ColinC1 Posted November 18, 2007 Posted November 18, 2007 Was on holiday and decided to go up to the Lake District last week.I am not a believer in pay parking, never was, so instead of going into a village to park and pay,instead I went outside the village to a grazing area where other cars parked off road, on the verge. Imagine my horror when I went off road, and bang , what was that :o I looked under the car, and due to the car floor being so low to the uneven ground, I ended up using the car as a scoup, taking a mass of muddy hillside now stuck underneath. I forgot how low this car is to the ground :) So its a warning to us all, but at least I did not hit rock, and I got off lightly PS... I read in the lake district local paper when I was there, that parking in the lakes is now so expensive that it is puting off tourists from stopping in certain towns and villages, and is affecting shop owners profits. Ambleside being a good example of this. What makes matters worse now is that councils have decided to stop people like me getting any free parking (who were willing to walk half a mile in to town), by putting yellow lines everywhere, and even charging for parking areas that are away in the wilderness. Total greed I call it. No wonder people now go abroad on holiday, rather than the UK. Quote
kfk Posted November 18, 2007 Posted November 18, 2007 Dont you just hate it though when you cant get a decent photo because some idiot has parked his car some where he shouldn't. Personally i think if they provide car parks in these quaint little villages we should use them and if you feel the cost is too much, dont take the car, catch the bus or maybe use a taxi, i'm sure the locals would be happy if we didnt clog up there roadways.......just because we have cars it doesnt give us the right to park where we want.....and that includes outside our own houses. .............Dont get me started on Parking and the drivers right to do as he pleases as long as its for his convenience! Quote
ColinC1 Posted November 19, 2007 Author Posted November 19, 2007 You can't see the quaint little village for the revenue collecting mega carpark :lol: Quote
acra Posted December 22, 2007 Posted December 22, 2007 To be fair, I think that this kind of parking is pretty irresponsible, and destroys the land - but that's not the issue here. The thing of low ground clearance can be a problem. Several times up in Scotland I have hit the road when going over really bad potholes (at very low speeds still), and at one point I dented my wheel strut thing by hitting a concealed rock when I was forced off the road by an aggressive van driver. Also I've found that if you load the back with heavy stuff, you are no longer able to go over any speed humps without a slight scraping noise! How anyone copes once they've fitted lowering springs, I don't know! (was considering it for when the warrenty runs out, but I think I'll leave it for a while yet!) Guess the moral to this story is, use the car where intended - on the road! Quote
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