Why am I the only one who can't.

Problem with reverse parking at the supermarket is that someone else park close to your boot and you cant get the shopping in!

Oh, this really hit a nerve. I totally identify with you Dollygloss. No matter how straight I thought I was my front was always just a bit out of line, my wheels not straight. For some reason I could reverse and parallel park perfectly, even without the camera.
I gave up driving because my eyesight was poor and assumed that was what caused it, or I was just incompetent, but hadn’t thought about spacial awareness. I never had much of that so maybe that was the case.
I have to admit being heartened to know I wasn’t the only one.

I’m not a good Parker at all and make for the disabled spaces if free and get my moneys worth out of my passand many of our parking spaces don’t have a pavement behind anyway to unload shopping.

Frogs

Am I the only one who gets fed up waiting for a person taking their time reverse parking whilst we have to watch them patiently. 🤔

I don’t get fed up waiting . I appreciate that they may be a new or anxious driver . And an impatient driver is very off putting to the driver trying to park .

Frogs

Am I the only one who gets fed up waiting for a person taking their time reverse parking whilst we have to watch them patiently. 🤔

I always reverse park, one easy manoeuvre straight in.

No frogs, you arent, my son does it all the time, i call it his okey kokey parking😁

Could you need a wheel alighnment maybe?

Am I the only one who gets fed up waiting for a person taking their time reverse parking whilst we have to watch them patiently. 🤔

When you notice something you can't not notice it! It has probably always been the same but you just never took any notice - maybe you have more time now to notice small, and I have to say irrelevant, things?

I used to be a great parker (even though I say it myself!). I got out practice during covid and am now often ashamed of my parking. I hate it when people, usually men, stand and watch me reversing.

When I changed from a neat little Ford Fiesta to a much bulkier Ford Puma, I couldn't park it straight for love nor money! I've had it for six months now and I'm a lot better at it.
There are so many things that irritate me about the new model (not limited to Fords, all new makes are the same), too many to list. The only thing I really like is that when I unlock it and the lights come on there's a lit up puma on the ground by the front doors.

Rather than turning into a space, I always drive past it then reverse into position so I am lined up with the space. Then when I drive forward into the space my wheels are straight.
This doesn't help with reversing in, where my solution is to do another forward & back to straighten up.

I was at a garage recently and it was casually mentioned my front wheels weren't straightened though I was parked perfectly otherwise.I was there because of a noise near my left wheel so that's probably why. It made me aware of how others park. When I looked around every car there had front facing wheels.
Well done shysal. I would find it hard to park in front of an audience.
welbeck I have used that tip. It works!

Obviously do not park hard against the kerb to avoid damage to the tyres.
I have never noticed which way up my steering wheel is.
Nor cared.

I don't really understand the issue.
As long as you are parked within a marked bay or parallel to the kerb what does it matter.
I've never considered this.
For neat parking esp reversing into a bay angle the side mirror downwards.

Unless I park between two cars I’m never straight …

I am pleased that I am not alone. This is a recent thing for me and I get cross with myself. It usually happens at Asda where the white lines are not parallel to the perimeter fence so are slightly angled. I am fine if I can approach from further back.
I remember my reversing into a tight roadside space once got a round of applause from some builders. Very sexist but I was chuffed!

If the logo on the steering wheel is the right way up, you'll need to turn it a full circle to straighten your front wheels.
Which way to turn is the next question!

In theory we could be fined too as streets are narrow in my local town but I'm not worried about that. Just intrigued. It occurred to me that many of these perfectly aligned front wheels could have park assist which could complete the final manoeuvre of straightening the wheels. I would like to think so and its not all down to superior skills.
Thanks to those who chipped in.

I’m never parked straight, almost but not quite. As long as I’m well within the lines I’m happy.
A friend was fined for parking with a wheel on the white line in Dunelms car park in Cardiff.

No point in reversing into a space in a supermarket car park. You have to take the trolley to the boot to unload into it.
Who cares if the wheels are straight btw?

I've recently realise I'm doing this too. I have no problem reverse parking correctly but i walk away and have wonky front wheels. Ive been driving 45 yrs 20 of those professionally so I'm wondering if its something to do with spatial awareness?

Does it matter?

Why bother. Providing you are within the lines of your parking bay, that is all that matters, or if parallel parking that the car is not skewed into the traffic.

For me perfect parking is something I am really not bothered about.

Dollygloss I can assure you are not the only one with parking problems. I am the same. I think I am within the lines then get out of the car and always parked at an angle. Don’t forget Dollygloss a lot of newer cars have self parking. Just press a button and hey presto the car parks itself. You are not on your own !