How to Parallel Park in Tight Spaces

After some comments on a parallel parking video I uploaded to KZbin a little while ago, I decided to do another showing how are you can fit into tighter spaces.
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[@michaelhope8899]

Parallel parking is one of those things that is tough when you first start. But when you’re practised and more confident, you get the feel of the car. It becomes second nature

[@alexevans9379]

Definitely! It was tricky cuz I found that instructors teach you how to drive THEIR car, which might not necessarily work in your own car. My second instructor was a far better teacher.

[@linedwell]

My top tip... Only opt for very tight spaces if there is no other option. I see people take minutes to parallel park to save them a 30 second walk from a wide open space just up the road. Similar happens in supermarket carparks, spend minutes trying to get close to the store to save them 30 second walk.

[@hybridangel3403]

I know what you mean I am greatful I have a car so if I have to walk I will do it.

[@scottlaaa]

In supermarkets i park the car further away than anyone else that way you don’t get anyone dinking your door, it’s always the same idiots who can’t be arsed walking who dink it! I had one woman a couple of weeks ago resting her door against my car at the nursery while i was dropping my son off, she drove up the one way system the wrong way and I went mad at her. She said she was running late so she thought it was an acceptable excuse to drive like a bellend! Following Tuesday she does the same! I might leave 5 minutes earlier next week and make her go around the hospital correctly 😂

[@justanotherviewer4821]

@@scottlaaa Story checks out. She sounds like a right C You Next Tuesday... so not surprised she was back on that day

[@pwners4u]

Most people parallel parking is outside their home and people park it outside to know if someone is stealing their catalytic converter or not (joke but not a joke)

[@pjotrh]

This made me think of another situation that u might consider for a video... sometimes ppl completely box your parked car in, not leaving a proper amount of space for u to get out of a parallel parking spot. Maybe u can make a video on how to best wiggle out of something like that.

[@ivanhowlett4907]

I think that getting out of a tight spot is easier than getting in.

[@ibs5080]

@@ivanhowlett4907 I tend to agree with that actually. Reason being that when getting out of a tight spot, ones actions and course are more clearly defined compared to getting in, since it's pretty much just a case of back and forth on full lock each time until you're out.

[@johnny2hats330]

It's one of those things I can do really well when I'm relaxed and don't really think about it. If there's someone watching me, I try to give a textbook example then usually end up at the wrong angle.

[@frafraplanner9277]

Same

[@youraveragejoe1]

Parallel parking is the main thing I’m nervous about/expecting to struggle with when I start lessons and do my test, so thanks for this!

[@TheChipmunk2008]

Just don't panic... it's easy to try to rush when you feel you're holding up traffic. The instructor/examiner will take care of the idiots for you :)

[@ProzYYnc]

I used to love parallel parking when I was learning, I was actually pretty good... Then when I started driving myself I just kind of forgot how, I always seem to mess up by mounting the kerb or being too far away. I don't need to park like that very often so I think i've just lost my ability to parallel park lol.

[@melgrant7404]

If you don't use it you lose it!

[@sanchoodell6789]

8:12 "Dropping the mic, You know what I'm like!" MC BMW! 😃

[@scottlaaa]

I was taught to use the centre of my rear window as a marker as when to straighten up, as soon as the kerb is in the centre of the window straighten up and boom you’re in!

[@melgrant7404]

You could use that for reversing around a corner.

[@scottlaaa]

@@melgrant7404 i thought that reversing around a corner wasn’t used by examiners nowadays?

[@melgrant7404]

@@scottlaaa no I meant for your own use if you ever had to

[@prince_linus8900]

It's not tight if you can walk between the cars. :)

[@alanhindmarch657]

I’m regularly asked, how did you get your car in there? As I’m now retired, I’m regularly on Granddad duties dropping off and pick up Grandchildren at school. I noticed a lot of mothers struggled to park, over a few weeks I have managed to help and get parents to practice parking and most have improved or at least try to park even if they still need a little help.

[@roxdude]

Rear end in 1st at the correct angle and you can get into any space alot smaller than those shown on the video. My neighbours are amazed how i get into the small space they leave. Without touching amy car.. Yet it takes them a good 10 mins sometimes to park in a average space.

