I downsized and just rent a big SUV for longer road trips.

Anonymous wrote:You are not a good driver and parker if you are worried about this. It's the same as parking any other car, you go in the middle of the space. If a space is too tight, you find another one.

The bolded is important. You need to accept that a larger vehicle won't fit in as many places. You need to get comfortable with spending more time looking for parking and being willing to park further away. Alternatively you could get comfortable with taking a smaller car on road trips. When I was a kid, people did road trips all the time with four people in a sedan or station wagon, so unless you have more than 2 kids, you might want to re-evaluate if you really "need" a bigger vehicle.

Anonymous wrote:The only thing you’ll have to pay attention with the larger car is the height. Most spaces here are large enough. I have a civic and a pilot, and the only difference I find is in height - some garages with low ceilings don’t accommodate the pilot as well.

but if you’re getting something larger like the sequoia or Yukon or Denali then you may also need to pay attention to width of space though most garages have a mix of spaces.

A newish honda pilot is tiny...not much larger than a CRV.

Please take some parking lessons OP.

Don’t park in compact spots.

Dont drive in georgetown

The only thing you’ll have to pay attention with the larger car is the height. Most spaces here are large enough. I have a civic and a pilot, and the only difference I find is in height - some garages with low ceilings don’t accommodate the pilot as well.

but if you’re getting something larger like the sequoia or Yukon or Denali then you may also need to pay attention to width of space though most garages have a mix of spaces.

Anonymous wrote:You are not a good driver and parker if you are worried about this. It's the same as parking any other car, you go in the middle of the space. If a space is too tight, you find another one.

I hope you find another space rather than park in one that is too tight. I drive a compact SUV and frequently struggle in crowded parking garages (like Trader Joe’s in Clarendon) to open the driver’s side door because some lady driving a minivan or SUV thinks as long as her wheels are on the line another driver parked next to her won’t need to open their doors. I wish there were width restrictions in addition to height restrictions in parking garages.

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Anonymous wrote:For gods sake please don’t back in

Backing in forever and ever unapologetically amen.

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?

Side mirrors and rear cameras give you all the info you need. I have a better view backing in than pulling straight in, because the side mirrors are facing the direction my car is moving. I can use those to accurately see how much space is between my car and the one next to me.

Anonymous wrote:Backing in is a next level skill. Not everyone is able to master it.

How did you learn

Anonymous wrote:Backing in is a next level skill. Not everyone is able to master it.

Oh please. It's dumb and completely unnecessary. I see more people struggling to make the angle while backing in than just pulling in and getting it over with.

Backing in is a next level skill. Not everyone is able to master it.

Anonymous wrote:For gods sake please don’t back in

Backing in is so much easier and quicker. Pulling in and around another car is hard. The only place you dont back up is the grocery store where you need to access the trunk.

Yeah, with the cameras and tech it is not hard. Agree that parking spaces esp in parking garages are too narrow. Street parking (parallel) with the cameras is easier than parking a smaller car without a camera, I think. I just drive out further in the lot or to a different level of the garage if crowded or spaces are too narrow.

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Anonymous wrote:For gods sake please don’t back in

Backing in forever and ever unapologetically amen.

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?