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Ben Wojdyla
02/12/09

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to all the hucksters commenting on how big the space is, keep in mind, they were letting journalists park these things. if you were Ford, would you have made it a tiny space?
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Cognitive Friction
02/12/09

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Based on the quality of electronics in the Fords I've owned, it's only a matter of months before the first "park" button malfunction sends a comically over-sized boxing glove flying out of the airbag compartment into the driver's face
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Elhigh
02/12/09

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That space is huge. I could drop an Isuzu NPR into that.

If you don't have the skills to park the car, maybe you shouldn't take it out in the first place.
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Ben Wojdyla
02/12/09

@Elhigh: Sweet God in heaven read the post. The spot is way bigger than what the car can do. Ford was letting every boneheaded journalist that happened to be in Chicago do this, would you trust a journalist to operate the accelerator and brakes while the system did its job? I sure wouldn't. Both the rear bumper on the Lincoln and the front on the Fusion would have been a mess by the end of the day.
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damnelantra™
02/12/09

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^^^ runs and hides in the closet until pete puts his belt back on the night stand and blacks out.

i hope my invisible friend Deartháir will protect me
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Rock517
02/12/09

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Yea, but can it avoid curb-rashing the right side wheels in the process? Just wondering...
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Ben Wojdyla
02/12/09

@Rock517...now mostly lurking: Yeah, it puts the car about 10 inches off the curb. The same sensors that detect and measure the space detect the curb as well.
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Serious Mopar Jones- Incurable
02/12/09

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Well, if you can't combine skill and rage like a finely aged wine and drive exactly like I do- but not on the same road at the same as me, for Christ's sake please -then you shouldn't be driving at all!! Ya buncha pansy assholes.
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Serious Mopar Jones- Incurable
02/12/09

@Slantsick, Murilee's lovechild: "same time as me" Dammit- if ya can't type a coherent sentence, ya shouldn't be driving!
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stuntdriver
02/12/09

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in 2020 car mill make you the best lap times in the nurbugring..... then life will not make any sense at all...
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Serious Mopar Jones- Incurable
02/12/09

@Stuntdriver: That may happen in the year 2525. If Man is still alive. If Woman can survive. They make loooove...
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Syrax
02/12/09

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Well, that spot could fit a Mercedes Pullmann! I wonder how these systems (any of them) would do in London, New York, Mexico City, Tokyo, Sao Paulo, etc. Any city with tight parking spots.

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Syrax
02/12/09

@Syrax can't find a G-Class in Brazil: They should do a system that performs those high speed extreme parking

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vwminispeedster, pronounded Si-trow-in
02/12/09

@Syrax can't find a G-Class in Brazil: agreed. until my car can do this
ill stick with my own parking skillz
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Jones Foyer
02/12/09

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What I DO love is that you have to put your hands up in the air to let the steering wheel do its work so everyone around you can see you in the universal "I surrender, I'm a helpless driver" gesture.
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Ben Wojdyla
02/12/09

@Jones Foyer: Well, that was for effect so you knew I wasn't cheating. Smartass.
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Tanshanomi
02/12/09

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If you don't know how to parallel park, you shouldn't be driving!

If you don't know how use a manual clutch, you shouldn't be driving!

If you don't know how to use a manual choke knob, you shouldn't be driving!

If you don't know how to adjust the spark advance using a little brass lever on the steering wheel, you shouldn't be driving!

If you don't know how to hand-crank an engine, you shouldn't be driving!

There! I think I covered everything.
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Maymar
02/12/09

@Tanshanomi: If you don't know how to drive a Model T, you shouldn't be driving!
If you grind the gears in a '54 MG, you shouldn't be driving!
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Serious Mopar Jones- Incurable
02/12/09

@Maymar has too much utility character: Well, joking aside, I've always thought that a young driver's education should include stuff like check/change oil, change tires, use jumper cables, et cetera.. real stuff. I haven't parallel-parked in 14 years, and I've never had to do a "hill stop"..
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engineerd
02/12/09

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This is something which will cause a drivers parallel parking skills to atrophy.

Most so-called "drivers" never had parallel parking skills. When I took my driving test (California) at 16 they made me parallel park on an empty road. Not exactly a challenge or a reason for a new driver to pick up the skill.
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Stefan Upshaw
02/12/09

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This is 1 of those things that will piss me off when im waiting behind an idiot in their fancy i can park myself lincoln which wont park itself because the spot is apparently 2 small...this is the point when i say people need 2 stop being lazy and just simply learn how 2 drive or dont drive at all...this is another example of why europe gets cooler cars than us
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Maymar
02/12/09

@Stefan Upshaw: Irony - when someone types the number 2 in place of the word to, to call out people on being lazy.
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engineerd
02/12/09

@Stefan Upshaw: Dude, we use real English here including spelling out words, capitalization, and punctuation. Save the txt-English for your phone and your other Facebook buddies.
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Pete Gaines
02/12/09

@Stefan Upshaw: l8r d00d, u got urself B&.
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engineerd
02/12/09

@Pete Gaines: Awesome.
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Maymar
02/12/09

@Pete Gaines: Is that Banhammer worthy? Maybe we can just redirect every Facebook user to Al's guide to commenting every time they sign in.
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dwegmull comments for the purpose of obscurity
02/12/09

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Does it only work if the surrounding cars were made by Ford?

Seriously, this could save your car a ding or two if you are a city dweller and someone who lives in an area where parallel parking is not needed (country, suburbs) visits your city once or twice a year and decides to park in the spot in front or right behind you...
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BurgessBrutus
02/12/09

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Why does everyone drive so slow when using this system? Evey time I've driven it, I controlled the systems throttle input and could go as fast as I wanted into the space. The demo driver in the clip backs up like an old lady, admittedly that's probably the target customer.
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Ben Wojdyla
02/12/09

@BurgessBrutus: Hey! I'm the old lady in that clip... or, wait, no... yes. The thing is I wasn't interested in bashing the hell out of a rather expensive Lincoln that wasn't mine.
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leavethegun-takethecannoli
02/12/09

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There are people who have horrible depth perception, this could assist them.
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engineerd
02/12/09

@leavethegun-takethecannoli: Shit heads.
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leavethegun-takethecannoli
02/12/09

@engineerd confused n00b: I knew they had a name, I just couldn't remember it.
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