No Overlanding: Worlwide Car Park Directory Search With "Height" Filtering

[emax]

This is not off road but on road related - but I havan't found a closer match where to post it.

@macstech has made me aware of a worldwide car park directory where you can search for parkages by maximum height.
That's exactly what we need for such big cars like our Grenadiers.

After entering your destination (i.e. the city) a "Filter" button appears below where you can set the minimum height you need.

Here it is: www.parkopedia.com

 

[bigleonski]

Thanks - they also have an App, at least for iPhone.

 

[DenisM]

This is not off road but on road related - but I havan't found a closer match where to post it.

@macstech has made me aware of a worldwide car park directory where you can search for parkages by maximum height.
That's exactly what we need for such big cars like our Grenadiers.

After entering your destination (i.e. the city) a "Filter" button appears below where you can set the minimum height you need.

Here it is: www.parkopedia.com

Very helpful : -) ... the width of car parking spaces however is another bugbear. Although there are standards, many thoughtless /(=hopeless) drivers have no idea of how to park in the centre of the allotted space to enable access without door damage ... (end of rant) ( I discovered that the side runners have proven helpful deterrents on a couple of occasions)

 

[DaveB]

Very helpful : -) ... the width of car parking spaces however is another bugbear. Although there are standards, many thoughtless /(=hopeless) drivers have no idea of how to park in the centre of the allotted space to enable access without door damage ... (end of rant) ( I discovered that the side runners have proven helpful deterrents on a couple of occasions)

I usually park slightly to the passengers side of the space, not in the centre, as I have a coupe with very large doors.
They are about 25% longer than a normal car door.
Unless there is a car already parked there with the drivers door on that side.
I also am not thin.
When I previously lived in Perth in a block of units the guy next to me would drive in forward and I would reverse in.
This left our drivers doors against each other and gave us more space, as the carparks were fairly narrow and we both had large 4wds.
Girl on the passenger side of me used to complain that her mother had trouble getting into the front passenger seat of the car.
When I suggested she reverse out of the carpark and then let her mother get in through the wide open passenger door she went red, turned around and walked away.
i notice that's exactly what she did from that day on.

 

[Solmanic]

Very helpful : -) ... the width of car parking spaces however is another bugbear. Although there are standards, many thoughtless /(=hopeless) drivers have no idea of how to park in the centre of the allotted space to enable access without door damage ... (end of rant) ( I discovered that the side runners have proven helpful deterrents on a couple of occasions)

One of my reasons for specifying side steps. Impossible for anyone to ding a door.

 

[Shopkeep]

I usually park slightly to the passengers side of the space, not in the centre, as I have a coupe with very large doors.
They are about 25% longer than a normal car door.
Unless there is a car already parked there with the drivers door on that side.
I also am not thin.
When I previously lived in Perth in a block of units the guy next to me would drive in forward and I would reverse in.
This left our drivers doors against each other and gave us more space, as the carparks were fairly narrow and we both had large 4wds.
Girl on the passenger side of me used to complain that her mother had trouble getting into the front passenger seat of the car.
When I suggested she reverse out of the carpark and then let her mother get in through the wide open passenger door she went red, turned around and walked away.
i notice that's exactly what she did from that day on.

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Dave, you should win some kind of photo contest award for the number of times you have managed to post the same image of your Merc!

 

[hopefulkiwi]

i try to park as far away from other vehicles as possible...even if it means a long walk

 

[bigleonski]

Dave, you should win some kind of photo contest award for the number of times you have managed to post the same image of your Merc!

I was just thinking the same thing

 

[emax]

i try to park as far away from other vehicles as possible...even if it means a long walk

Yes, my strategy as well.

But the newer the car, the further away it is parked from others.
And the older it gets, the closer it comes ...

wording​

 

[rovie]

i try to park as far away from other vehicles as possible...even if it means a long walk

Me too. But when I come back, the whole car park is almost empty and there's a specialist parked right next to me.