Anonymous
04/11/2026 09:21
Subject: Parking a bigger car
Anonymous wrote:I am currently adjusting from a Forester to now a Sienna. I am a pretty confident front end and parallel parker, but the length of this van is definitely an adjustment. I definitely have to be choosier about spots now, and often end up farther away than in the past. I don't love backing in to spots, but maybe it's time to give that a whirl.
Its easier to back in a larger car than to pull in.
Anonymous
04/05/2026 14:11
Subject: Parking a bigger car
Anonymous wrote:I downsized and just rent a big SUV for longer road trips.
Hardly anyone thinks to do this, but it’s smart to rent for occasional needs.
In some areas (not the DMV) you’ll see people buy huge pickup trucks and 99.9% of the time the bed is empty and they’re using a pickup truck to drive daily to an office building and once a year pick up mulch at Home Depot.
Anonymous
04/05/2026 14:01
Subject: Parking a bigger car
Anonymous wrote:I'm worried about parking it on the street and in parking lots, we are in Bethesda and frequently go to Woodmont Triangle and Rockville.
I wouldn’t worry about parking in the Maryland suburbs. 70% of vehicles there are midsize SUVs/Crossovers. Another 20% are huge SUVs and large minivans.
This isn’t Manhattan.
Anonymous
04/05/2026 12:20
Subject: Parking a bigger car
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote: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?
By the way you just described it, pulling in-backing out of spaces is much easier. Therefore it’s the preferred method of parking for people who struggle at maneuvering a vehicle and tend to be bad drivers to begin with.
We can agree on that.
And there’s an obvious corollary to that:
Backing into a space requires more car control and a better sense of spatial awareness. Therefore people who back in to spaces have better car control and tend to be better drivers overall.
It’s really not up for debate. People who can back into spaces are better, safer drivers.
What a bunch of crap. Ask any back-in driver why they do it and they all say “it’s easier” so no they don’t do it because they are better drivers they do it because normal driving is hard for them.
They’re not lying. It IS easier. For them.
Because they’re superior drivers to begin with. Of course they find it easy. Duh.