Possibly the World's Worst Parallel Parker Ever

You know you have no idea how to park – wait, actually scratch that - drive a car when you're having an extremely hard time fitting a Smart Fortwo into a spot big enough for a Cadillac Escalade and probably then some…

Hop over the break to view video that lasts close to five minutes (!) before the young woman manages to park her Lilliputian Fortwo.

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Video: Back and Forth Parking Job New York City Style

If you have ever lived in or at least visited a large city like New York, you'll know that, sometimes, finding a parking space can be than harder than searching for a needle in a haystack.

And the worst thing is when you're driving in circles for hours and finally find a free space only to discover that you can't fit in.

Not surprisingly, some drivers are so desperate that they don't care if they have to bump their way to squeeze in, like this owner of an older generation Toyota Camry that just had to park no matter what. A time-lapse video is waiting for you just after the break.

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Fail: How Not to Park an Audi R8 Spyder

There’s no background story on this costly parking fail, but we can only think of two explanations for why an Audi R8 Spyder would end up in such a tight fit with the concrete pillar. One includes the driver and plenty of alcohol and the other, a team of immature, or for whatever reason annoyed individuals, who wanted to offer a special surprise to the owner of the drop top sports car from Ingolstadt. Read more »

VIDEO: Driver Tries and Fails Spectacularly to Park

For years the debate has raged over unintended acceleration. Is it the result of a design defect or is it simply driver error? Well, this video put forward for the case of the latter as one driver's attempt to park goes horribly, hilariously wrong. Watch the white car entering from the top right at approximately 6 seconds in. Everything seems normal up until 23 seconds, when suddenly...

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Video: Stupid Car Park Crash

Normal people usually lift their foot off the gas pedal and start applying some pressure on the brake pedal before they park. But not this driver (we’ve no idea if it’s a he or she) who continued going on until the building in front put a stop to the VW Golf’s course… -Video after the jump

Via: Bilfeber

Video: How Long Would It Take You To Park Here?

Take a close look at the Audi A3 in the picture above. Ok, now that you have checked it out please tell us how long would it take an average driver to park it in the corner; 10, 20, 30 seconds? Yeah right; it took this guy more than 4 minutes and he didn’t even park it correctly for God’s sake! Watch the hilarious video right after the jump, it’ll make your day! -Continued

Via: Motorpasion

Oops! Russian Subway Parking

Apparently this Russian guy lost control of his Lada and ended up, or rather down, the subway entrance. According to the guy who took the pictures, not only did the driver escape without getting hurt but luckily for him, there were no innocent by-passers at the time at the subway’s stairway entrance. -Click “Read More…” below for more images

Via: webpark

Quiz: Would You Pay $200,000 For A Parking Space?

Here’s a question for all you big city dwellers out there: How far would you go for a parking space? Some people in cities such as NYC, Chicago and Boston have gone as far as paying over $200,000 for a deeded parking space. Since property values in the city are always escalating and homes in popular cities are constantly in demand, people can sell these spaces at these kinds of prices and get away with it. But having your own personal parking spaces isn’t only about the convenience. -Continued: Click “Read More…” below

Posted by Dani

People are stocking up on two or even three of these precious investments so they can rent them to other desperate parkers and make some money on the deal. Parking spaces in NYC go for about the same price per square foot as actual living space. Now, what kind of society holds equal amount of value between a roof over your head and a parking space? The answer is, people are so desperate they’d rather live in their cars in their own personal parking space than in an apartment that’s simply close to the subway. Honestly, wouldn’t it just be simpler to save your $200,000 and just take the bus?

Via: nytimes

Parking Lessons 101: Depth perception when using a Smart Fortwo

Continuing the array of funny parking lessons we bring you another “priceless” video. This time, believe it or not, our central hero is having difficulties fitting a Smart Fortwo in a parking space big enough to fit a Maybach! Via: Autoblog.nl

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Italian Parking Lesson 101: Avoid the wall

Boy, is this old fella crazy or what! Look at him go like 6.000 rpm’s in reverse in his Fiat Seicento. But it gets even better when he tries to park his car in the garage or rather, in the garage wall… Seriously though, how do these people keep their drivers-licenses? I mean, if someone’s capable of destroying his own vehicle during a routine parking imagine what damage he can do on the road. Via: Leblogauto

Technorati: Fiat+Seicento, Parking, accident, Youtube, Video, auto+news, car+news, automobile, cars, automotive, vehicles, Carscoop, blogs, 2007

NY gets its first Robotic Parking System

New Yorkers are about to get a taste of the future with the opening of the first robotic parking system in Chinatown in February. Given our time constraints and busy schedules, we can’t help but commend this newly introduced idea. We all have places to go and people to see. Taking the time to look for parking is a straight waste of our time.

But it wouldn’t be our “style” to not include some sort of “bad scenario”. What if the robo-parker malfunctions and drops a 10,000$ Hyundai on your 80,000$ Benz. Wait, here’s a better one- The garage system malfunctions and your car gets stuck inside for days (this one actually happened). In addition, just for laughs…what if you neglect to leave the vehicle, you get lowered into the garage but it gets stuck and you’re suspended 50 feet in the air? Via: Jalopnik & Robopark Posted by Dani

Technorati: Robopark, Youtube, video, auto+news, car+news, automobile, cars, automotive, vehicles, Carscoop, blogs, 2007

Spanish Parking Lesson 101: Avoid the poles

I’m guessing that the owners of this parking lot in Spain must have been up for a big surprise this morning seeing the blue Mercedes-Benz CLK parked in this near artistic way... From what we made out from the Spanish newspaper who reported the accident today, seems like the owner of the Mercedes-Benz lost control of his car due to the icy roads and ended up climbing half a dozen of poles. Fortunately, no one was injured. Via: Motorpasion & Diariodenavarra

Technorati: auto+news, car+news, automobile, cars, automotive, vehicles, autos, Carscoop, blogs, images, pictures, 2007

Cool handbrake parking stunt video from today’s British Motor Show

The 2006 British International Motor Show opened it’s doors to the press today. Besides the global and UK first presentations, it seems that there are a lot of outdoor activities as this cool video of a guy handbrake-parking a Toyota Aygo, proves.

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BMW Self-Parking Car System Video

So what’s the difference between this auto parking system and various others that have been previewed the past few years like the Toyota Prius one? Well, BMW’s doesn’t kneed the driver to be in the car.

Although it comes to a contrast with the Bavarian moto “The Ultimate Driving Machine”, BMW promises that because this system is based on technology already used in the latest 7-Series, it is just a matter of time before they put it in production. Nevertheless, I still can’t find the use of a system that just parks itself in a garage. If you ask, me I prefer the alternative “famine fatal” auto park system in the following video bellow…via: wired

BMW 7-Series Parking System

Alternative BMW Parking System

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