I have a long truck but I'm so used to driving big things I don't worry much about it.

What I hate most is spot stealers. You know, the people who pull into the spot you've been waiting for by letting all the other cars go by first. I've got a good collection of valve stem cores.

 

A few pieces of advice, never park near other people. Especially parking near LSU fans at the LSU/Ark game when you have Ark tags. someone will purposely hit your nearly detailed truck. I was hit twice in parking lots within two weeks also. one not to bad anyways. I used to park where ever I found the first spot I saw, I will walk I dont care. Now I park at automotive IF I HAVE TO go to wally world, I avoid the place when possible now. after hearing some disturbing news. or else park ways away. my mustang when finished will never go to a major shopping center for ANYTHING I will park it somewhere underneath the ever watchful eye of a camera and walk a mile first. MY 02, after I get it fixed, will not be arked near other vehicles, even on base. (right nwo I dont care, I already have to replace a door skin casue of some moron) The bronc good luck to he who hits it, as it is made of 1/4 inch steel it seems (78 bronc) of course on the bronc chances are they will be able to park a car UNDER the truck by the time it is finished

 

Try towing a trailer, then you can park in 4-6 stalls. Plus you get to park perpendicular to everyone else so if the little kids decide to swing their doors open they hit either your bumper or the trailer.

Chris

 

Now....we have to talk. Not ALL females can't park. I do a fine job parking And at least I'll ask for directions
But to be fair, a lot of female drivers can't park...my Mom being one of them.

 

(Other Bower here)
Agreed, Bzzzzt! I can (usually) park just fine, but then I either park waaaay out in the lot where it's safe, or when downtown, can parallel park with the best of them.
But I do hate those ditzy women who circle around, yapping and cutting people off and stealing spaces. I keep thinking of that scene in Fried Green Tomatoes, where the young girls steal the woman's space and say "face it lady, we're younger and faster than you." So the woman rams their VW a few times, and when they freak, she says, "Face it, girls, I'm older and have more insurance!" Jeez I have wanted to do that....that's why I avoid the front of the lot anymore.

 

I can relate completely. And it's so tempting in the Expedition.....just one of those things. Like the urge to drive over curbs Just because I can. I park in a parking garage with a 6'8" clearance every night at work....talk about a tight fit My antenna hits every beam across the top of the garage on the bottom level where I park. What is the clearance on the height of the Expeditions? I'm not sure..I know it's pretty close, but I'm not sure how close.

 

i've seen some pretty bad parkjobs from females. my mom cant park for the life of her. most of the females i know are horrable at it, but i must admit it was a female who tought me how to drive a manual transmission. to be fair i must also add that most of the people swirving around on the highway in their BMW's are men. i find it useless to steriotype. stupid people come in every race and both sexes. as for this thread: where the heck is the person who started it. sometimes i wonder if i've ever started a thread and completely forgot haha. i'm sure its happened a few times.

 

As far as people not knowing how to park, I wont say names but I saw someone pull into the smallest little spot you could every get a subuaru into, I thougth we were gonna have to crawl out the back, when there was 5 or 6 six spots right around there, that aggravated me very much. Ever since that day(not that I had much parking time before that anyways) I have never parked in front. It's a good idea to get that spot on the down hill side of the "island" type thing were they plant trees, this way hear there is know way for a cart to roll into your truck. Carts dont roll up hill unless pushed right?

At our wally world there seems to be a respected truck parking area, its ussually farther out and ussually no body bothers you if you do take up more then one spot. Not to mention if someone were to key your truck it would be like them scratching everyones truck and soeone is gonna have there hands full.

As far as spot stealers try being on the road for half a day with a 3/4 ton dodge pulling a 27 foot camper, then you pull into a rest stop, into the crowded tuck section because thats the only spot they let you in. As your waiting to back into a spot someone in a minivan sneaks in around you and takes your spot! My dad had his far share of words with the driver of the minivan that day. luckly he moved.

 

I just back in pretty much everywhere I go. The big mirrors on my truck are really good for that purpose, and you can see the lines when backing, but you can't when pulling forward. Plus, you can leave right when you get in, and don't have to worry about almost backing into one of those ricers.

At school, I park with a group of full size trucks, which include: My 04 F-150, an 03 F-150, 96 F-150, 03 Silverado 1500, 03 Sierra 2500, and an 04 Dodge 1500. We all back in, and it looks really cool.

 

Backing in works the best.

A little off topic, but when I was in trade school, there was a "no parking" zone in front of the bay doors. This dude parks his 77 Honda Civic right in front of the bay door, where we (our class) is trying to get a Freightliner in.

So, we (our class) gave up on bringing in the Freightliner and focused our attention on picking up this honda and proceeding to turn it sideways so the poor sucker can't get out. Ha ha.

Moral of the story: don't park where you're not supposed to (ie. handicapped parking)

 

The Wallyworlds around here don't seem to have any smaller spaces than any other store. They have one spot right at the very front that is fairly wide and has flower beds on both sides and the front. It's perfect for parking a truck in. I've actually gotten that spot 2 out of the last 3 times I've been there.

Abusing handicapped parking privileges is for low-life scum that are too lazy to walk the extra 50 or 100 feet to a legit parking spot.

 

Here is what some businesses do to help women park.

If they don't work on here >

Those dots you see are lights that flash, like airport landing lights.

 

yea thats true i was there today and noticed. I had to take a spot where there wasnt a car on both sides of me. Some parking lots are just stupid like that.

 

I'm the naughty woman. I like to panic people sometimes. Once, I had people at a store come out and watch me squeeze between a mercedes and a lexus. I had just enough room to squeeze out my door too. I just giggled, and said, WHEW, that was close! on the way in the door.

Honestly, after slowly passing a van (1 foot beside me)on a snowy cliffside road, that taught me courage. And I was the one on the cliffside.

The whole idea is to get used to the perimeter of your vehicle. Know what it takes to make you clear other objects. Having a short steering box helps also. I can make a u-turn better than some trucks out there. It's all on your timing (when to start turning) and position on your truck.

And if you don't have room to back out (curving to the left or right), look for an empty space directly behind you, and back into that spot. Then, you can drive straight out. I've had to do this before, when people park crooked.

But, you don't want to listen to me, I'm a WOMAN driver. If there are no regular spots available, I find the nearest compact parking spot.
My bumper sticker says "I'm only driving this way to tick you off". And the other one read "Here comes trouble", it was printed backwards, and I threw it on my grill guard. Only people ahead of me read it in their rear view mirror. Didn't catch me driving behind a police officer either! HA!

Very funny Dennis!

 

When I get to work, I punch in a code to open the gate. I then pick a parking spot. I then watch my truck over cctv. If someone comes over the fence, an alarm goes off. Parking at the finest.

If I ever would go to Wally World, I would drive my battle truck.