Official Crappy Parkers Thread

[4r3s]

Originally Posted by crazyyankfan

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?

Originally Posted by onzedge

Originally Posted by bdavis89

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

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.

[JARblue]

Originally Posted by 4r3s

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...

[keb370z]

Originally Posted by 4r3s

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...

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?

[4r3s]

Originally Posted by keb370z

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?

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.

[keb370z]

Originally Posted by 4r3s

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.

[LunaZ]

Originally Posted by keb370z

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.

+1

[370zproject]

Originally Posted by delusional

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

[b1adesofcha0s]

Originally Posted by keb370z

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.

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

[JARblue]

Originally Posted by b1adesofcha0s

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

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.

[b1adesofcha0s]

Originally Posted by JARblue

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.

[keb370z]

Originally Posted by JARblue

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.

Gotta love the eliteness of the Z... it's nice when people recognize.
My husband says people are always letting me in/yielding/stopping for me because I'm female. I say no way. Never happened when I had my GTI. They see the hotness of the Z and they do the right thing. Am I right?

(But then there are the people who go out of their way to block you/cut you off/etc because they are envious. That's a whole other thread.)

[JARblue]

Originally Posted by keb370z

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?

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