I'd be terrified to encounter this person on the roads if this is any comment on their overall vehicle skills
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=j5EzBuzR0-c# (http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=j5EzBuzR0-c#)!
The ending appeared to turn into a hit and run...
I've seen worse jobs of parallel parking.
(In Korea.)
I guess you could be like this guy instead?
Parallel Parking (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsK5C8m44JY#)
Now there's an expert driver
I don't want to live on this planet anymore (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35TbGjt-weA#)
that's pretty good. I have a street level office and saw a woman do this exact same thing last week.
I see it all the time at least once a week. It amazing really
Quote from: MikeZ on December 09, 2011, 11:07:38 AM
Now there's an expert driver
Except he's hitting both the other vehicles. I'd be more impressed if it managed it with no touches.
Quote from: Sad Panda on December 09, 2011, 12:10:15 PM
Except he's hitting both the other vehicles. I'd be more impressed if it managed it with no touches.
Damn.
Guess you didn't here the sarcasm in my voice. Maybe next time I'll try it in italics
I'm on cold meds. 2+2=4 is almost beyond me today.
Here's one that puts me to shame.
Kid Shows How to Parallel Park (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_n14MBAd3R8#)
Lemme see if I can find a couple pics.
I once pulled off a parallel parking job that was so nice I actually took pictures of it.
^ Little kid must have watched this.
Best Parking in History - Jake and Elwood (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dS8XFzhhFwQ#)
My next door neighbor is as good at parking as the driver in video#1 at parking and drives as badly as he parks. He almost got creamed crossing an intersection because he was driving so slowly. Yes, the intersection was clear when he started out.
The driver in video#2 deserves credit for skill. He new exactly how far the car in front would move on it's suspension. He also deserves a good ass whipping!
The kid in video#4? [thumbsup] [beer]
#5? Would you expect less from the Blues brothers?
Vid 2 made it on tonights news..
I am guilty of doing worse than #2.
Used to own a beat up toyota truck and more than once I used it to physically push a car who decided that they didn't need to line up with the painted parking slots like everyone else.
Yea i wld have my cuz tow a car for taking 2 spots. Not to stereotype, but i lived in williamsburg for 30 years... certian types for some strang reason just suck at driving.. i stood outside on the block bored one day and did a crude study.. came out to 80%.. usually they dont stop till they hit the car in back n front no matter the size of the spot.. its the reason i have to repaint my car again.. ill take a pic when i get back to the office tonight..
i took my driving test in my mom's chevy impala WAGON
i was 17, and parallel parked that boat without issue
the driving test dude gave me the [bow_down]
said he didn't think he could have done it :)
i practiced.... a lot
and my first car, was a VW bug [laugh]
Okay, I finally found time to dig out the pics I referenced earlier.
Rear gap:
(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-R1Wbo7kZUN0/TuOJJCfsdZI/AAAAAAAABAA/nbPalih0L5Q/s640/IMG00050.jpg)
Front gap:
(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-W_rKAA6-nPI/TuOJII7eV8I/AAAAAAAAA_4/aBnBJFLh8xQ/s640/IMG00051.jpg)
Curb gap:
(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-m2jyfDgc7Yc/TuOJG5afltI/AAAAAAAAA_w/Zs5pt3YqHRM/s640/IMG00052.jpg)
Quote from: Rameses on December 10, 2011, 08:38:54 AM
Okay, I finally found time to dig out the pics I referenced earlier.
[thumbsup]
I live in a city with 505,733 vehicles and 320,000 street parking spaces (It is estimated that 1/3 of all downtown traffic is cars circling, looking for a parking space.)
Our 2nd car is a minivan.
I am the parallel make the beast with two backsing parking master.
Quote from: Sad Panda on December 09, 2011, 12:10:15 PM
Except he's hitting both the other vehicles. I'd be more impressed if it managed it with no touches.
That would involve bending the laws of physics since the parking space was literally shorter than the car itself.
Larger European cities have a rule to not use parking brakes and to park in neutral - it allows smooth bumper to bumper moving of the other cars [thumbsup]
Quote from: Rameses on December 10, 2011, 08:38:54 AM
Okay, I finally found time to dig out the pics I referenced earlier.
Rear gap:
(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-R1Wbo7kZUN0/TuOJJCfsdZI/AAAAAAAABAA/nbPalih0L5Q/s640/IMG00050.jpg)
Front gap:
(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-W_rKAA6-nPI/TuOJII7eV8I/AAAAAAAAA_4/aBnBJFLh8xQ/s640/IMG00051.jpg)
Curb gap:
(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-m2jyfDgc7Yc/TuOJG5afltI/AAAAAAAAA_w/Zs5pt3YqHRM/s640/IMG00052.jpg)
That IS a damn good park job [thumbsup]
(http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c174/cokey2/2011-12-10_20-18-19_858.jpg)
(http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c174/cokey2/2011-12-10_20-19-03_843.jpg)
Quote from: cokey on December 10, 2011, 06:05:56 PM
(http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c174/cokey2/2011-12-10_20-19-03_843.jpg)
Well, if it was a true Transformer, then it would have transformed into a robot, walked into the space and transformed back into a car. ;D
(Or else just blown the offending vehicle to smithereens)
Lol i wish
the price of living there :P
thankfully I only work in the city and predominately get to park in private lots
I can't even remember the last time I had to parallel park. I've probably forgotten how.
