So, it is one thing to be an ass, but another to be an asshole...

[Ewok_Fetus]

A little bit of background here... I am an aircraft maintainer. Fairly important job in the military... So I get called to a ground emergency before a flight is supposed to take off... As I am walking out to my parallel parked car, I notice some asshat parked less than 6" away from my rear and another about the same up front... "OH SHIT" I say to myself... Next thing I know I see the person in the car in front of me get out of the vehicle!! SAVED!! But not really... I ask the person politly to move their vehicle as I had an emergency...

"Man, I am late for work! I gotta go! I don't have time!" as the dude runs off... Not my fault for the dude being a dirtbag asshole... So, the next thing I can think of to cover my ass is to move his vehicle somehow... Go up, his shit is locked... Rock nearby... I grab it and smash his window, open up, alarm goes off and I put it in neutral and undo the e-brake... Roll it forward about 4 feet, yes 4 feet because there was that much room!! I didn't even bother to put the brake back on or put it in gear... Not to mention that a storm was getting ready to come in...

My reasoning... I was trained that if there is an emergency, we need to get out there NOW and do what it takes to get there... No questions asked... Told my supervisor when I get back and he said "Oh well for that dude!" I had no time to wait for any other options!

What would you have done in this situation?!

[shaahid]

Getting out of the parking spot would have taken you the same amount of time as finding a rock to break his window and move his car.

[Obsessed]

6 inches on each side? That's an entire foot to work with. Learn to drive. [:D]

[kovachian]

Getting out of the parking spot would have taken you the same amount of time as finding a rock to break his window and move his car.With a mere 6 inches of clearance front and back? Bulls**t. You've obviously never attempted maneuvering a car out of that tight of a space. Some tight spots, there's just no getting out of without something getting broken.

[Ewok_Fetus]

Seriously, there was no shit, less than 6" on each side of the car... Unless your girlfriend told you otherwise, 6" is not enough room... I DON'T have that kind of time... To back up and go forward at least 8 times...

[Ewok_Fetus]

6 inches on each side? That's an entire foot to work with. Learn to drive. [:D]

Hahaha, I am a country boy! I ain't used to no city livins...

[UN-PIMP-Z-A4]

i call bullshit...

[Ewok_Fetus]

Yeah, you're right Un-pimp... I am just trying to make friends... Trying to make myself sound cool and make everyone like me... Woe is me...

[maxspeed]

i call bullshit...


i call hater of the century award...

[mike-2ptzero]

Seriously, there was no shit, less than 6" on each side of the car... Unless your girlfriend told you otherwise, 6" is not enough room... I DON'T have that kind of time... To back up and go forward at least 8 times...

Plus the fact that the measurement from the right front corner to the rear left corner is longer then the measurement from front to back. Seems a few guys here need to go back to school seeing that we dont drive round cars.[:p]

Only other way would be to throw 2 of these on the rear tires of the car parked in front of you.[:D] No jack required.

http://www.northerntool.com/images/product/images/145979_lg.gif

[4ringAR]

i would have flipped a shit if you broke my window. did you atleast leave a note. is your work(the govt) going to pay for it? plus if you said a storm was coming that would potentially ruin the interior. and you could have atleast put the ebrake back on, who knows, it could have rolled into traffic or something.

i would have been pissed. if it happened to me.

in your situation. i would have told the guy that you were in the military and it was an emergency and that he could get a note from you saying that the military made him move his car....exaggerating the truth so the boss would have to accept it.

[97audia4]

thats fucking sweet you bashed that shit in, but id deffinatly be pissed if i was the dude but guess what i wasnt so smash on

[Militant-Grunt]

A little bit of background here... I am an aircraft maintainer. Fairly important job in the military... So I get called to a ground emergency before a flight is supposed to take off... As I am walking out to my parallel parked car, I notice some asshat parked less than 6" away from my rear and another about the same up front... "OH SHIT" I say to myself... Next thing I know I see the person in the car in front of me get out of the vehicle!! SAVED!! But not really... I ask the person politly to move their vehicle as I had an emergency...

