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Parallel parking

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout' started by ROXTXIA, Aug 18, 2018.

  1. ROXTXIA

    ROXTXIA Contributing Member

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    Got to teach the wife to parallel park. Want to find a good spot where the traffic isn’t intense so she won’t get skitzy. But where? (West side.)

    Guess we could just drive up and down neighborhoods until we find something.
     
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  3. Buck Turgidson

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    Get 2-4 traffic cones and find a very, very empty parking lot with curbs.
     
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  4. TheRealist137

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    just find some trash cans, or literally any object that can serve as boundaries.
     
  5. Mr. Brightside

    Mr. Brightside Contributing Member

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    Not realistic enough. Hitting a trash can won't teach any lessons. Have to have skin in the game to learn something.
     
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  6. GIGO

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    any DPS or DMV after hours
     
  7. PhiSlammaJamma

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    The best way to do this is to just line up some Dodger fans, and then drive right at them.
     
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  8. Blake

    Blake Contributing Member

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    I suggest a human on each side
     
  9. B-Bob

    B-Bob "94-year-old self-described dreamer"

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    Wearing explosives.
     
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  10. Zboy

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    Try pre-screening.

    Find a spot in between two cars that is narrower than the length of the car she is driving and let her go at it.

    If she cant figure out that the car wont physically fit in that spot, then she is not ready for it.

    You would be surprised by how many on the road would fail this test.
     
  11. Svpernaut

    Svpernaut Contributing Member

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  12. heypartner

    heypartner Contributing Member

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    Most useful gif of all time? Are you kidding!? I can't fap to that.
     
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  13. Svpernaut

    Svpernaut Contributing Member

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    I cannot confirm or deny if I have fapped to it before.
     
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    Someone’s not trying
     
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  15. Falcons Talon

    Falcons Talon Contributing Member

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    I fapped while parallel parking with this gif on my phone.
     
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  16. Buck Turgidson

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    I fail to see how that gif is remotely useful when actually trying to parallel park, unless you mounted some sort of laser system on your wheels.
     
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  17. B-Bob

    B-Bob "94-year-old self-described dreamer"

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    We have the technology.
     
  18. heypartner

    heypartner Contributing Member

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    Agree. Needs commentary. I think the lines connecting the wheels is more of an illustration of why the normal How To instructions work -- more like a "this is why it works" gif.
     
  19. Buck Turgidson

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    and it will be a standard feature on all the self-driving electric cars of the future
     
  20. Ziggy

    Ziggy QUEEN ANON

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    Y'all REALLY love doing this that much, huh?
     
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