Using shop windows to park...?
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Nipped into town with a mate at lunch and had to do a bit of parallel parking into a tightish spot on a busy street.
The space was adjacent to a large shop window, so by looking over my left shoulder I could see the reflection of my car and the car behind me. Easy, job done.
"I wouldn't have done that by just guessing where his car was, you got lucky!" said matey.
It was such a revelation to him when I explained that I wasn't guessing but using the window.
Surely I'm not in the minority here - it a common practice thing isn't it?
The space was adjacent to a large shop window, so by looking over my left shoulder I could see the reflection of my car and the car behind me. Easy, job done.
"I wouldn't have done that by just guessing where his car was, you got lucky!" said matey.
It was such a revelation to him when I explained that I wasn't guessing but using the window.
Surely I'm not in the minority here - it a common practice thing isn't it?
t at parking anyway. Never had a problem getting in them so never thought about shop windows etc. Sometimes I cant get out once ive got in though I had to park my LWB transit in a tight spot in Chester last week, the guy who was parked up behind me but still sat in his new Lexus was getting very nervous and kept tooting his horn at me 
I got in the space no bother, it was only 2ft more than the van, I had a great big hotel window next to me to assist, when I got out of the van and walked past him he said 'thought you were going to hit me then', 'No chance, been parking vans like this for years' says I, he looked suitably impressed, I never bothered mentioning the window
I got in the space no bother, it was only 2ft more than the van, I had a great big hotel window next to me to assist, when I got out of the van and walked past him he said 'thought you were going to hit me then', 'No chance, been parking vans like this for years' says I, he looked suitably impressed, I never bothered mentioning the window
Edited by Jazoli on Thursday 26th August 16:18
Jazoli said:
I had to park my LWB transit in a tight spot in Chester last week, the guy who was parked up behind me but still sat in his new Lexus was getting very nervous and kept tooting his horn at me
I got in the space no bother, it was only 2ft more than the van, I had a great big hotel window next to me to assist, when I got out of the van and walked past him he said 'thought you were going to hit me then', 'No chance, been parking vans like this for years' says I, he looked suitably impressed, I never bothered mentioning the window
A few years ago, when I had my first car with rear parking sensors, I was reversing into a space to parallel park when a frantic horn beeping came from the car behind. The driver looked very alarmed and was gesticulating wildly. I wound down the window and leant out to see what the issue was and he said he couldn't believe that I was not looking over my shoulder as I reversed. I explained the parking sensors to him and that I was looking at the same time in the window of the shop alongside. Then he relaxed. I got in the space no bother, it was only 2ft more than the van, I had a great big hotel window next to me to assist, when I got out of the van and walked past him he said 'thought you were going to hit me then', 'No chance, been parking vans like this for years' says I, he looked suitably impressed, I never bothered mentioning the window
Edited by Jazoli on Thursday 26th August 16:18
The other driver was Ray Davies (really). It was a sunny afternoon, not quite sunset yet and we were in Hampstead, not near Waterloo. Neither of us was driving a Lola.
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