Just need to vent...

I like the pull through too, but a lot of lots have angled parking and one way aisles

 

Maybe where you live

Was rare growing up, unless driver were in heavy machinery like a dump truck or sanitation vehicle, where mirrors and slow pace kept them in the black -- that's acceptable. Not in a f***ing Altima

 

Parking, can see the need, esp for larger vehicles. Used to be a driver for a tour company -- if you trigger on me doing this, then a one-fingered reaction is warranted

Pulling into a car park in your compact, then crossing the dividing line causing oncoming to dynamite the brakes like it's your right, get your shite together -- and get some insurance whilst you're at it

 

Talking about turn radius, I tried to accommodate people following hoping to go the same turn direction as me, & not cut us off by trying to slip alongside of us & towing the 5th wheel trailer - we ended up smooshing against one of those steel & concrete filled yellow poles at a gas station pulling into get a refill in the pickup. So yeah, from now on? Count on anything longer than one vehicle to take a super wide opposite turn before the main turn starts? You can count on it.



the cost for the expense of making that way too narrow a turn was in the 4 figures for fifth wheel sheet metal repair
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IYKYK

 

Turned into a filling station pulling GF's sailboat, and to avoid any fancy maneuvering, pulled alongside a pump with my filler door on the far side. The hose will reach just fine, done it a gazillion times.

But this time, the attendant comes running out of the booth to explain to me what side my filler door is on. He won't stop. No, you pull on wrong side. Fill on that side. Pull to pump that side.

It seems easier not to stand there trying to argue with him, kind of exasperating, so ok, we'll just pull over to that other island there.

Crunch. Concrete bollard.

That was a pricey fiberglass repair.