[@Nononoone]

I live in Spain here you just reverse until you hit and then pull forward 😂😂😂😂

[@ollieb9875]

That's what bumpers are for! 😅👍

[@mckenzie403]

I’ve seen bumper to bumper parking in Barcelona. So it says it all.😂

[@Nononoone]

@@mckenzie403 yup 🤣 that's why I drive a old Audi

[@chromiumphotography5138]

Have had that happen to me recently in the UK. Parked outside my house around lunchtime. About 5pm a converted people carrier with an oversized 'Leave 3m space for wheelchair access' parked about two inches from the front of my vehicle. Later my neighbour managed to squeeze into the marked bay below the people carrier. Next morning the driver of the people carrier finds he can't get out. My daughter caught him ramming backwards and forwards to get out videoing on her phone. Waiting to hear back from my insurance. The driver was quite shocked at being confronted with two phones videoing as I had just got out from the shower (but was dressed!). Needless to say it was my fault for blocking him in - my tracker can prove otherwise in conjunction with dashcam footage.

[@Carnology]

In regards to dipping the mirror, as I'm sure you know, this happens on BMWs that are equipped with electric folding mirrors as long as the mirror select switch is one way or the other. I always found it dipped the mirror far too low to only see the curb and nothing else. Luckily, it's easy enough to code BMWs and change the value of the mirror dip so that it doesn't dip as far down, this really helps!

[@jony6107]

There was a lot of space there, not that hard to do it. Give it a go when you have 1 feet behind and 1 feet in front😂😂, without any parking sensors and all that modern crap

[@inasteinbergs1393]

Oh yes! I’ve manoeuvred my 26 years old Jeep Cherokee and parallel parked with a gap of less than 1 foot at either end. Mind you, I have been driving it for the 23 years, so I’m very aware of the Jeep’s length and width by now.😂

[@tabmax22]

how to *actually* parallel park in an *actual* tight space: 1. Pull up parallel next to the car that you wish to parallel park behind, maintaining about a 3ft distance from it 2. align the back of your car with the back of the other car (or front depending on which way it's facing) that you wish to parallel park behind 3. full lock your steering wheel in the direction that you will be reversing into the spot 4. reverse back, keeping the steering wheel full locked, until the car is angled around roughly 35-40 degrees from the car you're parking behind 5. once this angle is reached, stop and straighten up your steering wheel 6. reverse straight back, keeping your steering wheel straight, until the front of your car is now in line with the back (or front) of the car you wish to parallel park behind 7. full lock your steering wheel in the opposite direction to which you full locked in step 3 8. reverse into the spot you're welcome

[@_Jem_]

I do everything you buy have said accept the first bit I don't do full lock, I do 1+1/4 so the steering wheel is at a 90 degree angle this way my front end won't swing in too close to the car.

[@stevenspilsbury9801]

Live in a terraced street for a year or two after that parking will never be a problem

[@piciu256]

I wouldn't call it a tight space though, that's enough space to go in/ out in one go, what I call a tight space is a space 1 meter longer than your full size car, it's possible to fit but always a bit of a fight.

[@privatename1250]

Nah 50cm is plenty. Never hit a car yet

[@piciu256]

@@privatename1250 depends on the car, on the turning radius really, my car is pretty long and doesn't turn the wheels very far, so it either requires more space, or a lot more turns to fit in there.

[@andrewhayward9428]

Your Website is very informative. Here is the, BUT. That is not a tight space !

[@pwners4u]

If he had the same space behind as in front on the second time he parked that is a tight space. Most people wouldn’t try and park with less than a foot in front and behind because if either car in front or behind leaves and someone comes and parks close you can’t get out

[@stechriswillgil3686]

Driving instructors don’t like risking their car insurance. One scrape on that car and your looking at 2k min because of all the tech behind the front wing ! And that’s not including the other two cars you’ve fucked up ! One of my neighbours can squeeze his works van in between to cars in a residential street that’s chock full , with 6 inches to spare front and rear ! How he does it , I do not know !

[@philtabest]

@@stechriswillgil3686 LOL, one of my friends drives a van in Oxford and he is fantastic at parking. I complemented his parking skills once and asked him how he does it. His response was "You have to learn when you have such a big vehicle.".

