That is me in the Z3 in front of the "Painted Ladies" in San Francisco. We rented that car for our visit to SF in June 2001. If you notice, we were parked on a fairly steep hill, and the rental car was a stick shift...I remember that Scott had a heck of a time parallel parking that car on that hill and he hit the motorcycle in front of us! I told him to get out of the car and let me park it (I drove a manual shift for 8 years and was much better than he was!) but typical guy, he had to do it himself. I was sure that someone from the park there was going to come over and yell at us, LOL!

"The fourth through seventh floors are parking," I repeated.

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In downtown St Petersburg, Florida, on November 24th, 2021, outside the "Bayfront Tower" condos (built 1971-1975) on the west side of Beach Drive Southeast between Central Avenue and 1st Avenue Southeast.

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Yea in 1905 somebody decided to build a house in downtown Moline. It's still here!

"Hey man is that your 2001 Ford F-150 parked out there."

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In downtown Moline, Illinois, on May 21st, 2023, 414 13th St (built 1905, a "contributing property" in the Moline Downtown Commercial Historic District, 07000856 on the National Register of Historic Places) on the east side of 13th Street, south of 4th Avenue.

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The suspension, on the other hand, is superb. Chicago has awful streets, and the Equinox manages to absorb all those inconsistencies and still feel sporty doing so.

"Before" pictures of an area that will receive widened sidewalks (widening into the parking lane) as part of DDOT's upcoming first phase U Street Reconstruction.

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2012 08 10 - Used by The Atlantic Cities.

The street behind my Frankfurt flat. A parallel parking nightmare. There are an amazing amount of cars in Frankfurt, considering how good public transport is.

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This cracked me up on my way to work. Note the wide berth, yet unsuccessful maneuver.

Snow makes it possible for everyone to appreciate my parallel parking skills.

how am I suppose to get out of this one?

For shorter drivers, Chevrolet has included two settings on the powered rear liftgate that make reaching the close button easier.

Sunday, June 6, 2010

New York, New York

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Description & Photographer Notes:

Once in a while, you have to acknowledge the fact that some people are “smart” when it comes to parking in New York City, case and point, the Smart Fortwo pictured in the above figure. This is first time I’ve seen the Smart For Two parked in NYC, so I might as well document it!

Ganz neu auf dem BMW-Motorrad Treff heuer war die MINI Stund Show von Russ Swift.

Russ Swift hält den Weltrekord im Parallelparken und hat das auch eindrucksvoll vorgeführt.

Eine geniale Show mit einem sympathischen Briten und einem tollen Auto.

Ganz neu auf dem BMW-Motorrad Treff heuer war die MINI Stund Show von Russ Swift.

Russ Swift hält den Weltrekord im Parallelparken und hat das auch eindrucksvoll vorgeführt.

Eine geniale Show mit einem sympathischen Briten und einem tollen Auto.

Millions of ridiculous U.S. people love to look at a single building and call it a "towers."

That Chrysler Pacifica from model years 2004-2008 and that Honda Odyssey from model years 1999-2004 aren't getting any younger.

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In downtown Kansas City, Kansas, on March 29th, 2022, the Glanville Towers (built 1974), owned by the Kansas City, Kansas Housing Authority, on the north side of Nebraska Avenue, between North 7th Street and North 8th Street.

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At work, we have an ongoing debate about our superpowers. I used to say being able to look at any item of clothing and know if it will fit someone. But I think I'm going to change it to parallel parking. I am destined to live in a city.

I pose my 1998 Lincoln Navigator and my 2005 Jeep Grand Cherokee in front of my new home. That is not my Pontiac Montana over there at the right.

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In downtown Racine, Wisconsin, on April 25th, 2021, 700 Lake Ave (built 1894, known historically as the Lakeview Flats, the Chandler Apartments, and the Chandler Flats; built partly of Cream City brick) at the northwest corner of Lake Avenue and 7th Street.

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Half of the time we drove the car with the “Eco” button on. The Eco mode alters the shift patterns in the four-cylinder powertrain; GM told us that this improves gas mileage by about 1 mpg. We didn’t notice any change in drivetrain feel or in real-world gas mileage.

Ganz neu auf dem BMW-Motorrad Treff heuer war die MINI Stund Show von Russ Swift.

Russ Swift hält den Weltrekord im Parallelparken und hat das auch eindrucksvoll vorgeführt.

Eine geniale Show mit einem sympathischen Briten und einem tollen Auto.

One inch on each side.

Bumblebees can't fly, and this parking space isn't big enough to fit a car.

The crown jewel in my parallel parking history.

Minigolf at the National Building Museum

Minigolf at the National Building Museum

In downtown New London, Connecticut, on September 21st, 2021, 2 Union St. (built 1895 according to its date stone) at the intersection of Union Street and Pearl Street. The building is located in the Downtown New London Historic District on the National Register of Historic Places, but was designated a "noncontributing property" for some reason. The tower is atop a telephone building owned by the Southern New England Telephone Company (d/b/a Frontier Communications of Connecticut).

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The cars narrow the road such that only one vehicle can pass at a time, effectively functioning as chokers & calming traffic.

Pre-opening Party

- August 2008

Ganz neu auf dem BMW-Motorrad Treff heuer war die MINI Stund Show von Russ Swift.

Russ Swift hält den Weltrekord im Parallelparken und hat das auch eindrucksvoll vorgeführt.

Eine geniale Show mit einem sympathischen Briten und einem tollen Auto.

Ganz neu auf dem BMW-Motorrad Treff heuer war die MINI Stund Show von Russ Swift.

Russ Swift hält den Weltrekord im Parallelparken und hat das auch eindrucksvoll vorgeführt.

Eine geniale Show mit einem sympathischen Briten und einem tollen Auto.

Minigolf at the National Building Museum

Wee bit dangerous for my liking.

At Hastings Street in Burnaby, BC.

It was pretty sweet.

Ganz neu auf dem BMW-Motorrad Treff heuer war die MINI Stund Show von Russ Swift.

Russ Swift hält den Weltrekord im Parallelparken und hat das auch eindrucksvoll vorgeführt.

Eine geniale Show mit einem sympathischen Briten und einem tollen Auto.

Ganz neu auf dem BMW-Motorrad Treff heuer war die MINI Stund Show von Russ Swift.

Russ Swift hält den Weltrekord im Parallelparken und hat das auch eindrucksvoll vorgeführt.

Eine geniale Show mit einem sympathischen Briten und einem tollen Auto.

Andy literally had me speechless with his nonchalant parking awesomeness.