"Man, I am late for work! I gotta go! I don't have time!" as the dude runs off... Not my fault for the dude being a dirtbag asshole... So, the next thing I can think of to cover my ass is to move his vehicle somehow... Go up, his shit is locked... Rock nearby... I grab it and smash his window, open up, alarm goes off and I put it in neutral and undo the e-brake... Roll it forward about 4 feet, yes 4 feet because there was that much room!! I didn't even bother to put the brake back on or put it in gear... Not to mention that a storm was getting ready to come in...

My reasoning... I was trained that if there is an emergency, we need to get out there NOW and do what it takes to get there... No questions asked... Told my supervisor when I get back and he said "Oh well for that dude!" I had no time to wait for any other options!

What would you have done in this situation?!


Someone needs a lesson in parallel parking, in the city I'm constantly faced with 2 inches on each side, 6inches on both sides is A LOT.

[20A4Audi1.8t01]

Thats awwesome!!! LOL

[deux321]

haha

i got some military friends, and sounds totally like them, to do somthing like that.

crazy ass marines

[AUD-A4]

i would have been pissed,but if i was that other asshat i would have moved it a bit.people are just really disrespectful,like why the F*** in hell would you park so close to someone if you have more room up front,especially when you said you had an emergency!!!

[AB18]

Im a pilot(in training), and i would have done the same thing if i was in that situation. If there was a emergency and you needed to be there, sucks for him.


Only thing i would have done diff is take my shirt off and punched it out, 2fast2furios style, haha.

[onemoremile]

The other dude is going to be pissed but he'll also remember refusing to help out. Karma is a bitch.

[theskuh]

I prob would have put the bumper on him and see if I could give him a nudge. wouldn't have thought to bust his window. Life is easier though with cars you don't care about. I would think twice about using my car in an offensive maneover. my truck on the other hand isn't that what they are made for?

[SoFresh]

I would have done the same thing most likely, but I think you still went easy on him. Lately, Ive had the worst luck, I just had $9500 stolen right out of my bank account, long story, but its fucked up. So with all my built up anger, I would have probably ghost rode his car into a wall or something, lol.

[maxspeed]

Im a pilot(in training), and i would have done the same thing if i was in that situation. If there was a emergency and you needed to be there, sucks for him.


Only thing i would have done diff is take my shirt off and punched it out, 2fast2furios style, haha.

hell no, bust it with a fence post, patrick swazey style.

[diegomatrix]

i've seen ppl get out of parallel parking spots when their car is nudged in there bumper to bumper, literally........ so.. i'd go w/ the "drive your way out" tactic.

[speedydragon]

what if the car was automatic?

[Black97a4]

screw that, the guy was an ass and parked like that. i would have hit it too, or chased him down after he ran off for work :) someone hits my audi after the work ive put into it. there goingto die :)

[AUD-A4]

^^^^^^^^^Agreedddddddd

[ct1.8t4me]

So wait - who is the asshole?

[mike-2ptzero]

i've seen ppl get out of parallel parking spots when their car is nudged in there bumper to bumper, literally........ so.. i'd go w/ the "drive your way out" tactic.

Only way that would work is if you were willing to push the other cars with your bumper and I dont think any of us are willing to do that.

[Lazer Viking]

kind of sounds like that time that some asshole scratched the hell out of my bumper, while trying to bump park, except i wasnt trying to move his car, and it wasnt a rock that went through his window.

[shaahid]

With a mere 6 inches of clearance front and back? Bulls**t. You've obviously never attempted maneuvering a car out of that tight of a space. Some tight spots, there's just no getting out of without something getting broken.

I hope you're being sarcastic. 6in in the fron and 6in in the back is a lot of space... or maybe I just think so because I live in the city and have to deal with that alot...

But anyway, I guess that guy did kind of deserved it when you told him you had an emergency. You should have mentioned it was a military emergency though...

[onemoremile]

I hope you're being sarcastic. 6in in the fron and 6in in the back is a lot of space... or maybe I just think so because I live in the city and have to deal with that alot...

But anyway, I guess that guy did kind of deserved it when you told him you had an emergency. You should have mentioned it was a military emergency though...

