The art of parallel parking.

notfred

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Feb 12, 2001
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First time I had to parallel park my truck (picture). Granted, it's not the tightest space ever, but I did get within 4 inches of the curb w/o hitting it. It's wierd parking that thing, cause you feel like you're still in the middle of the street even when you're only 3 inches from the curb because it's so wide.
 

amnesiac

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Oct 13, 1999
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I don't understand people who need like 15 passes to parallel park, especially if they have a normal sized car. I have a Tundra and it never takes me more than 2 passes to squeeze into a tight spot. I usually can get from street to parallel parked in < 20 seconds.
 

Alphazero

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May 9, 2002
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Many people fear parallel parking, but I think I'm quite good at all sorts of parking. I can squeeze in just about anywhere :)
 

brtspears2

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Nov 16, 2000
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I trust my parking, not everyone elses. Car over a few years on the street get many interesting bumps on those bumpers.
 

Aquaman

Lifer
Dec 17, 1999
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I love parallel parking :D So easy :D

I have trouble "zooming" in to a spot though (parking front first or reverse parallel parking ) :(

Cheers,
Aquaman
 

Eli

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Oct 9, 1999
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Anybody ever seen the video of that old dude parallel parking between two really expensive cars... at like 65mph? lol
 

Zugzwang152

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Oct 30, 2001
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I don't have a problem with parallel parking as long as the space is big enough. I don't think it's worth squeezing in, because you're just asking for bumps when the people next to you try to squeeze out.
 

spaceman

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Dec 4, 2000
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omg! you only have about 5 feet on either side of the vehicle to work with :p


good job tho.:)
 

hans007

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Feb 1, 2000
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i've been living in the apartments around ucla, with no parking space but with a car for 2 years.


i can do it with about half a foot on each end of my car. that might take a few passes to do, it just takes practice, it really isnt that hard if you know your car.