Are you good at parallel parking?

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#2  Edited By nintendoeats

I'm shit at regular parking. I'm not a bad driver, but parking is something that I have never been able to do well.

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#3  Edited By jim_dandy

I once parallel parked so hard I was perpendicular.

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#4  Edited By ReyGitano

I'm good at parking, both forward and reverse, and I have to drive a truck -_-. 
But I've never been in a situation where I've had to parallel park... and that isn't an option on your poll. 
I feel excluded :(

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#5  Edited By MrGetBonus

I wouldn't really know since that last time I did it was my driving test.

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#6  Edited By trace

I'm pretty bad at parallel parking, though I'm able to pull it off if I absolutely have to. Got lucky and parallel parked perfectly on my driving test way too many years ago, too. That's about the only time I've done it without any error or need to re-align (though part of that's me just being ultra-finicky).
 
Still, give me a tight parallel parking spot with cars at both ends right next to my destination and a normal parking spot half a mile away, and I'm parking half a mile away and walking.

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#7  Edited By HandsomeDead
@MrGetBonus said:
" I wouldn't really know since that last time I did it was my driving test. "
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#8  Edited By MarkWahlberg

Never had to do it; not even on my driving test. So no.

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#9  Edited By citizenkane

I hardly ever have to do it, but when I do I'm pretty good at it.

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#11  Edited By karneh
@jim_dandy said:
" I once parallel parked so hard I was perpendicular. "

 
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#12  Edited By Afroman269
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I hardly ever have to do it, but when I do I'm pretty good at it.
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#13  Edited By gamer_152  Moderator

I can't drive yet so I'm going out to jack somebody's car and find out. Brb.

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#14  Edited By FrankCanada97

Parallel parking was the only part I had perfect on in my driving exam.

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#15  Edited By rjayb89  Online

Yup, Los Angeles and Santa Monica are fun places to drive in.

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#16  Edited By yakov456

When I was a dumb kid, I had my windows tinted on my old car. Let me tell you, trying to parallel park at night time with a dark tint, not fun. In the dead of winter I would have to put down my windows so I could see what in the hell I was doing.

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#17  Edited By cnlmullen

I occasionally have to parallel park because I live near a city, but I avoid it whenever I can. 

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#19  Edited By jkz

I'm awful at parallel parking...and I live near the city. 
 
I did outstandingly on the test, but come on, that is in no way indicative of how it works in real life.

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#20  Edited By frankxiv
@rjayb89 said:
" Yup, Los Angeles and Santa Monica are fun places to drive in. "
lol this. my test parallel park at home was literally "pull up to this curb". once i moved out to santa monica i was pretty much forced to learn how or not have anywhere to park.
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#21  Edited By foggel

I'm ok at it. I still practise though. I never scratch any cars if that's what you mean.

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#22  Edited By penguindust

Yeah, I can do it without much to-do, although it's been a while since I actually had to.  I've never bumped another car which is saying something I guess. 

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#23  Edited By iam3green

nope, i'm bad at parking. i never have to since i live in a town where there are parking spaces.

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#24  Edited By Tireyo

Can't drive yet.

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#25  Edited By JJWeatherman

I've never actually parallel parked between two cars before. I did it between some garbage cans one time though. I was aright at it.

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C.
 
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#27  Edited By FreakAche

I learned how to do it literally a week before my road test, and have been unable to do it since getting my license.

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#28  Edited By Fajita_Jim

I don't find it difficult to parallel park. Once you get the procedure down it's the same every time.

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#29  Edited By Aetheldod

Hell no , I suck at it .... i never get the right angle and always end up 40 cm + away from the side walk .... no good and in Mexico is a must  , if you dont want to pay a parking lot , those fares can be very expensive

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#30  Edited By Red12b

 

 
 


If you can't parallel park you shouldn't drive.

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#31  Edited By kermoosh

i havn't parallel parked once since my road test, and don't plan on for another few years

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#32  Edited By Zithe

No. I practiced a little bit before my driving test and I wasn't even great at it then. I haven't had to do it since and I hope I never do.

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#33  Edited By Squagmire

Well, I'm good enough. 
 
However, I have never actually been in a situation where I had to park between two cars so...  

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#34  Edited By gla55jAw

Having not done it since my road test 6 years ago, I attempted a few years ago and since I don't live in a city, I failed.

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#35  Edited By jasta

I like to think I'm pretty good at it.

Because I am.

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#36  Edited By Bruce
@jim_dandy:  
 
Is that a Hedberg joke?  
 
Anyway, I don't know how to drive. But when a friend of mine taught me, I was barely able to put her car out of drive, so yeah.
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#37  Edited By Hot_Karl
@Karn said:
" @jim_dandy said:
" I once parallel parked so hard I was perpendicular. "

  "
LOL. That's Burbank for you, seriously. Shitty drivers abound. 
 
But seriously, I'm bad at parallel parking. I'm not as terrible as other people I know (and I know some TERRIBLE drivers) but I'm not amazing myself.
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#39  Edited By unchained

Dude I'm awesome at it.  
 

  1. Line up passenger window with other car's driver window. 
  2. Back up.  
  3. While backing up crank wheel to the right.   
  4. While positioning into the parking spot, turn steering wheel to the left as needed.  
  5. Done! 
 
When you're parked, your front tires should be turned left, so you can just put the vehicle in drive when you are ready to leave. If you have to drive forward at any time during the parallel park, you did it wrong. 
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#40  Edited By Australia

I own a fucking huge car, so parallel parking or reverse parking is not the easiest thing to do, but I can do it. In a normal sized car it is a breeze. 

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#41  Edited By Tsoglani

I must admit I am pretty awesome at it. I am the bloke that has a chuckle when i see people struggle and try it with 26 attempts.

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#42  Edited By Bouke

Yes; its not that hard... living in a city, its the only way to park so you'll learn soon enough.
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#43  Edited By OroYoke

Im horrible at it. Some people seem to be just natural to them.

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#44  Edited By mikeeegeee

Yes. I'm a man
 
and I'm frankly ashamed at anyone who avoids it.

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#45  Edited By Bloodgraiv3

Not at all.
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#46  Edited By wubb

I am absolutely terrible at parallel parking.  Luckily my lady is a pro.

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#47  Edited By wolf_blitzer85

I rock at it. Parking just seems like a skill where either you are super good at it or you suck balls at parking and you're one of those jerks that take up two spots. Unless you're in a big ass pickup. Then it's okay. At least that's what people who drive big ass pickups tend to think....

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#48  Edited By excido

yea i am but my office is in downtown manhattan so I don't drive to work and whenever I meet up with friends I usually take the train. my wife is from jersey though so she drives everywhere.

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#49  Edited By Claude

I wonder if KaosAngel's cars parallel park themselves?
 
I do fine.

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#50  Edited By halberdierv2

although im not parked properly now due to cramped conditions, im usually good at it.