[@Vincent77654]

Had to park at 4am in Portsmouth as was night time taxi driver. No parking spaces past 7pm ever. So at 4 in morning was only spaces that other people couldn’t get into. Had to park sometimes by touching bumpers with both cars front and back inching it in, backwards and forth 20 odd times to fit in spaces with less than 8inches combined front and back. Almost rocking the cars on their suspensions to get another inch of space. My record was in a space when the car in front had a tow bar which allowed me to work around it and let me to rock it on the suspension a little more than usual. When I got in the space my bumper was touching the car behind and the gap to the tow bar was the width of Vauxhall Astra key fob. My day driver could not go to work that day because cars on both side’s didn’t move the next day and she couldn’t get it out. Because you can’t park touching bumpers in the day but you can at night along as alarms don’t go off.

[@aztechproductions5146]

Buy blind spot mirrors. Honestly, best £5 you'll spend for your car. I haven't declared them though, wonder if they count as a "modification" for insurance

[@andyalder7910]

I used to have to shuffle back and forwards half a dozen times to park when I worked in London, can barely park in a space the size of a bus stop nowadays!

[@patrickmooney5035]

Show off! I need double that!

[@MrWaheedulHaque]

Remember lads adjust your mirrors helps a lot, i like to keep a tiny bit of the car door handle showing on mirror so you know how close the car is compared to everything else

[@melgrant7404]

Getting the right size space is what counts. Not too tight other wise you may not get out again

[@Shyted]

I reckon it’s about 6 years since I last did a parallel park, haven’t ever needed to. Might have to go out and give it a go somewhere quiet.

[@tj4234]

The parallel park and the bay park are, in my opinion, my two best manoeuvres.

[@andyb8015]

nice little rhyme at the end

[@Joelb485]

Well executed!

[@richardhowlett9424]

Thought you would have put hazards on when reversing on a street like that . Not showing how near the kerb you ended up .

[@chrislaing7153]

The technique that I was taught for the first turn. You start the first turn when the rear wheel fo your car is at the rear/front of the car you are alongside. The best way to tell where that point is - on most cars, the centre of the rear wheel is directly below the top of the rear seat. Therefore, as the top of the back seat is at the end of the parallel car, start turning.

[@mikehunter2844]

Excellent video Ashley.

[@lionelbick218]

The references you use are more or less similar to how I coached majority of my pupils. Know I only do fleet training in vans the first question I ask is, is this manoeuvre necessary. Secondly, in a van with a 25 metre blindspot and no sensors to aid, is that accuracy is second to safety, so being fussy about how tight to the kerb the van is not important due to the 4'4" overhang shaving the kerbstone and any other bits of street furniture. As long as other road users can safely clear my van and I've left enough room ahead to move off all's good.

[@GMBasix]

I use the Alastair Moffatt technique. Demonstrated on KZbin. Takes some practice, though.

[@hybridangel3403]

How about blind spot mirrors?

[@mikehunter2844]

One of the cheapest and best inventions ever for a road vehicle.

[@lloydwright3661]

1:55 luaghs in french parking video* 🌚

[@alexthomsonuk]

What do you mean when you say about when the road disappears start turning? Disappears from where sorry?

[@bradburyrobinson]

I suspect it means that as you're looking in the left/passenger mirror as you start the manoeuvre, with the one turn left, then once you've moved a bit and can no longer see any of the road in the mirror you should then put the two right turns on the wheel to start the front end moving in towards the kerb. If you think about what your left mirror can see it's the left side of your car including the left rear wheel, so if you see no road any more then it probably means that your wheel's going to hit the kerb.

[@alexthomsonuk]

@@bradburyrobinson that does make more sense now yeah. I'll have to give it a try in my vehicles and see how I get on

[@phillipsiviter2024]

With a bit of effort you can get onto and out of tighter spaces - practice, practice, practice.

[@claireitsme]

Im always 95% on parallel parking on my first go...I pick where i position the back of my Focus and go for the full lock...To my credit ive never crashed or hit anything...I dont believe in accidents but do accept if my car is stationery then anything can occur.,..I just mean if you drive correctly and read the road then it makes you a good driver....

