Braille Parking at its finest.

lol, he is clearly hitting and nudging that van repeatedly...

A "parking pro" hits other people's cars? I hope they got his plate to sue for any damages.

Amateur.

I expected Obama with a Festivus Pole "Airing of Grievances" and performing "Feats of Strength"......12 days early.

jingks: A "parking pro" hits other people's cars? I hope they got his plate to sue for any damages.

Suggest checking your panties for a knot. He fit in the spot, and cars dont get damage from a 2 mph nudge. Oh no, maybe a small scratch? BFD, you're parking on the street in a city, deal with it.

He wins.

You know what the worst part about driving in New York City is?

...parking in New York City. I've driven around for half an hour many times trying to find parking.

/glad I live in NJ
//yeah, even with all the farking bs about this state

I saw the pics and thought what an asshole, watched the vid and thought damn, nice skills, did it gently with love for the cars around him. Euros often leave their cars in neutral so people can shuffle in. Nobody cares, It's a bumper, that's what it's meant for. If you care about a perfect finish on your car, don't park on a street with that style parking! F-ing americans though, got to watch out you might get shot for bumping a bumper.

stuffer: F-ing americans though, got to watch out you might get shot for bumping a bumper.



You do not fark with another man's automobile.

That's not a parking pro. That's an asshole.

I wonder if he'll need those mentos (new window) guys to get it out again.

stuffer: I saw the pics and thought what an asshole, watched the vid and thought damn, nice skills, did it gently with love for the cars around him. Euros often leave their cars in neutral so people can shuffle in. Nobody cares, It's a bumper, that's what it's meant for. If you care about a perfect finish on your car, don't park on a street with that style parking! F-ing americans though, got to watch out you might get shot for bumping a bumper.

Pretty much. I was amazed at the parking jobs when I went to Italy and France. No one gives a fark about bumpers but they are very gentle when going in.

And this is why I never found an episode of "Seinfeld" funny. Parking inch by inch? OMG SEINFELD-KRAMER-GEORGE-WHATSHERFACE!

Yeah, whatever. Welcome to Everyday.

If the other drivers really cared about nicks and scratches to their bumpers, they'd either put out those bumper mats you so commonly see in NYC, or they'd pay for off street parking.

Can't afford to do either? Pretty likely your car isn't worth the hassle.

I've parallel parked a tour bus in NYC in spots only a foot or two longer than the bus itself, I'm talking 45' in a 47' spot. The wheelbase helps, spotters help even more, and a little bumping doesn't hurt anybody.

If it wasn't for the camera, likely the owners of the other vehicles wouldn't have even known. Truly a parking pro!

If you have to bump other cars in order to park, then you don't know what you are doing and don't deserve to have a driver's license.

carnifex2005: Pretty much. I was amazed at the parking jobs when I went to Italy and France. No one gives a fark about bumpers but they are very gentle when going in.

I think for most americans, cars are like their second penis they can show off in public, so any bumping is uncool and they take it like you just kicked them in the junk. I look at it as a hunk of metal that gets me from a to b, one that I only have for 10 years at the most then I get a new one. I don't care about cosmetic damage unless it will rustout or something within the time I own it, and gentle touch and feel parking like that just uses the bumper for what it was meant for. anybody who thinks that guy is an asshole is an asshole in my book.

I care about the interior of my car and keeping it clean and organized, but I spend lots of time in there. Washing the outside or putting fancy rims or taillights for others to look but are invisible to me when I drive seem like a waste of money/time.

Happy Hours: That might be okay if Europe were perfectly flat, but somehow I doubt what you're saying.

And even if it were perfectly flat how do you prevent someone from "shuffling" your car into a fire zone or an expired metered parking space or an intersection?

From a little google I found that it is common of euros to in fact leave it in neutral without pulling the parking break as a courtesy to others. obviously only where it's flat, and sometimes you find your car 10 meters from where you parked it. search neutral in the link below, couple comments about it. maybe the last in the line doesnt' do it, but the ones in the middle aren't really going anywhere. also done parking cars behind normal parking spaces in thailand, so if someone needs to get out and is blocked, they just roll the car so it's blocking someone else. Fit a lot more in a parking lot that way.

neutral bump (new window)

With modern bumpers made of little more than a thin plastic shell over Styrofoam and held on with Bondo, this kind of bumping takes its toll and it adds up over time.

I'm surprised at how shiatty people treat their cars when I am back in the States. People will happily drive around on the highway with half a bumper falling off or with a cracking windshield.

Sure, a bump every now and then probably doesn't do much damage, but cumulatively over the years the vehicle condition deteriorates until the end result is that it is consumed in a car fire on the side of the road. Everyone here lauding this driver for his skills is either ignorant or an asshole. He is causing damage, even if it isn't immediately obvious.

stuffer: I think for most americans, cars are like their second penis they can show off in public, so any bumping is uncool and they take it like you just kicked them in the junk. I look at it as a hunk of metal that gets me from a to b, one that I only have for 10 years at the most then I get a new one. I don't care about cosmetic damage unless it will rustout or something within the time I own it, and gentle touch and feel parking like that just uses the bumper for what it was meant for. anybody who thinks that guy is an asshole is an asshole in my book.

I had a buddy that would come out to his truck from a store or something and just search for bumps and dings. Looking at it from different angles, running his fingers over it. He seemed to find new ones quite often. It always took several minutes from the time we got to the truck, in the parking lot, until he was done and we could get in the truck. Meanwhile he's muttering and cursing at nobody in particular.

I wasn't all that surprised when he had a heart attack at 51.

Confabulat: If you get upset because someone scratches your bumper, you are a prick and have lost at life.

Confabulat: You know how many people notice a scratch on a bumper?

Zero.

Or one, depending if an uptight jackass owns the car.

