HOW TO OVERCOME THE FEAR OF PARKING A CAR...ADVICE NEEDED

[verykiasu2010]

happy to be mum:

haha...


this remind me when i started to drive again 3 years ago. I can still remembered I was so scared of parking til I could not sleep the whole night! Hubby forced and threatened me to drive and drive I dare to drive but the whole parking thing was so scary for me!

like what some advice out here, avoid crowded places, park at lesser crowd area even though you have to walk a bit more, and when really cannot, dun be afraid to ask people to park for you (I did that!

after sometimes, you will definitely get the hang of it, like me, though I will still avoid those super challenging carparks

good luck in your driving and parking! you can do it! :lol:

haha you all should try DBS Tower 2, Golden Shoe is not bad at all

[dolphinsiah]

verykiasu2010:

please let us know where you practise


we will :siam:

or we will

or we will :rotflmao:

okay, is friday :evil: :evil: :evil:

Tonite I will drive from PIE Bukit Timah to Changi Airport T3 B2 Carpark... :frustrated:

So avoid me ....around 9pm... :siam:

Wish me good luck...

[mambobb]

dolphinsiah:

verykiasu2010:

please let us know where you practise


we will :siam:

or we will

or we will :rotflmao:

okay, is friday :evil: :evil: :evil:

Tonite I will drive from PIE Bukit Timah to Changi Airport T3 B2 Carpark... :frustrated:

So avoid me ....around 9pm... :siam:

Wish me good luck...

Don't worry.. T3 carpark and the lot very spacious. U will plenty of time to park too. Go straight to B2, normally B1 is full of cars.

[Funz]

sleepy:

no gentlemen would horn at lady drivers,

these species, unfortunately are all but extinct.

[Funz]

When I 1st started driving, I told myself, a car is a possession, like a bag or shoes. A little scratch or dent here and there won’t die.


As for parking, like some suggested, I tend to park at places with 2 empty space. And I avoided parallel parking even if it means having to walk further. Eventually, I picked up the courage to do parallel parking but even then, only in lots that are on the left, did not know how to manouver the car into parallel lots on the right.

These days with sensors all around the car, any kind of parking is a breeze. Haha.

[mambobb]

Funz:

These days with sensors all around the car, any kind of parking is a breeze. Haha.

Not when raining. Its so difficult to park the car during raining days. Cant see clearly with all the droplets on the window and mirror :stupid:

[e3nity]

dolphinsiah:

verykiasu2010:

please let us know where you practise


we will :siam:

or we will

or we will :rotflmao:

okay, is friday :evil: :evil: :evil:

Tonite I will drive from PIE Bukit Timah to Changi Airport T3 B2 Carpark... :frustrated:

So avoid me ....around 9pm... :siam:

Wish me good luck...

Do drive in care.. It's raining.. Gosh.. Don't forget to chk ur blind spot.. And for those on the road.. Avoid bumit timah rd.. Freaking jam.. It's raining very heavily I pray for no flood..

[peapot]

I agree. Always try to drive if you have the opportunity. Do not avoid parallel parking altogether because the more you avoid, the more you will never learn how to park parallel.


If you learn driving using the manual gear, you will find it a breeze to drive an auto. But believe me, a manual gear car is so much more fun to drive plus it is more savings in fuel consumption. Sometimes I borrow my colleague’s car just to drive the manual gear which I miss. My own car is auto because my husband hates to stop and change gear in a jam. He insists on an auto.

Once you have enough practise, go try to park at clifford centre or the mutli-storey carpark in Pandan Valley. If you are successful in parking there, then you won’t have any problem parking elsewhere in Singapore.

[aqeqiq]

Be thick skin. Everyone has to start somewhere. Only, next time when you become super experienced, spare a kind thought for \"lousy\" parkers. :lol:

[mr_ding]

Try parking very... very... slowly... This will allow you to have enough reaction time in case you mis-cue.


Try to park where there are are empty slots on one side and cars on the other side.

For normal parking, I find that parking with a car at the side you are turning in helps me to gauge distance better. It doesn't matter if the distance between you and the next car is too close. Just try to adjust a 2nd time and voila!