PARALLEL parking skills... - page 1 -

• PARALLEL parking skills... by warhawk on 06 Aug, 2009 21:37
• hello fellow chrome domes:  living in beautiful pensacola, we rarely do any parallel parking.   however... after our vacation in new orleans & california...  i had 2 parallel park a few times.
  
  since... then i realize that my parallel parking skills need improvement.  so... how 'bout U?   do U do many parallel parking in your area?  if so... how's your parallel parking skills?  hope yours R better than mine.  what's your story?
  
  WARHAWK
• #1 by Tyler on 07 Aug, 2009 01:36
• After going to college where you you pretty much had to parallel park on a hill, I got pretty good at it.  Here's how I do it now:
  
  <a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/zLlWe4uNPfs&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">http://www.youtube.com/v/zLlWe4uNPfs&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;</a>
• #2 by GASlick on 07 Aug, 2009 04:51
• Yes I can parallel park!  But not as good as that vid clip!
• #3 by Mikekoz13 on 07 Aug, 2009 06:16
• I grew up in the city so parallel parking was a skill that you had to have...... I rarely have to parallel park anymore but when I do I can swing it right in.
• #4 by justinlane on 07 Aug, 2009 06:42
• Well, I drive a truck, and can parallel park in places many cars refuse to try, so I'd say I'm pretty good.  By the way Tyler, there's no way that's you, that guy has hair.
• #5 by Tom McGarry. on 07 Aug, 2009 07:00
• Ok, so I hate to pat myself on the back, but....... I can parallel park anything just about anywhere!!!! An no I don't drive a smart car or a mini, I drive a BIG truck.
• #6 by Timmay on 07 Aug, 2009 07:24
• LOL..Good video Tyler...
  While I was in New Orleans, I did not realize that the person I video taped parallel parking was Warhawk..lol  check it out
  
  <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch/v/4OViQ4JSxUk" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">http://www.youtube.com/watch/v/4OViQ4JSxUk</a>
  
  
  I will say that here on Main St in Washington, it is one way.  I can parallel park easily on the right side.  When it comes to parallel parking on the left side, it almost like a right handed person writing with his left hand.
  
• #7 by Sooner Steve on 07 Aug, 2009 07:47
• Thirty years ago when I took my driving test we had to parallel park.  I pulled up to the barriers and did it just like they taught us in driver's ed.  When I completed it, I was farther into the road than when I started.  Nowhere near the parking spot.  I looked at the instructor and told her I never could do it in class.  She said go on.  Amazingly I still passed. 
• #8 by D.A.L.U.I. on 07 Aug, 2009 08:21
• Quote from: Tom McGarry. on 07 Aug, 2009 07:00

  Ok, so I hate to pat myself on the back, but....... I can parallel park anything just about anywhere!!!! An no I don't drive a smart car or a mini, I drive a BIG truck.
  

  Well I do drive a Mini--and there's one advantage if there are spaces only big enough for a Smart, I can put my car in my pocket and get about my business!!  Seriously, because it is so short you can't see the rear corners--that would be a problem, except they have a beeper system that indicates how close you are in the rear--so I really can shoehorn my Mini into some unbelievably small places.  My wife, who doesn't like my haircut, also doesn't like my car, but if we have to go to the French Quarter or other hard to park areas, she always says, "Better take your car!"   First time I parked next to a Smart, I finally knew what it felt like to drive an Expedition!.  
• #9 by bem75 on 07 Aug, 2009 08:28
• I drive a Toyota Tundra Crew Max that is 19 feet long.  I parallel park that thing like it was a Mini.  My wife is consistently impressed.  Oh, and I don't have one of those beeper (cheater) systems either.  Although, I certainly wouldn't mind one, sometimes.   
  
  I was with a business associate in France last year and he parked his station wagon into a spot that had maybe 6 inches to spare in the front and back.  He swung it in there in one try and never touched the other cars.  It was damn impressive.  In fact, he still brags about it and I let him.  I was very impressed.
  
  There is not a lot of parallel parking where I live, but my father taught me how to do it when I was very young.  So, it is a skill that I have had since day 1 with driving.  I'm going to do the same thing with my three kids.  I learned to drive at 12 with a manual transmission.  My kids will do the same.
• #10 by D.A.L.U.I. on 07 Aug, 2009 08:48
• Quote from: bem75 on 07 Aug, 2009 08:28

  Oh, and I don't have one of those beeper (cheater) systems either.  Although, I certainly wouldn't mind one, sometimes.   
  

  
  Hey,  I resemble that remark!
• #11 by GaryT on 07 Aug, 2009 09:16
• I don't know whether I like Tyler's or Timmay's vid better!! As for the parking, no problems here, no matter what I'm driving! Of course backing a trailer into a campsite....that's embarrasing for me!!!
• #12 by Timmay on 07 Aug, 2009 12:08
• I like Tyler's better because I cant seem to figure out how in the hell to post the video directly..DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHH
• #13 by wpruitt on 07 Aug, 2009 19:31
• Parallel parking skills ... I could parallel park my Parent's '78 New Yorker and my Grandparent's '71 Impala.  Then  I started driving small cars which were a breeze.  I could get the Grand Cherokee into a spot but have not tried the Explorer yet.
• #14 by Antimidas on 07 Aug, 2009 20:14
• I absolutely HATE parallel parking and will either make others drive or skip going into the city if at all possible to avoid it.  Although I have a friend who decided to move to downtown St. Paul.  Now that was a challenge. 
  
  Parallel parking is why they invented cabs.
  
  And BTW, after 11 years in the military, even driving in convoy and through the woods, I STILL do not know how to drive a stick.  Once I learn, I have promised myself the Mustang GT.  Until then, I am stuck with the 6 cylinder automatic.