Friday, February 03, 2006

Why I need to buy a really crappy car

You either own a crappy car or you own a decent car. People who own decent cars have a problem with parking lots. The problem is that people who own crappy cars park near their car. Since people with crappy cars don't care about their cars or other people's cars, they are not very careful about backing out of their parking spot and end up bashing into the decent car.

So people with decent cars try to park in a remote parking spot, a spot that has no cars near it. Especially no crappy cars. But this doesn't work in principle, and this is why. People with semi-decent cars that are neither crappy nor decent come and park near their car. They do this deliberately because they know that people with decent cars are careful while backing out, and you always want to park near someone who is careful while backing out. That is why people with decent cars lose on either end of the bargain.

My car got bashed in my parking lot and I don't know who did it. That's why I'm gonna get a crappy car to be able to park in peace without worrying who is gonna be the next person to bash my decent car.

6 comments:

zambezi said...

Is it a dent or is it bad? maybe its time to buy a new car.

gawker said...

Its a big dent. No its not time to buy a new car.

zambezi said...

And if you planning on buying any kind of used vw tell me. me get you good deal.

Anonymous said...

ohhhhh, that's sad. i don't have a thing for cars, so can't understand why people get all crazy about cars. but, i just dented my lovely company car and for the first time, it hurt really bad. and this is one i don't even pay the insurance on! i can imagine your pain....

puhleeze, it's not time to buy a new car. it's time to hunt down the person who dented your car, and.....make him buy you the crappy car! :)

Anonymous said...

Get a really old mazda (626 i think). My buddy ones backed in a parking lot and totaled 1 brand new neon and dented 3 other cars. The mazda didn't get a scratch. Oh yeah he's the same guy who totaled my car too.

Deepak Shenoy said...

I'm getting on a soapbox now. In India, you don't buy a good car. You buy a crappy car. You don't even get good cars. What they sell as good cars here is actually the crappy version of the good car that is sold abroad.

And in India you would also like to park in a place where there are no other cars. The nearest such place is Africa.