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Re: Be honest, can you parallel park?

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Not it my life depended on it,  my daughter on the other hand is a pro !!!   Have no idea where she gets it from LOL !!

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Re: Be honest, can you parallel park?

No, but it's on my bucket list. 😊

 

I live in the city where in certain neighborhoods parking is at a premium and very congested.  If I ever try to get into a spot and another car pulls up behind me, I freak and just end up driving away.  😕

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Re: Be honest, can you parallel park?

@GenXmuse @birkinbaby

 

Ha HA ha ha!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I literally LOL

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Re: Be honest, can you parallel park?

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Absolutely although I do admit I have more difficulty parking on the left side than the right.   I can do it, but may take an attempt or two when parking on the left but can do it none the less.

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Re: Be honest, can you parallel park?

I got a 100% on my parallel parking test, but failed the driving part of the test---made an acute left turn and wide right turn. ....just a matter of knowing when to turn the wheel while backing in.

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Re: Be honest, can you parallel park?

Yes!  Actually I'm pretty good at parallel parking.  

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Re: Be honest, can you parallel park?

Not without hitting the car in front of me and behind me......

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Re: Be honest, can you parallel park?

Yes, and on both sides of the street.  We have a three quarter ton SUV that I can park.  I also can tow a 34 ft travel trailer and a 24 ft pontoon boat.

 

Because I am so short, I can't back the empty boat trailer into the water unless I am the only one at the ramp.  There are three spaces to back your boat trailer into the water.  I tend to take my half in the middle of two of them,  I can't see the trailer in the rear view window in such a high vehicle.   

 

I can't put the boat on the trailer either.  I have tried several times.  There are always people sitting at the boat ramp on folding chairs watching people launching their boats and taking them out.  They find it entertaining.,. And sometime it is.  I don't like those people watching me.  

 

My DH is a pro,  he is really good.  He can back a fire truck into the station with only 6 inches of clearance on both sides. He has been doing this since he was 16 years old.

 

 

 

 

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Re: Be honest, can you parallel park?

Nope...no can do

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Re: Be honest, can you parallel park?

Prefer not to but can do it.  When my children were learning to drive, I sat in a chair on the front lawn and would make them practice for an hour at a time in front of the house between cones.  They didn't like it but they learned.