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No, jambourgie, I dont! 😀
I've already shit my pants and said goodbye to my loved ones.
Didn't take long.
Dudes. The Internet police are after all of us. We've collectively broken Codes 22, 67 & 437-b. We've been too self-absorbed, too argumentative and not shown enough pictures of 'cute' cats.
Run for gods sake! While you still have time! It's too late for m...
Right, this is really freaking me out now. Can someone please confirm the forum is broken so I can get out from underneath my stairs?
On the plus side that epic-tv advert has also gone so now I can actualy open more than one STW window without the computer slowing to a crawl
Moses - Member
Cars have metal shells so that the sensitive insides don't get damaged. These shells are designed to take the occasional 80mph piece of gravel hitting them, seagull poo and all sorts. Someone sitting on them with feet on the ground, or putting keys down isn't likely to cause harm, so get off your high horse.
Or keep it in the garage if you're so precious.
So, I see a clearly expensive bike propped against a wall, quite possibly yours, and instead of standing next to it, or sitting on the wall, because my poor tired little legs can barely support me any more, I sit on the bike, causing it to move and slide against whatever its leaning against, thus putting deep gouges in the paint and the underlying structure, possibly carbon.
I guess you're perfectly OK with some random person showing such a total lack of respect to something that cost you a lot of money.
I guess you're ok with people tossing their garbage into your garden, pissing into it, and taking a dump there as well, all things that show an equal lack of respect for the rights of others. 🙄
And this page has definitely taken a turn for the odd-looking, too.
Still, nice to not have any adverts flickering away on the right-hand side... 😉
It's only [s]a car[/s] [s]a wife[/s] a bike .
FTFY
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Well that took a little longer than I expected, but we got there in the end.
From a person merely sitting on a car to (and a risk to scratching the lacquer)...
So, I see a clearly expensive bike propped against a wall, quite possibly yours, and instead of standing next to it, or sitting on the wall, because my poor tired little legs can barely support me any more, I sit on the bike, causing it to move and slide against whatever its leaning against, thus putting [b]deep gouges in the paint and the underlying structure, possibly carbon.[/b]
...the threat of something being written off. Excellent work sir. 😆
There's a perfectly good, sturdy stone wall next to it if anyone wants to sit down
Speaking of, a whie ago I was chatting on my phone and felt like a sit down so sat on a wall. Out runs homeowner asking me what I thought I was doing. Strange people ...
Oh for god's sake.....
I live in a city. My car has to live on the street as there were no garages built 120 years ago. It's been accidentally scratched by other peoples' bad parking, and a mirror written off. It's a pain, but it happens.
I don't condone behaviour that would cause damage, but I can't see how leaning / sitting on a car (not bearing much weight) or putting keys down on it would be objectionable. You know what? Sometimes I rest my gloves and helmet on the bike on the other side of the Sheffield stand when I'm locking my bike. I can't see a problem with that, nor would I object if someone did the same to mine.
And kids sit or stand on my wall most days on the way home from school. Big deal, so what? It's so they can jump out onto the pavement to scare their mummies. Why on earth would I object?
Is this sexually charged fight night
(Note no question mark)
Who's sat on t'interpipe?
Can anyone else see that 'hasta la vista' wrongness up there?
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I came back to find a couple placing there child on my motorbike so he could have his picture taken, I wasn't too impressed but no violence was dished out, I let them finish, in the hope he would one day remember that moment when he got his first motorbike.
As if by some cosmic brilliance, as lve read this thread...
Peter Griffin and Homer Simson have just been knocking ten bells out of each other, on Family Guy.
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so no-one wears jeans with rivets in them anymore?
maybe those hipster sisters jeans that will not fit you if you have cyclists legs dont, but most 'dad' jeans still do
that is how 'lounging' against a car can damage the paintwork. If you want to lean on acar , lean on your own car , not someone elses
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My stepfather is like this - they have a couple of lovingly restored vintage cars. He is such a show-off he has to park it dead outside the very front of everywhere we go in it (wineries, usually) then we get some relief from his tedious banging on about the car, as Mother and I go and have a nice lunch while he guards it from people touching it and bores the face off passers-by. Brilliant system from my point of view !
I bought him a Chauffeur's Hat, but got a telling off as that was deemed to be "too far".
I wouldn't do it to a friends car so I wouldn't expect anyone to think of it as normal.
What if someone's cat sits on your car? Is it OK to shoot it with an air rifle?
Cats are there to be stroked. A great destresser.
Ask yourselves this question: Did someone sit on yr car or did they actually Find You In The Alps?
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Steady. What if it's not your cat, but it's sitting on your car? You'd still touch it?
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If your motor vehicle is that precious, buy a property with a drive or garage - if it's parked on a public road it's fair game 😛
My cat [i]hates [/i]staying in the garage. It likes to sit on peoples' cars, on the street.
My car is filthy and has an over-sensitive alarm. I've never seen anyone sitting on it.
