Is it me or it is really hard to judge the distance?
 

I kept making up excuses on why it is so hard, tried to convince myself that i just need to get used to it...In the end i have to convince myself that i suck :/

Long story short: i was out to lunch and i realized that my bumper is only an inch away from the concrete block. Any further i would have crack the bumper :shakes head:

I have driven many cars with similar problems, but the Z takes the cake.

car is 169". why do u feel you have to pull that close? its you, not the car

Some parking space are shorter than others, take the ones around the building i work at for example, the lines/spaces are about 3/4 the length of the normal ones. Normal sedans can park pass the concrete block.

If i leave my car too far out the butt will stick out more than the majority of the cars. And we have a lot of trucks that pulls into the same lane so i am not willing to risk getting hit.. So i have to park closer than i have to

I always reverse in now and if I need to get close I open the door and look back

If possible? Use the car next to you as a guage. Make sure you and the other car have the same clearance up front. You may have a concrete parking bumper and he may not or vice versa.

I've scraped the bottom of the Z's chin several times. It's urethane, so it won't rust. Nobody's really going to see the scrapes unless she's up on a lift. So I just plain don't care. I avoid it whenever possible, but I don't get bent out of shape when it happens.

I have the same problem judging the distance on the front of my vette. No sense in trying to get within inches. A few feet is just fine.

Yup that is what i usually do, especially when i park next to the same car. Either that i just use the reflection on the other car if i can.

The concrete bumper is my main concern. But thanks for the advice :tiphat:

I can't judge either. I use the perceived distance between the bottom of the side mirror and the concrete slab as a guide. Gets me close but not too close.

I havent hit anything as of yet cause i am too careful, sometimes i will get out of the car only to see that theres 3-4 feet of room infront of me :icon14:

Our cars are short as is. Don't feel you have to pull up as far. Figure it out before you get a lip kit or so.

that's a good idea. i use this technique too in my Z and G. not that i park my Z anywhere other than my garage or at the pump.

I can imagine that it is harder on a vette.

Pics of the bicycle you used to take the family out :D

Well, like I said, it just plain doesn't matter to me. I've not bent, dented, or warped my Z, and I've scraped the chin several times. I try not to, but when it happens, I breathe easily, back up, and move on with life.