Anyone else parking their new LC like this, or is it just me? ๐Ÿ˜‚

I do plus I take a couple of extra minutes to also attach magnetic foam half tube protectors to every door every time I park. I get some odd looks occasionally but I think it's helped avoid dings.
 
I do plus I take a couple of extra minutes to also attach magnetic foam half tube protectors to every door every time I park. I get some odd looks occasionally but I think it's helped avoid dings.
BTW, in case anyone is interested, this is what I use:

Car door dent protector
 
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BTW, in case anyone is interested, this is what I use:

Car door debt protector
I had no idea that those were such a thing. I giggled then realized you were serious!

In the Subie, I parked wherever, and would give my partner the stink eye when he parked his truck way out in timbucktoo. Now I do the same thing he does and we just laugh.
 
I do this too, no matter what car Iโ€™m driving. I hate jockeying for position in parking lot traffic just to get the closest available spot by the door. I will judge you too if you block traffic sitting there waiting for somebody to pull out.
 
I tend to get the eye roll from my girl (and the stink eye if she is driving) because of my many faceted parking algorithm when picking a spot: whether there is a sidewalk/planter in the right; or a neighbor, and whether they went in front first or reversed in; which side of the slot to skew towards; Or is there a sideways slope, etc. Etc.... Reminds me a bit of that old joke about which urinal must be picked when walking into a men's restroom with a line of urinals and with various permutations of occupation... ๐Ÿ˜‚ I do laugh at myself but it must be working because my cars have very few dings while hers are always a pockmarked disaster resembling a war zone.
 
Iโ€™d rather park like this.
 

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I have always parked my vehicles well away from others to avoid door dings. Iโ€™m constantly stunned at how careless people can be in parking lots. If I canโ€™t park well away from others, I try to find end spots where I can snuggle the car up to the outside line/curb and leave a very large distance between the vehicles. When I parallel park, I also try to find end spots where I can position the car as far back or forward in the spot to leave as much room as possible for parallel parkers. My wife thinks Iโ€™m completely neurotic and canโ€™t, for the life of her, understand why I stress about these types of issues. Oh well!
 
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