The A4 sedan is 176.7" long. The diagonal measurement is 190". Unless you're compressing your bumper shocks and playing bumper cars you'll need more than a foot of total clearance.

[shaahid]

I never said you could get out of it in one shot, I'm just saying its not as hard as some people are making it sound.

[b00st]

your problem is not my problem. its as simple as that.

you make it my problem...you die. you can't fuck with peoples cars. parking the way you did...you get what you get coming. next time park normal...sorry no love for breaking other peoples shit cuz you have any emergency. and i don't want to hear about parking that way cuz you don't want door dings. park somewhere else....vandalism is not the answer.

[Ewok_Fetus]

Okay first off... Yes, it was legal as I had asked the guy to move... This happened on base... I never said it was a PERSONAL emergency... If it wasn't for people like me going to these "ground emeregency calls" then guess what... I guess the jets would have never taken off during 9/11 to help protect the skys... Do I have a choice in parking the way I did? No not really, that is the only way to park where I work... My line of work isn't just letting aircraft go take off... It is a very important job... Without the airframe that I work on, there is pretty much no flying for the rest of the military... Did you ever think of that? If there is no capability for my aircraft to fly, then there is no capablity for the president to fly, other military aircraft and so on... So, if you parked in front of a fire hydrant in front of your house and it was burning down with your family in it, would you kill the fireman because he had to break your window to save them?

[a4fann]

Okay first off... Yes, it was legal as I had asked the guy to move... This happened on base... I never said it was a PERSONAL emergency... If it wasn't for people like me going to these "ground emeregency calls" then guess what... I guess the jets would have never taken off during 9/11 to help protect the skys... Do I have a choice in parking the way I did? No not really, that is the only way to park where I work... My line of work isn't just letting aircraft go take off... It is a very important job... Without the airframe that I work on, there is pretty much no flying for the rest of the military... Did you ever think of that? If there is no capability for my aircraft to fly, then there is no capablity for the president to fly, other military aircraft and so on... So, if you parked in front of a fire hydrant in front of your house and it was burning down with your family in it, would you kill the fireman because he had to break your window to save them?

do what you gotta do man, I have no problem with what you did. As for the fireman they just use ther big old red truck and "bump" your shit out of th way.

[Wilco]

Haha, this story just sounds like what happens when two assholes collide [:D]

. . . but I don't know man, I think you kinda crossed the line on this one.

[aytheory]

http://boners.com/content/797976.1.jpg

[cjonesgo]

So there is no way that this stranger who was also in a rush could possibly be doing anything nearly as important as what you had to be doing?
I am sure that you have a very important job, and you are undoubtedly a very important person. It is refreshing to know that you thought to break his window, and fail to reset his emergency brake, rather than do ANY damage to your own vehicle for your problem.

At least now I know not to complain about door dings if there are guys like you running around busting out windows bacause they are in a hurry. Way to go!

[mike-2ptzero]

So there is no way that this stranger who was also in a rush could possibly be doing anything nearly as important as what you had to be doing?
I am sure that you have a very important job, and you are undoubtedly a very important person. It is refreshing to know that you thought to break his window, and fail to reset his emergency brake, rather than do ANY damage to your own vehicle for your problem.

At least now I know not to complain about door dings if there are guys like you running around busting out windows bacause they are in a hurry. Way to go!

Does it matter if his stuff was important or not, someone asked him to move his car right after getting out of it so he is the ass for not taking 1 minute out of his time to MOVE his own car forward a few feet. Problem is that a very large amount of people just dont give a shit about anyone but themselfs PERIOD, maybe that guy should learn how to park so other people can get out when they are ready to leave.

Better to have a broken window(which insurance will cover) vs having to pay to get your car out of a tow yard.


The A4 sedan is 176.7" long. The diagonal measurement is 190". Unless you're compressing your bumper shocks and playing bumper cars you'll need more than a foot of total clearance.

It seems some people think their cars get smaller when they turn the steering wheel or their cars "slide" out on their own by turning all 4 wheels 90 degs.[confused]

[b00st]

Does it matter if his stuff was important or not, someone asked him to move his car right after getting out of it so he is the ass for not taking 1 minute out of his time to MOVE his own car forward a few feet. Problem is that a very large amount of people just dont give a shit about anyone but themselfs PERIOD, maybe that guy should learn how to park so other people can get out when they are ready to leave.

