Soldato
Reverse Parking
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Commissario
Genuinely forget the last time I drove forward into a parking space. Twenty years ago? Thirty? Forty? It could be any of those.
Never had a problem getting into the boot in a supermarket, just park a few inches away from the wall, the post, the car behind, whatever. The supermarket I go to the most is Tesco and there’s a walkway behind the car so I back up until I’m about an inch away from the posts.
Forward parking is wrong 100% of the time.
That’s me on the right at the hospital (and before I fixed the parking sensors).
Never had a problem getting into the boot in a supermarket, just park a few inches away from the wall, the post, the car behind, whatever. The supermarket I go to the most is Tesco and there’s a walkway behind the car so I back up until I’m about an inch away from the posts.
Forward parking is wrong 100% of the time.
That’s me on the right at the hospital (and before I fixed the parking sensors).
Soldato
Also pretty much always reverse park everywhere, including supermarkets unless I'm feeling completely lazy as it doesn't take much effort to get the shopping off the trolley and into the boot.
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Man of Honour
I think we can settle this fairly easily, the GPT4 overlords have spoken:
Associate
I never reverse park, have camera's and sensors all round on my car.
Only people I know who have had an accident while parking are the ones who reverse park - one ran over his dog and the other hit a kid.
Only people I know who have had an accident while parking are the ones who reverse park - one ran over his dog and the other hit a kid.
Man of Honour
Sounds like people who thought they were good at parking but ultimately weren't and should have stuck to forward parking and taking extra driving lessons on spatial awareness lol
Genuinely forget the last time I drove forward into a parking space. Twenty years ago? Thirty? Forty? It could be any of those.
Never had a problem getting into the boot in a supermarket, just park a few inches away from the wall, the post, the car behind, whatever. The supermarket I go to the most is Tesco and there’s a walkway behind the car so I back up until I’m about an inch away from the posts.
Forward parking is wrong 100% of the time.
That’s me on the right at the hospital (and before I fixed the parking sensors).
How are you bringing the trolley full of avocados and bread up to the boot though?
It ain't fitting down the side of the car unless you shop in costco with big wide bays or you park in parent and child.
Commissario
That was the hospital where I was having my sense of parking superiority checked. Obviously, I passed with flying colours.How are you bringing the trolley full of avocados and bread up to the boot though?
Soldato
I reverse park most of the time. But sometimes at work i'll park in forwards if it's an end space that allows me to open the driver's door fully.
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That's far more likely when reversing out of a spot imo.
I always park nose in, angled so that no one can park in the two spaces next to me. Works well most of the time, but there always seems to be accidental scratches in the doors from people who are careless with their trollies...
*This is a 'joke' comment - I don't really do this and I hoped people would realise that. Sorry*
*This is a 'joke' comment - I don't really do this and I hoped people would realise that. Sorry*
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Soldato
Maybe if you parked properly people would be less 'careless'.
Is this some kind of euphemism?
Well, yeah. That too.
Underboss
That's one way to get your car keyed or scratched
Or a disposable banger jammed there with a 3mm gap, like I do with mine when people do that
