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Best place to leave a car overnight?
#294244 - 08/22/12 02:45 PM
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So, I'm going to an out of state bachelor party next weekend. I'm meeting up with some friends half way. I'll drive an hour and save them a 3 hour detour. We're meeting in a little Indiana town off the Interstate. I'm trying to decide where I should leave my car. It'll need to be parked about 30 hours. I don't have a nice car. It's a beat up 2002 Saturn, so I'm not worried about anything except getting towed.
I think I have 3 choices.
- Wal-mart. It's right off of the interstate. Open 24 hours. I hear many wal-marts even allow overnight RV parking/sleeping.
- Try to find a residential street to park on.
- Park at a hotel/motel off the interstate. Do hotels still ask for vehicle type/license plate numbers?
What do you all think?
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Re: Best place to leave a car overnight?
[Re: jcroach]
#294247 - 08/22/12 03:17 PM
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I'd say Wal-Mart. They used to let truckers take their rest time at night there. Not anymore though. I'd just park out of the way but still able to be seen by incoming & outgoing traffic. (In the way, but not in the way way)
Residential you likely to find that nosey neighbor or PIA with the 'Who do they think they are that they parked in the front of my house?!' kind.
Interstate roach motel there's no telling what could happen there. And they usually are picky about their lots.
Of course you can argue exactly the opposite for all of these. Depends on a persons past experiences. If you go with the main fact that humans as a whole are a lazy bunch that don't care then you are probably still safest at Wal-Mart.
My 2 cents:
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Re: Best place to leave a car overnight?
[Re: Bad A Billy]
#294251 - 08/22/12 03:54 PM
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> I'd say Wal-Mart. They used to let truckers take their rest time at night there. Not
> anymore though. I'd just park out of the way but still able to be seen by incoming &
> outgoing traffic. (In the way, but not in the way way)
>
> Residential you likely to find that nosey neighbor or PIA with the 'Who do they think
> they are that they parked in the front of my house?!' kind.
>
> Interstate roach motel there's no telling what could happen there. And they usually
> are picky about their lots.
>
> Of course you can argue exactly the opposite for all of these. Depends on a persons
> past experiences. If you go with the main fact that humans as a whole are a lazy
> bunch that don't care then you are probably still safest at Wal-Mart.
>
> My 2 cents:
> Delivered.
See, I'd say a residential neighborhood if you can find a spot. If you're legally parked and your registration/inspection is current, there's nothing anyone can do. 30 hours isn't remotely long enough for the car to be considered abandoned. Maybe check out the municipal website (if they have one), though, just to make sure they don't have any BS ordinances like "no overnight parking unless otherwise marked" or something like that.
You can probably get away with parking at Wal-Mart. If it's a busy enough one, no one may notice. If it's in more of a suburban or rural areas, no one may care. I'd say you're still taking a little bit of a chance, though. I suspect the stories about Wal-Mart being friendly to people camping out in their lots are either myth or a leftover from the days before Wal-Mart became a mega-corporation.
I'd agree that a motel is probably the worst choice. Chances are pretty high that you'll be towed within hours.
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Re: Best place to leave a car overnight?
[Re: DMala]
#294258 - 08/22/12 05:28 PM
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> > I'd say Wal-Mart. They used to let truckers take their rest time at night there.
> Not
> > anymore though. I'd just park out of the way but still able to be seen by incoming
> &
> > outgoing traffic. (In the way, but not in the way way)
> >
> > Residential you likely to find that nosey neighbor or PIA with the 'Who do they
> think
> > they are that they parked in the front of my house?!' kind.
> >
> > Interstate roach motel there's no telling what could happen there. And they usually
> > are picky about their lots.
> >
> > Of course you can argue exactly the opposite for all of these. Depends on a persons
> > past experiences. If you go with the main fact that humans as a whole are a lazy
> > bunch that don't care then you are probably still safest at Wal-Mart.
> >
> > My 2 cents:
> > Delivered.
>
> See, I'd say a residential neighborhood if you can find a spot. If you're legally
> parked and your registration/inspection is current, there's nothing anyone can do. 30
> hours isn't remotely long enough for the car to be considered abandoned. Maybe check
> out the municipal website (if they have one), though, just to make sure they don't
> have any BS ordinances like "no overnight parking unless otherwise marked" or
> something like that.
>
> You can probably get away with parking at Wal-Mart. If it's a busy enough one, no one
> may notice. If it's in more of a suburban or rural areas, no one may care. I'd say
> you're still taking a little bit of a chance, though. I suspect the stories about
> Wal-Mart being friendly to people camping out in their lots are either myth or a
> leftover from the days before Wal-Mart became a mega-corporation.
>
> I'd agree that a motel is probably the worst choice. Chances are pretty high that
> you'll be towed within hours.
Problem solved. I just remembered that one of my old college fraternity buddies lives in that town. He's going to let me use his private spot at his law firm. Another facebook connection has proven useful!
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Re: Best place to leave a car overnight?
[Re: jcroach]
#294271 - 08/22/12 08:40 PM
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>I just remembered that one of my old college fraternity buddies lives
> in that town.
I could totally imagine you at some college smoke-out... "hazing" pledges if you will.
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