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[David's8]

Originally Posted by briang9

Wife thinks I am stark raving mad BTW

Brian, we ALL think you are stark raving mad

[briang9]

Originally Posted by David's8

Brian, we ALL think you are stark raving mad

wibble wibble.....

[Mikee]

Christ , I thought it was just me , parked outside asdas last night , right opposite the door , looked back as I walked away , as you do , damm its sqint and about a foot over the line at the front , went back and moved it a bit still not right , bollocks ,so I got back in and moved it further away
that drone idea seems a goodun though , launch it out the sun roof and use it to get it parked square

anyone else find it difficult to park it square to a parking space ?

mike

[47p2]

A few excellent examples of how every A8 owner should park in the Great British (minuscule) parking bay
EDIT. No A8s were used for this demonstration

[MikkiJayne]

Originally Posted by Mikee

anyone else find it difficult to park it square to a parking space ?

mike

Yes! The D2 is the only car with which I have this problem too - A4, A6, TT all go in spaces nice and square. Not the D2 - its always crooked for some reason. My colleagues think I'm nuts because I'll get out, look at how its in the space then get back in and move it about until its right

It must be something to do with how the mirrors interact with the body lines. If I have enough room I'll open the door and try and line up with the sill trim instead which is straight-ish.

[Audidothat]

Originally Posted by Mikee

Christ , I thought it was just me , parked outside asdas last night , right opposite the door , looked back as I walked away , as you do , damm its sqint and about a foot over the line at the front , went back and moved it a bit still not right , bollocks ,so I got back in and moved it further away
that drone idea seems a goodun though , launch it out the sun roof and use it to get it parked square

anyone else find it difficult to park it square to a parking space ?

mike

Not quite but I do curb my wheels every now and then when parellel parking. Never known a car like it.

I do find the lines in the rear camera help when parking in a bay.

[David's8]

The mirror tilt in reverse function is quite helpful in getting it straight i find. I think that because its long and wide, the results of being a little bit squint are just more pronounced and makes it more exposed.

[tc4332]

Feel for you, we are always aware of the "hit & run" idjits. Bloodie morons out there, at least not as bad as Paris. They do not park there, they abandon them.
SWMBO uses the far back corner in ASDA car park.
Personally I use the bus and block of four spaces.
By the way, stay out of York this Saturday, I'm driving a twelve metre coach there for the Xmas Market. SWMBO is going with me so no speed limits will be broken!!!!!!!

[Professor Peach]

I think you should cut your losses and give up Lee. Drive it down to my house, pop the keys through my letter box and walk away! I shall take on all of that stress and pressure of ownership for you! It's the sensible thing to do .

I do understand though sir! I always used to park the D2 is sensible locations, biggest bays and most open areas. I came back to the car one evening, I parked in a covered garage at a shopping area (Weston Favel for you locals) and the builders working on an area were pressure washing the ceiling to clean the old concrete of. Chunks of concrete and dust everywhere. Fortunately not a mark on my car, but the sheer stupidity was astounding!

[1781cc]

Wow, I knew Weston Favel was bad but didn't realise it was that bad with the renovations, that's just pure stupidity, I wonder what their public liability insurance is like?

Your S3 is quite nice, I like the interior in it, much better than I expected but it wasn't enough to tempt me to part with the D3, although I've started browsing auto trader and pistonheads a lot lately looking at smaller cars, wife thinks I'll regret it if I do jump ship, but since getting the car back all I've done is stress about the car, affects my sleep as well, surely that's not a good thing, how the hell do people with lambos and other exotica cope? The malicious envy must be a high factor on those