How not to park your Bentley CGT

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Disclaimer - no crashed or totaled car here, so it's not too exciting.

I watched an older woman spend about 5 minutes trying to park her Bentley as I ate lunch at Gordon Biersch in downtown Palo Alto today. Despite all the time spent, she was fairly unsuccessful, as these pictures show..

While we ate, I saw a parking attendant make a run down the street, taking note of all the plates for hourly enforcement. No ticket was issued for illegal parking - somewhat surprising since they seem to be fairly strict in terms of parking enforcement here (I've gotten a no front-plate ticket while parked on the 4th floor of a structure, and a friend has gotten a too-far from curb ticket as well).

-Josh
 

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In case you are serious....they are typically spring like metal and hang down to curb level from the fender well bottom and when you are close to the curb the tip of the curb-feeler scrapes the curb and makes noise so you know you are close. They use to be the thing to have in the 50's/60's or even more recently if you had a bling-bling car.
 
In case you are serious....they are typically spring like metal and hang down to curb level from the fender well bottom and when you are close to the curb the tip of the curb-feeler scrapes the curb and makes noise so you know you are close. They use to be the thing to have in the 50's/60's or even more recently if you had a bling-bling car.

My grandfather had them on his car. They make a very loud noise as the sound reverberates through the sheetmetal. It literally sounds like you are ripping the quarterpanel off of the car.
 
What's the big deal? What's the point of this thread? Look how low that curb is, in relation to the height of the car. I often see cars intentionally go on the curb to lessen the odds of getting side swiped.

Apparently you missed the disclaimer? :)

Disclaimer - no crashed or totaled car here, so it's not too exciting.

But seriously, this was not on purpose. We're not talking downtown SF here - there's absolutely no need to park on the curb. The woman simply failed at parking.

-Josh
 
In case you are serious....they are typically spring like metal and hang down to curb level from the fender well bottom and when you are close to the curb the tip of the curb-feeler scrapes the curb and makes noise so you know you are close. They use to be the thing to have in the 50's/60's or even more recently if you had a bling-bling car.

Hmmm. See I always thought they had some type of contact in them that was wired to a light in the dash.
 
My grandfather had them on his car. They make a very loud noise as the sound reverberates through the sheetmetal. It literally sounds like you are ripping the quarterpanel off of the car.

Really. I have never been in a car that has had them on. Now I am intrigued. Headed Over to you tube.
 
Ok this thread is making me want to buy some curb feelers for my NSX now! Maybe use tape and only use them for special occasions LOL! :wink::tongue::biggrin:
 
The color of that Bently reminds me of my brothers first car... a 89 Ford Thunderbird...
 
Steveny ,
If you want to hear what it is like , get a piece of spring steel like from an old mattress or couch and mount it securely on the lower sheetmetal of your car and rub up against a couple curbs. I remember the noise is loud enough to be able to hear it over the radio as long as the radio is not blasted at full volume. It is a very grating noise that is just the right pitch to be annoying like nails on a chalkboard.

It is very annoying but very effective.
 


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