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Re: Backing into parking spaces
« Reply #25 on: January 25, 2012, 10:13:13 PM »
Arrival for departure, dumbasses

why am I not surprised that kim carnes thinks this is a good idea?

i didn't say it was a good idea.   i never back into a spot.   how is that for a surprise?

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Re: Backing into parking spaces
« Reply #26 on: January 25, 2012, 10:13:54 PM »
i enjoy backing into spots. I also love parallel parking.
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Re: Backing into parking spaces
« Reply #27 on: January 25, 2012, 11:55:40 PM »
Pretty sure it is easier to manuever when the rear wheels are the ones turning.  Kinda like a fork lift.  :dunno:

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Re: Backing into parking spaces
« Reply #28 on: January 26, 2012, 08:25:19 AM »
Pretty much every time I see a car backed into a spot, I kinda want to punch the driver in the balls.

Pretty sure it is easier to manuever when the rear wheels are the ones turning.  Kinda like a fork lift.  :dunno:

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Re: Backing into parking spaces
« Reply #29 on: January 26, 2012, 08:38:37 AM »
remind me to ask my driver.

this.

i don't even know what streets i take to get to work.

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Re: Backing into parking spaces
« Reply #30 on: January 26, 2012, 09:41:50 AM »
backing into a spot is as easy as doing it normal.  your truck is a rigid rough ridin' body.

Yes, but from a visibility standpoint, it is easier to back a large vehicle into a space than out of a space.

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Re: Backing into parking spaces
« Reply #31 on: January 26, 2012, 09:43:21 AM »
backing into a spot is as easy as doing it normal.  your truck is a rigid rough ridin' body.

you obviously have never driven a truck.

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Re: Backing into parking spaces
« Reply #32 on: January 26, 2012, 09:52:20 AM »
Pretty sure it is easier to manuever when the rear wheels are the ones turning.  Kinda like a fork lift.  :dunno:

Yes like this. Not necessarily easier, since backing up is a skill, but it takes less space for you to back a long vehicle into a spot than drive straight in. The point of pivot when you are turning is located much closer to to the stationary axel than the turning wheels. Maybe there is a .gif on howstuffworks that will make this easier to understand.

But yes, it's annoying and stupid when people back into spots they definitely dont need to.

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Re: Backing into parking spaces
« Reply #33 on: January 26, 2012, 09:54:09 AM »
But yes, it's annoying and stupid when people back into spots they definitely dont need to.

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Re: Backing into parking spaces
« Reply #34 on: January 26, 2012, 10:04:17 AM »
But yes, it's annoying and stupid when people back into spots they definitely dont need to.

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Thanks for questioning this! I guess the only problem I have is when I have to wait for someone to back into a spot that they clearly don't need to. Thats irritating because my time is being wasted.

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Re: Backing into parking spaces
« Reply #35 on: January 26, 2012, 10:05:57 AM »
But yes, it's annoying and stupid when people back into spots they definitely dont need to.

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Thanks for questioning this! I guess the only problem I have is when I have to wait for someone to back into a spot that they clearly don't need to. Thats irritating because my time is being wasted.

i can see that. I'm sure they think the same thing when you're precariously backing out of your spot when they're trying to leave.
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Re: Backing into parking spaces
« Reply #36 on: January 26, 2012, 10:31:12 AM »
I feel like (no data on this) backing out of a spot takes less time than backing in, and driving head out of a spot takes the same time.  So that feels like a win for head in back out parking, with no other variables.


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Re: Backing into parking spaces
« Reply #37 on: January 26, 2012, 11:19:31 AM »
If you back into a parking spot in a parking garage while others are there you deserve to be laughed at for being a self absorbed weirdo.

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Re: Backing into parking spaces
« Reply #38 on: March 25, 2021, 06:59:40 AM »
I feel like (no data on this) backing out of a spot takes less time than backing in, and driving head out of a spot takes the same time.  So that feels like a win for head in back out parking, with no other variables.

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