Thread: If you park like this....

But nobody is in front of you. You can just pull out.

I'm really confused. Do you know how to drive? Are you saying that the black car could block you in if another car also parked too close? I live in the D.C. NOVA area. You can't buy that much parking space to park in.

Did you seriously just ask me if I know how to drive?

The curb in front of me slants towards my car; I only had as much space in front to turn out as I did behind me, if even that much.

Ohhhh okay, I see. Yea, you still have plenty of room to pull out. That move is basic driving skill in these parts. And, yes, there are lots of people who have trouble driving, it's not a natural skill. Based on the idea that you feel "boxed" in, I had to ask.

Regardless of whether or not I had space in front, which I barely did, there is no reason for the guy to overhang the front of his spot when there is half a car length of his own spot behind him.

Growing up in NYC often times you would come out and find out the car in back of you was actually touching your bumper and the guy in front left you 3 inches. No problem, we would just stretch the space by either pushing one back more or pushing the other in front more.

Years ago when I had a 3/4 ton Dodge pickup with really low gears, I was parked in. I mean parked in such that the drivers front and back put their cars in contact with my PU. I was facing downhill and the car behind me had a fair amount of clearance behing it and my back bumper approximately matched the height of his front bumper. So I started up the old Dodge, put it in backwards, and pushed the car back until I felt it hit (gently) the car behind it. Even with that new clearance I had to do the forth and back a couple of time to get out, but get out I did.

There's a lot to say about tough bumpers, reasonable displacement, high torque, a strong frame, and good gearing. With those adantages, I didn't even need to say all that many bad words. However with our current point five mph bumpers, etc, about the only thing one can do is utter bad words. Courtesy is dead.

Originally Posted by Bruce

...Courtesy is dead.

No, courtesy is not dead. It has just become diluted by the increase in self-obsession.

James.

Originally Posted by MickR

Geez Dylan, you need to come to Australia to really learn how to be boxed in mate. You got enough reversing room there to turn around a camel train...Well maybe not, a camel train takes about 40 feet to turn around in.


Mick

+1

I wish we had bays that big here in Australia! most of the bays are literately 2-3 foot longer then my car. If there were bays that big here we would have a motorbike parked in between the middle car and the back car and a motorbike parked in front of your car!

Ehrm....
Dude....

Don't ever drive a car in Europe.
You will never find that much contigious parking space.
This is not 'boxed in' in my book. That is a waste of precious parking space instead. If you park around here, you have as much space behind your car, as there is between yours and the front car. The amount of space you have there is pure, unadulterated luxury.