40 Car Parking Fails That Are So Bad, You’ll Wonder If They Even Had A License
If you think parallel parking is hard, wait until you see what some people manage to do with an entire empty lot. Let’s face it—driving can be stressful, but parking? That’s where chaos truly begins. This collection of car parking fails from the depths of the internet showcases the most baffling, laughable, and borderline illegal attempts at fitting a car into a space.
Whether it’s someone parked across three spots, on a lawn, or somehow wedged between two trees with no exit in sight—these car parking fails are truly next-level. Perfect for anyone who’s ever muttered “what were they thinking?” in a Target parking lot.
#1. Parking Problem of a Supercar
Source: LeePangHee
#2. A parking poem I saw on somebodys car today
Source: Reddit User
#3. Cars parked across from massive building fire
Source: RealisticTaco
#4. When you leave your car in a parking lot full of birds for more than three days.
Source: Reddit User
#5. Someone drove this car into a parking lot more than 500 feet on a rotor and left her right where she landed.
Source: dkviper11
#6. Went to get the car from the shop and this is how I found it parked…
Source: TempleFugit
#7. The blue car parked in someone’s driveway, they clearly weren’t impressed
Source: skaschmidt
#8. no no no why did you park your car there whyyyy
Source: LawyerMotor210
#9. First post: I saw an ironically parked car at the theater today
Source: papasmurf008
#10. Worked at car week in Carmel, CA last week and had to park in between these two McLarens
Source: cwildman77
#11. If you park like an a**hole, I’m going to make sure you can’t get back in your car
Source: Chappssss
#12. Parallel parking gone wrong
Source: Frosty_Toast_Man
#13. My buddy lives next door to a car dealership and forgot his parking brake.
Source: PenguinPush
#14. Walked out of lunch to see this parked next to my car…
Source: Reddit User
#15. Road sweeper dealt out his own version of street justice to punish an illegally parked car
Source: SlimJones123
#16. Um, sir? You can’t park here
Source: calypso85
#17. My parked car was hit by a bullet whilst the car in front of me was being shot at
Source: Reddit User
#18. I was riding my bike and saw this car parked under a jackfruit tree
Source: TailsGamer3733
#19. Don’t park your car under heating main people!
Source: sharksalad
#20. This lady got in a fight with my mom for a parking spot; The Apocalypse took the lady’s car
Source: 802Joe
#21. Parked their car like this, casually walked into Wendy’s to eat
Source: DogFarm
#22. This is why you don’t park your car under a light during fishfly season in Michigan
Source: Reddit User
#23. This driver was not paid his monthly salary, so he parked his owner’s car like this and quit his job
Source: GeeksGyaan
#24. Well the University police called to tow a car parked in a reserved spot and during the towing process the chain snapped…and rolled into Bear Lake.
Source: Reddit User
#25. So I left my car in my local elementary school’s parking lot for an hour, come back to see someone has broken a head light, smashed both my tail lights, took a dump on the front and back windshields, smeared poop on every door handle and the underneaths, and smeared poop on both my mirrors.
Source: Carousser
#26. A new level of car parking bullsh*t
Source: SmellYaLater
#27. Today in São Paulo, Brazil, an attempt to demolish a water tower failed miserably, resulting in the tower toppling over and rolling down a hill. Thankfully nobody was hurt, but the same can’t be said about all the cars parked nearby.
Source: Nightstar95
#28. This is what you get if you park your car right next to a fire hydrant
Source: cassert24
#29. If it fits… I park a car in a van
Source: muh4
#30. German city of Karlsruhe just issued a parking ticket to Austrian artist Erwin Wurm for one of his bent car sculptures
Source: aeonChili
#31. My gf’s poor car this morning… don’t drink and park, guys!
Source: ericintexas
#32. This poor guy parks way out so no one will ding his car and this happens…
Source: karmaitself
#33. Austria, where even the car parks have no fun
Source: riepmich
#34. We left somebody’s car like this in a parking lot because it popped out of gear, started rolling back and couldn’t be pushed forward
Source: ModsHereAreCowards
#35. Saw this the other day, parking in Boston after the snow
Source: xTMPRx
#36. I parked next to a car that was way over the line and found a little note addressed to the driver
Source: cataleiss
#37. Remember when you left your car parked at the Minnesota airport?
Source: blankpat
#38. How I found my car last night. Yes, those are bugs
Source: tamarisk
#39. My boss got a new car, and is “afraid of getting it scratched”, so this is how he parks now
Source: FubsyGamr
#40. how to stop hitting cars while parking
Source: Reddit User
Parking may seem like a simple task, but clearly, for some drivers, it’s a riddle wrapped in confusion, parked diagonally across reality. We hope these car parking fails gave you a good laugh—or at least made you feel a little better about your own parallel parking skills. Which one cracked you up the most? Or have you ever witnessed (or committed) a parking disaster that deserves a spot on this list? Share it in the comments and let’s laugh through the chaos together.
