I'm almost certain the one I was thinking of was the Mitsubishi (simply because my dad chose between one of them or a 300ZX twin turbo, and when he read that story he felt it vindicated his choice of the Nissan). But I do think you're correct that one of the Prelude models was an early adopter too.
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I'm almost certain the one I was thinking of was the Mitsubishi (simply because my dad chose between one of them or a 300ZX twin turbo, and when he read that story he felt it vindicated his choice of the Nissan). But I do think you're correct that one of the Prelude models was an early adopter too.
Yeah, the video is from an angle which means you can't see the post. If you do a google streetview it's very clear the post they hit. To be fair to the people driving at full speed into a steel post, it also shows that it really is very tight! The streetview has a fairly small car going through the gap (Yaris possibly? It was a while ago I looked!) and it looks a squeeze! Might be the fisheye lens on the streetview camera contributing though.
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now it makes sense!
never had that issue with mine but its only 3 degrees of rear steer and I can switch it off if needs be.
I use that one regularly and the various paint marks on the walls attest to how tight it is. They’ve even put a cushioned pad on the wall at the exit. No excuse for this one being tight really since it was only built in around 2005.
The bays themselves are pretty narrow too.
Shocking on the side of the designers really, it's the one and only place I've ever slightly kerbed a wheel, was gutted.
Be much better if they got rid of the kerbs and relied on the wall etc for visibility of the driving path, at least it's in the direct line of sight.
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Where I live most of the multistories were built in the 70s when cars were much smaller. Combined with every school run mum having a a Range Rover or the like then it’s a nightmare. They also can’t park. That’s why my last car ended up with a huge scratch down the door. I try to avoid them where I can.
Hallamshire hospital in Sheffield has the worst car park I've ever encountered.
It's a multi-storey (4 levels) Other than the top floor, each level has 2 spaces then a concrete pillar in a repeating fashion however the spaces must have been measured using a Rover Mini.
Even my Mk1 focus struggles to fit the spaces.
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I have that type of place, you get in the space then have to have the car in a certain position to actually open doors. Surely it can't be that hard to design in a bit more space.
Yeah I've been in a few that have a shared up/down ramp. Annoyingly they rarely have painted divide lines so you always meet someone who's driving on both sides to get around the bend.
Thankfully, Q-Park built a new, modern multi-storey a 2 min walk away. It's a little more expensive but through the app I can book a space prior to any hospital visit so I know I have a space to park.
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Wow booking a parking spot, seems very posh
.Wow booking a parking spot, seems very posh
Sheffield Childrens' hospital is next to the main Hallamshire so being able to book a space means I can always get a parent/child bay (wider) when I'm taking my son for his neuro-appointments.
Prebooking can work out a little more expensive than just turning up but the last time it cost me 50p extra. 50p to know I've got a gauranteed, VIP, space. Worth it.
If restricting access you don't need it to be narrow apart from at the entry points.
We've got a similar narrowing on one of our local roads as trucks (especially from the local quarries) were using a fairly tight, usually fully parked up road outside a couple of schools as a short cut, so they put in road narrowing measures, if you're confident you can drive through it in a normal car (or even a transit) at 30mph as there is about 6 inches of clearance for the wheels, and the H beams (they were bollards, but the trucks just kept knocking them over) give a few more inches of clearance in the event you hit the kerb.
Despite there being something like 6 signs on the approach to it trucks still routinely reach it without seemingly being aware of it (presumably the same drivers who try to drive tall trucks under low bridges and get surprised by them), and a few will just try to push through. I sat in disbelief a couple of years back as a TNT truck sort of rocked back and forth as it scraped through, if I can find the clip from my dashcam I might post it.
Last time I passed through it, the very heavy duty H beams were at about 15 degrees due to the fact that some of the drivers seem to have decided that they'll just push through slowly.
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