View Poll Results: Do you back your Corvette in, or just pull in forwards (in most cases)?
Back it in
39
37.14%
Pull in forward
66
62.86%
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back it in or not?
Le Mans Master
Joined: Oct 2002
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From: Silver City NM
St. Jude Donor '05-'07
Drifting
Joined: Feb 2005
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From: San diego ca
If you were ever safety trained driving a truck they tell you to always back in when you park. That way when you get back in, you're starting off going forward, and have a better chance of seeing something in your way if it's in front of you, rather than backing up and not seeing what's behind you.
I've personally never understood the need to back in, especially since driving skills seem to have dwindled over the years, I cant tell you how many Gits I see who can barely pull in straight without taking up two spaces let alone backing up, which takes them 2-3 times longer to get in the space and the end result is even worse than if they pulled in straight...
I dont back in anywhere except when parallel parking with any of my cars. in 30+ years of driving I've never been hit.
Le Mans Master
Joined: May 2006
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From: Pittsburgh suburbs Pa.
Melting Slicks
Joined: Mar 2007
Posts: 2,520
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From: Hinckley OH
I've personally never understood the need to back in, especially since driving skills seem to have dwindled over the years, I cant tell you how many Gits I see who can barely pull in straight without taking up two spaces let alone backing up, which takes them 2-3 times longer to get in the space and the end result is even worse than if they pulled in straight...
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From: COOKEVILLE TN
I normally pull in............sometimes I get a wild hair and back in ! I pull in parking spaces very carefully ( Hate to curb it ). Don't like to back in at work, the Boss thinks you are to eager to leave. That's how they figure out who to fire, the people that back in ! !
Drifting
Joined: Feb 2005
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From: San diego ca
in any case I see it far more often in Passenger cars than in the other, merely because there are more of them on the road.
Drifting
Joined: Apr 2008
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From: Lexington Park Maryland
Putting my car in the garage is a real PITA! I have to cram 3 cars, a riding mower, pushmower, snowblower, weed eater, and a fertilizer into a 2 car garage. My camaro is jammed in the back corner, with my Vette jimmyed in next to it with the center post of between the garage doors right in front of it. My mom then gets the other half of the garage to pull her car in. So to get my car out, I have to pull my mom's car out, push my car forward to get the riding mower out from behind it, and then wiggle my car back and forth enough to get out of the door on my mom's side of the garage.
To get it back in, it's a reverse of that.
Out in public, I always back it in spots far away from everyone.
To get it back in, it's a reverse of that.
Out in public, I always back it in spots far away from everyone.
Le Mans Master
Joined: Oct 2002
Posts: 5,714
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From: Silver City NM
St. Jude Donor '05-'07