What about when a friend unloads his bike from my car and leans his wheels, or worse his bike, against the car? Should I resort to violence immediately? 🙂
So, some people care, some people don't and some people troll.
Malvern Rider - Member
Ask yourselves this question: Did someone sit on yr car or did they actually Find You In The Alps?
"This is what happens when you feed a stranger scrambled eggs"
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Ok, the "I hate cars" crowd just seems to be trolling.... What about if your motorbike was parked up and someone leaned against it?
I'd be pissed (car or bike), it's disrespectful at the very least, regardless of how precious I felt about the car/bike in question.
Ok, the "I hate cars" crowd just seems to be trolling.... What about if your motorbike was parked up and someone leaned against it?
This is pretty much the grounding of my position. I came down to the street one day to find an adult holding a child on the seat of my motorbike. Was I bothered? Initially yes, than I reaslised that no harm was being done.
Secondly I wasn't able to watch the bike 24/7 and most certainly wasn't going to worry about things that [i]could[/i] or [i]might[/i] happen.
I used to drive to events that had large fan followings and people would use the car as a rest, again I wasn't going to stress myself about it.
Wanton vandalism and destuction is another thing, but someone sitting/leaning/brushing/looking at it in an aggressive manner is hardly anything to get my knickers in a twist about.
But if that's all you've got to worry yourselves about, count yourselves very lucky.
hilldodger - Member
If your motor vehicle is that precious, buy a property with a drive or garage - if it's parked on a public road it's fair game
I'd love to be able to afford a new property with a garage
It's the equivalent of someone lifting your bike up to see how much it weighs, and some of you really need to sort your lives out.
[i]It's the equivalent of someone lifting your bike up to see how much it weighs[/i]
Do you really think that?
Someone lifting your bike would be interested in it.
Someone sitting on your car would be contemptuous.
They're the same are they? Duh.
Yes, they are more-or-less the same thing. No damage done to either. What's the problem?
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I don't give a toss about my car, but someone sitting on it wouldn't be welcome.
So you would sit on a stranger's car? Yeah, dream on.
Never mind sitting
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My OH is struggling to walk very far at the moment, so we hired a mobility scooter to get round a theme park on holiday recently.
Parked up outside a shop, went for a hobble round and came out to find some bloke sitting on it. Seemed quite put out when I went "erm, excuse me..."
Still, it was "only a scooter," and she'd probably have had to actually fall over before she'd sufficiently earned others' respect, hey.
Someone sitting on your car would be contemptuous.
Talk about ascribing intent.
Anyway, yes I do really think that. They are materially equivalent.
[i]Talk about ascribing intent.[/i]
And you actually do live in the real world?
I ask again - would YOU sit on a stranger's car?
No, I wouldn't personally do so, but I don't see it as a problem.
Using terms like "contemptuous" and "respect" shows this is really about territory and defensiveness rather than the actual risk of damage. It's a git-orf-my-land thing for those less well endowed. (Property-wise of course. I have my suspicions of the other)
If there were a real risk of damage I could see your point, but if someone's just idly leaning on a vehicle or wall etc it would be a fuss about nothing.
If someone could lift my car I'd be really impressed.
As long as they controlled it on the way down and didn't drop it suddenly, anyway.
For those who don't give 2 hoots about your cars and are making light of this.
How about you have carefully laid your bike on the ground. Ensured the rear mech isn't resting on any rocks and are having a nice break whilst talking to your fellow riders.
I am keen to have a look at you bike laid there on the ground. In my efforts to have a look at it I manage to step onto your nice rims and light weight spokes. As its a super dupa bike I expect them rims can withstand someones body weight standing on them. Its only a bike anyhow. Imagine if the guy realises he is stood on your rim/bike and thinks its funny and tries to balance on your rim whilst talking to his friends about it.
At what point do you stop laughing it off as no issue?
Its just another sign of peoples ignorance of other people having their own values.
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I am keen to have a look at you bike laid there on the ground. In my efforts to have a look at it I manage to step onto your nice rims and light weight spokes. As its a super dupa bike I expect them rims can withstand someones body weight standing on them. Its only a bike anyhow. Imagine if the guy realises he is stood on your rim/bike and thinks its funny and tries to balance on your rim whilst talking to his friends about it.
And here we go to an extreme again. Why not just stick with the guy picking up your bike and having a sit on it? There's no need to include imaginary scenarios and invented damage to support your claim, I imagine that those who accept someone sitting on their car can differentiate between a harmless act and wanton damage. I too would be less than pleased if your cycling example buddy decided to walk over the top of my car, but I wouldn't be wetting myself if said example rested their butt on my car.
This is providing me with much amusement.
I ask again - would YOU sit on a stranger's car?
For me it's not about whether I'd sit on someone else's car, it's, as the OP asked, whether I'd get my knickers in a twist about someone sitting on mine. I wouldn't and haven't been arsed. HTH.