# Parking a car in Thailand: leave in neutral??? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [December 14, 2009, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parking-a-car-in-thailand-leave-in-neutral/521245 "2009-12-14T18:18:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Pyper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Pyper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pyper)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2009, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parking-a-car-in-thailand-leave-in-neutral/521245/21 "2009-12-23T00:57:05Z")
They do the same thing in Southern Spain, but in a manner way less organized than they apparently do it in Thailand. In the older parts of most cities, there are no parking spaces or parking lots. You just wedge your car wherever it will fit on the street and then leave it in neutral. Homeless people hang around the parked cars, and they push blocking cars out of the way when needed. It’s common to tip them for this service! ---
**Author:** ![Anachronism](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e56c9b/32.png) [@Anachronism](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anachronism)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2009, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parking-a-car-in-thailand-leave-in-neutral/521245/22 "2009-12-23T13:18:25Z")
> [@md2000](#): > > I guess in many other countries, a car is a practical item, not an object of worship with pristine finish, to be buffed daily and never even touched as if you were Jay Leno… Nitpick- One thing I love about Jay Leno is that, unlike many car collectors, he actually drives most of the cars in his collection. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parking-a-car-in-thailand-leave-in-neutral/521245.md?page=1)