Better to have a broken window(which insurance will cover) vs having to pay to get your car out of a tow yard.


so you break his window cuz he didn't move. WRONG. not sure when we all lost our common sense. common curtiousy is a respect given...its not always received but we don't go about things in wrong ways because of the lack there of...

i can't say that the guy wasn't a jerk....but still nothing deserves that. and then people complain why insurance is so high. lesson is don't double park it across and you won't have that problem you could have backed out of the space.

maybe i should drop everyone who looks at me funny or if i don't like the way they are looking at me...i'll just knock them out....cuz f*** them...they shouldn't have looked at me that way. so we replace common sense with ignorance instead. this is good. i guess its better to have a broken face than have it completely stomped in. [headbang] (random thought must have come from watching UFC) point still remains.

[bOOOOstedAudi]

Okay first off... Yes, it was legal as I had asked the guy to move... This happened on base... I never said it was a PERSONAL emergency... If it wasn't for people like me going to these "ground emeregency calls" then guess what... I guess the jets would have never taken off during 9/11 to help protect the skys... Do I have a choice in parking the way I did? No not really, that is the only way to park where I work... My line of work isn't just letting aircraft go take off... It is a very important job... Without the airframe that I work on, there is pretty much no flying for the rest of the military... Did you ever think of that? If there is no capability for my aircraft to fly, then there is no capablity for the president to fly, other military aircraft and so on... So, if you parked in front of a fire hydrant in front of your house and it was burning down with your family in it, would you kill the fireman because he had to break your window to save them?
I th
ink you are completley justified in what you did. There is no way in hell you should have tried to ease out of a parking lot if our military is in a state of emergency. That guy in an asshole for not moving and parking so close. you had every right to break his bitch as window. imagin this and I have seen it happed. A cop in eating lunch and gets an officer down call. your parked to close to him. do you even thing he is going to goi in and ask you to move you car. no! he is going to use these.http://www1.istockphoto.com/file_thumbview_approve/701611/2/istockphoto_701611_modern_police_car.jpg
and guess what. you will be shit out of luck because i can garantee they will not pay for it

[Kyle H]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P71m3LFmLO0

[mike-2ptzero]

so you break his window cuz he didn't move. WRONG. not sure when we all lost our common sense. common curtiousy is a respect given...its not always received but we don't go about things in wrong ways because of the lack there of...

i can't say that the guy wasn't a jerk....but still nothing deserves that. and then people complain why insurance is so high. lesson is don't double park it across and you won't have that problem you could have backed out of the space.

maybe i should drop everyone who looks at me funny or if i don't like the way they are looking at me...i'll just knock them out....cuz f*** them...they shouldn't have looked at me that way. so we replace common sense with ignorance instead. this is good. i guess its better to have a broken face than have it completely stomped in. [headbang] (random thought must have come from watching UFC) point still remains.


Not even close to being the same. Now if that guy that you punch in the face gets up turns towards you and shoots you in the head, then yes that is the same since that is justified.

[sean1.8t]

Not even close to being the same. Now if that guy that you punch in the face gets up turns towards you and shoots you in the head, then yes that is the same since that is justified.

WHAT?????

justified?

[sean1.8t]

perhaps if you have such an "important" job, you should invest in something more reliable and accessable.

like a pair of these
http://www.rollergirl.ca/cadcart/images/urban-roller-blk-pnk-pnk.jpg

or this

http://www.tigercycles.co.uk/photos/cascade01.jpg

look, it's got a water bottle incase you get tired

[Kyle H]

^^ And a basket to carry all those important aircraft tools.

[mike-2ptzero]

WHAT?????

justified?


Actually yes, its called "self defence". One of the reasons you just dont go around hitting people for no reason.