[@supergeekjay]

I don't believe in accidents either. An accident is not a single event but a series of avoidable ones. If your driving skill is good enough that you are looking ahead and always observing, planning what others may do, accidents shouldn't happen. Good luck in the future :)

[@claireitsme]

@@supergeekjay hi James...Thankyou for your reply...Totally agree but having watched and listened to Ashley Neal i realise there are some people out there who need to check their thinking...Ashley Neals car was crashed into while he had popped to the supermarket , while Ashleys car was stationery...Ashley came back to his car being hit but thankfully he has a dashcam and was able to see what happened...I now realise thanks to Ashley Neal videos anything csn happen at anytime...I like Ashley Neal videos as they remind me to check my own driving so i can stay safe....Ashley Neal has taught me to expect the unexpected in how people drive and cause they think they are good drivers that some will be aggressive to others....Ashley Neal videos are the best as Ashley Neal explains things in great detail...Ashley Neal is a top drawer driving instructor....Thankyou James

[@radishpea6615]

Mmm 2nd park, not that tight a space we could not see the car behind. I think it would have helped if you could have shown the position of your car relative to the Renault before you started to reverse and then also shown a view from the kerb side, of your position during the reverse, when you turned the steering wheel etc. When there is a car behind the concern can make getting into a space all the more difficult as there is the worry of hitting it. You also had the time and space to straighten your steering wheel. Put it into a space between cars and your reversing sensors have gone to single tone with your front wheels still full lock to the right and to straighten them you have to shunt. Even better, you have to shunt to get in and out as there is not enough space to reverse in in one. The car behind is what probably makes it more difficult for nervous drivers, you did not have that concern. I have a tow bar on my car and I only stop reversing when the parking sensors have gone to single tone. Without the tow bar there is still quite a gap, with the tow bar on as well.... it's tight.

[@ashley_neal]

So, I answer your comment on the last parking video categorically, and you then respond like this. Wow!

[@radishpea6615]

@@ashley_neal sorry Ashley but look at what I said, is there anything that may have made your video better and more helpful? Don't just take offence, you seem to get upset because you don't get praise, you get that from so many others you really don't need mine. I suggested information that may have helped others but instead of taking it on board you have gotten upset and seemed to have ignored what I said about the car behind being a concern for nervous / inexperienced drivers. You shown your steering but not your position to anything.

[@ashley_neal]

This was your comment:- "That was rather a large space for you to get into, road can be seen in front of your car. Do that with a space a lot smaller, no more than 1.5 times the length of the car. I don't think your method would work, not enough space for just one turn left on the reverse" You were wrong! The whole point of this video was to show people how to get into smaller spaces. I have done many parallel parking videos showing the method I use, the positions I take, how much steering and even what to do if you have to shuffle forward. There is no point replicating all this information on this upload. kzbin.info/www/bejne/iF6wZ4ajab6Jo5Y kzbin.info/www/bejne/f5jFeXSCZ6dqd6c kzbin.info/www/bejne/j5yolp-gnNl9b5I I won't answer any more of your comments in the future, I will let you keep thinking you are correct. At the end of the day all I'm trying to do is help but one thing I have learned over the years ais you can't help people who don't want to be helped. Thanks for watching, Ashley.

[@radishpea6615]

@@ashley_neal there is never any need for you to answer anything I say. Such a shame you cannot deal with anyone that comments non positively about what you say or your videos, that says something about you. If you dont want to show your starting position and where you were when you turned your steering wheel that is up to you, if you think not doing so is helpful, that is also up to you. I am sure more people will agree with you then me, so smile Ashley, smile.

[@ashley_neal]

Incorrect is different from non positive. That don’t forget is the whole point of the channel

[@cw2126]

👍👍👍 nice car ❤️

[@davidellis8141]

All well and good but you had sensors and ignored them, a less experienced driver wouldn’t be able to do this and judge distance as you did. Some people can’t reverse into parking bay let alone parallel park. Or like the lady who hit your car going forward. I would also suggest you must leave enough room front and back for less experienced drivers to get out or risk coming back to a damaged car.

[@danieledwards3376]

The real trick is to do a handbrake turn and slide it in sideways.

[@melgrant7404]

Love to see Ashley try that

[@memduh4166]

time bowl

[@Potts2k8]

A BMW with indicators?? Absurd!!

[@Georginachester]

“Find another parking space”

[@barrygoodman2781]

or like me buy a car that self parallel parks its self ha ha ha

[@703sam]

remember not to box other cars in

[@melgrant7404]

Or allow your self to be boxed in by being too tight a space.

[@703sam]

@@melgrant7404 yes, i learned this quickly after passing my test

[@Captain-Cardboard]

Fun fact! The last time I parallel-parked was on my driving test the best part of 30 years ago! These days I just find somewhere empty and walk back. Well, it's healthier for me!

[@highdownmartin]

You must wear out some shoes, walking 300 miles/ week

[@tonymcgeachin9906]

@rogue Hope you don't keep/put your headlights on then, blinding oncoming drivers. Parking lights only in those situations.

