[Overdrive]

I took a little time to get used to parking straight with this car, but now I'm pretty consistent. I usually try to approach perpendicular to the space and cut the wheel in sharply, making small adjustments if I didn't judge quite right. Thankfully the car is so small I could totally jack it up and still have decent clearance all around as long as I'm not touching a line. I think this mostly came down to learning where the car's nose is in space since you can't see it from the cockpit unless your raise the seat enough to jam your head into the roof.

As for backing in (my go-to), I have a process I was taught by my driving instructor that works every time, with virtually any vehicle. I pull past the spot I plan to park in (it's rare for someone around here to steal a space from you when you've got a signal on and you're clearly going for it) getting my shoulder about lined up with the halfway point of the next parking space. Shift to reverse, cut the wheel to lock, and start backing up (no, I don't judge with the camera here because I have half a lifetime of experience and habit of using my eyes, neck muscles, and the rear glass), use side mirrors to make sure I'm not going to give the car next to the space any custom sideswipe paint jobs, and also check for the lines on the ground in my mirrors. Once I know I'm in, I've begun to make use of the camera to double check that I'm straight and to make sure I'm not running up on the curb or a vehcile behind me. This is the only way I can decently back into a space (not talking parallel parking, though). If I try to cheat by entering at anything less than a 90° angle or being already lined up to back straight in, I get all jacked up. But if I pull past the space slightly and cut the wheel, I usually nail it without having to make major adjustments.