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Diesel45
Posted 2010-01-01 1:00 AM (#203145)
Subject: Educate me please.



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Location: Farnborough. Hampshire. England.		Over the years on here, I've seen several references to "parallel parking"...Can someone ease my poor old dumb arse Limey brain, and tell me what it means?....
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michiganhotrod1
Posted 2010-01-01 1:14 AM (#203146 - in reply to #203145)
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Refers to street parking the car parallel to the sidewalk curb, aka in a row/ line/ que. This is the norm on this side of the pond for street parking. Also, unlike Europe it is almost always forbidden to put part of the car on the sidewalk - stay completely on the road surface.
Most of the images of center city streets in the "forward Look in Old Postcards" show cars parallel parked.
Mark
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Rebels-59
Posted 2010-01-01 7:32 AM (#203161 - in reply to #203145)
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Rebels-59
Posted 2010-01-01 7:32 AM (#203162 - in reply to #203161)
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suburban61
Posted 2010-01-01 8:12 AM (#203165 - in reply to #203145)
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Location: Australia		oh dear... parallel parking... something that you completely forget after you pass your driving test... and also something that you avoid at all costs... well at least i do... adriana
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old mopar guy
Posted 2010-01-01 11:44 AM (#203187 - in reply to #203145)
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Location: new york		Not in good old Brooklyn USA! We call it parking by brale When one bangs into the car front and rear till they force their car into the spot. HAPPY MOTORING! Victor.. Long live metal Bumpers!
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Doctor DeSoto
Posted 2010-01-01 1:40 PM (#203205 - in reply to #203187)
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Location: Parts Unknown		Parallel parking is much easier to do with a finned car, as you can see the rear corners of the car. It is also a good excuse for driving a ragtop ..... much better visibility with the top down.
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Diesel45
Posted 2010-01-01 5:59 PM (#203249 - in reply to #203205)
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Location: Farnborough. Hampshire. England.		Thanks to everyone who responded... ( Not you Clive ya bugger ) Back in 1962 when I passed my driving test, it was known as " Parking at the kerb "
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BigBlockMopar
Posted 2010-01-01 7:53 PM (#203272 - in reply to #203145)
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Location: Netherlands		I found my '67 Newport was the most easiest car to park. I got it in spaces where people with regular econo boxes would drive past.
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Doctor DeSoto
Posted 2010-01-01 7:58 PM (#203273 - in reply to #203272)
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BigBlockMopar - 2010-01-02 4:53 PM

I found my '67 Newport was the most easiest car to park. I got it in spaces where people with regular econo boxes would drive past.


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Aren't you leaving out the part of the story where you push the nearby cars out of the way ?
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MoparBrew
Posted 2010-01-01 8:42 PM (#203286 - in reply to #203145)
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Location: Brooklyn NY		Hey Vic, howabout all the SUVs with the much needed "brush guards"and trailer hitches in the city? They make it almost impossible to own a normal car in this town.....Ralph from Brooklyn
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suburban61
Posted 2010-01-01 10:05 PM (#203305 - in reply to #203286)
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MoparBrew - 2010-01-01 8:42 PM

Hey Vic, howabout all the SUVs with the much needed "brush guards"and trailer hitches in the city? They make it almost impossible to own a normal car in this town.....Ralph from Brooklyn


im sure they dont see your cars as normal, lol... adriana
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BigBlockMopar
Posted 2010-01-02 8:32 AM (#203336 - in reply to #203273)
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Doctor DeSoto - 2010-01-01 7:58 PM
Aren't you leaving out the part of the story where you push the nearby cars out of the way ?


I thought I had that covered with the 'easy'-part...

I have shoved away a diesel Van once which was arrogantly parked on 2 spaces. The Van was obviously in gear as I felt the cylinder compressions of it's motor.
But, this was done with my '78 Pontiac Bonneville years ago so it doesn't really count I think...

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d500neil
Posted 2010-01-02 5:06 PM (#203443 - in reply to #203145)
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Location: bishop, ca		Anybody ever smacked a power-pole, or some other post-like-protuberance, installed (too-) close to the Kerb,
while backing into a parallel parking spot, with a long-overhanging Olde car's rear end?

And, for general amazement, notice how absolutely closely cars used to parallel park, to
each other, as seen in various of the "Old Car Postcards" thread's images !

Dunno how they ever got into, or out of, those tight spots.










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BigBlockMopar
Posted 2010-01-02 5:23 PM (#203455 - in reply to #203145)
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Location: Netherlands		You can leave the close parking to your 'friendly' ignorant neighbors usually.
I mowed down a parkingmeter once with my '67 Newport when I went parallel parking and driving into the spot front first.
The '67 Chryslers have these nice protrusions on the sides, great for 'hooking' and taking down weak poles.


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d500neil
Posted 2010-01-02 5:32 PM (#203458 - in reply to #203455)
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Location: bishop, ca		Yeah, well, we've got a wooden power pole that's installed just-off-of the kerb (curb, in American), across
from our post office, that is a real car-eater--kind of like C. Brown's Kite-eating tree.



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imopar380
Posted 2010-01-02 6:36 PM (#203475 - in reply to #203145)
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Location: Victoria, BC, on Vancouver Island, Canada		I've parked parallel with the Saratoga lots of times since I bought it, but these days you have to find a meter space that's actually long enough to get the car in. In this city they have shortened most of the metered parking spaces to reflect the small size of today's cars. They have also put in a bunch of metered spaces that will only fit "Smart Car" sized vehicles or motor bikes.
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imopar380
Posted 2010-01-02 6:39 PM (#203476 - in reply to #203145)
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Location: Victoria, BC, on Vancouver Island, Canada		Neil, I'm glad you clarified the word "Curb / Kerb" .... in Canada we also spell it "Curb". Our Canadian spelling is a conglomeration of US and British English.
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d500neil
Posted 2010-01-02 7:14 PM (#203492 - in reply to #203145)
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