Maneuver out of tight space.

muffinek

How on earth did he do that? You can't possibly properly see whether you are an inch away from the other car. 

It's a serious question, I would love to learn that. 

 https://fb.watch/7fiqL83rnz/

AdrianC

Not that hard.
All you need to know is know how much of your car you can't see, and to just remain calm and not panic.

A reversing camera makes the back dead easy, but it's not impossible without. Since it's in the US, it'll be an automatic, too, so just let it idle-creep forward and backward.

onlyfoolsandparking

I'd be more impressed if he reversed into that space but not that hard to get out of as was shown. 

muffinek

I am used to parking or getting out of tight spots since where I live there is only on street parking but not chance in hell I could pull this one off. 

Roland_Sausage

Also loads of cars parked in New York have this thing called a bumper bully, basically a rubber mat which hangs from the back of the car, so it doesn’t matter too much if the cars make slight contact.

https://www.bumperbully.com

EssexExile

Roland_Sausage said:

Also loads of cars parked in New York have this thing called a bumper bully, basically a rubber mat which hangs from the back of the car, so it doesn’t matter too much if the cars make slight contact.

https://www.bumperbully.com

Ah, I remember the days when cars had bumpers that you could use for bumping. Now if you look at them too hard they crack.

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EssexExile said:

Ah, I remember the days when cars had bumpers that you could use for bumping. Now if you look at them too hard they crack.

In The Olden Days I once had a proper American car. The bumpers were for bumping (and starting the car by running another one into the back of it and pushing), and the jack actually lifted the car using the bumper as the jacking point.

Pedestrian impact protection, crumple zones etc. hadn't been invented.

AdrianC

facade said:

EssexExile said:

Ah, I remember the days when cars had bumpers that you could use for bumping. Now if you look at them too hard they crack.

In The Olden Days I once had a proper American car. The bumpers were for bumping (and starting the car by running another one into the back of it and pushing), and the jack actually lifted the car using the bumper as the jacking point.

Pedestrian impact protection, crumple zones etc. hadn't been invented.

They had elsewhere in the world, but - along with fuel efficiency, non-risible specific power outputs, and standardised logical measurements - the US had dismissed them as irrelevant, largely due to "not invented here"

Biggus_Dickus

Piece of cake! 

I’d like to see how he’d have fared in a 1973 Ford Cortina with a manual gearbox and no power steering.