[@TheChipmunk2008]

@@tonymcgeachin9906 yes, one of my pet hates, vehicles stopped on the wrong side with headlights blinding me

[@tonymcgeachin9906]

@@TheChipmunk2008 Indeed, my driving instructor made the point to me in the 1980s. I already knew from when I was a kid because I noticed headlights would illuminate kerbs and hedgerows not the centre of the road. Yes, a real bugbear.

[@ceesmith]

Me too. I go into supermarket car parks and see people struggling to get into bays near the front of the shops. 30 metres away it's free and clear and that'll do me thank you.

[@hozzer68]

How to parallel park. Work hard, get a car with park assistant. Job done.🤣

[@jvoric]

😂😂

[@EinkOLED]

Buy a small car.

[@TheWarwar123123]

@@EinkOLED buy a bike

[@johnbower7452]

@@EinkOLED Smart cars; they fit in even smaller gaps and you don't even have to parallel park them. So short you just back them up to the kerb. LOL

[@johnbower7452]

It can fail you know: I've seen a video of it hitting a car.

[@iKaGe01]

Worst parallel parks involve a thin road with cars either side. That isn't fun as it lessens your chances of getting into tighter spots. I used to be pretty good in my old Micra but my new bigger car is a problem for me even after 4 months and 360 cameras

[@susanwestern6434]

I had an old 1960s Mini looking Micra, which I could parallel park in very tight spaces. My new Micra is bigger and not so easy.

[@highdownmartin]

Try that in a 1961 lwb Landy. No pas. 47’turning circle. And people STILL park right up against you!

[@matthewsmith2787]

I have rarely parallel parked since passing my test. It’s not that hard, but does require lots of concentration

[@ollieg4169]

I got parallel park on my test and managed to do it quite easily. I think it can be easier then reverse bay parking if you have plenty of space.

[@johnbower7452]

When I did online grocery deliveries for one of the major supermarkets I got in a space and couldn't even get the back step down or the doors open; needless to say I had quite the struggle getting the customer's shopping out. Did get a compliment from a truck driver though on my ability. Can't put it down to skill now as both my van and car have reversing sensors.

[@Equiluxe1]

At one time there was an extra wheel you could have on the back of the car at right angle to the car. to park you put the front of the car into the slot pressed a button and the back of the car was lifted up and the wheel swung the back of the car round into the space to get the wheel was reversed. Nothing like that on the market now and its needed more than ever judging from the muddle I have seen some people in, saw one with a smart car last week trying to get into a gap outside the bank, gave up after a few minutes and drove off so just for kicks I parked my Mitsubishi pick up in the space in one go.

[@davidrumming4734]

Awkward. I’m using the full lock variation. Yes it does mean you get closer to the car in front when turning in. Mirrors....my boxy Honda jazz (Honda Fit) doesn’t seem to have big enough mirrors for the size of the car-from series 3 onward these cars are considerably bigger than the earlier models. It’s not like a hatchback. The mirrors imo need an extra couple of inches or CM on the bottom. I have to adjust the mirrors quite often because of this. Anyone know if the U.K./EU spec Jazz has smaller EU regulation mirrors compared with the Honda Fit in Japan/US markets? It certainly feels like it. Front + rear parking sensors are almost essential & backup camera is very useful to have.

[@maitridajames1997]

I'm a new driver and am reasonably confident with parallel parking in optimal conditions but wonder if you have any additional tips about this manoeuvre in a narrow road like mine packed with cars. It means less space for the front of the car to 'swing out' when reversing into the space even if the space is big enough. I tend to give up and park elsewhere!

[@bentennyson2398]

In the town where I live you have to deal with this constantly, because people never leave enough space for anyone to park easily. One day I spotted a place and decided to go for it, and everyone ask me how I got there. I got out to see and I was surprised myself as I'm usually rubbish at parking, but honestly there was about 6 inches room either end of my car. Back then I had a mk2 renault megane cc which is a fairly long car.

