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7th December 2016, 04:01 PM
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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!!!!!!!
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#2
8th December 2016, 12:02 PM
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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! 
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#3
8th December 2016, 05:31 PM
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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
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8th December 2016, 07:01 PM
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But a Lambo generally doesn't have to do half the work your S8 does. It gets taken out, taken for a spin, maybe valet parked at a posh restaurant and then garaged again before the fortnightly wash.
Your S8 has to lug people, things, do the daily commute, the weekly shop etc etc. Lee, I know first hand the stresses of owning these cars. Mine has treated me as badly as anyone's on here. I can't think of anything else at that kind of money I'd rather drive though.
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20th December 2016, 10:40 PM
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had the RS6 out the other day and looks like there were at least another two like minded "I dont want my doors dinged" Audi drivers in the Asda car park at the same time
 apologies for the appalling quality phone pic 
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3rd January 2017, 08:57 PM
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5th January 2017, 07:08 PM
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Let the Market decide...
Hi Mate,
Commiserations about the situation: I 100% wouldn't keep summat that I was worried about. I couldn't help but spoil every trip with fretting, wish I wasn't that way but with a motor like yours I would be even worse!  Idea. Print a letter and push it through the letterboxes of neighbours around you. I know you said you had only a couple of immediate neighbours but maybe others a couple of streets away would LOVE to have a car on their drive for a few quid a month! (Not the S8 but what about your track car??). When we moved into our house near Barnsley FC's ground (Oakwell) there were very few parking issues on the drop curb in front of my long-ish drive. Until Tuesday 11th of March 2014 when Leicester brought a million fans who found they couldn't park! A quick thinking German Car Owner (sorry, BMW) drove past, saw us coming home and gave me £20 to park on my drive!  To that guy seeing his team and looking after his car was worth £20. That is clear thinking. Money is there to buy you what you want; that is what he wanted. I sold 'cos I wanted £20 more than the ability to move out of my drive with a car for 3 hours. Oh, and I was running an ancient Rover 620 at the time so wanted to show off to my neighbours! (Being Barnsley they weren't fooled...). So. How much is having more room to park your car worth? Apologies if you've thought of this or tried already but so many of us won't ASK and then PAY for what we want... Robert
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5th January 2017, 11:00 PM
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Wifey was laughing at me the other day as we drove into morrisons car park ,
" now , where's all the nice audits parked " I said as a ( semi) joke , " there's 3 over there " she said , pointing , perfect q7 , s5 , and an a4 , all black , and taking up 5 spaces , I stuck the 8 next to them , " I can just about see the store from here " was her only comment Mike
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