Parallel parking.

[philzilla]

Jeez, guys. Use a paper bag for hyperventilation.

ok, im good now

 

[AllanD]

In NY, it is.

Also Pennsylvania, Florida and NewJersey.

I KNOW this personally as I was asked to demonstrate when getting a license in each of those states.


As for practicing against my truck?
I really doubt I'd notice if they hit it.

They'd FEEL it for sure.


Versus my Saab?

If I saw an actual driving instructor with a student I'd have a little chat with him and explain the basic facts of life to him...
Basically he could bring his students and practice all he liked

But I liked sitting in a lawnchair behind some bushes with a
cold six-pack of Jolt Cola a box of power bars and a semi-automatic rifle.

Not threateningly, just sharing facts that they might not be aware of....





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[lil red]

haha
ya im from nj
and im getting mycousn to take me for my driving test in her focus
i figure if i can drive my uncles beat, clutchless(almost cluchless, its close to gone) dumptruck as well as i can, an automati focus will be cake to paralell park
that or im takeing my moms jeep with the top down, but its manual so that mught be hard, im not that great going slow

 

[koda6966]

haha
ya im from nj
and im getting mycousn to take me for my driving test in her focus
i figure if i can drive my uncles beat, clutchless(almost cluchless, its close to gone) dumptruck as well as i can, an automati focus will be cake to paralell park
that or im takeing my moms jeep with the top down, but its manual so that mught be hard, im not that great going slow

I just popped my tailgate off so I could see my bumper by just looking back
Its great knowing where it is at all times.. I have to put it back on sometime now that I took the test. Haha

 

[rockin86ranger]

in arkansas for the motorcycle test they have you follow a student driver so if your that driver you get to take a shorter road test and skip the parallel parking. so i just made sue someone wanted their motorcycle liscence. jk but thats how my bro passed. its not manditory here but it can hurt you to fail it.

 

[Mark_88]

I got more dings in a supermarket parking lot than from all the student drivers that used to come into the parking lot where I worked...women shoppers on caffeine are the worst drivers...especially in those 'bargain' plazas where they driver beaters...

 

[koda6966]

Just slap an exocage around your truck.
Kid would be scared to damage his own ride.

 

[exbass94]

I would never want someone practicing near my truck. I knnow it's good that they're practicing parking, and it's a skill they should definitely learn, but I say go practice near someone else's car. I also park reeallllly far away in parking lots, so no careless assholes bang their doors into my truck.

 

[rickcdewitt]

If it were my truck, I'd watch and hope they would hit it, so I could see what kind of damage would be done to their vehicle.

lol,thats the case with my truck too.

That's FAR better than some numbnuts tourist in San Francisco with a weak parking brake parallel parking very badly, and then having it roll into you.

if you look at the cars there you can tell its a pretty regular occurance.i diffinately would buy an auto tranny rig if i had the misfortune of living in the gay bay. i've got a few clutch jobs from frisco drivers.

on a side note you should see the hybrids et cetera scatter when i carve out enough room for my truck to maneuver down there.i love a rig that looks like it probably isen't insured and could tear a new one in most shiny new yuppymobiles.
until the cops pull you over on suspision of jumping like in the steve mcqueen movie bullet.hey i can't help it its fun as hell seeing the look of some fool in a honda as you touch down from 10 ft away

 

[rickcdewitt]

in arkansas for the motorcycle test

my grandpa got his license in arkansas when he was 13.his mother brought him in and told the woman behind the desk that her son had lost his license and needed a new one,bada-bing.he only used it to move farm equipment and trucks,his first car was still a mule.rode it all over,loved mules even till he passed away.

 

[Evan]

Jeez, guys. Use a paper bag for hyperventilation.

I usually don't get too worked up about cars, but here's why I'd get mine the hell out of there if I saw someone using it as a road cone...

My car is vehicle #583 out of 3384. There are only a few of its kind that are in the condition it's in. For me it's not a matter of money. It would be VERY difficult to find a replacement body part for the car. And when something is damaged and needs to be fixed or replaced, it lowers the value of a rare car forever. Collectors are very anal when it comes to vehicle history and originality of parts.

It would be STUPID for someone to practice driving manuevers near a car like mine, as a small hit could easily cost them thousands of dollars in a no-fault state.

Like I said, they can crash into my Explorer all day long. Maybe I'll get lucky and they'll bend a body panel back into its correct shape..

 

[MAKG]

if you look at the cars there you can tell its a pretty regular occurance.i diffinately would buy an auto tranny rig if i had the misfortune of living in the gay bay. i've got a few clutch jobs from frisco drivers.

You claim to live in northern CA?

Frisco is in Colorado. You should know that.

San Francisco is a challenge on a clutch, but nothing a reasonably competent driver can't figure out. I still manage to get 150,000 miles out of mine. I used to go there very regularly, though not so much anymore.

on a side note you should see the hybrids et cetera scatter when i carve out enough room for my truck to maneuver down there.i love a rig that looks like it probably isen't insured and could tear a new one in most shiny new yuppymobiles.

Don't make s**t up. You can't get a hybrid driver out of your way if you're driving an M-1 Abrams down Market St.

 

[rickcdewitt]

Frisco is in Colorado. You should know that.

sorry used that as slang since i was a kid,diden't mean to insult your sense of geography.i SHOULD know that i guess, i did win several geography bee's in school

I still manage to get 150,000 miles out of mine.

not if you lived on one of those streets that are at a 35-40 angle,those fools tear up their cars in a hurry.body and drivetrain wise

Don't make s**t up. You can't get a hybrid driver out of your way if you're driving an M-1 Abrams down Market St.

o.k. bud,you should watch me claim space merging or at 4 way stops,specially if the tires are chirping or just touching down.

you are right about the oblivious ones though they'd go right under the tank

on a side note-did you get up on the wrong side of the bed again?you seem a little crabby

 

[Boggin]

If i knew it was you i wouldnt care , lol
but seriouisly, if i was an adult and saw some parraleling around my truck, i honestly wouldnt care, though if they hit it, i would park right in front of they're car and slap it in reverse and floor it right through them!

 

[Legend]

Someone paid a debt by giving me their 1974 Harley Electraglide with 700 miles on it. They had dumped it, broke some stuff and were afraid to ride it again. When I got it fixed up enough to need to take it places to have other things fixed, I needed a motorcycle endorsement. Went for the driving test. They had 2 rows of cones about 3 ft apart, maybe 75 ft long with a circle at the end probably 15 ft diameter. You have to ride down the row, make a u turn in the circle and ride back without putting a foot down. Hopeless! Even right at the edge of the circle with the front wheel against the stop it wouldn't come close to turning inside the circle. The examiner said, "Nobody ever takes their test on one of those. Go borrow a buddy's dirt bike and come back." I went back on Sunday afternoon when the cones were gone, but the parking lot had paint blobs where the cones should be. I discovered if I gave it enough gas and laid it clear over onto the foot peg, I could spin it around without putting a foot down. Went back on Monday and passed just fine. Examiner said he had never seen anyone do that, but since I didn't put a foot down, he guessed it was ok and passed me. Had some great times on that bike. Wifey and I went on a 7,500 mile trip the summer of '79.