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| Hard/Hardest cars to parallel park or back up?
Was driving home last night from the airport and saw a white Aventador that looked like it was properly parallel parked and my first thought was "Damn homie, that's some skill" as you basically can't see out the back of the Aventador, it's got a brutal single clutch gearbox, and it's super wide.
It got me thinking about other cars that are brutal to parallel park (or just back up).
My personal worst experience was trying to parallel park a 2nd gen Dodge Intrepid - 202in long, high tail and you can't see where the back of the car ends. 2nd place would be my NC Miata - the blind spots caused by the PRHT made backing out of mall parking lots an adventure (saving grace is that it's tiny).
Worst that I know of - Lamborghini Countach, you basically had to back it up with the door open and you sat on the sill to back it up.
Yours?
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08-15-2016, 03:46 PM
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I would imagine anything hooked to a trailer.
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A F550 Fire/Rescue truck with no rear back-up camera, and a box containing about 6000lbs of stuff. The tow mirrors extended barely let me look back, and I was a rookie. Didn't want to hit something and win "Asshole of the Year" award! The rear and front aprons extended the truck by a good bit, and it was hard to tell where the corners were. It was super sluggish as well, because lack of power and the fact that we are probably over the GVWR by quite a bit with 300L of water on board + all the tools and equipment.
Not the exact truck but the same model/configuration: 
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Everyone likes to hate on backup cameras but man they're so handy for parallel parking. I had a prius (Evo Car Share) once and I was able to squeeze in a tiny little spot in downtown that I wouldn't attempt without a camera.
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08-15-2016, 03:58 PM
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Before I bought my Mustang GT, I looked at a Camaro 2SS, a 2015 model year. I sat in it and immediately said no thank you. You cannot see anything in any direction. To reverse through the little gun slit back window is impossible and the front windshield is so small that if you are stopped right at the line at a red light, you cannot see what colour the stoplight is.
Backup cameras are now very necessary due to a cars' mandatory bumble bee ass for safety regulations.
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|  if the intrepid is the most difficult car to parallel park per the OP, you need to try driving bigger cars.
Something like a uhaul moving truck would be quite the experience then.
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Back when I valeted I parallel parked an Escalade in a tight street spot on a weekend night on Mainland street. The angle parked cars cuts off a lot of room to manuever around
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Honestly? Smart car. I had lots of difficulty parking that thing right. The proportions are so messed up compared to a normal car that if you don't drive it everyday, it's didficukt
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Originally Posted by Ikkaku if the intrepid is the most difficult car to parallel park per the OP, you need to try driving bigger cars.
Something like a uhaul moving truck would be quite the experience then. | The Intrepid was really something I swear (on the list of cars I've ever driven). I used to work at Enterprise Rent-a-Car so i've had my shots with much bigger vehicles include panel vans and full size pickups. Never had trouble with those because you can see the corners on those things. The Intrepid's sightlines were awful because you could see any of the corners.
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I have a hell of a time parking my TSX lol. Can't see my trunk or edge of hood, and just slightly too old for sensors lol. I miss my e36.
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Probably one of my favorites to drive, but it isn't a dream to parallel park
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Dodge Magnum. Tiny porthole of a rear window. 3/4s of your rear view mirror was the view of the interior of the car.
At least with a 2 ton cube truck you could roll up the rear door and look out the back.
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Did he not ask What Cars?
I see buses and truck heavy equipment....lol
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What a useless thread.
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I only stall parked one of those 15 seater vans in reverse... NEVER AGAIN...
Plus it was a terrible drive.
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Parked a 2002-2005 Thunderbird today.
The hood was so long and you couldn't see where it ended, shit was retarded.
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Middle aged Asian woman, Richmond | Oh man, my neighbour is a middle aged Chinese lady and she usually parks next to the side of my house (I'm a corner lot) and watching it is nearly as fun as watching a WWF when I was a kid. She is BRUTAL.
She drives a Toyota Corolla and as much as she can she'll park at the ends of the block so she doesn't have to parallel park but when she does it's amazing. Takes multiple back and forths and eventually she stops when hits the curb with either her front or back wheel (so the car is never straight).
My wife gives me shit for laughing at it so much.
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