I wouldn't park in a "dib" spot just because I would fully expect to find my car keyed or tires deflated by the person I stole it from.

yes, but if the douchebag keys your car, you go ahead and key his (or her) car.

simple logic.

Do you really remember which particular car parked in that space before you?

What if you found the space after the person had already left?

Sounds like logic fail. People key cars for no reason here.

well, there's your misguided anger -- get angry at those dib-shit fuckers instead, and all problems are solved.

also, if you are one of those "dibblers", i suggest that you get a scarecrow instead; dress it up with a dark trench-coat and a hat, put a toy machine gun across the chest, and stick half a cigar in its mouth, sideways.

that may just work. ...or people may just feel intimidated and laugh at the same time -- that's always good.

ps i think all the snow's gone -- let's argue again next year.

Do you really remember which particular car parked in that space before you?

What if you find the spot after the person moved out?

Sounds like logic fail.

Just because you dug your car out, doesn't mean that the spot became automatically yours. We all dug ourselves out and we all gave the spots away as soon as well pulled out. So take your f*cking orange cones/plastic chairs/buckets and shove 'em up your ass.

What is this, the 1893 Oklahoma Land Rush? GTFOH with that milk crate nonsense.

hahahahaha!

dibs only counts if you have a gorgeous model in a bikini (or briefs) sitting atop your trashcan while you're off at IKEA and Costco stocking up on winter provisions.

Bullcrap in the city, bullcrap in the suburbs. I have dug my car out and then come back and SOMEONE ELSE'S trash can was there. No. I've moved many trash cans to park in an empty spot. DAYS later they still are doing it. No one has said boo to me. It's not your street, a-hole.

Its not like flinging a bunch of snow into the street so you can call dibs helps anybody but yourself - if I'm pretty sure my car wont be keyed, that spot is mine!

move it, lose it.

Give me a break. Once you go out you give it up. If you want your spot then don't leave. It's bad enough that I have seen two people leave and then someone else take up the two spots. Once you leave you give up all rights to that spot.

Oh, those "2-spot" people should be rolled down a hill in a giant snowball like a cartoon character. Talk about self-centered.

People try that crap in NYC, there will be assault at the very least.

A real NYer knows that parking spots can only be saved if there is a live person standing in that spot waiting.

Totally wrong. A parking spot can NOT be held for any reason. No one owns a parking spot.

How about 2 dead people?

Or a dead person. Either works.

No saving spots for most of NYC. It would make no sense, and here's why:

In other places you can kind of reasonably expect to be parked within a block of your home. In that case having a spot function as "yours" makes some sense. Here if you are unlucky you might be parked 5 or 10 blocks away when it snows. What are you going to do, keep returning to that shitty spot?

And watch, I'm gonna apply my "if only everybody did X" logic that is so popular here on gothamist. If everybody did a good job cleaning out their space before they left, then all the open spaces would be clean. Sure, you'd lose "your" spot but you'd trade it for another spot that somebody else shoveled. Everybody's job is to shovel one space and then we just get on with our lives.