Is it Ghetto to back your Z in?

6MT · 02-23-2012, 10:14 AM

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Originally Posted by happytheman

This was an interesting thread jack over in the Fast Intentions thread do I thought I'd open the floor for discussion.

A member mentioned that backing into a parking spot was ghetto and I'm here today to get the real low-down as it were. Tell me what you think and why.

I personally back into nearly every spot I pull into, unless I pull in through the spot that ends up behind me. Either way, the end result's the same. I find that it's safer for me to drive out of a spot than it is to back out into traffic where I'm half blind.

Does "getto" mean difficult? If so, no, not to me.

b1adesofcha0s · 02-23-2012, 10:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Masa

I always back into my spot at work. It's safer for me to back in and just pull out straight when I leave then slowly creeping in reverse trying to see out the blind spot.

Probably easier to maneuver around that dumpster too.

TerribleONE · 02-23-2012, 10:40 AM

Mad ghetto yo...

Zeek · 02-23-2012, 10:41 AM

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Originally Posted by happytheman

I personally back into nearly every spot I pull into, unless I pull in through the spot that ends up behind me.

I hope you're not one of those numbnutz that pulls through and your car ends up pointing the wrong way in an obviously one way parking lane.

Masa · 02-23-2012, 10:45 AM

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Originally Posted by b1adesofcha0s

Probably easier to maneuver around that dumpster too.

Yeah that dumpster protects me lol.

I'll pull in normally with the Altima though, its so easy to see out the back of that thing lol.

b1adesofcha0s · 02-23-2012, 10:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Masa

Yeah that dumpster protects me lol.

I'll pull in normally with the Altima though, its so easy to see out the back of that thing lol.

I can't back into my spot on campus because they'd give me a parking ticket.

6MT · 02-23-2012, 10:50 AM

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Originally Posted by TerribleONE

Mad ghetto yo...

yo yo yo bro!!

happytheman · 02-23-2012, 11:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Zeek

I hope you're not one of those numbnutz that pulls through and your car ends up pointing the wrong way in an obviously one way parking lane.

Nah, I don't roll like that!

All my parking fiascos are well within the legal requirements!

TerribleONE · 02-23-2012, 11:06 AM

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Originally Posted by 6MT

yo yo yo bro!!

Bro, what's up bro

Pelican170 · 02-23-2012, 11:08 AM

No, I dont think so. Actually, I would have never thought that until I read this post hahah. I back in when I can because the rear is higher up than the front lip of my car...

Mt Tam I am · 02-23-2012, 11:13 AM

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Originally Posted by happytheman

This was an interesting thread jack over in the Fast Intentions thread do I thought I'd open the floor for discussion.

A member mentioned that backing into a parking spot was ghetto and I'm here today to get the real low-down as it were. Tell me what you think and why.

I personally back into nearly every spot I pull into, unless I pull in through the spot that ends up behind me. Either way, the end result's the same. I find that it's safer for me to drive out of a spot than it is to back out into traffic where I'm half blind.

I have not noticed cars in the ghetto all facing one direction.

Parking is up to the driver. No it is not ghetto.

happytheman · 02-23-2012, 11:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Pelican170

No, I dont think so. Actually, I would have never thought that until I read this post hahah. I back in when I can because the rear is higher up than the front lip of my car...

This is precisely why I back in a lot of the times. Those stupid parking curbs are going to be the bane of my existence.

Pelican170 · 02-23-2012, 11:28 AM

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Originally Posted by happytheman

This is precisely why I back in a lot of the times. Those stupid parking curbs are going to be the bane of my existence.

Exactly!

Vince · 02-23-2012, 11:31 AM

There is one time when I would say that backing in is ghetto: on a street with diagonal parking. I see this every once in a while... Definitely ghetto.

Drex · 02-23-2012, 12:58 PM

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ghet·to [get-oh]

noun, plural ghet·tos, ghet·toes.
1. a section of a city, especially a thickly populated slum area, inhabited predominantly by members of an ethnic or other minority group, often as a result of social or economic restrictions, pressures, or hardships.
2. (formerly, in most European countries) a section of a city in which all Jews were required to live.
3. a section predominantly inhabited by Jews.
4. any mode of living, working, etc., that results from stereotyping or biased treatment: job ghettos for women; ghettos for the elderly.

adjective
5. pertaining to or characteristic of life in a ghetto or the people who live there: ghetto culture.
6. Often Disparaging and Offensive. noting something that is considered to be unrefined, low-class, cheap, or inferior: Her furniture is so ghetto!

i don't even see how you can apply "ghetto" as an adjective to backing into a space? it doesn't make any sense.

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Vince Base Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Bend, OR Posts: 161 Drives: 12 370Z PW T/S/N 6MT Rep Power: 14	There is one time when I would say that backing in is ghetto: on a street with diagonal parking. I see this every once in a while... Definitely ghetto. __________________ -Vince 2012 Nissan 370Z Pearl White/Persimmon Touring/Sport/Nav 6MT 370Z Production Statistics - VIN Lookup Utility

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