Couldn't agree with the title more... I too hate car parks.
I'll avoid them at any and all costs these days, even if it means I have to walk 5 or 10 minutes to somewhere which would've taken 10 seconds had I parked in the car park.
At the end of the day I'd rather have the little extra walk and the peace of mind knowing that I won't be coming back to a damaged car, wherever I am.
Parked my car in my local ASDA car park on a Tuesday a few years back. 8am. EMPTY. Come back to the worst scratch I've ever seen on the driver side door. Honestly looked worse than Leonardo Di Caprio after his bear fight in the Revenant. What's more is that absolutely no details were left but also... the car park was still virtually empty.
Honestly don't get some people's thinking, parking right next to me in an almost empty car park.
Starting to think it could've been a BMW driver...
Hoping car tech will evolve to the point that the car produces an invisible force field when locked.