Drove my BRZ today, crashed...

[Brink]

Originally Posted by Spuds

Lol I thought I was the only one dumb enough to have done something like that. Started backing up, realized I had to hit the brake to stop, had a moment of panic when I realized that my right foot couldn't leave the clutch to brake, right hand on steering wheel, left hand holding door. Took a second or two to decide my hand didn't need to be on the steering wheel and used the ebrake just in time to save it from my parents basketball hoop. Crisis averted, I let my foot off the clutch completely forgetting to take it out of gear first...

Solution: lose the clutch, get an automatic.

[MRCA1ST]

Originally Posted by Ganthrithor

I crashed mine the other day...

...at 2mph into an invisible curb inside a poorly-designed multi-level parking structure.

that sucks man, looks like you aren't the only one who couldn't see that curb. I was waiting to meet up wit someone in a garage with similar characteristics, between the blind turns, vertical plastic marker things, turtle shell things, pedestrians and bad drivers - it was a total shit show. I watched this for 10 minutes or so, and to think that this circus goes on all day every day, amazing.

[Lynxis]

Originally Posted by Brink

Solution: lose the clutch, get an automatic.

You can't tell me you've never accidentally let out the clutch while you were in gear while thinking you were in neutral before.

[Brink]

Originally Posted by Lynxis

You can't tell me you've never accidentally let out the clutch while you were in gear while thinking you were in neutral before.

I can if I've never had a clutch.

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by Ganthrithor

I crashed mine the other day...

...at 2mph into an invisible curb inside a poorly-designed multi-level parking structure.

Who designs a structure with narrow passageways for cars where you need to hug the right wall in order for cars to go by in the other direction, then on the third or fourth turn up the structure puts an 8"-10" curb jutting out away from the wall that's literally impossible to see from the driver's seat, isn't marked with anything, and exists for no fucking reason at all? (There's no door, ticket kiosk, connecting walkways for peds, or anything at all inside that curb, for reference)

I was super-duper mad.

The only good news? It's the same rocker panel (I guess it's like half the side of the car, not a rocker panel, but I digress) that got dinged up on the lift when I took the car in for servicing. So I guess I'll finally be rid of that 1" scratch, at least.

Originally Posted by MRCA1ST

that sucks man, looks like you aren't the only one who couldn't see that curb. I was waiting to meet up wit someone in a garage with similar characteristics, between the blind turns, vertical plastic marker things, turtle shell things, pedestrians and bad drivers - it was a total shit show. I watched this for 10 minutes or so, and to think that this circus goes on all day every day, amazing.

I am pretty sure that must modern parking garage designs are sponsored by the body shop cartel! Not sure how some people with bigger cars even manage.


Same with most new parking lots. I get that the off set driveways and random islands are supposed to slow down and control traffic flow but I don't want to try to put my maze completing skills to use every single time I want to visit Hobby Lobby. Even worse when there is deep snow and you are not sure where the hidden curbs even are.

[Sapphireho]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

I am pretty sure that must modern parking garage designs are sponsored by the body shop cartel! Not sure how some people with bigger cars even manage.


Same with most new parking lots. I get that the off set driveways and random islands are supposed to slow down and control traffic flow but I don't want to try to put my maze completing skills to use every single time I want to visit Hobby Lobby. Even worse when there is deep snow and you are not sure where the hidden curbs even are.

Driving my truck (4 door Dodge) in modern parking lots is crazy. It won't even fit in parking spots. I have to drive around and find an end spot or something I can pull straight into.

I can see how those curb islands could be quite dangerous in the snow.

[Brink]

There's a parking garage around here with a posted speed limit of 7.5 mph. Who sets a speed limit that's not a whole number? It's not like anyone is actually gonna be driving around staring at the speedometer needle trying to keep it at 7.5, and if they are they're gonna crash.

[Brink]

Originally Posted by Sapphireho

Driving my truck (4 door Dodge) in modern parking lots is crazy. It won't even fit in parking spots. I have to drive around and find an end spot or something I can pull straight into.

I can see how those curb islands could be quite dangerous in the snow.

Don't you have to park it like this?

[Sapphireho]

Originally Posted by Brink

Don't you have to park it like this?

Sometimes I would like too.

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by Brink

There's a parking garage around here with a posted speed limit of 7.5 mph. Who sets a speed limit that's not a whole number? It's not like anyone is actually gonna be driving around staring at the speedometer needle trying to keep it at 7.5, and if they are they're gonna crash.

[jasonojordan]

Originally Posted by Sapphireho

Driving my truck (4 door Dodge) in modern parking lots is crazy. It won't even fit in parking spots. I have to drive around and find an end spot or something I can pull straight into.

I can see how those curb islands could be quite dangerous in the snow.

Big truth to these islands being dangerous in snow. At the eye doctor clinic up where I grew up they had these huge drop off pits on the center of the parking lot for "rain water control". In a blizzard with driving snow where you can hardly see your **** infront of your hand its very easy to drive down into one of them. who ever designed that should be shot. Not to mention putting it in the parking lot of a clinic that people go to when they need their eyes checked...

[Ganthrithor]

Originally Posted by MRCA1ST

that sucks man, looks like you aren't the only one who couldn't see that curb. I was waiting to meet up wit someone in a garage with similar characteristics, between the blind turns, vertical plastic marker things, turtle shell things, pedestrians and bad drivers - it was a total shit show. I watched this for 10 minutes or so, and to think that this circus goes on all day every day, amazing.

That parking structure is about a year old, for reference. Every other surface looks brand-new :P

Good news is, at this erosion rate the curb should be gone in a couple more years

Originally Posted by Tcoat

I am pretty sure that must modern parking garage designs are sponsored by the body shop cartel! Not sure how some people with bigger cars even manage.


Same with most new parking lots. I get that the off set driveways and random islands are supposed to slow down and control traffic flow but I don't want to try to put my maze completing skills to use every single time I want to visit Hobby Lobby. Even worse when there is deep snow and you are not sure where the hidden curbs even are.

Hahaha, that looks like it would be fun come winter-time.

Clearly you need a winter ride:

Originally Posted by Sapphireho

Driving my truck (4 door Dodge) in modern parking lots is crazy. It won't even fit in parking spots. I have to drive around and find an end spot or something I can pull straight into.

I can see how those curb islands could be quite dangerous in the snow.

Yeah, I don't understand how cars get bigger every year and parking lot spaces seem to get smaller. In the BRZ and the 911 I freqently pull into spaces where I'm perfectly dead-center yet cannot open my doors. Thank god I do rock-climbing for a hobby and can mantle out of my car with the door cracked open eight inches or so...

Then there's the fact that most people driving their gigantic fucking cars can't even be bothered to park straight or inside the lines. I'm gonna stop typing about that shit now: it makes me too mad. I always freak out when I find someone with a big car or truck who's parked neatly-- it's so nice to see that some people still have a sense of spatial orientation / can drive.

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by Ganthrithor

Yeah, I don't understand how cars get bigger every year and parking lot spaces seem to get smaller. In the BRZ and the 911 I freqently pull into spaces where I'm perfectly dead-center yet cannot open my doors. Thank god I do rock-climbing for a hobby and can mantle out of my car with the door cracked open eight inches or so...
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[Ganthrithor]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

Honestly, having experienced city life in a 650S, it's not the worst idea... It's surprisingly convenient