[@Vincent77654]

My funniest car parking story was when I was a student and my mate had a Nissan/Datsan sunny car, yes it did have both names on it. He couldn’t get into a space he tried 3 times and said no it won’t fit its to tight. As he pulled out of his final attempt I said stop and told him to reverse slowly as he reversed I grabbed the steering wheel from the passenger seat and steered the car straight into the space absolutely perfect. He did swear and never forgave me ! It might have been more luck than judgement but I had only passed my test a year and the only driving I had done in that time is 2 hire cars for a few days at a time. I have never had any trouble parallel parking and can get in ridiculously small spaces and you need to when you live in Portsmouth, row upon row of terraced house, if you take your car out after 7 no chance of getting a space anywhere near you house, so when you do find a small space that other can’t get into the you find a way lol !

[@ITRY381]

Glad you made the video very useful

[@xmuzel]

I'm the guy who always parallel parks my friends cars. But I can't park my own fcking car.. 😂

[@grahamnutt8958]

A perfectly decent explanation. Just be wary of vehicles that are parked a long way out from the kerb.... this would indicate to me that the driver is not particularly well practised..... even worse are the ones who use their bumpers for bumping. I've seen it happen all too often 🤔. Stay safe everyone 👍

[@Jonc25]

I think its normal in France 🇫🇷😄

[@grahamnutt8958]

@@Jonc25 🤣🤣🤣

[@Jonc25]

Definitely never park behind cars with tow balls.👍😉

[@grahamnutt8958]

@@Jonc25 Good call..... and if a motor looks somewhat battered and bruised 👊🥊.... definitely a warning there 🤔

[@inasteinbergs1393]

@@grahamnutt8958 My Jeep Cherokee is battered and bruised, it gets properly used off road and around a farm. I can parallel park it with less that a 1 foot gap at either end and without bumping other vehicles in the process.🙂

[@Richard_Barnes]

I’m not best at this. So need to find your other video and remember the ‘1in and then 2’ 👍🏻

[@bhekisisamazibuko1879]

The second manoeuvre is more realistic for most parking spaces in South Africa

[@Desiqnify]

Yeah I can't bother with these tight spaces, too much effort XD

[@chromiumphotography5138]

Ashley what about a reference point for beginning to reverse into a space? I appreciate that this changes with car size and whether it is facing the same or opposite direction as you but may help some people. I have encouraged my daughter (who is about to start learning) and all her friends to subscribe to your channel.

[@ashley_neal]

Have a look at this kzbin.info/www/bejne/f5jFeXSCZ6dqd6c

[@wphtv401]

Parking in Manhattan is a nightmare

[@PawS61]

That's not a tight space

[@winstonyokolennon8455]

The risk he takes getting out his car he's in Liverpool

[@Dr3Mc3Ninja]

I haven't done it since my test. I either find a large gap and drive in, or I go somewhere else. I know I could do it, but the only time I need to parallel park, is in town, which is busy and I cannot be bothered stopping and starting because someone wants to slip passed.

[@tinaheron5825]

I have not parallel parked since passing my test nearly 30 years ago. If the space needs me to parallel park it is too short for me to unload my wheelchair Even street disabled parking spaces are not long enough to unload disability equipment from the boot. then you have to find a drop kerb which means pushing a wheelchair in traffic knowing that you can not be seen in a rear view mirror.

[@ronniebrown6225]

What people must also take into account is that the one and a half times a car is relative to the size of your car, I know it sounds silly pointing this out but we have all seen it. Another thing you could do if your car has the option is let the car park itself.

[@British99]

One problem that I occasionally encounter when parallel parking is having a car come up from behind and pinch my space as I’m about to manoeuvre in!

[@ibs5080]

What I do to try and mitigate that is (as well as signalling early of course) is initially stop ALONGSIDE the space I am aiming for until the car behind me stops. I may even pump my brakes a few times to flash my brakes lights to further highlight the fact that I'm parking. Then move forward to the starting position to parallel park and very quickly and immediately select reverse gear to bring on my reversing lights right away.

[@tonymcgeachin9906]

Then why did you not do the same, go in forwards, that is, other driver must have had a little chuckle over that one, Sorry but it seems that it was your own fault.

[@ibs5080]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/aoOwgnh4jNRkl7M Incidentally my reply was more to do with the situation where the driver behind simply drives up to my bumper rather than taking my space. I realize though that your response was more to the OP.

[@British99]

@@tonymcgeachin9906 perhaps it was you!

[@cargy930]

So many drivers lose this skill within weeks of passing their test. Instead I see drivers going in forwards, often by bashing up and down the kerb without a thought to potential damage and alignment issues. One of my mates - an habitual "bump parker" - always grumbles jealously that I'm "lucky" I've got a good car that doesn't eat tyres like his does!