Using your bumper to park...

[anonymous-user]

chrisb92 said:

Well, some of us know there's scope so continue to reverse ever so slightly when the continuous noise sounds and will reverse to within 10cm away to fit into a space. It's called managing to park whilst using parking sensors, combined with the awareness of the size of your vehicle.

Good, enjoy that feeling of towbar touching plastic then

Kids today, you just can't tell them

[anonymous-user]

brrapp said:

I agree, 100% ... and I don't really mean the swear words that slip out when I walk between two parked cars and crack my shins on the towbar.

I'll just add some tt a while ago put stress fractures into my rear bumper. Then another bottom feeder left a lovely white smear on the front of the M3, cracking the top of it, no note obviously.

People don't give a crap. £900 to sort the latter so the youth in the Audi can think what he likes, dont drive into a towbar, don't suck at driving. Simple.

[AdamIndy]

My old wreck of a £200 mk1 mondeo estate was great for this. Car park with a wall, bollards or high kerb? Keep going til you hit it. It was quite liberating really! Though I would never EVER use someone else's car as a parking aid. That's just wrong.

Though!

I was in my mighty mondeo heap in a supermarket car park waiting for my girlfriend at the time to come out. I felt a shunt from behind(snigger). Some country, face painted, collar up tramp in an X5 used my old mondeo as her parking aid. She got out, looked at HER car, looked at me and walked away as if my car was too st to worry about. It was but that's not really the point. I pulled forward about 2 feet, stuck it in reverse and bumped her car back. She obviously heard it and looked back at me, I just shrugged. She turned around and walked away again.

Just a little one up for the shedders!

Cool story bro etc.

[V8RX7]

I discovered my Mum does this.

She was telling me about how some idiot was shouting at her because she touched bumpers whilst parking.

She said "I told him that's what they're for !"

Apparently he looked surprised

I did explain that most wouldn't agree with her.

[anonymous-user]

brrapp said:

I agree, 100% ... and I don't really mean the swear words that slip out when I walk between two parked cars and crack my shins on the towbar.

I'll just add some tt a while ago put stress fractures into my rear bumper. Then another bottom feeder left a lovely white smear on the front of the M3, cracking the top of it, no note obviously.

People don't give a crap. £900 to sort the latter so the youth in the Audi can think what he likes, dont drive into a towbar, don't suck at driving. Simple.

[Slow]

untakenname said:

I've just bought an OEM looking extended length tow-eye, should protect my rear bumper pretty well now.

Watch out with them, even the small ones can snap, owned 3 cars myself which came presnapped. All it takes is one solid metal bumper touching it at the right angle and youve got the stub stuck in your car and now firmly rusted into place so when you actually need to use it you have fked up.