Parking. Parking Straight. Ugh.
1/17/15, 09:08 AM
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Parking. Parking Straight. Ugh.
I can't even believe I'm gonna put this out here. I used to be a straight parker....you know, evenly between the lines, and straight! One of a small minority in CA who could do so with regularity.
Ever since we bought this Mustang, my parking skills are way off. When I think I am straight, I am reliably crooked to the left. When I think I am crooked to the right, I am actually straight. Must be the hood lines or something.....I'm going to have to go to the parking lot to practice cuz I can't live with parking like a non-native driver (multitudes of specific countries not specified here).
UGH. Anyone else have to re-adjust once you bought your Mustang? Or am I just "off"? haha.
Ever since we bought this Mustang, my parking skills are way off. When I think I am straight, I am reliably crooked to the left. When I think I am crooked to the right, I am actually straight. Must be the hood lines or something.....I'm going to have to go to the parking lot to practice cuz I can't live with parking like a non-native driver (multitudes of specific countries not specified here).
UGH. Anyone else have to re-adjust once you bought your Mustang? Or am I just "off"? haha.
1/17/15, 10:18 PM
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Just a typical woman! 
1/18/15, 12:34 AM
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I can't even believe I'm gonna put this out here. I used to be a straight parker....you know, evenly between the lines, and straight! One of a small minority in CA who could do so with regularity. Ever since we bought this Mustang, my parking skills are way off. When I think I am straight, I am reliably crooked to the left. When I think I am crooked to the right, I am actually straight. Must be the hood lines or something.....I'm going to have to go to the parking lot to practice cuz I can't live with parking like a non-native driver (multitudes of specific countries not specified here). UGH. Anyone else have to re-adjust once you bought your Mustang? Or am I just "off"? haha.
1/18/15, 01:19 AM
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I had that only when I tried to use a back up camera that I put in the trunk key hole , I so dislike backup cameras if I had to rely on one rather than my own perception I'll pack it in.
I don't think it's your fault the dump turds that paint paying lines keep making them narrower is my guess & it's harder to see them with a mustang.
I don't think it's your fault the dump turds that paint paying lines keep making them narrower is my guess & it's harder to see them with a mustang.
1/22/15, 09:52 AM
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Funny...my wife is the same with our Mustang. Are you fairly short? (my wife is 5' and I'm 6'2" - a mixed marriage 
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Maybe the lack of site-lines compared to other cars you drove is throwing you off? I still find I don't realize how short the back end is compared with my previous car. I feel like I'm right against the car behind me, when in actual fact I have a few feet to go.
) Maybe the lack of site-lines compared to other cars you drove is throwing you off? I still find I don't realize how short the back end is compared with my previous car. I feel like I'm right against the car behind me, when in actual fact I have a few feet to go.
1/22/15, 01:07 PM
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I always roll down the window and see if the car is aligned with the parking lines. The backup camera is actually very useful, it lets you park pin-point accurate (in backwards, of course). But! if you rely too much on gadgets you loose your instinct.
1/22/15, 01:23 PM
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I run into my garage door all of the time. I drove a '76 Dodge van before this an I am not used to the long hood.
Just kidding. Knowing my luck, karma will run me into my garage door today now.
Just kidding. Knowing my luck, karma will run me into my garage door today now.
1/22/15, 11:32 PM
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Funny...my wife is the same with our Mustang. Are you fairly short? (my wife is 5' and I'm 6'2" - a mixed marriage )
Maybe the lack of site-lines compared to other cars you drove is throwing you off? I still find I don't realize how short the back end is compared with my previous car. I feel like I'm right against the car behind me, when in actual fact I have a few feet to go.
) Maybe the lack of site-lines compared to other cars you drove is throwing you off? I still find I don't realize how short the back end is compared with my previous car. I feel like I'm right against the car behind me, when in actual fact I have a few feet to go.
I'm going to just have to buck up and feel like I'm parking crooked (now a matter of "how crooked") so I end up straight, lol. How dumb.
1/22/15, 11:35 PM
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FWIW I have to take my glasses off to pull in the garage.
I have blended lenses distance/computer/reading, and what they don't tell you is there is a fishbowl affect. Takes some getting used to.
But I almost clipped my mirror a couple of times so I learned to take them off pulling in the garage or when parking between cars. And they're no good for shooting with a scope. The crosshairs bend. lol
I have blended lenses distance/computer/reading, and what they don't tell you is there is a fishbowl affect. Takes some getting used to.
But I almost clipped my mirror a couple of times so I learned to take them off pulling in the garage or when parking between cars. And they're no good for shooting with a scope. The crosshairs bend. lol
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FWIW I have to take my glasses off to pull in the garage. I have blended lenses distance/computer/reading, and what they don't tell you is there is a fishbowl affect. Takes some getting used to. But I almost clipped my mirror a couple of times so I learned to take them off pulling in the garage or when parking between cars. And they're no good for shooting with a scope. The crosshairs bend. lol
But I almost clipped my mirror a couple of times so I learned to take them off pulling in the garage or when parking between cars. And they're no good for shooting with a scope. The crosshairs bend. lol 
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The first car I drove was a four door '73 Impala and you only had one chance to park it! It either was parked or wrecked into the car next to it! For some reason I could park that boat anywhere with one try! Then my first car was an '80 Horizon and I couldn't park that thing for shyte because it was so small! I could never get that thing centered! :-). 
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The first car I drove was a four door '73 Impala and you only had one chance to park it! It either was parked or wrecked into the car next to it! For some reason I could park that boat anywhere with one try! Then my first car was an '80 Horizon and I couldn't park that thing for shyte because it was so small! I could never get that thing centered! :-).
So as the rancher pulls out from the curb and is heading thru town the officer asks if the rancher can make a U-turn. The rancher replies...
"Nope, but I can sure make her eyes roll in the back of her head."
