Do you back your car in to a parking spot?

[Ken g6]

Maybe a handful of times. It doesn't happen often. Never had a vehicle with backup camera or sonar though.

 

[dainthomas]

I've said this in a previous thread, but people that drive pick-ups that back in to spots are the absolute worst fucking people at it. If it takes you 3 tries to get yourself into the spot just fucking stop. You suck at it, and you're just going to hit shit. Is being able to pull out of a spot going forward really that worth it? It's not at all difficult to back-out, just stick your ass out and look for vehicles - jeebus.

Blind spots on trucks are ginormous no matter how you do the mirrors, so I always back in (usually in one shot) so I don't have to worry about kids/cars whatever zipping behind me while I'm backing out. Although that's less of an issue since I got a camera.

It's also easier pulling into a spot by backing in when the aisles are narrow.

 

[shortylickens]

Yes, if I have the time and no one is waiting behind me. But only because I've got a backup camera. I wouldnt try it in most vehicles.

 

[JulesMaximus]

Pull through > Back in > pull in

Prefer to be facing out when I leave so I either back in or pull through*.

*Unless parking lot is crowded and small and backing in disrupts other drivers.

At work there is almost never anyone else trying to park at the time I get there. I can't pull through either because of those stupid concrete parking stops. The problem with pulling into the spot face in is that it is damned near impossible to tell if the bumper cover is scraping the concrete stop and I only realize it when I'm backing out of the spot and hear it pop as the underside of the bumper cover gets caught on the fucking thing. The front end of my car is very low to the ground unfortunately so I NEVER park face in at work.

The spots are small too and half the people drive giant pickup trucks and SUVs so they stick out farther than they should.

 

[KMFJD]

Company enforces it at work and i'll do the same unless it's a pita to do

 

[Mayne]

people who don't do this are the same people that try to find the closest spot at walmart or costco...fuck these people and their idiocity.

 

[lxskllr]

people who don't do this are the same people that try to find the closest spot at walmart or costco...fuck these people and their idiocity.

I try to find the farthest spot. My ex used to give me shit for "parking by the trees" :^D

I want easy in and easy out. I'd rather walk an extra few hundred feet than deal with the clusterfuck of people walking around, and drivers circling the parking lot looking for a spot 20' closer to the door(Gotta be careful, or some exercise will slip in your day :^S )

 

[Mayne]

I try to find the farthest spot. My ex used to give me shit for "parking by the trees" :^D

I want easy in and easy out. I'd rather walk an extra few hundred feet than deal with the clusterfuck of people walking around, and drivers circling the parking lot looking for a spot 20' closer to the door(Gotta be careful, or some exercise will slip in your day :^S )

lets not mention possible car accidents..fuck that shit. I just don't get stupid people sometimes.

 

[Mayne]

when you drive for a living it makes sense...but like every day we get behind these effing idiots and you start losing it a bit in your mind as the day goes on.

 

[Gerle]

When I lived in Japan you pretty much had to back in to a lot of the spots, the parking lot lanes were too narrow for any other way. At work the govvie should be backed in, it's very much frowned on to back out of a spot. Pull through > back in > back out. Most professional drivers over met avoid backing out.

 

[boomerang]

I have no idea how Jeeves parks the car. He opens the door for me, I get out and what he does after that is a mystery, just like it should be.

 

[TheVrolok]

100% of the time at home, occasionally elsewhere, but probably still less than 50%.

 

[WaTaGuMp]

I would say I do both, but majority goes to backing in.

 

[GagHalfrunt]

Sometimes. It depends on the spot. Sometimes it makes sense, sometimes it doesn't.

That's the only sensible answer. Sometimes the traffic in the lot or the angle of how the neighboring cars are parked makes backing in a better option. It's not something a person should do exclusively, but it's not something a person should be afraid to do either. Backing into a tight spot should be part of the driving test. It's something everyone should be able to to do safely.

 

[BrainEater]

I try to find the farthest spot.

Roger that....AND , I always back in where a curb is.
I drive a ford f250 XLT..Hanging the tail over the grass is the only way to park and not be sticking way out into the lot.
Too bad more pickup drivers don't do this.

 

[Avalon]

Rarely. Where I work downtown, it's actually a ticketable offense to park in any of the garages/lots backwards. So, I'm just used to not doing it.

 

[Jeeebus]

I'm not a raging douchebag, so no.

 

[walrus]

I drive straight into my garage because it't tight with 3 bicycles and a kayak in there, At the grocery store I try to find a pull through space, where there is no car in the next lane, I park in the second space and I can drive straight out when I leave. But now in the summer where the average temperatures are 90°+ I look for any kind of shade. I have back up camera, but the resolution isn't very good and I get a much better view turning my head.

 

[Fardringle]

Backing in can make it easier to get out in some cases, but backing in when the parking spots are angled means you have to drive the wrong direction down the aisle, so I only do it when I can accomplish it without being a jerk to everyone else trying to park in the same lot..

 

[lxskllr]

Backing in can make it easier to get out in some cases, but backing in when the parking spots are angled means you have to drive the wrong direction down the aisle, so I only do it when I can accomplish it without being a jerk to everyone else trying to park in the same lot..

Angled parking usually indicates one way aisles. If you back into one of those spots, you'll be fucking up twice.

 

[IronWing]

Always in the work parking lot and in the company truck. Almost never in my own vehicles except at work. In the back country, always park with the nose toward the escape route.

 

[LikeLinus]

Never. Honestly It's a waste of time and blocks people behind you trying to park. I have review cameras and it's super easy to back out of a spot. But backing into a spot is more difficult because you have to worry about each side of your car looking backing into the spot. I hate people who back into spots in our parking garage at work. They back up traffic and it's annoying. I think it takes more time for people to back in that to simply back out.

 

[Fardringle]

Angled parking usually indicates one way aisles. If you back into one of those spots, you'll be fucking up twice.

Yep. And most parking lots around here are angled, so I don't back in much, but I do try to do it when I can find a straight spot since I drive a relatively long vehicle and it's MUCH easier to see while driving out forward.

 

[Ns1]

ITT: people who can't park for shit.

 

[shortylickens]

I'm not a raging douchebag, so no.

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