This picture comes courtesy of my boss, Alex Stoyanov, taken this summer while he was back home visiting his native Bulgaria. Apparently this Mercedes S-Class owner just doesn’t feel the need to adhere to the physics of parallel parking. An M3 owner himself, Alex said that in most cases owning a car like the S-Class comes with special legal “exemptions” in Sophia.
Park it like you stole it! (possibly literally)
While I would never advocate auto vandalism, I’ve had 2 or 3 cars vandalized “for fun”, parking like that in some parts of the U.S. would be an open invitation.
Last time I did see a vehicle parked like this, it was a newish F-250 outside a supermarket.
Happens more than we think here in the U.S to people that park like this, especially to those that take up 2 spots in areas with limited parking!
By observation, it’s usually a Dodge PU, an Escalade or something not worth the impound fees.
It looks like the closely spaced black and white poles are installed on the sidewalk to prevent parking or driving on the sidewalk. The break in the line of poles tells me that perhaps there is a garage or a driveway right where the offending Mercedes is parked?
Mandatory Prince reference
“Well I guess I shoulda known by the way you parked your car “
From: Little Red Corvette
Back in the 1984 i was working with a guy installing the security systems at the new and yet to open Willowbrook Mall in Houston.
Parking was always a nightmare and on this particular day there was one “spot” left and a brand new gold Porsche 928 taking half of it.
It was obvious he wanted NO ONE next to his new Porsche.
Old J.R., the lead tech, nuzzled the Ford van up against the side of rear bumper and GENTLY pushed it into it’s spot through a series of pushes and parked right next to it.
I couldn’t believe it! I was cringing the whole time.
There was NO mark at all on the Porsche.
We worked there all day and when we came back the Porsche was gone and we never heard a word.
I would have loved to have been there when that dude saw his car perfectly placed in that spot !
Oh, that brings back embarrasing memories. Many years ago, as a reckless teen, I took to nudging the odd poorly parked car to make room for my full size Wagoneer. In retrospect, I see it was selfish of me to do so.
One day, I found the car I nudged had a terrified lady sitting in the back seat. I did not repeat this manoever again.
Was parked in an alley in Santa Monica, where parking is a sad joke. Was working on my truck, the hood was up and while I left for a minute to borrow a tool, a woman parked in front of it about 1/4 inch from my front bumper. As I walked up I asked her to pull ahead as I was fixing my truck. She told me to f-off. After she left I gently pushed her little Toyota a few feet into the red zone next to the stop sign. No damage. As I went back to work the meter maid pulled up and wrote her a parking ticket. I finished my repairs.
And here I thought the joke about new drivers and staying off the sidewalks was just a joke.
An S-Class in Eastern Europe is going to typically have a couple body guards in it too. Everyone knows better than to mess with the type of guys who have these.
The last time I was in the south of France I saw a few S-Classes with Russian & Eastern European plates, usually occupied by 3 or 4 serious looking gentlemen in suits.
The Benz looks a bit timid though, wouldn’t you agree ?
“What?” (shrugs shoulders) “We are legitimate businessman, just like you.”
Speaking of “image”…a while ago I came across this 1986 W124 300E, converted into a true and quite unique 241 hp 3.6 Brabus. The famous tuninghouse did this job in 1989.
This looks so wrong I actually like it very, very much ! Excellent condition, BTW.
a jewel…
Wrong? If by wrong you mean right! A spiritual predecessor to the “factory hot rod” 500E of a few years later?
Agreed that auto vandalism is a seriously wrong and bad thing , still and all I doubt anyone would shed a tear for this jerk .
-Nate
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I wouldn’t want to do permanent damage but I might be tempted to walk along the curb….and leave some size 12 footprints right across the shiny hood of his benz! 😉
I admit: I walk the dog in my neighborhood and there was this white car parked across the sidewalk, repeatedly. So I had to either go on the driveway or out on the road. My little revenge was to mess with the adjustment of the rear view mirrors. It does no damage but it should be quite annoying.
Next step: dog poo on the door handles.
A simple phone call to the police that someone, obviously quite drunk, abandoned this car on the sidewalk would most likely bring this JERK back down to earth.
I know here in Houston that phone call would get you laughed at.
It´s SOFIA.
Or were you daydreaming about a young Sophia Loren? 😉
If I parked like this in my old Merc, I could expect to have a nice small pin stuck in the sidewall with a flat tire the next day or something similar.
I wish I could train a flock of pigeons to lay pigeon droppings on cars parked like this.