crew served up warm tunafish samiches and fritos on an overheated plane with people that had been traveling ALL day.
camperforlife wrote: We were camping outside Chicago and decided to go into town to see the Blue Man Group. When we came out of the theatre some dope in a Honda parked with his front license plate against my hitch. He made my decision very easy since he chose to make contact. I put it in reverse and pushed the Honda back 18 inches to where I could get out of my parking spot. I don't have a clue if it did any damage nor do I care.
In the words of kghenson ... "Dude Chill, We aren't serious".
Guess there are those that aren't as chilly as others!
Or is it only in the world of campers/RVers where 2 wrongs do make it right?
Must have been the Mosh Pit at the Blue Man Group that got him all pumped up.
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When I was in high school many moons ago, my football coach drove a tiny Ford subcompact. Forget the model, but this was in 1983. Anyway, One day a bunch of us thought it would be a good idea to lift the coaches car and move it into another parking space, and leave it sideways. Well coach was a rather big dude, as he used to play on the offensive line for the Bufallo Bills. And he had a very short fuse. I saw the biggest neck vein I have ever seen that day. Needless to say, we had to do about 1,000 extra laps the next day in practice. And the day after that, and so on...
I have never moved another car since. I learned my lesson.
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