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Try the test (http://www.nuts.co.uk/howsmyparking/email.php?submitting=true&yourname=amanda&youremail=dean&friendsemail=deanfocker%40aol.com)

I parked it without any bumps crashes. I'd like to see how the ladies do on this :p


as for a non spammy topic: Do you find ease or difficulty in parallel parking?

Who's Dean Focker?

Shame you can't demolition derby the other cars. cute by the way

Who's Dean Focker?

Shame you can't demolition derby the other cars. cute by the way

Dean Focker? I have no clue. I stumbled upon this little gem. It made me giggle ;)

Heh, funny.

But I can't park worth a shit. Parallel park? Forget it!

Parallel parking? I can do it, but why bother? Straight in, first time. Gimmie some rear wheel drive lovin.

Oh, dear God. You are talking to the woman who, the second day she had her driver's license, took out her own mailbox.
Let that answer any questions about my parking.

Parallel parking? I can do it, but why bother?

Because perhaps you might live in a place where you *have* to parallel park. I mean go to LA or San Francisco and see how you do.

Try the test (http://www.nuts.co.uk/howsmyparking/email.php?submitting=true&yourname=amanda&youremail=dean&friendsemail=deanfocker%40aol.com)

I parked it without any bumps crashes. I'd like to see how the ladies do on this :p


as for a non spammy topic: Do you find ease or difficulty in parallel parking?

This game is sexist. It is deliberately set up to make it easier for men than for women. This game sends a false message that women are unable to parallel park. The controls are clunky and badly done. This game is discriminatory.

It further discriminates against women by having a supposedly sexy woman praise a "man" for being able to park. The controls as a woman are deliberately designed to give no real control, as forward and reverse are not programmed correctly.

This fucking atrocity of a game assumes two stereotypes! What's in the pants doesn't dictate your ability as a driver!

Whoa, that game was weird. When I said I was male it was really, really easy to park the car and I had no trouble with it but when I said I was female I couldn't get it to work...

About parking in real life, when I took driver's ed they said that parallel parking isn't important so they wouldn't teach me, and it wasn't on the driving test to get the license. So I've never tried it... there hasn't been any need for it. I have some trouble parking sometimes though, but I always see cars that are parked worse than my car is, and I'm still a beginner at driving.

Try the test (http://www.nuts.co.uk/howsmyparking/email.php?submitting=true&yourname=amanda&youremail=dean&friendsemail=deanfocker%40aol.com)

I parked it without any bumps crashes. I'd like to see how the ladies do on this :p


as for a non spammy topic: Do you find ease or difficulty in parallel parking?
Where I took my licence test... Parallel Parking is tested.

you have to park between TWO large tractor tires.... filled to the brim with cement.

the instructor who taught me to drive also taught me to Parallel park in 3 moves... and he told me of tales of cars being totalled by those tires. :p

Oh, dear God. You are talking to the woman who, the second day she had her driver's license, took out her own mailbox.
Let that answer any questions about my parking.

but the mailbox had it coming right? after all it was all the Mailbox's fault for leaping out like that... :D

i used to find parallel parking difficult, but that was when i lived in jersey where the parking spaces are always no more than 6 inches longer than your car. in edinburgh it's piss easy, plus the streets are 50% wider.

This fucking atrocity of a game assumes two stereotypes! What's in the pants doesn't dictate your ability as a driver!
I dunno... I can think of alot of things that could be put in one's pants that would affect one's driving ability.

starting with a rabid weasel... :D

I dunno... I can think of alot of things that could be put in one's pants that would affect one's driving ability.

starting with a rabid weasel... :D

Oh man, tell me about it!

Wait, on second thought, please don't.

I parallel park almost daily, so I'm pretty good at it

Where I took my licence test... Parallel Parking is tested.

you have to park between TWO large tractor tires.... filled to the brim with cement.

the instructor who taught me to drive also taught me to Parallel park in 3 moves... and he told me of tales of cars being totalled by those tires. :p

There are places that don't test parallel parking? :eek:

There are places that don't test parallel parking? :eek:

In parallel universes.

In parallel universes.

Zing!

I suck at parallel parking. I bumped the cone on my drivers test, which wasn't bad enough to fail me, and I've parallel parked once since then (about three years).

There are places that don't test parallel parking? :eek:

yep.

imagine my surprise too.

they don't do "the panic stop" either.

Its not that hard: line up correct, go back. Left wheel once, right wheel twice, left wheel once to straighten up.

I live in New Jersey but I commute to NYC every morning.

In the city, there's no way to park BUT parallel parking...if you find a space...after two hours of circling the block. YAY MASS TRANSIT!

So yeah, I'm ace at parallel parking (though on the test I did come within centimeters of the cone) just cause of where I live. I envy people who don't see a need for it.

It seems a bunch of the people here didn't get the joke.

Yeah, my parallel parking is pretty shitty. Actually, my driving is pretty shitty. Just yesterday I drove over my garbage barrel. :(

yep.

imagine my surprise too.

they don't do "the panic stop" either.