I used to hang out at a coffee shop in the Montclair section of Oakland, CA. There was a bench we would take over and our thing was watching the parkers and laughing at them. We made 0 to 10 signs and would grade them. We made a woman cry once!
"Parallel Parking" Commercial - 21st Century Insurance: Same Great Coverage For Less (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDjpcBlNplY#)
Quote from: Little Monkey Toes on December 11, 2011, 09:56:51 AM
I used to hang out at a coffee shop in the Montclair section of Oakland, CA. There was a bench we would take over and our thing was watching the parkers and laughing at them. We made 0 to 10 signs and would grade them. We made a woman cry once!
One hundred points for your team! That's pretty funny. [laugh]
Local joke - What's the suburbanite 30 minute workout? Parallel Parking in the city.
I am the master parallel parker. I once had to park an F-150 with a 30ft rockwall, I had the trailer wheels and the truck wheels kissing the curb.
Took like 4 spots but I got it done.
Best parallel parking job was from a buddy of mine who was a pilot. Without touching the car in front of him or behind him, he ended up 6 inches of clearance off both bumpers, under 6" off the curb, and he started from across the street. :o Crazy.
My favorite watering hole has street-view parking, so I've spent many an afternoon watching someone make a 23-point parallel parking attempt before cutting out right as they finally got it lined up. [popcorn]
Quick hypothetical question.
Lets say someone parked their truck in a regular parking space. Truck has a trailer hitch mounted. Lets say some jackhole pulled up so close that their bumper popped over the hitch ball which was well within the parking space. Lets say the driver of the truck, not noticing the extreme proximity of the car behind pulled out. There was a bit of resistance at first then a big ripping sound.
Quick glance in side view mirror, hm, wonder what that bumper was doing on the.......ground.... right behind.....my......truck.
Pause for ethical review.......justified, not my fault.
Later!
What would you have done?
Quote from: rgramjet on December 13, 2011, 05:56:22 AM
Quick hypothetical question.
Lets say someone parked their truck in a regular parking space. Truck has a trailer hitch mounted. Lets say some jackhole pulled up so close that their bumper popped over the hitch ball which was well within the parking space. Lets say the driver of the truck, not noticing the extreme proximity of the car behind pulled out. There was a bit of resistance at first then a big ripping sound.
Quick glance in side view mirror, hm, wonder what that bumper was doing on the.......ground.... right behind.....my......truck.
Pause for ethical review.......justified, not my fault.
Later!
So, what's your question?
Changed.
Doing 10 things at once, none of them well.......
Heck, if someone drove up on my tow hitch ball, it is clearly their fault and I would not waste a half second thinking about it. If you stop, they will try to blame you for it. So it's not worth it to stick around and give them the chance. Just my $0.02
If you actually didn't notice that they were on it before you ripped off their bumper, then no sweat. Totally their fault.
However, I'd say the decent thing to do if you'd seen it before you tore it off would've been to pull your hitch pin, pull forward, and then stick your hitch back in the receiver.
Quote from: Rameses on December 13, 2011, 12:51:26 PM
If you actually didn't notice that they were on it before you ripped off their bumper, then no sweat. Totally their fault.
However, I'd say the decent thing to do if you'd seen it before you tore it off would've been to pull your hitch pin, pull forward, and then stick your hitch back in the receiver.
Agreed.
There's no way they wouldn't notice (or at least they should have noticed) driving onto your hitch. If they were on it good enough to pull their bumper off (even after they got out of the car, unloading the suspension), then they should have felt it when they parked. F'em!
It would be tempting to pick the bumper up and ram it through their side window...leaving a note saying sorry about the bumper, but learn how to park. [evil]
Quote from: Rameses on December 13, 2011, 12:51:26 PM
If you actually didn't notice that they were on it before you ripped off their bumper, then no sweat. Totally their fault.
However, I'd say the decent thing to do if you'd seen it before you tore it off would've been to pull your hitch pin, pull forward, and then stick your hitch back in the receiver.
You don't own a pickup that the hitch has been in the receiver for several years...
do you?
Quote from: Little Monkey Toes on December 11, 2011, 09:56:51 AM
I used to hang out at a coffee shop in the Montclair section of Oakland, CA. There was a bench we would take over and our thing was watching the parkers and laughing at them. We made 0 to 10 signs and would grade them. We made a woman cry once!
I remember parking once across the bay right off Divisadaro near Fell. As we got out of the car and walked across the street a Ford Taurus came that had all four corners scraped up with big black scuffs. It was obvious that he used his car like a shoe horn to get into parking spaces. He was eyballing the limited amount of space between our car and the next one. After he saw us watching him he moved on.
I had something similar happen at the airport. I replaced my ball hitch with a tow hook [evil]
I know have a multitude of colors on my hook. Serves them right for not knowing how to park. Someone dented mu front bumper so it too now has one but only while parked at the airport.