December 16, 2005

Dedicated to the art of parking. Via AskMe
posted by tracicle 18 years ago
  • Weird. There's a website for everything... Of course I always called it "being a jackass" because i usually see sports cars, luxury suvs and other compensations devices doing it. I occasionally do the pull through, but not very often.
  • I especially liked the downloadable "Jesus would have fancy parked" sign!
  • Personally I don't because I have a stroller to load and unload wherever I go. Or groceries to load. Or I'm in a busy parking building with a line of cars behind me and all the effort of manouvering forces them to wait. But when I do, I'm good at it.
  • This is more practical than fancy. I find more and more newer parking lots try to cram more cars into a given area by shrinking the distance between adjacent rows of spaces. These lots are simply not made for full-size pickup trucks, and to try a 'front-in' park requires at least 3 attempts. It's much easier to just back in.
  • I suppose your turning radius isn't technically smaller when you're fancy parking, it's just different. But it may be different in a way that makes getting in there easier.
  • When I am driving up the parking garage in the morning and a fancy parker in front of me pulls past a spot so that he can back into it, I simply pull in forward into the spot he is about to back into.
  • Over the last 25 years my cars have been in six accidents. Three of these were when someone else, who had borrowed my car, backed out of a space or a driveway, and into a car or a pole or over a drop-off. I fancy-park in my sedan in my driveway next to a minivan. I am completely blind to what is coming down the sidewalk or street until I clear the minivan. It is much less of a risk to pull out forward, blind, and to back out. Way back in the day, my car liked to stall when it was cold. Back out, stop, die. Restart and go. With forward pullout the car did not even get an option of stalling before we were down to road and warmed up.
  • bernockle: If you did that to me you might find some modifications to your vehicle when you returned to it.
  • I can imagine in the US 'fancy parking' might cause some confusion. EG . "Martha, why is that guys hazard lights on" .. "Martha, goddammit why is he pulling over and slowing down?" "Do yer thing his about to park?" "Martha.. look he has gone right past the spot" "Oh My God 'in a ham roll' his car is going backwards!" "Well Martha only those pinko Europeans would need a car to go backward!" "Earl just shut up - don't you watch the discovery channel?" "Reversing is all the rage in Paris."
  • My, that there sure is some fancy parking! I'm a pull-through type, if available, otherwise, head-in.
  • I can imagine in the US 'fancy parking' might cause some confusion yes mostly among the fundies in the red States who dont realize that Bush is dumb. I go for pull-through or head-in, myself.
  • it's all parallel for me these days. *grumbles about the asshat who keeps taking up two spaces*
  • I have a confession to make. I can't parallel park to save my life. I feel so inadequate.
  • I occasionally do the pull through, but not very often. I love the pull-through. I'd rather park farther away and walk if there's a pull-through available. Un-American, I know...Martha and Earl would disapprove.
  • I absolutely, unequivocally, refuse with prejudice to call it "fancy parking". That just makes me wanna slap somebody. "Oooh hey you're going to do the fancy par-*smack!* Ow!"
  • Only people who wear fancy pants practice fancy parking.
  • I am not very good at it. I end up parking several blocks away half the time, and I have a wee car. When I have a choice, I pull through.
  • In the "About" section was this question: "Where can I find images of the Moon and planets online?" Heh.
  • Oh boy oh boy. Hot hot hot pull-through action. Ooh ahhh
  • Speaking of Parking.
  • You bettah rekanize!
  • When I have a choice, I pull out.
  • Since the only thing I drive these days is my son's stroller, fancy parking is really overdoing it for us. Usually we just stop.
  • I was expecting some of those bastards who choose to park their 86 Civic with Wal-Mart rims and cheesy half painted ground effects across as many parking spaces as possible so as to protect their precious $500 "whip" from being parked next to, which of course triggers my primal need to park as close to them as possible. God, I hate those guys.
  • I used to be the best parker in the universe when I had my (old school) VW Bug. Ever since I got my "grown up" car, though (a Saturn) I can't park to save my life. There's too much car in front of me or something, and the turning radius sucks. Which is to say that I generally try to park far away and walk since it's less embarrassing.
  • Pasrking on ice is a problem. I try not to do it. Where I live this is not so easy, especially come spring, atop icy matter so stained with dirt that it resembles asphalt to the weary eye. Believe I have perfected the brake-suddenl-and-swap-ends parking maneuvre. Useful side-effect: people tend to recognize my battered vehicle and get out of my way in the nearer villages. ;]
  • practice your 133t ph4nc13 parking skills.
  • These clowns actually want to take credit for inventing back-in parking, just because they came up with a lame name for it? Feh.
  • Coincidentally, here's a couple more parking-related sites: Car Park Space Hijack (April Fools 2005) PARK(ing) -- this one is cool: use a parking meter to "rent" a space and turn it into a tiny greenspace. Via In The Crowd
  • I think the only people who are allowed to do "fancy parking" should be ones that are dressed for "fancy dancing" Please don't try to impress me with your parking lot prowess. And keep your mitts of my hood.
  • Hmmm. Here-In-Australia (or, at least, Here-In-My-Part-Of-Australia) it's illegal to park 'nose first'. I have no idea why, but not only do we reverse park, we reverse angle park.
  • Here's a bit fancier way to park. The downside is that you have to drive a front wheel drive car to do it.
  • planet thankyou - i guess we southern hemisphere types just can do it - dont need no term like 'fancy' cos we gotta!!! although i have been told i dont park my car i 'abandon' it
  • LordSLudge do you not have reverse parking tests as part of your driving skills before you receive a license???
  • LordSludge...I have to think that clip was someone leaving a parking spot, but played in reverse to make it look like they were entering. FWD cars just don't pivot like that.
  • Most of the carparks in Singapore are really tight for space, so especially the multi-storeyed carparks make it mandatory to do reverse parking. It's rather unusual to see a car parked front end in around here.