re: Backing in to parking spot

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Maybe you don't understand how parking a truck works. You cannot crank the wheel all of the way sideways when you're backing out of a spot. You can when you're pulling out. Think of where the axles are in relation to the truck. The rear has more room between it and the trailer hitch than the front and the bumper. You can turn, and the rear will basically pivot out once you get to the back of the car. Think about an open differential to explain that. You've got to wait for your front bumper to fully clear to crank the wheel when backing out. So basically, more of your car has to be out of the spot to turn when you're backing.

I can't pull my truck in straight to a lot of smaller parking lots/spots. I would just hit the cars on the side. It is 100000x easier backing in

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I read this before.

Let me come at this a little differently. Do you understand that a car backing out of a parking spot, will take virtually an identical route and path as one backing in?

Like I've said before, the moves that need to be performed are exactly the same whether or not you back in, it's just the order they're performed in.

I actually did a search about the benefits of backing into a spot, and not one mentioned "differentials", "being able to crank the wheel all the way", etc. They talked about seeing the spot is clear, and safety pulling out (as has been mentioned previously by others in this thread). So, yeah.

Listen, I get it, perhaps there's a stigma about backing in being cool, or having people check out your truck, or protecting truck nuts or something, and if that's the case, good on ya. But it has nothing to do with it being any easier than going in forward.