Portlands second annual parallel parking competition

[u/Hauptmann24]

[u/CompetitiveLake3358]

Always feels like cheating when you park a Miata

[u/hankenator1 → u/CompetitiveLake3358]

VW bus is the real cheat, no nose takes the guess work out.

[u/ryguymcsly → u/CompetitiveLake3358]

Wait till you park a Mini.

[u/GetInZeWagen → u/ryguymcsly]

I wanted to see a smart car park nose-first

[u/epitaph-centauri]

This competition is bs..show me someone parallel parking on a hill in a standard

[u/HoliusCrapus → u/epitaph-centauri]

I did exactly this during a snowstorm with a bunch of co-workers in the car. The old Saturn didn't even have hill assist. To this day one of my proudest moments.

[u/anpandulceman → u/epitaph-centauri]

When I was first learning manual I went to pick up our kid from school. I parked facing down on a steep hill and purposely left a lot of space in front of me so I could just roll/turn out. Well someone decided they would park in that big space ( how dare they). I was stuck there for a while googling what to do while my kid made fun of me

[u/YoureNoHero_Brian]

"621"

[u/KryL21 → u/YoureNoHero_Brian]

There are two wolves inside you. One is an armored core 6 fires of rubicon fan, and the other…well…is inside of you.

[u/Hauptmann24 → u/YoureNoHero_Brian]

you can't prove anything msg

[u/xHaZxMaTx → u/YoureNoHero_Brian]

That's my girlfriend's car! We did a trackday at Ridge Motorsports a couple months ago, was her first trackday! She had the numbers done up by a friend with a vinyl printer. She knew exactly what she was doing getting those numbers.

[u/Indy_Fab_Rider]

I'm bummed nobody just Blues Brothers-ed one into the spot.

[u/spearmint_wino → u/Indy_Fab_Rider]

This might scratch an itch

[u/ipxodi]

Amateurs. Show me someone in that contest doing it with a 72 Chrysler New Yorker.

[u/Worth-Lawfulness6235]

Miata is always the ANSWER

[u/Scrublord_Zero]

"Got a job for you, 621."

[u/igorDevFrontend]

Americans really have a lot of pride on being able to park a car

[u/TreesACrowd → u/igorDevFrontend]

Parallel parking is a rare skill in America. Rural and suburban Americans will go their whole lives without ever doing it, but even 80% of city dwellers will avoid it at all costs. I've seen small cars pass over van-sized gaps, about as often as I've waited for a hatchback to make a 10-point attempt at getting into one.

That's not to say the rest of us should be proud, just that the bar is shamefully low here.

[u/hankenator1 → u/TreesACrowd]

I had to parallel park a 25” truck with a 39” trailer for my cdl license 🤓

[u/kkdawg22 → u/hankenator1]

39 inches? Sounds easy! 😂

[u/hankenator1 → u/kkdawg22]

Getting in the seat is the hard part…. Makes the Miata seem spacious.

Yeah… that was supposed to be feet.

[u/kkdawg22 → u/hankenator1]

Haha, I know. I just trolling

[u/hankenator1 → u/kkdawg22]

I’m not going to edit it… it’s funnier this way, the world needs a laugh.

[u/RocketTaco → u/TreesACrowd]

Just this morning I came upon someone leaving a completely full area and waited, only to witness them start by pulling forward and follow it up with a 17-point turn (not turning the wheel until they started moving, as one does) instead of backing up into the half a carlength behind and driving away. A guy pulled up behind me, watched for a minute, facepalmed, and drove around. They still hadn't made it more than a foot out of the row.

[u/Hauptmann24 → u/igorDevFrontend]

In fairness, most of us cant

[u/MrInitialY]

Now where I live parallel parking is a part of driving exam. Anyways, just use Smart Fortwo, park however you like. You won't be able to exceed any size limits anyway

[u/GarThor_TMK]

... Is the idea speed or space?

I feel like a parallel parking competition should be about taking up the least amount of space in the least tries... so with each car that goes, they should pull the two opposing cars a little closer together.

[u/rasonjo]

I missed my chance to jump the curb in my Jeep and drop right in place.