Know how I know you have never owned a classic car? Many people love their cars, and some cars are truly beautiful so why you so down on car lovers?

Ooba Tooba: Know how I know you have never owned a classic car? Many people love their cars, and some cars are truly beautiful so why you so down on car lovers?

if you parallel park a classic car you care about on a public street you're a dumbass. keep that shiat in a garage, and park in nice spacious parking lots far away from others if you like driving it around town for errands. Then if someone parks next to you unnecessarily and dings you they are an asshole.

If you really really care about your classic car you shouldn't ever leave it unattended in public, or uncovered for that matter. Can't have birds shiatting on it or wind blown debris hitting it either.

tut0101: If you have to bump other cars in order to park, then you don't know what you are doing and don't deserve to have a driver's license.

this.

AverageAmericanGuy: With modern bumpers made of little more than a thin plastic shell over Styrofoam and held on with Bondo, this kind of bumping takes its toll and it adds up over time.

I'm surprised at how shiatty people treat their cars when I am back in the States. People will happily drive around on the highway with half a bumper falling off or with a cracking windshield.

Sure, a bump every now and then probably doesn't do much damage, but cumulatively over the years the vehicle condition deteriorates until the end result is that it is consumed in a car fire on the side of the road. Everyone here lauding this driver for his skills is either ignorant or an asshole. He is causing damage, even if it isn't immediately obvious.

Gah!

Bumper covers are made out of fiberglass. Bumpers are made out solid metal. There is Styrofoam under the bumper cover to absorb minor impact. There is no bondo there. Bumper covers are laid on top of the metal bumper and held down by plastic fastners. There might be metal screws but it's at 2-4 at most at the ends of the cover.

Again don't confuse bumper covers with bumpers. Bumper covers are just cosmetic. I drove around without a bumper cover for a month after an accident because I couldn't find one to buy.

I agree there is cumulative damage but it's to the bumper covers. Fiberglass cracks and the bumper cover plastic retainers break off. But, bumper covers can easily be replaced. I replaced mine for $50 and an hour with junkyard parts.

LOL, consumed in a car fire.

Random sidenote- Last year at walmart I left my car in neutral and forgot to set the parking brake somehow, wasn't much of a slope so I didn't notice anything as I got out, but my car was gone when I got back, went about 40 feet and hit one of the curbs around the lone trees in the lot and stopped, truck about 10 feet away that had I chosen slightly different spot I would have nailed the side of it... damn lucky and stupid of me, now I double check. I don't think it got much speed but i'll never know.

Parking lots aren't safe for cars because of shopping carts and people like me :)

I wish we hadn't designed our cities around the automobile.

I know as an adult driver I should be able to do this, but I cannot parallel park. Something in my brain just not allow me to think backwards in such a way that tells me how to. I try, but I have never been good at it and I always turn the wheel the wrong way when trying to paralleled park. It is like I caught some terrible disease when I was younger from a woman or an Asian person.

PacManDreaming: And that's why you put these on both your front and back bumpers:

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What is that called and where can i get it!

Did he stop short?

moralpanic: PacManDreaming: And that's why you put these on both your front and back bumpers:

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What is that called and where can i get it!

That's a moving violation almost everywhere.

miss diminutive: I wonder if he'll need those mentos (new window) guys to get it out again.

I think these guys would be more fun -



Also...

Hahaha.

Happy Hours: That might be okay if Europe were perfectly flat, but somehow I doubt what you're saying.

And even if it were perfectly flat how do you prevent someone from "shuffling" your car into a fire zone or an expired metered parking space or an intersection?

I live in the UK and the majority of cars are manual (stick), and leaving them in neutral is completely the norm unless you are parked on a fairly steep hill. However, we certainly don't do it to enable people to bump into our cars and move them along. That would make us very angry indeed.

/I'm the exception - my Saab won't let you remove the keys from the ignition unless you are in reverse.

James F. Campbell: I wish we hadn't designed our cities around the automobile.

Pretty sure New York didn't have that problem.

Happy Hours: Odd - I have an automatic now, but after having a couple of manuals before this one, I always make sure the parking brake is on. This is because one day I pulled into a driveway and thought my manual was in gear and took the keys to open the trunk. Doh! I found out it wasn't as it started rolling back out into the street.

It would have been tricky to hold it back and jump back in at the same time except fortunately someone just happened along and helped me out.

It seems pretty irresponsible to leave a car without securing it with either parking brake or being in gear (preferably both). It might even be illegal here, but I'm not sure about that. I'm fairly certain you could be held civilly liable for anything that happened as a result.

I may not have been clear. Leaving them parked in neutral WITH THE HANDBRAKE (aka parking brake) on is the norm. It's only normal to leave cars in gear if you're parking on a slope.

Seems to me there is a great business opportunity for anyone who wants to offer Go-jack Parking in NYC - squeeze your car into the tightest space without risking a scratch!



/used to work in events and could use the go-jacks to precisely position cars on display or remove cars parked outside that were blocking our truck

Just came here to say I owned a Toyota Corolla F/X that I bought brand new and I when I brought my daughter to the circus in downtown Providence, I parallel parked it so that there wasn't enough room for half a roll of quarters betwixt both cars and mine. Easiest car in the world to park is my closing statement.

farkedInTheHead: jingks: A "parking pro" hits other people's cars? I hope they got his plate to sue for any damages.

Suggest checking your panties for a knot. He fit in the spot, and cars dont get damage from a 2 mph nudge. Oh no, maybe a small scratch? BFD, you're parking on the street in a city, deal with it.

He wins.

You sound like an (self-)entitled, selfish asshole.
Probably are.

Douchebag needs a different car.

Nick Nostril: Douchebag needs a different car.

Preferably one that make perfect 90 degree slides.