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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For gods sake please don’t back in [/quote]

Backing in forever and ever unapologetically amen. [/quote]

I truly don't get this. I would be nervous about backing in to a narrow area with cars on either side that I could scrape. Going forward, easy. Backing into large area, easy. How did backer  inners get the nonchalance about backing in?[/quote]

Backing into a narrow spot is as easy and often easier than going in forward. If driving forward is easy because you know where your front wheels are and how the front of your car pivots about them, backing up is easy because you know how the back of your car pivots about your front wheels. You just get used to it. I was forced to become proficient at parking in tight spaces because I had to parallel park on the street in San Francisco, nyc and Boston before the day of backup cameras. And I lived in Asia and had to park so close to other cars in garages that I had to climb out the back more than I care to remember. I had one nightmare garage situation for 6 months where I had to back up a narrow spiral ramp. I hated every second of it. In general, I think drivers in the U.S. are accustomed to huge parking spaces for their huge cars and they are not as skilled at parking because they don’t have to be. If you ever see a valet in Asia, you will be amazed.

If I hadn’t been forced to park in tight quarters, I wouldn’t have learned on my own. It’s not a skill I set out to learn, but now that I have it, I prefer to park backwards when no one is behind me and when I don’t have to access my trunk. And for all the people who hate drivers who park backwards, I’ll bet they are never annoyed when they are searching for a spot in a full lot, and a car vacates a space by pulling forward neatly and efficiently. [/quote]

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