Post AcRZca6o0BvvxC1Qpc by nateb@mastodon.thenewoil.org
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(DIR) Post #AcRVY3Zqc1365GC2rY by tek@freeradical.zone
2023-12-03T19:53:15Z
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If it takes you more than zero seconds to painstakingly back into a normal parking lot space that everyone else would have pulled into, and you don't look like an emergency first responder, understand that everyone watching your unneeded fiddling thinks you're an idiot.
(DIR) Post #AcRW4Rh2U7v69308qu by mwl@io.mwl.io
2023-12-03T19:59:05Z
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@tek Depending on where I'm parking, I have to do exactly that.My tiny car has zero visibility when backing out, especially between giant SUVs. Unless I can find a pull-through spot or a spot that's not surrounded, I must back in so I can pull out safely.When I bought my '08 focus, it wasn't tiny. But with today's trucks and SUV's, it's minuscule.
(DIR) Post #AcRWYCBygKLAkzet5U by tek@freeradical.zone
2023-12-03T20:04:28Z
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@mwl File that under the “what would a normal person do” clause. The Camry that blocked traffic to wheedle in between two Civics was a bonehead.
(DIR) Post #AcRWpxhbIGpZ1tvBjc by mwl@io.mwl.io
2023-12-03T20:07:43Z
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@tek@freeradical.yeah, totally.
(DIR) Post #AcRZca6o0BvvxC1Qpc by nateb@mastodon.thenewoil.org
2023-12-03T20:38:50Z
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@tek I typically back in and I've been doing it so long that I'm usually pretty quick at it, but if there are exigent circumstances (ie unfamiliar car and busy parking lot) I'll just pull in the front. Or at home if there's someone behind me, I'll pull over and let them pass then back in.
(DIR) Post #AcRb4y7GR86CTRKvZo by tek@freeradical.zone
2023-12-03T20:55:16Z
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@nateb This is the way. And if there’s no car in front of the spot and you pull through, of course that’s a gimme.
(DIR) Post #AcRjDcIPjRnf2VBcoq by smallerdemon@freeradical.zone
2023-12-03T22:26:28Z
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@tek Eh. I back in when I want. My reasons are my own and almost always specific to the moment.
(DIR) Post #AcRjm7f3chrwA9EPa4 by tek@freeradical.zone
2023-12-03T22:32:42Z
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@smallerdemon That’s fine, but please don’t block traffic in a busy lot while you do it. I was stuck behind someone who just couldn’t fit their small car into the giant space.
(DIR) Post #AcRny2eYT7iZvDw3cW by nateb@mastodon.thenewoil.org
2023-12-03T23:19:38Z
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@tek Damn right. Work smarter, not harder. :)
(DIR) Post #AcRp0LieeV0FaVW82q by dot@freeradical.zone
2023-12-03T23:31:13Z
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@tek @nateb Nah, I pull through the spot while backing into it so I am parking like a normal person :smugcat:
(DIR) Post #AcRq9bzPd3VQbrKtXM by jdoe@freeradical.zone
2023-12-03T23:44:11Z
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@tek I don't care what everyone else thinks. However pulling out of that spot front forward will be a breeze.
(DIR) Post #AcRzVd1bMLebmLvv5U by anymouse_404@glitch.social
2023-12-04T01:28:58Z
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@tek @smallerdemon In alternate universe, a different Tek is angry-posting about a car who's blocking traffic trying to painstakingly reverse out of a parking spot when they should have reversed into it in the first place if they have trouble reversing out.
(DIR) Post #AcS5HyYP7LqUDl9KD2 by anymouse_404@glitch.social
2023-12-04T01:31:35Z
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@tek @smallerdemon Like, am I wrong that it's zero-sum game? If you're just not fast at reversing, you're gonna spend the same time reversing to park as reversing out of parking spot.
(DIR) Post #AcS5HzavFTSDRrKqm0 by tek@freeradical.zone
2023-12-04T02:33:44Z
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@anymouse_404 @smallerdemon I don’t think so. Backing out is a straight line if you pulled in straight. It’s my hypothesis that the total effort required is less for pulling in.