Coz From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 1, posted (5 years 4 months 1 week 15 hours ago) and read 996 times:
Quoting UTA_flyinghigh (Thread starter): I either have to parallel park if I want to park in the road or I have to reverse once if I want to park in the driveway. You?
The method by which I park my car is very personal to me, and I shall not disclose such information over the internet, thank you very much.
Adopim88 From United States of America, joined Nov 2006, 2007 posts, RR: 14 Reply 2, posted (5 years 4 months 1 week 15 hours ago) and read 996 times:
Well, something is wrong with the parking feature on my car.... so it takes forever to get the darn thing to get out of reverse. I can park any old way I want to because I live behind an RV dealer... plenty of parking lot for me and my 1988 Chevy Blazer
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57AZ From United States of America, joined Nov 2004, 2548 posts, RR: 2 Reply 5, posted (5 years 4 months 1 week 14 hours ago) and read 974 times:
Pull in and back out at my apartment. We do have some areas in downtown Tucson where back in parking is required-arguably to make the streets safer for cyclists. Realistically it's no safer than back out parking given the general incompetance of most drivers. They've had some collisions caused by the driver backing in to a space making an unexpected turn and getting hit by a vehicle in the lane of travel as a result.
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always that way, and whenever possible I go to a 2-spaces area where I simply can get into the front one by using the space behind to get "into position" so that I can do it in one swoop !
Bill142 From Australia, joined Aug 2004, 8143 posts, RR: 11 Reply 8, posted (5 years 4 months 1 week 12 hours ago) and read 946 times:
2 - 3 slight adjustments to the left. After the mirror has cleared the door opening I can move to the left a bit. Otherwise it becomes tight to get out as my car has slightly longer doors and I'll hit the other car next to me if I don't go far enough left. However, I have to let passengers out before I go into the garrage otherwise they can't get out.
QFA380 From Australia, joined Jul 2005, 1834 posts, RR: 1 Reply 9, posted (5 years 4 months 1 week 12 hours ago) and read 944 times:
I don't drive although at my house, mum drives down the driveway and straight into one of the parking spots.
Driving out is quite abit harder, our driveway is on a sideways slope, on the side of a hill, not very wide and small embankments on either side. So its a reverse, turn hard left, then right, then hard left again. Quite tricky...
Quoting Bill142 (Reply 8): After the mirror has cleared the door opening I can move to the left a bit.
Our Monaros garage is like that, although luckily Holden only put small (almost useless) mirrors on them.
Runway23 From US Minor Outlying Islands, joined Jan 2005, 1941 posts, RR: 46 Reply 10, posted (5 years 4 months 1 week 8 hours ago) and read 910 times:
At home we have two garages however the way our driveway is set up it requires a few manoeuvres.
I always get in without backing up a second time, contrary to my parents. Of course when they see me doing that, I hear a "rhaaaaa" however I always get in.
Most of the time I park anywhere else in just a traditional parking where you either back in or drive in. There are a few parallel parking places but strangely not that many compared to other cities in Elbonia.
707CMF From France, joined Mar 2002, 4885 posts, RR: 38 Reply 11, posted (5 years 4 months 1 week 6 hours ago) and read 890 times:
I prefer backing into a parking space, although a lot of French people pull in and back out.
Once, I've been told by a manager at my former company that it was bad to back into the spot I just parked in (just next to the CEO car !), because there were plants and flowers there, and the gas emissions would kill them.
I merely answered that I found it quite difficult to pull in into a parking spot, and even more difficult to back out.
N312RC From United States of America, joined Aug 2000, 2676 posts, RR: 21 Reply 12, posted (5 years 4 months 1 week 6 hours ago) and read 881 times:
I park in a parking structure attached to my apartment building.. 4th floor. I pull straight in and park next to a cement wall on one side and my neighbor on the other side... so only one opportunity to get my doors dinged.
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NorthStarDC4M From Canada, joined Apr 2000, 2522 posts, RR: 47 Reply 19, posted (5 years 4 months 6 days 23 hours ago) and read 806 times:
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me umm... any way i can get into an available space... drive through if i can find one. I usually manage to drive through out though anyways, my parking garage empties during the day when im driving if i need to.
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Leezyjet From United Kingdom, joined Oct 2001, 4036 posts, RR: 57 Reply 20, posted (5 years 4 months 6 days 21 hours ago) and read 792 times:
Quoting EWS (Reply 13): I wish this asshole would learn to park, couldnt get out (of my own reserved bay) and he didnt turn up for 3 and a half hours this afternoon!
I would have put something nice and soft between my car and something hard against theirs, then pushed it out of the way. Taken with care you shouldn't end up damaging your car. Pushed other cars around without damaging them with nothing in between in the past too - treat company cars with respect .
I have to reverse my car into my garage. I have to park it so that the passenger mirror just glances the wall otherwise I can't get out of the car !!. If I drive in, I can't close the garage door as the door hits the boot lid/spoiler as it comes down. My car is an exact fit for my garage. The rear bumper has to be touching the work bench at the back or the garage door won't close, when the door is closed it touches the front bumper !!. If my car was even 1/2" longer then it wouldn't fit !!.
I can usually get it in in one although when I'm tired it takes me a couple of attempts to get it right.
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RichPhitzwell From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 21, posted (5 years 4 months 6 days 20 hours ago) and read 780 times:
Quoting AsstChiefMark (Reply 6): My truck is eight inches shorter than my garage, so it's a tight fit.
Just had to respond to this one, my friend has an extended cab long bed chevy 1500. He backs into his garage until the back bumper hits the wall, the door then clears his front bumper by about .5" . I have the same problem in my complex as my truck sticks out and blocks either 1/4 to 1/3 of the road if the parking is in an L shape, I block the first stall completely.
Good times. I prefer to back in as it reduces my foot print into the road somewhat.
ZBBYLW From Canada, joined Nov 2006, 1890 posts, RR: 8 Reply 22, posted (5 years 4 months 6 days 20 hours ago) and read 773 times:
Well as we have snow her in YLW... as i am approaching my drive way i hit the e-brake (FWD) and i am parallel to my parking spot once i get to the drive way and can just add power and go right in... in the summer just a turn and pull right in.
N864DA From United States of America, joined Apr 2004, 259 posts, RR: 4 Reply 23, posted (5 years 4 months 6 days 18 hours ago) and read 759 times:
I prefer backing into spots as it is easier to get in and a breeze to get out. While most people are trying to look behind as they're slowly easing back out of a spot watching traffic, pulling out merely requires two short looks and you're out! There is a cool site about it:
Cactus739 From United States of America, joined Jan 2004, 2337 posts, RR: 39 Reply 24, posted (5 years 4 months 6 days 16 hours ago) and read 750 times:
I back into my driveway and into most spots....
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25 HAWK21M: Prefer reverse parking.it helps getting out in a hurry. regds MEL
26 AirbusA346: How much space was the between your bumper and his car? Looks close! Tom.
27 BA787: We just drive up the street and around a small ben to park our car, we have a few designated spots, but my mum insists on parking her six month old Go
28 AirbusA346: Why does she do that?, she should know not to park under trees. Tom.
29 BA787: Dunno, suppose its easier to get to the house from there, but even so, and I get pissed at her cos I get paid to cklean the car, and it makes it a ri
30 EWS: about 5cm thats it.... hasnt parked near me since though! Lew
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