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Spectators reported that the two cars were looked in a fruitless standoff for upwards of 45 minutes, with neither party willing to budge.



Two Melbourne drivers were looked in a standoff for a prized parking space in leafiest most trendy part of Melbourne.
A grey Mercedes Benz and a dark blue Honda were reportedly locked in a battle for upwards of 45 minutes near the corner of Russell Street and Lonsdale Street on Sunday night.

A photo shared to Reddit shows both cars half-parked in the spot, however people who saw the incident unfold say the Honda eventually won the prized park.

the standoff became so heated, a mediator was required.

One of the drivers claimed that "the parking space is ...an independent country being oppressed by the other guy", and that "the other guy is neo Nazi".

The problem wouldn't be "first world" if either one of the cars got bumped. This could lead to hundreds of dollars in repair costs.

You think YOU have "First-World Problems"?!

Check out some of mine:

• I ate too much for lunch and spent the whole afternoon trying to stay awake.

• I could not find the TV remote and had to get off the couch to change channels.

• I crashed the ATM by depositing too much money.

• I forgot where I parked my Beemer.

• I had to fire the maid because she ran the vacuum cleaner while I was napping.

• I had to re-tie my right shoe and now it feels tighter than my left shoe.

• I was hungry and all I had was leftovers.

• My book ran out of batteries.

• My phone charger cable does not reach my bed.

• The barista spelled my name wrong.

• There was no WiFi on the cruise ship.


These are all just jokes.

Last edited by Fnord on 11 Apr 2022, 9:56 am, edited 1 time in total.

Well he was driving a German car.

Exactly! The Honda driver has a civic duty to cleanse that parking space of Nazis!

At least you two are of one accord.

We found Vova's Merc.

This story reminds me of an episode of Seinfeld.

Sorry link to story
https://www.news.com.au/technology/moto ... 9464dbfe9d

Sadly this will have to suffice ever since the Ford v Holden rivalry ended.

Yes that's where I was trying to remember it from! thanks,

Melbourne has had the honor of being the world's most liveable city for a number of years. That makes the wealthier folks in Melbourne among the most spoilt people.

The vehicles in this melee are called "Toorak tractors" (Toorak being our equivalent of "Beverely Hills) which is a parody of wealthy middle/class Melbournites who buy 4-wheel drives that often don't fit carparks and cause scraps all so they can look down on everyone else

I would just park it a couple of blocks away. That way, I could get my 10,000 steps easier

One of 'em is an old CRV though. It's a little, fairly cheap crossover.

They were "jousting" for pole position. Russell street is a "sort after" prime parking for the wealthy inner city types. You should see the victors park and take 40 min to get down in their sleeveless katmandu jackets and pretend to talk to some body on their phones in one hand while they carry their take-away cafe lattes in the other. They want everyone to see them.

This would certainly irritate me.