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If I'm shopping I'll drive in forwards so it's easy to put stuff in the boot, otherwise reverse in.
Sub question... There's a space right a the front of the carpark, but it's really narrow.. do you squeeze in or keep driving until you find an easier space? |
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By *avinaTVTV/TS
over a year ago
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Time and space - it's easier and quicker to back out, and the boot is more accessible if it isn't backed up against the car in the adjacent spot in the next row. I seldom reverse in.
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By *hirleyMan
over a year ago
Wine bar |
Given the choice, reverse!
But sometimes that's not an option, for example if in a shopping car park and want to fill your boot with bags. Because ramming a trolley down the side of car's is deserving of being burned at the stake |
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By *hirleyMan
over a year ago
Wine bar |
"What about parallel parking. Is your ability to do or first time dependent on how many people are watching? "
Trying to do that in London is made very difficult by the fact that even using your signalling/hazards people will still drive right up behind you before stopping to go in reverse. They have no patience to wait or will be eager to overtake immediately 😂 |
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I don’t really think about it - whatever is easier for me at the time of parking.
I’d prefer the person in front of me to do the same instead of going back and forth trying to fit their car in backwards.
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Depends on what would be behind my car at the time. For example… at the gym I’d have to climb into some bushes to get my bag out the boot if I reversed in. |
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I was in the car with my ex recently and he parked in one spot, then decided a different spot was better but it wasn't and then drove around looking for an optimal spot? How is this normal behaviour?
I'll park wherever I'm likely to not hit other cars or people. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I was in the car with my ex recently and he parked in one spot, then decided a different spot was better but it wasn't and then drove around looking for an optimal spot? How is this normal behaviour?
I'll park wherever I'm likely to not hit other cars or people. "
Oh yes … there always a better spot 😀 |
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"I was in the car with my ex recently and he parked in one spot, then decided a different spot was better but it wasn't and then drove around looking for an optimal spot? How is this normal behaviour?
I'll park wherever I'm likely to not hit other cars or people.
Oh yes … there always a better spot 😀 "
Parking your car is like going down on a beautiful woman - once you find the spot, don't leave it! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"I was in the car with my ex recently and he parked in one spot, then decided a different spot was better but it wasn't and then drove around looking for an optimal spot? How is this normal behaviour?
I'll park wherever I'm likely to not hit other cars or people.
Oh yes … there always a better spot 😀
Parking your car is like going down on a beautiful woman - once you find the spot, don't leave it!"
Unless it’s for air … then dive straight back in 🍒 |
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All depends. If I can drive right through to the other 😁 But, if I know I have to get a lot of stuff in the boot, I will leave that more assessable - no point risking someone getting too close to your rear bumper you dirty your bottoms squeezing in.
However, I will always opt to reverse into a bay, especially if I'm backing into a wall or barrier. |
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By *acktopervMan
over a year ago
Stourport-On-Severn |
If parking on the road i always reverse in, it's much easier than trying to drive in between cars. When shopping in Sainsburys and it's busy, i drive straight in. But when it isn't busy i reverse along the same parking area where the mothers and toddlers spaces are because they have a walkway along the rear of the car if i have reversed in. |
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Go on forwards in the supermarket. The idiots that reverse in and can't get the trolley full of food to the boot....
I park at work depending on the weather and the sun direction - car stays cooler if the back of the car is facing the sun.
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By *abio OP Man
over a year ago
Newcastle and Gateshead |
"What about parallel parking. Is your ability to do or first time dependent on how many people are watching? "
Ooh… I have a rule that if there is more that one person waiting behind me, I won’t do it for fear of making a tit trying 10 times!  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Reverse in is my preffered
People saying its inconveniencing others by reversing in do they not realise going in forward you have to reverse out and do the same 😂 |
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By *oomlMan
over a year ago
Fareham |
There is a parade of shops near me where the road outside is one way and marked with parking bays which are angled so it's obvious that you are meant to reverse in and drive out. It amazes me how many people perform awkward manoeuvres in order to drive in and then again to reverse out. usually holding others up while doing it. |
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