Parallel park +1.8m?
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From: Harry Bloomfield on 1 Dec 2009 12:20 TV proggy yesterday evening with Carol Voderperson. Apparently someone has done the maths to work out how much extra space is needed, extra to your vehicle length, to be able to park between two other vehicles - they said VL + 1.8m... They demonstrated by driving along side perfectly parallel level with the most forward car, then reversing from there with just two moves including the last mentioned one. Now I reckon to be able to manage with just a fraction over 1m. The way I do it is to drive nose first into the gap, back out again still going forward, which gets my tail end already pointing towards the kerb, reverse in then a bit of shuffling back and forth to get tight up to the kerb - should the gap be tight. -- Regards, Harry (M1BYT) (L) http://www.ukradioamateur.co.uk
From: Halmyre on 1 Dec 2009 12:34 In article <mn.0c107d9cb1eb1a9f.106911(a)NOSPAM.tiscali.co.uk>, harry.m1byt(a)NOSPAM.tiscali.co.uk says... > TV proggy yesterday evening with Carol Voderperson. Apparently someone > has done the maths to work out how much extra space is needed, extra to > your vehicle length, to be able to park between two other vehicles - > they said VL + 1.8m... They demonstrated by driving along side > perfectly parallel level with the most forward car, then reversing from > there with just two moves including the last mentioned one. > I would have thought it depended on a combination of wheelbase, turning circle and front and rear overhang? -- Halmyre This is the most powerful sigfile in the world and will probably blow your head clean off.
From: Miike G on 1 Dec 2009 12:43 "Harry Bloomfield" <harry.m1byt(a)NOSPAM.tiscali.co.uk> wrote in message news:mn.0c107d9cb1eb1a9f.106911(a)NOSPAM.tiscali.co.uk... > TV proggy yesterday evening with Carol Voderperson. Apparently someone has > done the maths to work out how much extra space is needed, extra to your > vehicle length, to be able to park between two other vehicles - they said > VL + 1.8m... They demonstrated by driving along side perfectly parallel > level with the most forward car, then reversing from there with just two > moves including the last mentioned one. Might be true if all cars had the same lock, but they don't, so one rule for all is not going to work. Mike.
From: Harry Bloomfield on 1 Dec 2009 12:45 on 01/12/2009, Halmyre supposed : > I would have thought it depended on a combination of wheelbase, turning > circle and front and rear overhang? The longer the front and rear overhangs, the more quickly the body will turn, relative to a vehicle with a wheel (almost) at each corner. They mentioned an 'average' modern car of similar width to the two cars either end of the parking spot. -- Regards, Harry (M1BYT) (L) http://www.ukradioamateur.co.uk
From: Mike P on 1 Dec 2009 12:59
On 1 Dec, 17:20, Harry Bloomfield <harry.m1...(a)NOSPAM.tiscali.co.uk> wrote: > TV proggy yesterday evening with Carol Voderperson. Apparently someone > has done the maths to work out how much extra space is needed, extra to > your vehicle length, to be able to park between two other vehicles - > they said VL + 1.8m... They demonstrated by driving along side > perfectly parallel level with the most forward car, then reversing from > there with just two moves including the last mentioned one. > > Now I reckon to be able to manage with just a fraction over 1m. The way > I do it is to drive nose first into the gap, back out again still going > forward, which gets my tail end already pointing towards the kerb, > reverse in then a bit of shuffling back and forth to get tight up to > the kerb - should the gap be tight. 1.8m? Hmm. It certainley depends on the car, but I was parking the Jazz in spaces with easily less than a metre left over the weekend. Probably about 80cm altogether. Certainley couldn't open the bootlid. I know it was close because my bro looked and said "hell, that's close.." It was a tight squeeze and he had to get out and guide me in into the space without touching the other cars it was so close. I'm not a bad parker but in the dark, in an unfamiliar LHD car it's a bit tricky! Mike P |