[RiCorvette]

It dismays me that OCD folk think that a painted line in a private parking lot is sacrosanct and inviolate, even in the back 40.

My wife's theory is that aho (Japanese for.....) need a car to park next to because they can't judge and park within painted lines without another car for reference.

Given the wife's theory, I wonder if hogging the space to one side or the other rather than overtly and obviously parking over the middle of a painted line will buy some measure of safety; by hogging, it looks like you just can't park. But, by being obvious, you are inviting retribution.