Classic car owner’s peaceful beach trip turns south when entitled SUV Karen demands he move his prized 1968 Chevy Chevelle, nearly causes accident while blocking traffic, and ends up storming off as security and bystanders intervene: ‘Karen gotta Karen’

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Etai Eshet • Editor
May 4, 2025 1:00 PM EDT

There's a special breed of human whose hobby is policing beach parking like it's the last spot on earth and whose spiritual animal is the blaring car horn. Meet today's story Karen, self-appointed Curb Commissioner, who spots a classic 1968 Chevy Chevelle peacefully minding its own business and immediately decides this is a personal provocation to her right to an unrestricted oceanside view. After all, nothing ruins a family evening quite like someone else having the audacity to park their well-loved "old wreck" in the legal zone you had mentally reserved for yourself.

Our restoration enthusiast, chillin' with Bon Jovi and trail mix, because some people know how to enjoy life, has apparently been in her crosshairs for "forever," which in real-world time is ten minutes, but who's counting when righteousness is at stake. 

Karen's solution is, of course, to abandon her SUV in the middle of the road, march over, and demand that the entire shoreline relocate for her convenience.

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  • Today’s Karen teaches us a masterclass in entitlement: one woman’s crusade to gatekeep public space, foiled by reality, witnesses, and one very protective car owner. How’s your afternoon been?

  • Karen gotta Karen

    "In all my years of driving my car I gotta say I've never quite had an experience like this"
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  • Alright so for context- I drive a 1968 chevy chevelle. She's a big car and I'm very proud of how I've restored her over the course of a decade plus. She's
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  • my daily and I often get comments ranging from cool car to oh my god what are you doing driving that? I'm pretty laid back so I let the
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  • negatives roll off me. I rarely get negatives thankfully as most responses are more jealousy and awe then anything.
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  • Anywho today I'm cruising the beach after i got off work early and there's always a nice spot to park watch the waves and chill. Where I park is a
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  • little off to the side so thankfully not a lot of people park there and like I said my chevelle is a big girl with good
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  • hips on her. I like the end cause it gives me a bit more maneuverability when I'm done with few cars around.
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  • So I'm parked I'm chilling just listening to some Bon Jovi and eating some trail mix when I hear honking. I look over and see let's call her Karen in a decent sized SUV.
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  • She's honking and pointing at me. I ignore her as I'm legally parked along the curb and not in her way. It's a bit tight if
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  • she wants to park but she's welcome to behind me. This is important. Well Karen don't like that so she gets out and
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  • like that so she gets out and walks over to me. Meanwhile leaving her SUV in the middle of the road.
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  • Karen- uh excuse me can you move? Me- I'm sorry?
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  • Karen- you've been parked here forever! You need to share the space!
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  • Me- um I've only been here 10 minutes and I don't have to move.
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  • Karen- you need to share the beach! It's not like you're actually here to enjoy it! You and this disgusting old wreck!
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  • Me- ok first off I've spent over 10 years building my car and as you can see shes very well taken care of. Second off there's enough room on the
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  • curb behind me for your car. Lastly it doesn't matter what anyone drives I can park here and enjoy the beach as long as I like.
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  • Karen- no! No you have to move now! It's disrespectful to us who are trying to have nice evening with our kids! You don't need to park here! You're blocking the view with this... this old junk!
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  • Me- Ma'am if you don't leave me alone I'm just going to sit here longer. You can pull in behind me and be fine.
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  • This ped her off and she walked back to her car. I figured that was the end of it. Nope. She tries going around me. In front of me.
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  • Now again- chevelle is a big car. Wide hips. I jumped out of the car and had to stand in front of her giant SUV cause she about scraped my back fender. The space between
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  • was about the size of a fist. I'm protective of my car and the amount of time and money that went into it. I ain't letting no Karen scratch her up!
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  • Me- hey you gotta back up! You're gonna hit! You gotta back up the way you came! You can't fit here! Karen- get out of my way! Get out!
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  • Me- you will literally wreck your car! It's too narrow! Back up! Now admist all the arguing other people heard us and someone else convinced this
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  • Karen I was telling the truth and got her to back up. She eventually did like a 10 point turn in the tiny space and left in a huff flipping us off.
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  • Afterwards a beach security/lifeguard/whoever came over to me asking what was going on that he got a complaint that I was barring people from seeing the beach and polluting the air with my "disgusting car". Thankfully two of the passerbys were still around checking out my car and corroborated my version of events.
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  • He acknowledged that what I did was right in trying to prevent an accident and that I was in the legal zone for parking on the curb. He said he gets calls every once in a while for accidents cause 2 big cars will try to squeeze around eachother and cause scrapes and scratches on cars.
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  • Honestly in all my years of driving my car I gotta say I've never quite had an experience like this. Woman was nutso! So anyway how's your afternoon been!
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