Tight Parking Spots....

[jpnjim]

Silly thread idea,

 

but I daily drive my MJ.

& I end up squeezing into some pretty tight parking spots.

 

This one was last month,

,

I was so happy I squeaked into a free spot in Boston,

I snapped a picture:

 

 

 

and I guess that was the record holder till last week:

 

Lol.

 

No,

I'm not on the hood of the car behind me,

but Yea, it is really really close ;)

[freakjeep93]

you are the man i hate....

[Automan2164]

How long does it take you to wiggle into that? If you had to guess how many times you went back and fourth could you put a number on it?

 

Rob

[Geonovast]

You're probably going to get hit doing that. One of the people you get really close to is going to suck at getting out of the tight spot you put them in, and they're going to slam into you.

 

I don't know about where you are, but everywhere I have ever been, 90% of drivers have no spatial ability.

[jpnjim]

LOL

 

1st pic,

guy behind me was last car in the row,

he literally had a mile to back up.

Truck in front had a couple of feet.

 

Both were still there when I left.

 

That took 2 shots (backed in, then up, then back again)

Neither bumper got tapped (I could see exactly how much room there was in the reflection of the building window)

 

 

#2 was more dicey, lol.

 

Fed Ex truck had half his spot + the empty loading zone in front of him to pull out

 

Car behind had 3 feet or so.

The two cars behind me both left at the same time, so I think they were together.

 

I was still sitting in the Jeep when they left (having lunch),

and no, he didn't try to drag me out the window for parking so close ;)

 

There was no window reflection that time, so it's possible a "no-damage-nudge" or two occured in the 5 or 6 times I had to go back and forth. :D

[jpnjim]

I don't know about where you are, but everywhere I have ever been, 90% of drivers have no spatial ability.

I lost an eye 4 years ago,

so I have 0% spacial ability/depth perception. ;)

[dfreeman616]

no pic to prove, but one time i parked in a spot with about the much spare room in my first cherokee. only took 3 or 4 adjustments i think. when i got out, a guy sitting on a porch said he didn't think i'd be able to make it.

[jpnjim]

you are the man i hate....

 

Thats OK,

I blame the guy who steals 1/3 of the unoccupied parking spot behind him,

leaving just 2/3's of a parking spot for me.

 

If it's an open parking spot,

I'm taking it.

[Geonovast]

I lost an eye 4 years ago,

so I have 0% spacial ability/depth perception. ;)

 

:bowdown:

[johnny quest]

yea in boston its a battlefield for parking spots. most people drive sh*t cars that don't care if they get dinged or scratched

[Guest]

No pictures; but I've gotten the truck into some pretty ridiculous spots.

 

It's great having manual steering. :rotf:

 

What's even better is the people driving behind the MJ waiting for it to get up into 4th gear.

[Comanche County]

I have a handicap sticker that I rarely use, only on occasions when I can't find a spot. Its like a parking trump card.

[Dirteatr717]

Went to visit a friend a few weeks ago that lives in the lower east side of manhattan of NYC, does pushing the box truck ahead of you thts taking up 1.5 spaces out of the way count as close enough? Hahah couldn't quite fit in the spot an didt feel like looking for a spot for another hour, so I threw it into 4low and pushed it forward about a foot and squeezed in :)

[gogmorgo]

LOL I've wanted to do that so many times, and then thought better of it. Except for once. Where I worked last summer, we had two minivans (a Chevy Venture and a Caravan, both ~12yrs old and really rough) and they got parked one behind the other. Whenever she came in first, one of the girls kept parking far enough out that the one behind it would stick out into the laneway, and people complained. So one day, I pulled in right behind her, and then once everyone was out of the van and clear, I nudged into it and pushed it ahead until it was where it should be. After that, somehow she never parked out that far again...

 

Best I've ever done without nudging is an 85 Chev G20 van in a spot four feet longer than it. Somehow I've never really had to do much parallel parking. Not parallel? There were a couple civics sitting one nose in and the other nose out in a lonely corner of a parcade, with the driver doors facing each other, and almost close enough that most people would find another spot. I felt like being a fool that day for some reason, so I backed into the spot with that van, with about two inches clearance on either side. Had to bail through the back door...