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Most challenging skill: parallel parking, stick or driving backwards with a trailer?
Posted on 1/7/21 at 9:07 am
Posted on 1/7/21 at 9:07 am
I vote for operating a trailer. Its something done infrequently enough that its a difficult skill to master.
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Posted on 1/7/21 at 9:07 am to CAD703X
Definitely the trailer.
Posted on 1/7/21 at 9:08 am to CAD703X
Trailer by far and mainly from inexperience. Other two are quite easy with a little practice.
This post was edited on 1/7/21 at 9:09 am
Posted on 1/7/21 at 9:08 am to CAD703X
100% trailer
Posted on 1/7/21 at 9:08 am to CAD703X
I see a lot of terrible trailer drivers out there.
Posted on 1/7/21 at 9:08 am to CAD703X
Trailer
I don’t understand why parallel parking is tough for so many folks
I don’t understand why parallel parking is tough for so many folks
Posted on 1/7/21 at 9:08 am to CAD703X
quote:easiest of the three
parallel parking
quote:2nd easiest
stick
quote:Hardest of the 3 to learn, but if you do it enough it actually becomes the easiest of the 3
backwards with a trailer
Posted on 1/7/21 at 9:09 am to CAD703X
Had to back up a trailer with a manual Dodge 2500 a few months ago 
Posted on 1/7/21 at 9:09 am to CAD703X
Trailer
Posted on 1/7/21 at 9:09 am to CAD703X
Almost no one can drive a stick well. That, almost every vehicle has a different clutch activation action. When I had a Tacoma stick and a BMW stick they were so different it was bizarre going between the two.
Posted on 1/7/21 at 9:10 am to CAD703X
I can parallel park.
Which means it's definitely not the most challenging of the three.
I have driven backwards with a trailer before for a very short distance. It wasn't great, but it got the job done.
I've never driven a stick.
Which means it's definitely not the most challenging of the three.
I have driven backwards with a trailer before for a very short distance. It wasn't great, but it got the job done.
I've never driven a stick.
Posted on 1/7/21 at 9:10 am to lsupride87
quote:
but if you do it enough it actually becomes the easiest of the 3
Not sure I agree with this. Driving stick is literally mindless once you figure it out. The other two will always require thought because every attempt has unique variables.
Posted on 1/7/21 at 9:10 am to CAD703X
Parallel parking on a one way street driving a stick shift truck while pulling a boat.
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Posted on 1/7/21 at 9:10 am to CAD703X
Parallel parking isn't at all difficult.
Driving a stick isn't all that difficult either, especially if you learned on one.
Backing up a trailer is something that I have done very infrequently, so that would get my vote, but it's still not exceptionally difficult.
Driving a stick isn't all that difficult either, especially if you learned on one.
Backing up a trailer is something that I have done very infrequently, so that would get my vote, but it's still not exceptionally difficult.
Posted on 1/7/21 at 9:10 am to CAD703X
Parallel parking for me.
I can drive a stick and back a trailer like butter, but don’t get much practice parallel parking.
I can drive a stick and back a trailer like butter, but don’t get much practice parallel parking.
Posted on 1/7/21 at 9:10 am to CAD703X
Trailer
Those small ones can be the hardest depending on wheel base
Those small ones can be the hardest depending on wheel base
Posted on 1/7/21 at 9:11 am to Topwater Trout
If you lived in big cities you would learn how to parallel park real quick
Driving stick is the easiest to learn
Driving stick is the easiest to learn
Posted on 1/7/21 at 9:11 am to CAD703X
As you say, it all comes with experience. Moving a trailer is so big, it’s harder to correct. But all 3 can make someone look foolish if they’ve never done it before.
Posted on 1/7/21 at 9:11 am to CAD703X
quote:
parallel parking, stick or driving backwards with a trailer
Parallel parking with a trailer in a truck with a manual transmission.
Posted on 1/7/21 at 9:12 am to CAD703X
For me, it's parallel parking.
My first vehicle was a 83 Toyota truck with a 4 speed stick. I pulled a boat with it almost every weekend. So the stick and pulling/backing a trailer are second nature to me.
But growing up in Central, when did I ever have to parallel park? Never.
Backup cameras do make it a lot easier to parallel park though. But screw a camera when trying to back in a trailer. My brain just won't adapt, looking over my shoulder is money though.
My first vehicle was a 83 Toyota truck with a 4 speed stick. I pulled a boat with it almost every weekend. So the stick and pulling/backing a trailer are second nature to me.
But growing up in Central, when did I ever have to parallel park? Never.
Backup cameras do make it a lot easier to parallel park though. But screw a camera when trying to back in a trailer. My brain just won't adapt, looking over my shoulder is money though.
This post was edited on 1/7/21 at 9:14 am
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