Is it me or it is really hard to judge the distance?

Apoc370z

I kept making up excuses on why it is so hard, tried to convince myself that i just need to get used to it...In the end i have to convince myself that i suck :/

Long story short: i was out to lunch and i realized that my bumper is only an inch away from the concrete block. Any further i would have crack the bumper

I have driven many cars with similar problems, but the Z takes the cake.

cossie1600

car is 169". why do u feel you have to pull that close? its you, not the car

Apoc370z

Some parking space are shorter than others, take the ones around the building i work at for example, the lines/spaces are about 3/4 the length of the normal ones. Normal sedans can park pass the concrete block.

If i leave my car too far out the butt will stick out more than the majority of the cars. And we have a lot of trucks that pulls into the same lane so i am not willing to risk getting hit.. So i have to park closer than i have to

shaun66

I always reverse in now and if I need to get close I open the door and look back

UNKNOWN_370

If possible? Use the car next to you as a guage. Make sure you and the other car have the same clearance up front. You may have a concrete parking bumper and he may not or vice versa.

Apoc370z

Yup that is what i usually do, especially when i park next to the same car. Either that i just use the reflection on the other car if i can.

The concrete bumper is my main concern. But thanks for the advice

shadoquad

I've scraped the bottom of the Z's chin several times. It's urethane, so it won't rust. Nobody's really going to see the scrapes unless she's up on a lift. So I just plain don't care. I avoid it whenever possible, but I don't get bent out of shape when it happens.

Apoc370z

I havent hit anything as of yet cause i am too careful, sometimes i will get out of the car only to see that theres 3-4 feet of room infront of me

shadoquad

Well, like I said, it just plain doesn't matter to me. I've not bent, dented, or warped my Z, and I've scraped the chin several times. I try not to, but when it happens, I breathe easily, back up, and move on with life.

enkei2k

This is exactly how I feel when I'm parallel parking LOL. Objects in mirror are not closer than they appear, but in fact further away for me. haha

beachguard

The secret: look at the reflection of your car in paint of the car next to you, I'd estimate 90% of the time the adjacent car is clean enough to see both your car's nose and the curb.

my2004Z

That's exactly what I do whether I am going forward or in reverse. In any situation I leave about a foot of space since the car is not that long.

bdavis89

I do this, but it's definitely not 90% of the time clean enough.

I have the biggest problem with backing into my garage. Its the angle of the rear window or something. I love how short our cars are, so most of the time its not an issue. I haven't pulled too far into a spot yet.

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IDZRVIT

I have the same problem judging the distance on the front of my vette. No sense in trying to get within inches. A few feet is just fine.

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Apoc370z

I can imagine that it is harder on a vette.