Imo, UK car parking slots are a joke. ….
Whoever dreams up the dimensions for UK car parking slots either doesn’t live in the real world, or owns a national chain of body repair centres
Or it’s just that cars have been getting steadily bigger and bulkier over the years and the spaces aren’t?
I’ve given up caring about the cosmetics of our car, I still go out of my way to take care and not damage other peoples, but since we don’t buy new cars, and keep them until they get scrapped a few dents and scratches don’t bother me.
If I’d spent thousands, regularly re-sold, or we were leasing I’d probably get more uptight about it*, but that’s just another stress I don’t need.
* In fact it would wind me right up, as it’s just carelessness and lack of respect to go around dinging other people’s cars, but it seems to be the way of things these days so I choose the other path and avoid the stress.