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Old 23-06-2008   #1 (Post Link)
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TUT Parking Paris style!!

Not sure if this is prank or not, but it’s certainly put me off ever taking my own car to Paris!
P.S. think the white car is an Alfa!
Creating a parking space - Car shunting in Paris - on Bore Me
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Old 23-06-2008   #2 (Post Link)
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OMG! If that was me stood there, I'd have got hold of him, hit his head on the bonnet of his car and watch as it bounced back off and say "That's 'Hello', Bristol style"

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Hammy, you need some sleep Lad
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I slept not four days ago! I'm fine
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I slept not four days ago! I'm fine
You what?


Go back to bed!
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Re: Parking Paris style!!

At least he didn't dink the Alfa too badly.

What a tosser though.
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Idiot
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Front number plate looks yellow.
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Dutch car (think they have yellow plates at the front)?
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Or Luxembourg ?
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That sums up the bl00dy parisiens,never leave your handbrake on had on try with me up at the pigal(spelled it wrong) silly sod wished he never as this where the coaches parked so about 10 coach drivers lifted the car up and put on the raised pathway in the middle teach him hit my new coach
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You should see what they're like In Romania, bay parking over there is hilarious, basically they part over the lines, or over three different bays. It made me laugh when I saw it.
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Not good!
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Re: Parking Paris style!!

I stayed in Montmartre a couple of years ago. I went from the airport via taxi which gave me a good view en-route of all the cars with parking dents.

When I say all the cars I mean ALL the cars! Not one was in good condition due to shunting and general abuse. I think this is what determines the car buying strategy in Paris - small 206/clio/Renault 5 that can be used and abused at will.

I'd certainly never drive my own car across the Arc de Triomphe roundabout but it's a great laugh in a cab! Highly recommended.
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I think he might have had a bad day!
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OMG! If that was me stood there, I'd have got hold of him, hit his head on the bonnet of his car and watch as it bounced back off and say "That's 'Hello', Bristol style"

Classic!!!

I've been to Paris, and sadly that is how they park,
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Isn't that what bumpers are for !!
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Originally Posted by Probusterrace View Post
I stayed in Montmartre a couple of years ago. I went from the airport via taxi which gave me a good view en-route of all the cars with parking dents.

When I say all the cars I mean ALL the cars! Not one was in good condition due to shunting and general abuse. I think this is what determines the car buying strategy in Paris - small 206/clio/Renault 5 that can be used and abused at will.
Montmartre my fave place in Paris, fascinating...

Dito about the cars, they are all bashed up in one way or another..

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Isn't that what bumpers are for !!

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That's got to be a set-up, why would the guy videoing... be videoing?

I can't believe people actually park like that. How id the red car behind going to get out?

I'd go ballistic if I saw someone doing that.
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That guy was lucky, if an owner of one of the parked cars had turned up.......
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Classic!!!
THought you'd like that!!
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That's got to be a set-up
My first thought too. At least I HOPE it was a set up
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