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    10/29/09

    In reply to Fifth-Wheel Parallel Parking Device Faster Than Lexus, Ford Systems
    I'm late to my own party!

    Somebody is missing half a Rascal #parallelparking
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    Image of suzq044 suzq044
    10/28/09

    In reply to Fifth-Wheel Parallel Parking Device Faster Than Lexus, Ford Systems
    lol... so much for 'grocery getter' status.. #parallelparking
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    Image of d.a.r.y.l. d.a.r.y.l.
    10/28/09

    In reply to Fifth-Wheel Parallel Parking Device Faster Than Lexus, Ford Systems
    I actually had that same setup on my F150 after I backed over my neighbor on his Rascal. #parallelparking
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    Image of diskreet diskreet
    10/28/09

    In reply to Fifth-Wheel Parallel Parking Device Faster Than Lexus, Ford Systems
    That is excellent for your alignment #parallelparking
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    10/28/09

    In reply to Fifth-Wheel Parallel Parking Device Faster Than Lexus, Ford Systems
    If learning the simple art of parallel parking is too much, then the solution may be just get a Smart Car. #parallelparking
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    10/28/09

    In reply to Fifth-Wheel Parallel Parking Device Faster Than Lexus, Ford Systems
    Even better, you don't have to drive around in a stupid Lexus LS. Did anyone else hear the rumble coming out of that total p---y magnet? #parallelparking
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    10/28/09

    In reply to Fifth-Wheel Parallel Parking Device Faster Than Lexus, Ford Systems
    Got to love it when 500 lbs of extra weight and untold cost is the solution to an hour or two of practice towards a lifetime of skilled driving. #parallelparking
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    Image of 67firebird454 67firebird454
    10/28/09

    In reply to Fifth-Wheel Parallel Parking Device Faster Than Lexus, Ford Systems
    Parallel parking in a convertible with the top down makes it pretty effortless since you have more rear visibility than you do the front. The door lines are low on the '67 so side visibility is much better than most as well. I also find parking a manual easier since you have better control over the movement. Living in downtown Birmingham for 2 years taught me not to parallel park because there are too many people that can't that try and fail anyway, then drive away. The cycle repeats. #parallelparking
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    Image of that ain't the way to have fun, son that ain't the way to have fun, son
    10/28/09

    In reply to Fifth-Wheel Parallel Parking Device Faster Than Lexus, Ford Systems
    It's even faster to do it if you know what you're doing.

    First, bring back metal bumpers. The malaise had useful things come out of it.

    300 lb. bumpers, for the parking-is-a-contact-sport win! #parallelparking
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    10/28/09

    In reply to Fifth-Wheel Parallel Parking Device Faster Than Lexus, Ford Systems
    This is how it's done. Japanese commentary makes it only better. #parallelparking
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    Image of 80Kofdrew 80Kofdrew
    10/28/09

    In reply to Fifth-Wheel Parallel Parking Device Faster Than Lexus, Ford Systems
    I'm not impressed. Wanna impress me? Make a parallel parking aid that can work on a tractor-trailer. Yes, it can be done, and yes it is part of the driving test. I should know, I failed that part twice. #parallelparking
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    10/28/09

    @80Kofdrew: When I first started Driving, it was for a common-carrier pulling double dry-vans. To make up a set, you have to back the trailer with the converter gear under the second trailer (2 points of articulation). Once you've got the second trailer, backing up requires thinking about three points of articulation (and this was about all I could handle). A third trailer, triples like they run in Utah, makes five points of articulation. Saw an ABF driver make $500 by backing a set of triples all the way between two Show-Trucks at a Roadeo once, and it gave me a headache just watching him. #parallelparking
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    10/28/09

    In reply to Fifth-Wheel Parallel Parking Device Faster Than Lexus, Ford Systems
    Feh. I'd be more impressed if a group of body builders ran out of the building and moved the car.

    alternate snide remark:
    Sure it works, but there's no way I can fit anymore corpses in my trunk with all that mechanical gear in there. #parallelparking
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    Image of wohho wohho
    10/28/09

    In reply to Fifth-Wheel Parallel Parking Device Faster Than Lexus, Ford Systems
    I seem to recall the Ford system taking about 20 seconds and having a trunk to go with it.

    [jalopnik.com] #parallelparking
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    Image of Cheeseslap Cheeseslap
    10/28/09

    In reply to Fifth-Wheel Parallel Parking Device Faster Than Lexus, Ford Systems
    I don't understand what's so hard about parallel parking. Yes, it takes slightly more practice than putting a shifter into gear and a foot on a pedal while chewing gum, but c'mon, this stuff is just unncessary. Mostly, I'm just disgusted that people are too stupid and inpatient to park for themselves.
    These automatic parking aids are about as useless was an in-car ball washer that uses recycled heat from the engine to gently heat the glycerin and water mix as supplied by an auxiliary washer fluid reservoir, pushed by a repurposed fuel pump.
    Wait, what were talking about? #parallelparking
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    10/28/09

    @Cheeseslap: Heart-click for making co-workers look at me funny because of seemingly random laughing. #parallelparking
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    10/28/09

    @Cheeseslap: I'm dying here... I reread that a few times and now can't stop laughing. #parallelparking
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    Image of YankBoffin YankBoffin
    10/28/09

    In reply to Fifth-Wheel Parallel Parking Device Faster Than Lexus, Ford Systems
    Nifty and well executed, but I think the weight- and space-savings of the software-based system Lexus and Ford use keep it in the lead, even if they are slower.

    That's not to say something like this isn't marketable to, say, delivery companies. However, it's just not that hard to find competent drivers.
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    Image of that ain't the way to have fun, son that ain't the way to have fun, son
    10/28/09

    @YankBoffin: it's just not that hard to find competent drivers.

    You'd think.

    I saw an in-town Dr. Pepper truck cut across two lanes of dense traffic this morning, on I-20, to make an exit in order to stay even with traffic on the freeway. He did manage to stay out of the grass, however.

    Dumb. Ass. It is one of the very few times I've wanted to call the "I drive like a dumb fuck" numbers usually on said trucks.

    Fortunately the guy behind and to the right of him was paying attention, or there would have been contact. #parallelparking
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