Parking Style: Front in or Back in?
 

Can you explain to me if there's some sort of cache about parking ass in? I see all these people in my apartments carefully backing into parking spaces.

I can't see that it matters whether you back up going in or out--you still have to do it. Is it a guy thing? A Texas thing? Is it for a quick getaway?

:headshake

I don't think it's worth the effort myself.

I have to say at first glance I thought this was going to be some kind of sex innuendo thing. I guess my mind's just in the gutter....

Now, would I imply something like that? ;)

i go both ways.

The trunk is at the curb, the doors open toward the curb, and it's safer to pull out than back out.

And it's faster to get away if her husband comes home.

safer to pull out . . .

hmm.

Safer to back in than out, but in MI we only have plates on the back, so one must park front in in public lots

Certainly I can see if you are unloading something and need to be closer, that's one thing. I honestly don't get why it's safer to back in. In fact, if you are backing out into a parking lot, you have more room to maneuver, so I would think it would be less safe.

I'm suspicious, you see, since it's usually big trucks with lots of chrome or some kind of flashy car.

i usually back in on an end spot so that i can hug the curb/wall/shrubs with my passenger side and have room to get out on the driver side - the FJ has hidden suicide doors to get lil lookout in and out. It also leaves more space between cars reducing the likelihood of doordings.

I back in. Probably mainly for the quick getaway, and the reasons xoxoxoBruce mentioned (except, possibly, the husband one). And also, when you are parking, you have all the visibility you need, but if you are backing out of a spot, you are much farther from the leading end of your car, and if you are between two SUVs, you just have to hope that nobody is driving by as you leave the spot.

If my little car is emerging from two larger vehicles on either side, and I don't see a car coming, I'm gonna get creamed either way. And I'd rather it be my ass that was reamed.

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Typically, you are not backing into moving traffic when you are parking.

So would Sheldon.:p

Perhaps that's what started it. Hiding the plates?

The sweetest victory is spotting the pull through spot, drive in drive out. I usually just park out in the middle of nowhere to avoid hassle/door dings.