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Jane S

How good are you at parallel parking?

Posted - January 11
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  • 3816
    I was good enough at it to pass my driving test, but I am not good at it now.  Almost everywhere I go and shop has pull-in parking so my skills have gone.
      January 11, 2024 1:41 PM MST
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  • 1953
    On a scale of 1 to 10 im probably a 6 But if the parking space is really big I'm a 9. :)
      January 11, 2024 1:45 PM MST
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  • 16819
    Maintaining that skill requires constant practice and I've avoided doing it for years, ever since the back turned bad. I can't twist to look through the back window comfortably.
      January 11, 2024 4:19 PM MST
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  • 13277
    That’s what the rearview mirror and backup camera are for.
      January 12, 2024 4:10 PM MST
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  • 44645
    Do you even own a car?
      January 12, 2024 4:13 PM MST
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  • 13277
    No, but parallel parking is easy. Just a matter of angles and depth perception.
      January 12, 2024 4:15 PM MST
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  • 44645
    It is not easy the first time you try. Takes lots of practice.
      January 12, 2024 4:20 PM MST
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  • 13277
    I’ve been doing it for 40+ years. My parents always had a car, and my father taught me about it.

    It’s easy.
      January 12, 2024 9:09 PM MST
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  • 10052
    "Just a matter of angles and depth perception." 
    That's exactly why it's not easy for some people! 
      January 14, 2024 7:37 PM MST
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  • 13277
    It gets easier with practice.
      January 14, 2024 8:21 PM MST
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  • 16819
    Never owned a car with a backup camera, and rear-view mirrors have a "blind spot".
      January 13, 2024 7:01 AM MST
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  • 7408
    I’m good at avoiding having to do it. I’ll find a lot and pay. 
      January 11, 2024 6:46 PM MST
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  • 10052
    Yep! Either that or just go somewhere with a parking lot! :)
      January 14, 2024 7:40 PM MST
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  • 7408
    Exactly :) There‘s not many places left where I live that have free parking lots though. The mall is the only place I  can think of and I’d rather stab NYE left eyeball ten times with a fork than go into our local mall. 
      January 15, 2024 4:53 PM MST
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  • 13277
    A lot of what? 
      January 16, 2024 8:54 PM MST
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  • 44645
    Aboot a seven, eh.
      January 11, 2024 7:14 PM MST
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  • 1502
    I'd barely be able to get my bicycle in there neatly.
      January 12, 2024 11:25 AM MST
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  • 17612
    Excellent.  I choose parallel parking over lot parking when there is a choice.  There usually isn't but there is at my mother's doctor office and I always parallel park there. 
      January 12, 2024 1:42 PM MST
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  • 13277
    Grew up in Brooklyn, so it’s easy for me.

    It’s even easier with the backup camera on newer models.

    And it’s even easier to not own a car and get picked up and dropped off in an Uber.
      January 12, 2024 4:13 PM MST
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  • 17612
    I get that but there is a serious germ factor.
      January 13, 2024 10:34 AM MST
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  • 13277
    Not any worse than any other mode of public transportation. The cars I have been in seemed quite clean, and I have never had any health issues.
      January 13, 2024 11:51 AM MST
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  • 17612
    I don't doubt that.  I stay away from public trans.  One day I may need to get around that way but I'm nowhere near that now. 
      January 15, 2024 1:13 PM MST
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  • 13277
    It’s a fact of life in many large cities.
      January 15, 2024 6:05 PM MST
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  • 17612
    I understand that.  My husband had family in and around NYC and we visited quite a lot.  We always stayed with his aunt/under and five kids in Montclair, NJ.  They had a garage full of cars but when we went to the city we walked to the corner and got on a bus that took us to get on the train that took us into the city.  I know one can get used to this.  I'm just not anxious to have to.  I have to admit that I like riding trains unless they are going very fast. 
      January 16, 2024 2:55 PM MST
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