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>>>>Why does one park into a space by backing up, rather than forward?
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>>> Because you don't have sufficient car control to make the space??
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>>> Seriously, I usually drive in because if you have shopping you can get
>>> to the boot (trunk!) much more easily.
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>> I figured Mark meant parallel parking.
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> Ah right....I usually use speed and the handbrake for that!
Like the one in that commercial? You're lookng at an empty parking spot, you hear squealing tires, and somebody does a half-donut and winds up exactly in the spot. The voice-over says, "[car brand] - for people who can park themselves" - clearly competing with those newfangled self-parking cars.
The maneuver was pretty impressive, if it can really be done. ;-)
Cheers! Rich