Carparks to avoid for lowered cars

[inlinesix]

1 minute ago, Karoon said:

I somehow feel older mscps have bigger lots

7 series has to park those row.  Butt has to stick out as much as possible.

But, the head still outside the box.

[Ganwb79]

7 hours ago, Karoon said:

Borrow this thread for a rant. I find new HDB carparks always have this design. I know what the intention is.... Prevent cars reversing too much, hit concrete , etc but any mpv/SUV/ van driver will have horror story of backing straight into the top parallel railing. The wheel kerb is too far back. But if they bring it back, other problems arise.

 

I have the same layout in my MSCP. It scraped some paint off my previous car which was a SUV. From then on this inner row was a no-go for me. I just parked on the opposite row all the time. Not to mention that a hatch back boot will not be able to open if parked in that row. Stupid. 

[Ganwb79]

On 5/17/2018 at 3:12 AM, YEN96 said:

 

Love your new drive, stay away from horrible carparks!

 

 

 

If only I knew about this info earlier, my baby wouldn’t have suffered the slight scratch from the pathetic Orchard building 😞

We’re not paying for carparks to get our cars hurt, are we?

 

For the sake of upcoming drivers, new drivers and as a general knowledge for everybody else…

 

 

I’m sharing this list of “TOP 50 carparks to AVOID in SG”

from sgforums with slight refining on my own:

 

1. Novena Square (Brings new meaning to tight spots)

2. Allson Hotel (Opposite National Library: The entrance and exit kills!)

3. Pearl's Centre (Slopes are a killer and turning is bad)

4. Burlington Square (A lot of pillars, very small parking lot, sharp corners, blind spots.. Should be used for driving test by TP)

5. Great World City Basement Carpark (90 degree turn)

6. Parkway Parade (Killer slope, narrow turns to go up/dn, small lots, long queues... there are 2 car parks, depending on where u enter and they are not linked)

7. Shaw Towers (Cheapest parking in town, most narrow exit in town too! The marks on the walls prove it!)

8. Gleneagles Carpark (Damn narrow)

9. HDB Carpark opp Jurong Point (Narrow slope, a lot of marks on wall indicating casualty)

10. Tan Tock Seng Basement Carpark (The spirals are really tight)

11. Liang Court (Very tight and long killer slope spirals! Comparing to most of the above car parks, this has to be the worst.)

12. Sheraton Hotel (Scotts) Basement Carpark (Narrow turns, small lots and drabby looking)

13. Specialist Shopping Centre (Narrow slopes, small slots, low ceilings. The management would even warn you before you enter the carpark)

14. Marriott (Low wall beside the lots- Potential hits on rear bumper as these walls are blind spots for reverse sensors)

15. Fortune Centre (Beside Si-Ma Lu Guan Yin Temple) The entrance will turn you off, with very narrow slopes along and it takes at least four-five stories before you can reach carpark lots. Super challenging for beginners + very expensive to park there too!)

16. Orchard Building (acute angle for up-ramp, must always do THREE-POINT-TURNS to go up from B3 to B2 and from B2 to B1, or confirm bang walls!) I scratched my poor baby there, the bottom side near my tire :’( So lousy, the carpark fee’s still more expensive than TripleOne or Ion! Not fair.

17. West Mall (Check out the grooves on the walls)

18. Paradize Center (The slope- no matter how slow u are sure hit out bumper leap)

19. Cineleisure (Steep Slope and tight S turn)

20. Wisma Atria (Going up slope and sudden tight turn)

21. IMM (Avoid at all costs on Sundays and Saturday evenings, carparks are always full)

22. Bugis Junction (Only applicable to those who lowered their suspension )

23. HDB at CCK central (Entering the basement’s carpark might be easy… but be prepared to look at left and right walls when exiting, esp. right after the exit gantry.)

24. Robinson Centre (Steep & narrow with sharp turns. You will post the many scratch marks at each turns..)

25. Delfi Orchard Carpark (Extremely cramp! Need to do 3 point turn)

26. Rochor Center (A lot of pillars. Common to hit pillars and other cars)

27. Marine Parade Multi-storey (Super tight. Must have technique)

28. Opp Bishan Junction -Public multi-storey Carpark. (Not tight, very wide on the contrary. But travelling down the spiral exit fast makes you giddy)

29. Takashimaya Basement Carparks (Very narrow- Spiral exit)

30. Tampines Mall Carpark Exit (Don’t step too hard on accelerator or you will hit the pillar right in front of the exit!!! Rem. to look out for Taxis exiting from your right)

31. Parco Bugis (Never exit @ Intercontinental hotel, down slope to main road’s so steep that any front bumper can grind the road, unless you drive a SUV)

32. Robertson Quay (Not so bad for small cars. But like Burlington Square, hell lot of pillars w/ sharp bends)

33. Clarke Quay Central (Beware going up/down with a full stomach .. Killer spiral slope)

34. White Sands Shopping Centre (Very tight U-turn to get to B2, another super tight one at exit (Need to shift right before hard-left at end of ramp)

35. Far East Plaza (Turning is 90 degrees)

36. Sembawang Shopping Centre (Very narrow when travelling downwards for exit)

37. Haw Par Technopark (Downslope’s too narrow, with walls on both sides)

38. Novena Square 2 (Spiral carpark, narrow and steep. Go round and round until headache)

39. The Cathay, near PS (A lot of very tight turnings)

40. LIDO, Shaw Center (SUPER NARROW PARKING LOTS - RISK getting scratched by others and vice versa)

41. M Hotel (Watch-out as you drive down the carpark. Protruding pillar)

42. Funan the IT Mall (Very narrow slopes when moving up and down between levels, high chance to hit against the metal poles when turning down slopes)

43. United Square (Narrow and winding slopes)

44. Excelsior Hotel (Beware of reverse parked vehicles at both sides of the corners)

45. Hougang mall (Small tight turn everywhere)

46. Changi Airport T2 Carpark (when travelling downward- can be F1 racer but passengers will be very giddy)

47. OCBC centre (Very tight turns. Lots are not deep enough to fit the car!)

48. Tong Eng Building (Miniature carpark only suitable for toy cars -.-“ with improper placing of exit gantry)

49. Tiong Bahru Plaza Basement Carpark (Watch out for errant pedestrians crossing the road- when moving up slope for exit)

50. AVOID ALL CARPARKS BUILT BY FAR EAST ORGANIZATION IN FUTURE (Signature spiral slopes)

51. UBI Fronter 50/51/52 Ubi Avenue 2. Very rough surface with many high humps. Go very slow.

 

 

You will have more fun driving when you drive safe! Good luck ♥

 

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Add the Quayside to this list. It's a building alongside Robertson Quay just next to InterContinental Hotel. I stumbled into it, meaning to go to InterContinental instead. The tight ramp and turns in that carpark is another level from the ones in the list.