...

I hereby decree all drivers' licenses from these testing locations null and void, and declare that whoever created the criteria for those tests is fired and charged with 2nd degree criminal stupidity.

A :rolleyes: for the game.

In real life, I'm either excellent or I screw it up irredemably. The latter typically happens when there are other people in the car...

There are places that don't test parallel parking? :eek:

They didn't teach us that here or test us on it. There aren't really any places around here that have parallel parking.

This game is sexist. It is deliberately set up to make it easier for men than for women. This game sends a false message that women are unable to parallel park. The controls are clunky and badly done. This game is discriminatory.

It further discriminates against women by having a supposedly sexy woman praise a "man" for being able to park. The controls as a woman are deliberately designed to give no real control, as forward and reverse are not programmed correctly.

This fucking atrocity of a game assumes two stereotypes! What's in the pants doesn't dictate your ability as a driver!

Wow. You know, you think you can trust childish pseudo-porn sites for deliberative social critique, and then they go and tilt the playing field in a flash animation game.

And another little piece of my soul dies.

I've starting getting MUCH better at parking since I've started driving in Japan.

My parking spot at home is barely the width of my car. :p

Try the test (http://www.nuts.co.uk/howsmyparking/email.php?submitting=true&yourname=amanda&youremail=dean&friendsemail=deanfocker%40aol.com)

I parked it without any bumps crashes. I'd like to see how the ladies do on this :p

as for a non spammy topic: Do you find ease or difficulty in parallel parking?
Here is a guy who really doesn't know how to park a car (http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=3bd_1193215549)!! :eek:

I live in New Jersey but I commute to NYC every morning.

In the city, there's no way to park BUT parallel parking...if you find a space...after two hours of circling the block. YAY MASS TRANSIT!

So yeah, I'm ace at parallel parking (though on the test I did come within centimeters of the cone) just cause of where I live. I envy people who don't see a need for it.
Everyone knows that parallel parking in a city should be done using the bump method (back up till you bump the car behind you, pull forward till you bump)

How else do you get your car into a space that is clearly too small? Sure, you can keep circling, but we don't all have another 5 hours to waste.

I can park my caboose pretty much anywhere I want.
Car...not so much.

men parking
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fV35mVrwhUQ

omfg woman parking
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMB-lOZo0PA

omfg woman parking
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMB-lOZo0PA

More like Italians parking.

Here is a guy who really doesn't know how to park a car (http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=3bd_1193215549)!! :eek:

HAHAHA

cant beleive h didnt even notice hen it went in the rivr

FOOL!

Here is a guy who really doesn't know how to park a car (http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=3bd_1193215549)!! :eek:

Ack, poor guy. It cracks me up how he doesn't even react after the car is gone, though. :P

I dunno... I can think of alot of things that could be put in one's pants that would affect one's driving ability.

starting with a rabid weasel... :D

:p Rabid weasels are NOT something one would want to put down one's pants. *nods*

And never piss off little old ladies...
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Vx5ydm99Cqc

Ack, poor guy. It cracks me up how he doesn't even react after the car is gone, though. :P
Totally hilarious!! :)

Bet he won't do that again......do feel kinda sorry for the guy though.

Edit: Then there are those that insist upon parking their car, come high hell or blown transmissions:

Well, have seen it all. Women trying to park not once but------- (http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=61e2aaf209)

omfg woman parking
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMB-lOZo0PA
I can't believe she kept trying for 4 minutes. Sheesh.

It reminded me that I can't for the life of me parallel park on the left side of the street, though. I don't even bother trying unless the spot is big enough for a bus.

Well, have seen it all. Women trying to park not once but------- (http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=61e2aaf209)

:eek:
Wow...
I would just wait until the idiot stepped out of the car. I mean honestly, isn't that breaking some sort of law?

:eek:
Wow...
I would just wait until the idiot stepped out of the car. I mean honestly, isn't that breaking some sort of law?
If I was a cop and saw it, I would charge the driver of the red car with dangerous driving. Pushing the other car into traffic is definitely dangerous.

Also would charge her for being stupid in a public place. :p

parallel parking is easy, if you know what you are doing.......

but the mailbox had it coming right? after all it was all the Mailbox's fault for leaping out like that... :D

Yes, the mailbox had it coming. :p Actually, my dad and I had never practiced that delicate skill called along-the-street-without-any-other-cars-present parking, and I had to park along the street that evening. So I did the logical thing: I pulled over and drove along the edge of the street. My right wing mirror hit the mailbox, swinging it back and forth on the pole. Closer inspection revealed that the mailbox pole had splintered up the center. My car was completely undamaged. :D I love my car.

parallel parking is easy, if you know what you are doing.......

That goes without saying. And can thus be left unsaid. mu!

Anybody else notice the illegality of the parallel park?

after I parked I had a craving for a milk shake???

Parallel parking is easy, I do it every day.