[sean1.8t]

Actually yes, its called "self defence". One of the reasons you just dont go around hitting people for no reason.

well actually it's called "self defense" [:p]

and i personally don't agree with that. if someone came and all of the sudden punched me in the face, im not going to blow their head off right then and there. just because my nose is bleeding doesn't mean they should die. that's just ridiculous

[mike-2ptzero]

well actually it's called "self defense" [:p]

and i personally don't agree with that. if someone came and all of the sudden punched me in the face, im not going to blow their head off right then and there. just because my nose is bleeding doesn't mean they should die. that's just ridiculous

Well it doesn't mean they need to die, but do harm to someone expect something in return.

[sean1.8t]

Well it doesn't mean they need to die, but do harm to someone expect something in return.

now that makes perfect sense.. but


.Now if that guy that you punch in the face gets up turns towards you and shoots you in the head, then yes that is the same since that is justified.

im pretty sure shooting someone in the head is going to kill them.. unless you keep your brains somewhere else

[mike-2ptzero]

now that makes perfect sense.. but



im pretty sure shooting someone in the head is going to kill them.. unless you keep your brains somewhere else

Well if someone is going around punching people in the face for no reason do you really think they have a "BRAIN"? [:p]

[onemoremile]

The biggest fact that has come to light is that this was on a military base. Anyone that has military experience will tell you that bases are a different world. Normal rules do not always apply, especially in an emergency. Trials and practices are generally considered to be every bit as critical as real emergencies. It is all about maintaining a certain state of readiness.


Just as an exercise for any that still doubt the difference; flip a cop off and tell him to fuck off. Try the same with an MP or an officer on a military base. Let me know which reaction sucks and which one scares the hell out of you. Maybe just try shoplifting from the PX and see how that goes.

[sean1.8t]

Well if someone is going around punching people in the face for no reason do you really think they have a "BRAIN"? [:p]

touche

[Ewok_Fetus]

The biggest fact that has come to light is that this was on a military base. Anyone that has military experience will tell you that bases are a different world. Normal rules do not always apply, especially in an emergency. Trials and practices are generally considered to be every bit as critical as real emergencies. It is all about maintaining a certain state of readiness.


Just as an exercise for any that still doubt the difference; flip a cop off and tell him to fuck off. Try the same with an MP or an officer on a military base. Let me know which reaction sucks and which one scares the hell out of you. Maybe just try shoplifting from the PX and see how that goes.

Exactly!

[98a4]

So... what kinda car was it?

[UN-PIMP-Z-A4]

If it wasn't for people like me going to these "ground emeregency calls" then guess what... I guess the jets would have never taken off during 9/11 to help protect the skys...

Was this before or after they crashed into both towers???!!!???

Lets not go there...

As someone stated before if you allowed yourself enough room behind your car to back up then you wouldn't have to go around smashing people's windows.

It's called being responsible and planning ahead.

[mike-2ptzero]

Was this before or after they crashed into both towers???!!!???

Lets not go there...

As someone stated before if you allowed yourself enough room behind your car to back up then you wouldn't have to go around smashing people's windows.

It's called being responsible and planning ahead.



LOL. So now we can control how people park behind us too?[confused]

[CSHO1.8t]

So... what kinda car was it?

X2 on that. lol

[Ewok_Fetus]

Hahaha, yeah, when you work 14 hour shifts, people come and go... I cannot control how they park around me... Also, it was a Mitsu SUV...

[UN-PIMP-Z-A4]

LOL. So now we can control how people park behind us too?[confused]

Then he should have busted both of their windows correct?

[Ewok_Fetus]

No, only the guy that was being a dick about not moving his vehicle... I asked politely...

[mike-2ptzero]

Then he should have busted both of their windows correct?

Well only 1 guy was asked to move and said NO. Plus the fact that he left a huge amount of space in front of his car but backed his bumper up to the car behind him. Both of those facts just says "FUCK YOU" all over it and I guess he got what he was asking for. Hell the guy could have just hit his remote to unlock the car and told him to push it forward then lock it back up. Shit that would have taken him a whole 2 seconds to do without wasting any of his time.

[onemoremile]

Again, this was on base and not out in the normal civilian world. If the guy came back to his broken window and moved car in the civvy world he'd have a legitimate case. On a military base he's got nothing but a minor complaint. If you work on base then you know the rules. He willfully disobeyed emergency action. Ewok should feel no remorse whatsoever for his actions. He was duty bound to act as he did. Yes, he could have pushed him out of the way but that would have damaged bumpers on two cars which is significantly more expensive than a window.

