meh, he's just making sure the other car doesn't ding him if they leave first. I'd do the same.

That being said, I wouldn't be parked next to other people to begin with

Doesn't make sense to me... The passenger on the left will for sure have no clearance to open ther door I park my car and don't worry about ...

Today was ridiculous.. I felt 'stupid' in the morning cuz I literally parked in the FARTHEST CORNER in a nearly completely empty 500 car parking lot lol but I figured 'hey it's a nice day so let's walk the 300 feet to the building :icon17:

It BLEW MY MIND because on the way back to my car hours later.. there was a SINGLE SUV driven by a Polish woman with her 6 year old kid parking beside me! Right on the line too! Keep in mind there's still only about 20 cars in the lot, ALL in the opposite corner right beside the building. WTF?!? She saw me coming and ran to the passenger side to open the door for her kid and help him come out since he would've just swung the door right into my car.

I really wanted to ask her "wtf are you thinking?!?" but I didn't wanna come off a douche. I shoulda taken a picture but.. these crazy scenarios keep happening to me so I'll just take one next time. It's inevitable. UNBELIEVABLE. :shakes head:

I wouldn't call this a bad parking job. Instead, the driver might have done this on purpose. Normally, we would park a little bit toward the left side of the spot to avoid being hit by the car on the right

Caught this lady a few mornings ago while at work. She only parked like this for about 20 minutes so its totally ok.

http://i.imgur.com/WEkg7.jpg

I disagree. A real Z driver backs into their parking spots to start and what about the inevitable car that will be parking on the driver's side? If this person was worried about being hit by other cars they wouldn't be parking in this spot that is so close to the front of the lot. This is a bad parking job, not horrendous like some others here, just bad or maybe poor. Better yet, lazy.

WOW....... That lady in the Suburban parking is crazy. As you stated 20-30 mins, but still most people wouldn't have known exactly how long it has been like that for.

I'll see your Suburban and raise you one Camry:

http://www.modachroma.com/the370z/IMAG0718-1.JPG

I can't help to ask. What's the point of backing into the spot as a "real Z driver"? How's that any different from just driving into the spot "head first?

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A smart Z driver parks in the back and simply pulls through two spaces so he never has to worry about backing up. :gtfo2:

Giggity?

http://i.imgur.com/qACYE.jpg

True. But you can't always do that. What if the parking spots are on the edge of a parking lot, which means it's a dead end on one side.

I make it possible. lol :tiphat:

Whoa, that is one majorly rectangular bumper.... I do not think that deserves a giggity

Nice White 350 Nismo. But looks like he parked alright. :tup:

Oh, he was parked fine. Just thought the bumper was a bit off lol.

I really liked those Nismo's :tup: I was going to get a red one but it didn't happen. Just wasn't meant to be I guess...

Also I spotted this pretty recently, it was in a parking for "oversized vehicles" so you would think since there is mostly trucks and stuff in there you would try to park uniformly but NOPE.

http://i.imgur.com/MyDGml.jpg

http://www.the370z.com/attachment.ph...0&d=1336825275

http://www.the370z.com/attachment.ph...1&d=1336825275

same night at the same time XD

:facepalm: @ the navigator

The Navigator who could not Navigate!!!:facepalm:

because you can't see **** out of the back sides of this car. Pulling out of a parking spot front ways is a lot safer because you can see the traffic and people walking coming both ways very clearly. When you back in to the parking spot you don't have to worry about anything coming from the side and clipping you. This all seems to be common sense in the mid-a group...

and bdavis what you suggests means the driver of the car in the picture in question would have to hop the curb and sidewalk but yes in general thats a good idea.

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Hahaha :tup:

He/She stopped right away when the GPS says "You have reached your destination..." :bowrofl::bowrofl:

+2........ :iagree:

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fyi the parking lot was completely packed that day. i sure hope he got keyed

http://sphotos.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-...55676683_n.jpg

WOW....... I would think he/she would have gotten keyed too. If so that would teach them a lesson for being a douche bag.

ohh.... I don't know NY allow blind people to drive and park..... :bowrofl:

But couldn't it be argued that real Z drivers don't need to back in to a parking spot to be able to safely leave the spot? :stirthepot: :stirthepot:

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I shouldn't have used the term "real z driver" i guess. fact is backing out of a parking spot can be dangerous because you can't see what is coming from the sides at all. Friends used to make fun of me bc I back into all my parking spots now, they thought I was doing it to be cool. sorry, I'm not in my twenties any more, not much is done anymore bc its "cool" I tend to have practical reasons for my madness now a days.

I'm just messin' with you. I feel your pain. When I back out, I just inch, inch, inch, inch, inch until I can see. Don't know how other "real z drivers" do it but that's my technique. But really, I rarely park where I'd have other cars around me. I'm usually in no man's land where you can see all around and if anyone's walking or driving by you'd see them coming for miles. I'm glad to have a downward slope to my driveway so I don't have to brutalize the clutch every time I leave the house.

+1

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the "real Z drivers" are getaway drivers and back in so they are always ready for a hasty exit. :icon17:

That's what I usually do. It's much worse when you're parked next to a pick up truck :shakes head:

Here in TX you can't get away from the pickup trucks. Inch by inch by inch is the ONLY way to do it safely when backing up in the Z. I always feel like an idiot when it takes me forever to clear the full cab extended bed pickup truck only to see a car waiting who was nice enough to yield even when they didn't want my parking space.

Yeah I hate having to deal with that. There's a couple in my apartment complex and when I come home late at night, guess where the one open parking spot is. :shakes head: