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I once heard “to keep your tailgate from being stolen” but that seems like it’d be a rare case.

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[–] noughtnaut@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

I love parking closer to the car on my right, where the passe doors face one another. If everyone did this, there would be so much more room to get in and out of vehicles.

And yes, I'm aware that not all cars are single occupant... but too many of them are.

[–] kassiopaea@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 3 months ago

I'm going to guess that I'm in the minority here and say that I daily a long bed Ford F-250. It's big, it's long, and it's just generally unwieldy. Yes there are benefits to backing into a parking spot like better visibility and blah blah blah but for me it's actually more about just being able to get in and out of the parking spot. Especially in narrow parking lot aisles. Backing into a spot takes less room, because, idk, geometry. Similar to why a forklift steers with its rear wheels and that makes it more maneuverable (albeit less stable).

Though there is also the benefit of the tailgate and bed of the vehicle being less accessible and therefore less likely for someone to just walk off with something, if there's anything back there. My mom had the tailgate stolen off her Toyota once back in the 90s. I assume she pulled forward into the parking spot.

[–] FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au 0 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I do sometimes, mainly when it’s a car park with crap visibility as it means it will be easier getting out. I can reverse park easily, and having a rear vision camera means there’s zero risk of hitting anything anyway.

Also means the kids are further from the road when getting into/out of the car.

[–] thesohoriots@lemmy.world -2 points 3 months ago

Because they’re cops.

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