I can't reiterate this enough- bases are private property of the US goverment. Normal rules do not apply. Park in front of a tank and you'll get a super-sub-compact if they need to get out. Even in the real world if you block in a fire truck you'd better be prepared for a lot of red paint to be rubbed off on your car. I was an Army medic and went through crackerbox (Humvee ambulance) training. When your path is blocked and you can move the impeding obstacle there is only one course of action - drop it into low range and start pushing. The mission always comes before a replaceable personal possession.

[Euro-Tuner]

So what I've gained from this:
-Mike thinks someone is going around punching domes and when he finds them, he's gonna shoot them
-Ewok_Fetus is one badass mo-fo
-onemoremile can measure very well
-b00st doesnt care for military personell doing their jobs...the hard way

and I completely agree with what was done...that guys blows, and if he works on the base (it sounds like he does) he should know better...

[mike-2ptzero]

So what I've gained from this:
-Mike thinks someone is going around punching domes and when he finds them, he's gonna shoot them
-Ewok_Fetus is one badass mo-fo
-onemoremile can measure very well
-b00st doesnt care for military personell doing their jobs...the hard way

and I completely agree with what was done...that guys blows, and if he works on the base (it sounds like he does) he should know better...



LOL, I never said "I" was going to shoot anyone. [:p]

[onemoremile]

LOL, I never said "I" was going to shoot anyone. [:p]

That's what this guy is for:

http://imagecache2.allposters.com/IMAGES/54/039_8514.jpg

[bOOOOstedAudi]

FUCK THAT. i DONT FIGHT. IM TO SMALL. IF SOMEONE COME UP TO ME AND PUNCHES ME IN THE FACE AND I DONT FELL I CAN WHOOP THERE ASS PROFICIENTLY, IM GOING TO PULL MY GUN OUT. NO SAYING IM GOING TO SHOOT THEM BUT IF THEY CONTINIUE TO TRY AND HURT YOU THEN YOU ARE JUSTIFIED TO HURT THEM BACK.

[Ewok_Fetus]

Just like when I almost shot the pizza dude at my front door!

[bOOOOstedAudi]

lmao wtf

[UN-PIMP-Z-A4]

Just like when I almost shot the pizza dude at my front door!

[rolleyes]
You always justify your actions...
[rolleyes]

What ever makes you sleep at night...

[mike-2ptzero]

Just like when I almost shot the pizza dude at my front door!

Yes but what you were shooting him with doesn't kill, so you had to put it back in your pants.[;)]

[bOOOOstedAudi]

Yes but what you were shooting him with doesn't kill, so you had to put it back in your pants.[;)]

ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww wwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww wwwww mike your a nasty one

[97audia4]

i bet the next time some one asked him to move his car he will think shit last time i didnt my car window got busted in and therefore teaching him a lesson while the other dude feels like a badass for breaking a window

[quadaxel]

that was my window you asshole! it was my other car!


jk.

but damn, i would be pissed if was that other dude.

[Matt@JHM]

LOL funniest thread i've read in awhile.

[sean1.8t]

Ewok - ever wonder if that guy will track you down and retaliate?

not trying to get into a, "he has no right to retaliate, i was in the right" convo.. but the guy was a "dick", so how can you be sure he's not going to find your car and key it up or something similar?

[dozentrio]

I just have one question. Did you smash his window because he was a prick, or because it was an emergency and you felt that it was the most efficient way to get your car out? Or maybe it was both, and the fact that the emergency justified your actions was just a happy coincidence for you. You get to smash some prick's windows, and you have a good excuse.


As for it being impossible to get a rectangular shaped car out, with 6 inches play room on both sides... well.. I'd draw a diagram but I'm too lazy. You can drive it forwards and backwards, and each time get the car a bit more "out" to the side, until only the right half is blocked in, while the driver side is more on the road, so to speek. Continue the process until free. Works for all shapes [;)]

[_audible_]

Haha. This thread is great. I agree with the OP. Now, someone go answer my question in the A/F thread. =)